APWU Web News Article 077-2010, Aug. 3, 2010 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) urged Postmaster General Potter and the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Council to approve a commemorative postage stamp honoring the lives of two APWU members killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks. Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr. died after being exposed to anthrax […]
This Seattle Times police blog article presents two controversial issues: Seattle police say they sometimes pose as mail carriers. How do mail carriers feel about being put at risk this way? Does the Postal Service know about this police practice and approve its use? In some undercover operations, officers pose as utility workers, mail carriers […]
This is a summary of Regular Panel Arbitrator Michael E. Zobrak’s decision in case C06T-1C-D-09371888 regarding the Postal Service’s decision to discharge the grievant for allegedly filing a fraudulent OWCP claim. The arbitrator found the Grievant was removed for improper conduct in filing an OWCP claim and for providing inaccurate information related to a foot […]
APWU Web News Article 076-2010, Aug. 3, 2010 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the Postal Service nine “willful and serious” safety violations for exposing employees to electrical hazards at a Boston, MA postal facility. The USPS has been ordered to pay $357,000 in fines. OSHA issued the Postal Service citations [PDF] after […]
Saving 5-Day Mail Delivery Highlights Agenda WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 – Over 8,700 letter carriers are set to convene in Anaheim, California August 9 to 13 as elected delegates to the 67th Biennial National Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers — the largest convention among AFL-CIO affiliated unions. The week-long event at the Anaheim […]
Burrus Update #14-2010, Aug. 3, 2010 In their ongoing effort to shift wealth to the richest Americans, conservatives continually attack the pay and benefits earned by average workers. Over the past 20 years, the transfer of wealth has been dramatic. Despite significant increases in productivity, workers’ real wages have declined, while salaries, bonuses, dividends and […]
Urges Regulator to Decline ‘Invitation to Go Through the Looking Glass’ WASHINGTON — Saying the Affordable Mail Alliance made “manifestly misleading comparisons” and advanced a “strained and fatally flawed interpretation” of existing law, the U.S. Postal Service today asked the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to deny an alliance request to dismiss the Postal Service’s current […]
ZUMBOX 2.0 DELIVERS THE FUTURE OF POSTAL MAIL WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Aug 03, 2010 — Zumbox, the leading provider of digital postal mail services, today announced the availability of the second generation of its Zumbox paperless postal system and a key agreement with leading output solutions provider DST Output, a subsidiary of DST Systems, Inc. […]
California letter carrier Henry Lee Monday appealed his conviction for stealing $40 from a “test letter” planted by Postal Inspectors, claiming he wasn’t going to keep the money. Here are excerpts from the case: Henry Lee Monday appeals his conviction by a jury of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1709, which, in pertinent part, provides felony […]
U.S. Postal Service Names Mailing and Shipping Services President Paul Vogel to Lead Efforts to Increase Revenue, Create New Products WASHINGTON — The man who grew the U.S. Postal Service’s international shipping business to annual sales of more than $2 billion was named president of the department most responsible for revenue generation. Postmaster General John […]