Dec 27th
PostalReporter News Blog Will Be Down For a Few Hours
PostalReporternews.com will be making some changes to the blog so hold all of your comments until tomorrow morning. Thank You!
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Dec 27th
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Dec 3rd
Dead Tree Edition Blog Not Dead Yet
The Dead Tree Edition blog is experiencing technical difficulties so readers will find the message from Google stating “The blog you were looking for was not found.” Here is the message Dead Tree Edition sent out yesterday: “For all of you who have been kind enough to link to my blog, Dead Tree Edition (http://deadtreeedition.blogspot.com/), […]
Oct 28th
Victory: FERS Sick-Leave Credit Becomes Law
APWU News President Obama signed legislation Oct. 28 that will allow postal and federal workers who retire under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to receive credit for sick leave when they retire. The new benefit was included among a number of pay and retirement provisions in a compromise version of the 2010 Defense Authorization […]
Oct 26th
USPS ‘Incentive’ Program Results In 19,000 APWU-Craft Retirements
Approximately 19,000 USPS employees in APWU-represented crafts will retire or separate from the Postal Service before Dec. 1 and receive a $15,000 incentive under an agreement negotiated by the union. A Memorandum of Understanding creating the incentive program was signed on Aug. 24. “This agreement achieved a long-standing objective of the APWU,” said union President […]
Oct 17th
EEOC Proposes Broader Definition of Disability
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a Federal Register Notice proposing to revise its Americans with Disability Act (ADA) regulations and accompanying interpretive guidance in order to implement the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110?325. Comments on the proposed regulations, 74 Fed. Reg. 48431-48450, are due no later than November 23, […]
Oct 15th
Blog Maintenance
This blog will be down for maintenance later today and lasting for at least one or two days. So if you have any ongoing conversations please hold your comments for now. Thanks for your patience
Aug 20th
FYI: Links On Blog Are Working Again
All of the links on the blog are working again. Some links on the postalreporter.com website may not work as I continue to make a few changes and adjustments.
Aug 14th
Postal Supervisors Prez Disappointed In Obama's Comments on USPS
From National Association of Postal Supervisors: On August 14, 2009, President Ted Keating sent the attached letter to President Barack Obama to voice the disappointment of all the members of NAPS with the negative comments that the president recently made about the United States Postal Service. It was particularly disheartening to have to hear the […]
Jun 24th
USPS Reports Financial Loss For May 2009
The U.S. Postal Service filed its May 2009 (unaudited) preliminary financial report today with the Postal Regulatory Commission. USPS reported a net income loss of $677 million (April 2009 was $385 million). The year-to-date deficit currently stands at approximately $3.4 billion. Mail volume was down across all classes with an overall total decrease of 19.9%. […]