USPS notified APWU on August 2, 2007 of its intent to remove all stamp vending machines within the Western Area by September 2008. The removal of the stamp vending machines will impact Clerk and Maintenance craft employees who service the machines. In October 2006 USPS announced that “A program scheduled to begin in 2007 will phase out […]
According to a notice posted on Federal Business Opportunies website: The United States Postal Service is seeking information on beginning a Priority Mail Service Care Package program that would allow customers to send selected items to military personnel, college students, campers, the elderly, and others. These Care Packages will be supplied, packed, and shipped by […]
According to the Federal Times: The U.S. Postal Service is asking for the cooperation of its unions in holding down costs if it is to avoid contracting out work, Postmaster General John Potter said last week.“The only way we’re going to be successful … is to have all 700,000 people in the Postal Service begin […]
APWU News In a rush to redesign its nationwide network of facilities, the Postal Service acted on several misguided and poorly rationalized assumptions, a Postal Regulatory Commission official told Congress in late July. In testimony before a House of Representatives subcommittee, John D. Wailer also cited a lack of consistency in how proposed consolidations are reviewed; […]
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133 pieces in trash were undeliverable (Harrisburg, Ohio) After a substitute postmaster took over last winter, some people in Harrisburg began to notice that they weren’t getting all their mail. Federal agents say it’s because she was throwing it away, and now she’s in trouble with the U.S. government. Elizabeth T. Simonian, 49, is accused […]
Press Release from the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney Offices : NEWARK – A former contractor for the U.S. Postal Service was arrested today on a federal Indictment which charges him with perjury and obstruction of justice, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced. Rick “Rickey” Zito, 53, of Effort, Pa., was arrested on a […]
Press Release Kansas City, MO, United States, 07/29/2007 – Since the Postal Service began permitting consumers to design their own stamps in 2004, the demand for custom designed wedding stamps has been growing. Perfect Postage began in March of this year with custom designed 777 wedding stamps as a fun way to showcase invitations for […]