NALC, Other Unions Briefed By Postmaster General Potter On USPS Financial Condition NALC President William H. Young and the leaders of several postal unions and management associations met with Postmaster General John Potter on September 22 to discuss how the deterioration of the U.S. economy is adversely affecting the United States Postal Service. PMG Potter […]
16,000 Postal Employees Lack Years Required for Protection Against Layoffs USPS’ Bleak Financial Picture And the Presidential Election Postmaster General John E. Potter informed the unions and the Postal Regulatory Commission this month that the Postal Service has experienced a 12 percent reduction in mail volume and that in Fiscal Year 2008 (ending Sept. 30), […]
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In an article posted by “The Consumerist” on September 21, 2008, it stated in part : Postal employees have been ordered to upsell pricey express or priority mail services to anyone sending anything more than a letter, according to an anonymous tipster. The directive comes straight from Washington to help combat the Post Office’s $1.1 billion […]
Press Release from U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Told Customer Service Remains Top Priority WASHINGTON, DC — As the current economic climate continues to contribute to a decrease in mail volume, and with no reversal in the trend in sight, the Postal Service reported today it expects to end the current fiscal year with […]
From ABC News The United States Postal Service will announce a $2.5 billion dollar yearly loss tomorrow, ABCNews.com has learned. But postal officials say it is unlikely to result in any increase in the cost of mailing a first class letter. The price of a first-class stamp was raised one cent in May of this […]
From National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS): Postmaster General, Jack Potter met today with the leadership of the three management associations and craft unions representing all craft employees and EAS employees of the Postal Service. The meeting was scheduled to brief the leadership of the employee organizations on the current situation in the Postal Service […]
Summary: In offering the early-out program in 1992 , Postmaster General Marvin Runyon had hoped that 30,000 managers would retire. Instead, approximately 33,000 mail handlers, clerks and letter carriers took the offer .”For fiscal year 1992 the Service’s cost for the restructuring as reported in its audited financial statements totaled $1.01 billion. About $886 million of […]
From National Association of Postmasters Hotline On September 17, 2008 the Postal Service faxed a notice to the NAPUS office from Anthony J. Vegliante, Senior Vice President Labor Relations USPS. It states in part; that due to the current financial situation a more controlled approach in managing the complement is needed. Therefore, a freeze on […]
From the National League of Postmasters: Postal Service meeting on POVs and a pilot program that is slated to go nationwide soon – the SSA Revenue Goals System. Postal Service representatives met yesterday with leaders of Napus and the League. While the stated purpose of the meeting was to discuss the liability of Postmasters and […]