APWU Web News Article 034-2012, April 13, 2012 The Postal Service recently identified the 1,500 new Maintenance Craft duty assignments that will be established under the terms of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The new jobs will be created at independent post offices where all custodial work was contracted out, in accordance with Item 1.A […]
April 12, 2012 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today said the Postal Service cannot cut its way to a solution that protects jobs, reduces costs and maintains service. Instead, the Postal Service which employs more than 30,000 people in Illinois must work with Congress and the American people to address its financial […]
The Government Accountability Office report on excess mail processing capacity in the US Postal Service. From letter to Lawmakers: The U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) dire financial situation has increased the urgency for agreement on an effective strategy to better align USPS’s postal services with its costs and revenues. USPS has noted that the decline in […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement reacting to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on overcapacity at the U.S. Postal Service and efforts to consolidate its mail processing network. The report was jointly requested by Sen. Carper, Sen. Susan […]
APWU locals and state organizations are responding enthusiastically to the call to lobby their senators during the congressional recess, which began April 2 and ends April 13. In addition to rallies and meetings with senators during the break, locals will conduct informational leafleting at post offices around the country on Tax Day, April 17. The […]
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Most of us still receive a lot of mail every day. Some of it you don’t even want, but Lenora Pride did want her mail and wondered why she wasn’t getting it. She said her P.O. Box was always empty. Then she started getting notices from people that her mail was […]
OAKLAND – Balvinder Singh Chadha pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland, California, this week to committing wire fraud and conspiring to violate the federal conflict of interest statutes, United States Attorney MELINDA HAAG announced. His wife and co-defendant Jaspinder Kaur Chadha pleaded guilty earlier on March 28, 2012 to conspiring with Mr. Chadha. In […]
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2012 — In Speech at Rutgers, NALC President Calls on Congress to Take Time to Draft Comprehensive Reform Instead of Pushing Through Flawed Legislation Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, said Friday that Postal Service legislation pending before Congress lacks any long-term vision and fails to provide […]
ORLANDO, April 5, 2012 – The UPS Store ® franchise network (NYSE:UPS) has been honored by the U.S. Postal Service® at the National Postal Forum here for its participation in Every Door Direct Mail®, which provides small businesses with a cost-effective way to send direct mail. Last year, The UPS Store announced it was collaborating […]
APWU Web News Article 30-2012, April 5 , 2012 On March 28, the APWU reached a Step 4 settlement [PDF] with the Postal Service that requires management to better protect employees’ privacy when workers report accidents. The dispute arose when the union learned that the USPS had replaced the paper version of the Accident Report […]