The Postal Service has approval from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to offer voluntary early retirement to eligible EAS Field Maintenance employees nationwide. Automation and technological advances coupled with mail volume reductions has the Postal Service continuing to look for ways to voluntarily reduce its workforce while maintaining excellent customer service. This offer is […]
Contract talks between the APWU and Postal Service have continued throughout the week and are ongoing, President Cliff Guffey has reported. “We are pursuing our goals,” he said. “We want job security for our members, and we want to lessen the disruption our members suffer as a result of excessing.” The parties also are discussing […]
WASHINGTON — Business mailers across the nation will receive a special holiday gift from the U.S. Postal Service this season with the issuance of two, new, First-Class Mail Forever stamps on coils. The new stamps feature photographs of world-recognized symbols of the United States: the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. The Lady Liberty […]
Negotiations between the APWU and the Postal Service for a new contract for Information Technology/Accounting Service Centers began Tuesday, Dec. 7. The current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on Jan. 20. The IT/ASC negotiations took place on Dec. 7, 8, and 9, and the parties agreed to reconvene in January. The terms of the contract mirror […]
Members Reflect Goals for a Viable U.S. Postal Service WASHINGTON – Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe today announced the top executives who will work directly with him in creating a more profitable, nimble U.S. Postal Service, able to compete aggressively in the marketplace and provide exemplary customer service. “The challenges we face as an organization […]
Will this new requirement give USPS more business? UPS is now requiring photo identification from customers shipping packages at retail locations around the world, a month after explosives made it on to one of the company’s planes. The Atlanta-based package courier said Tuesday the move is part of an ongoing review to enhance security. The […]
At the Norland branch post office, where Bruce Parton started his mail route each work day, the American flag flew at half staff Tuesday. A few miles away, near the apartment complex where Parton was gunned down Monday afternoon, authorities passed out fliers seeking tips about the slaying. A reward of $25,000 is being offered […]
The Washington Post: Wrong Again! A recent Washington Post editorial is so riddled with inaccuracies that it’s hard to know where to begin to refute them. But one thing is clear: The message — and the not-so-coincidental timing of its publication — is that the anti-union newspaper wants Congress to tilt the scale against workers […]
NAPS Responds to Washington Post 12/6/2010 Editorial In a December 6th editorial, The Washington Post articulated their view of the root cause of the current crisis facing the United States Postal Service. The Post Editorial Board placed the blame for the USPS’ current financial conditions squarely at the feet of its employees. Postal employees have […]
NALC Responds To Factually Incorrect Editorial In the Washington Post There they go again . . . This morning’s Washington Post has done it again. For the fourth time this year, they have offered an editorial on the Postal Service’s financial problems that is remarkable in its ability to get even the most basic facts […]