USPS Offers $15,000 Early Out Incentive To Mail Handlers

USPS is offering a Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) opportunity to employees represented by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU). In addition, USPS has reached an agreement with the NPMHU to offer a separation incentive to employees the organization represents. Earlier this month, USPS announced plans to move ahead with a modified plan to consolidate […]

New York Postmaster Admits to Stealing Over $21,000

Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced that ERIN WOOLSCHLAGER, age 35, of Lowville, N.Y., pled guilty today to the felony offense of Misappropriation of Postal Funds, before the Hon. Norman A. Mordue in the United States District Court in Syracuse, New York. Sentencing for WOOLSCHLAGER is scheduled […]

U.S. Postal Service Honors Capra, Ford, Huston and Wilder

Iconic Film Directors Receive ‘Forever Stamps’ Award SILVER SPRING, MD — Four extraordinary film directors — Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston and Billy Wilder — received a stamping ovation today with the issuance of the Great Film Directors First-Class Forever stamps. The dedication took place at the American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural […]

USPS OIG Finds Whistleblower Reprisal At Medford, OR Post Office

From a PostalReporter.com reader: The following is an extremely rare instance of the USPS OIG finding whistleblower reprisal.  Astonishing, since ELM 666.3 | Whistleblower Protection is very weak.This letter from the USPS OIG was published in the local paper by the Southern Oregon Area Local, APWU, in Medford OR. The letter is addressed to Christopher Olivas.

Editorial: This “Breather” Can Kill Your Job

The PMG’s big announcement of a new Network Consolidation Plan appears to offer relief to many postal employees when in reality it is another management delayed ploy. The reality is this “revised timeline” has three phases disguised as two (typical postal math). On August 11th 48 Plants impacted by Phase 1 will have hundreds of […]

Senator Baucus Hammers USPS Plan to Shut Down Kalispell Mail Processing Facility

Senator Urges Postmaster General to Honor Senate Bill’s Provision Hold off on Montana Shutdowns (Washington, D.C.) – Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus blasts the Postmaster General today for plans to shut down the Kalispell area mail processing facility. Baucus is specifically calling out the United States Postal Service for ignoring his provisions in Postal […]

USPS Adds PayPal Payment Option for Click-N-Ship Customers

PayPal now available for Click-N-Ship customers USPS has added PayPal as a payment option on its Click-N-Shipapplication, joining credit cards and Bill Me Later. PayPal is highly secure, allowing customers to pay without sharing financial information, and provides flexible payment options — including PayPal account balances, bank accounts, credit cards and promotional financing. “Our customers […]

Will the POSt, Processing Network Plans Provide An Easier Path toward House Action on Postal Reform?

From the National Association of Postal Supervisors: The Postal Service’s announcement last Thursday regarding its modified, two-phase plan to consolidate its mail processing network, coupled with its May 9 POStPlan to keep rural post offices open (but with limited operating hours), is likely to move the House of Representatives closer to bringing postal legislation to […]

Be Careful What You Wish For When Calling On PMG To Resign

Over the past several months calls for Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to Resign such as … Ralph Nader Calls On PMG To Resign You are actively presiding over the demise of one of our country’s greatest founding institutions. The U.S. Postal Service is an institution that was conceived by Benjamin Franklin and which has succeeded […]

Kansas Postmaster Convicted Of Embezzlement

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – The former postmaster of the Whiting, Kan., post office has been convicted on charges of embezzling government funds, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Terri L. Morris, 50, Holton,, Kan., was convicted in a jury trial on two counts of making a false writing and one count of embezzling public funds. […]