Will less mail spell the end of the U.S. Postal Service or a chance to reinvent itself? The NALC president weighs in. From NALC: NALC President Fredric V. Rolando appeared on CNN this weekend in the final segment of “State of the Union with Candy Crowley.” The two chatted about the future of the Postal […]
Postal Service Contractors are scrambling to deliver all the mail before Christmas: Every year at Christmas, the Post Office schedules extra runs for their local highway contractors. Last year, they had to cancel many of those runs, but this year, contractors say they’ve added so many they can’t keep up with all the mail. Highway […]
The tax cut President Obama was expected to sign Friday will not include a payroll tax deduction for all federal employees. Employees under the Federal Employees Retirement System will see their contributions into Social Security drop from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent in 2011 as part of a payroll tax holiday. But Civil Service Retirement […]
USPS Management Message Confirms Excessing Moratorium From: Mike Morris, APWU “APWU Union officials in locales where managers are balking at implementing the moratorium on excessing that was announced on Dec. 15 will be pleased to see al message from a headquarters-level manager notifying Area-level officials of the agreement. ” Subject: Excessing Moratorium Brothers and Sisters: […]
The U.S. Postal Service is updating its regulations concerning Conduct on Postal Property (COPP) to correct or eliminate outdated citations, obviate the need for continuous updates of such citations by harmonizing the regulations with federal law, and make certain other minor, editorial revisions. The current rules governing Conduct on Postal Property contain a number of […]
President Barack Obama, NALC President Fredric V. Rolando meet: NALC President Fredric V. Rolando, along with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and about a dozen labor leaders in all, met with President Barack Obama Friday in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. They had a productive discussion about jobs and how to address the difficult […]
The APWU is encouraging members to use Department of Labor forms when requesting Family & Medical Leave, while the union pursues a dispute with the Postal Service over employees’ right to use APWU forms or other equivalent documentation. In a Dec. 17, 2010, memo [PDF] to local, state, and national union officers, Mike Morris, director […]
More Than 800 Million Pieces of Mail Expected Monday WASHINGTON — Monday, Dec. 20, marks the Postal Service’s busiest mailing day of the year with more than 800 million pieces of mail expected to enter the system. This represents a 40 percent increase in the average daily volume of 559 million pieces of mail. “There’s […]
USPS announced the following in its MailPro news: Good news for Priority Mail Commercial Plus customers – a brand new product for January 2011 – Critical Mail. This new offering is an attractive marketing tool that will help companies and organizations attract and retain customers. Critical Mail will travel in the automation mailstream, a proven […]
Forever Stamp Program Expands To Give Customers Convenience and More Choices Over the past few years, we’ve noticed an overwhelming trend in your buying habits: Liberty Bell — the Forever® stamp introduced in 2007 — now accounts for a majority of all First-Class postage sales. So it only made sense to give you more of […]