The outcome of the binding arbitration process between USPS and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association has resulted in a contract. The agreement is effective July 3, 2012 and lasts through May 20, 2015. The Postal Service is facing a critical financial situation that requires both substantial cost savings from within, as well as substantive […]
July 3, 2012 — Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected efforts to invalidate President Obama’s historic health care law that will extend health insurance coverage to nearly 30 million Americans between now and 2014. Right-wing opponents of the legislation asked the Court to throw out the law enacted in 2010 as an unconstitutional use […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. WOOD – Ed Sattler’s dog, Zelda, grabs the mail as the postal carrier pushes it through the mail slot on the front door of his house Turner Street NW in Grand Rapids.”The dog’s doing what it’s trained to do and has to be trained to do,” he told 24 Hour News 8. […]
Bill McAllister, Linn’s Stamp News reports: Opposition by the United States Postal Service’s board of governors appears to have stalled plans for the first U.S. postage stamp to honor a living person. A member of the board told Linn’s that many governors have reservations about Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe’s plans to issue such a […]
Postal Service board of governors member Mickey Barnett explains why the Post Office is losing billions of dollars to John Stossel at Fox Business. Well this is why I would say we need private sector competition because when you talk to the government people about cut back they all — have a reason why we […]
Company violated Surface Transportation Assistance Act by firing employee KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with Knoxville-based Heartland Transportation Inc., a contract mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, to resolve findings by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleging that an employee was terminated for […]
APWU Web News Article 78-2012, July 2, 2012 The APWU has put the Postal Service on notice that their plan to replace Postmasters at small, rural post offices with Postmaster Reliefs (PMRs) is a direct violation of our 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The USPS announced their POStPlan (Post Office Structure Plan) on May 9, 2012. […]
Arbitrator Das Sustains APWU Grievance on Denial of Retreat Rights APWU Web News Article 79-2012, July 2, 2012 In an award issued June 29 [PDF], Arbitrator Shyam Das sustained the APWU’s grievance over the denial of excessed employees’ retreat rights, but denied it in a dispute over the assignment of unassigned regulars to non-traditional full-time […]
POSTAL SERVICE VENDOR SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING TRUCK WASHING SOAP CHICAGO — A former salesman for a postal service vendor was sentenced to nine months in federal prison for intentionally dumping truck wash soap, which is used to wash postal vehicles, down sewer drains, causing the United States […]
The Postal Service’s 2012 Mobile Commerce and Personalization Promotion starts July 1 and runs through Aug. 31. Business mailers will receive an upfront 2-percent postage discount on Standard Mail and First-Class Mail letters, flats, and cards (presort and automation only) that include a two-dimensional (2-D) barcode or print/mobile technology which can be read or scanned […]