This is the third in a series of U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports addressing the 21st Century Post Office (Project Number 11YG039DA000). Our objective was to assess opportunities for the U.S. Postal Service to provide non-postal products and services at retail facilities. Non-postal products and services are those not directly related […]
MINNEAPOLIS, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The National Association of Letter Carriers is holding its 68th biennial convention all week in Minneapolis, with a major goal of the 9,100 delegates being to help forge a path to financial success for the United States Postal Service. The NALC’s convention is the largest of any union in […]
APWU Web News Article 87-2012, July 23, 2012 The newly updated Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM) is now available, Industrial Relations Director Mike Morris has announced. The APWU and USPS finalized the 2012 JCIM on July 13. The JCIM is intended to be a resource for the local administration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. It […]
CNBC: Sen. Thomas Carper, (D-DE), discusses legislation he co-authored to reform and reduce costly retiree benefits for USPS workers they need to right size their enterprise, they need to better align the number of employees they have that the mail processing centers have and the number of post offices they have and the nature of […]
The POStPlan list submitted by the USPS to the PRC on 7-19-2012 shows 1,999 violations of the Q06C-4Q-C100005587 Global Settlement that prohibits all Postmaster Relief (PMR) usage in EAS-15 and EAS-16 post offices. The list shows 1,980 current EAS-15 and EAS-16 post offices have one PMR, 18 have two PMRs and one has four PMRs! […]
USPS Board of Governors reportedly will be discussing the failure to make August 1,2012 Health Care Retiree Prepayment. DATES AND TIMES: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.; Thursday, August 9, at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters,475 L’Enfant Plaza SW., in the Benjamin Franklin Room. STATUS: Wednesday, […]
Offers overnight domestic shipping Shipping is easier for postal customers, thanks to the new Express Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope. The envelope measures 9.5 x 12.5 inches and can be ordered without charge, starting Aug. 2, exclusively at usps.com. The shipping fee is $17.75 for commercial and online customers. “The Express Mail Padded Flat Rate […]
As a symbol of respect for the victims of the acts of violence Friday in Aurora, CO, President Obama has ordered that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at all government installations — including postal facilities — throughout the U.S and its Territories and possessions. The flag should remain at […]
The Colorado shooting tragedy has touched the APWU family. Alex Sullivan, the son of an Aurora (CO) Local steward, was shot and killed July 20, during the rampage at a midnight showing of the Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. Eleven others died and more than 50 others were injured, police reported. Sullivan was celebrating […]
This film shows the delivery of the U.S. mail, in a rural area. A two-horse vehicle, with a sign reading “U.S. Mail,” appears on the scene. The postal employee gets out of the vehicle and places mail in a standard metal mail box. A woman comes out of her house and removes the mail from […]