From Federal Business Opportunities The United States Postal Service (“USPS”) is seeking information from parties interested in engaging in a long-term relationship as Supplier and/or alliance partner with the USPS to implement innovative solutions to enable USPS to efficiently and effectively manage its change-of-address (COA) program, while capturing the significant commercial opportunities presented when a […]
See full memo at the National Postal Mail Handlers Union website Enclosed is a copy of the official notification that we received from the Postal Service concerning the above-cited issue. As discussed during the telecom that was held on February 26, the revised plan calls for a three tiered network in which some facilities would distribute […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors website NAPS Headquarters was advised today that the announcements that we have been anticipating for some time on District changes will be made formally at 12:00 noon on Friday (tomorrow). This morning NAPS Headquarters participated in two meetings with the USPS at L’Enfant Plaza. The first meeting […]
From FedBizOpps: The United States Postal Service (USPS) wishes to pre-qualify suppliers who can develop, implement, manage and analyze information for a national Mystery Shopper Program. The purpose of the USPS Mystery Shopper program is to provide an independent, periodic measure of retail services that provides an objective view of our retail locations and identifies […]
Disputes Over Contract Postal Units Filed, Appealed to Arbitration The APWU has initiated one dispute, and appealed another to national arbitration, over whether a contract postal unit (CPU) may exist in a facility when the Postal Service has use of the property by consignment or other special agreement, for example, on military bases, in national […]
Getting the facts right on USPS and EFCA Postal arbitration makes case for EFCA Former postal manager David C. Bakke got his facts wrong and misled your readers with his March 17 letter concerning your editorial on the Employee Free Choice Act (“The Union Cudgel,” March 11). “Most” Postal Service contract negotiations since 1971 have […]
The Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia will hold a business meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, to markup H.R. 626 the “Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009.” Immediately following the business meeting, the subcommittee will […]
(March 17, 2009) An incentive-based social network that pays users to receive regular direct mail as well as for performing a host of internet activities has been launched by BigString Corporation (OTCBB:BSGC). Called PeopleString (www.PeopleString.com), it generates revenue for users through an opt-in direct mail program and their use of email, instant messaging, video email, […]
Below are excerpts from the dissenting opinion of Postal Regulatory Commission member Ruth Goldway ORDER REVIEWING POSTAL SERVICE MARKET DOMINANT PRICE ADJUSTMENTS DISSENTING OPINION OF COMMISSIONER GOLDWAY The First-Class Mail prices proposed by the Postal Service fail to comply with the statutorily imposed workshare requirements of 39 U.S.C. § 3622(e), when analyzed under the established […]
From National League of Postmasters: The VER for Postmasters, supervisors, and field EAS will be completed in just about two weeks. Approximately 2000 of these managers took advantage of this golden opportunity to leave the Postal Service early enough to build a new life with a pension to back up their dreams and plans. They’ve […]