Yesterday, USPS said it’s suspending the employer’s contributions for the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System, or FERS. The Postal Service said it was taking this step to conserve cash and preserve liquidity. Today, PMG Pat Donahoe — in a video message to employees — says the suspension will not affect them. […]
It’s hurricane season, and Alabama employees — already well-versed in the consequences of natural disasters — are well prepared. In April, a massive, mile-wide tornado touched down in Tuscaloosa, then turned northward. The mammoth twister was responsible for a 200-mile path of destruction, 241 deaths, thousands of homeless residents and more than $10 billion in […]
USPS CHANGES FAQs ONLINE USPS has posted several updates to the FAQs posted on the Organizational Changes website on Blue and LiteBlue. Updates include changes in the “Preference Eligible Employees,” “Non-Preference Eligible Employees,” and “Grade and Pay Retention” sections of the Organizational Change/RIF FAQs. A key update is a change in the saved grade and […]
PMG Pat Donahoe has announced the selection of David Fields as Vice President, Area Operations, Capital Metro Area. Fields has been acting in this position since January. Fields began his USPS career in 1981 as a letter sorting machine operator in Bristol, TN. Prior to his current assignment, he served as District manager of the […]
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives recently recovered more than $1 million in stolen plastic products — including USPS pallets, trays and tubs — from a site in Industry, CA. Officials’ 5-month-long investigation recovered about $164,500 worth of the Postal Service’s distinctive orange and black pallets. To date, law officials have made no arrests, but the […]
More than 1 million iPhone, iPod touch and iPad customers have downloaded the U.S. Postal Service mobile app since it launched in December 2009 (Link, 1/4/2010). The free business app has consistently been one of the top 10 in the App Store. “We’re expanding access to our products and services,” said PMG Pat Donahoe. “We […]
When Randi Slocum’s dog Kaylee ran away from her Stillwater, NY, home, Slocum and her friends did what any group of concerned pet owners would do — they formed a search party and knocked on neighbors’ doors looking for the chocolate Labrador mix. But Randi’s mother, Carolyn, had a better idea — use Every Door […]
The Postal Service is offering a version of the Special Incentive Offer announced earlier this year limited to supervisors, Customer Services, and supervisors of Distribution Operations, in seven districts. The districts affected are: Caribbean, Honolulu, Long Island, New York, Westchester, Triboro and Northern New Jersey. According to Human Resources (HR), the affected districts have an […]
note: PostalReporter posted the video on this site last year but it has been removed. Last year, Burger King launched an ad campaign that included television commercials featuring a “letter carrier” singing about breakfast at Burger King rather than delivering the mail. USPS objected to the commercial, resulting in a negotiated settlement favorable to both […]
CFO CORBETT REPORTS ON SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Despite a year-to-date (YTD) reduction of 16 million workhours compared to last year, the Postal Service experienced operating costs $100 million above plan in quarter 2 (Jan. 1 to March 31) — ending the quarter with a YTD net loss of $2.6 billion. Total mail volume in […]