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Jun 12th

Senator Murkowski to USPS: Step Up War on Drugs in Southeast Alaska

Senator Urges Increased Collaboration Between Postal Service and Local Law Enforcement WASHINGTON, D.C. – As communities throughout Southeast Alaska report significant volumes of illegal drugs transported via the United States Postal Service (USPS), Senator Murkowski is asking the Postmaster General to address the matter, possibly by devoting additional US Postal Inspection Service resources to the area […]

Jun 11th

Postal Service Introduces PayPal as Online Shipping Payment Option

Washington ― The U.S. Postal Service has added PayPal as a payment option for its popular Click-N-Ship online shipping application. Customers using Click-N-Ship now can choose to pay for their shipping labels using a credit card, Bill Me Later, or PayPal. PayPal is just one of several enhancements added to the U. S. Postal Service’s […]

Jun 9th

USPS Revises ELM For Recognition and Awards

Effective immediately, the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), subchapter 470, Recognition and Awards, is revised to state that: n The purchase of any season or partial season sport­ing and entertainment ticket is prohibited. n The purchase of any single sporting or entertainment ticket that costs $50.00 or more must be approved in advance by […]

Jun 9th

NAPUS: New POStPlan, VER and Organization Changes FAQs Posted

The update includes a new question #1, which is a summary overview of POStPlan and the summary includes links to three additional sites for detailed information on the VER; the incentive; and the Organization Change FAQs, where employees can find current information about issues such as severance pay, effects on benefits and leave when moving […]

Jun 8th

USPS: End Of An Era – Last IRT taken out of service

The 1980s called — they want their IRTs back. The last fully functioning Integrated Retail Terminal (IRT) recently was removed from the New Florence, PA, Post Office. When first introduced in the 1980s, the IRT replaced calculators, manual scales, cash registers and ZIP Code directories. The IRT provided cutting-edge technology — for the 1980s — […]

Jun 8th

APWU Seeks to Stop Consolidations Until PRC Issues Opinion

APWU Web News Article 72-2012, June 8, 2012 The APWU assailed a “modified” USPS consolidation plan at a hearing before the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on June 7, and notified the panel that the union will file a complaint seeking to stop the Postal Service from consolidating mail processing facilities and reducing service until after […]

Jun 8th

President Obama Nominates Stephen Crawford To USPS Board Of Governors

Obama Nominates Democrat Stephen Crawford, Nominee for Governor, Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service Stephen Crawford is a research professor at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy at George Washington University. From 2009 to 2011, he served as Vice President for Policy & Research at the Corporation for Enterprise Development, and […]

Jun 7th

Congressman Higgins Calls for Immediate Removal of Postmaster General

Cites Lack of Confidence after Absence of Transparency, Accountability in Facility Closure Process Congressman Brian Higgins sent a letter today to the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors Chairman, Thurgood Marshall, Jr. asking the Board to take immediate action to replace Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. Higgins writes, in part: “Under the Postmaster General’s […]

Jun 5th

Letter Carriers Annual Food Drive Collects 70 Million Pounds of Food for the Hungry

With Hunger Rising, and School Food Programs Ending, Effort Will Help Feed Needy Families in All 50 States WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5, 2012 —In a highly successful nationwide food drive, the National Association of Letter Carriers collected more than 70.5 million pounds of food on Saturday, May 12, at a time when hunger is a […]