MISSOURI DIRECT MAILER & POSTAL EMPLOYEES PREVIOUSLY PLED GUILTY June 6, 2011 – St. Louis, MO: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Teresa Tremusini, Festus Postmaster, was convicted of two felony counts of Receipt of Illegal Gratuities. The owner of SG Print & Mail and two Postal employees previously entered guilty pleas in the […]
Adult Signature Expands Array of Delivery Options WASHINGTON — A new age-verification service from the U.S. Postal Service is expanding the suite of delivery options available to merchants and customers looking for greater control over delivery of their shipments. Adult Signature is now available as a delivery option for commercial account holders and online customers […]
Press Release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District Of Ohio Rural Carrier Associate indicted for mail theft June 2, 2011 – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Joni R. Smith, age 35, of Mogadore, Ohio, with theft of mail by a postal employee and unauthorized opening of mail by a postal […]
Should Postal Service employees be required to repay training if they resign before a specified period of time following their training? The U.S. Postal Service employs approximately 40,000 maintenance craft employees to work in a variety of assignments. Some of these assignments, such as maintenance mechanics, require specific training at great cost to the Postal […]
USPS posted a notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website seeking contractor for ‘Commercial Outdoor Advertising Management Services.’ The following are Questions and Answers in response to the posting: 1). What information can USPS provide about the existing portfolio of billboards? Number of signs, size, location, are they leases or licenses, what percentage have interstate […]
The following is a Notice Of Opportunity To Apply For PSE Vacancies in Manchester, New Hampshire courtesy of Stephen Smith via reader . The pay scale for PSEs ranges from level 3 up to level 8. (TNA p. 168) PostalReporter.com has also included the Memorandum of Understanding on Postal Support Employees. According to the APWU contract […]
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MANUEL QUILES, 41, of Wayland Street, Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday, June 1, before United States Magistrate Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons in Bridgeport to one count of embezzlement of mail by an employee of the United States Postal Service. According to court […]
With Hunger Rising, and School Food Programs Ending, Effort Will Help Feed Needy Families in All 50 States June 4 – In another successful nationwide food drive, the National Association of Letter Carriers collected 70.2 million pounds of food on May 14, at a time when hunger is a growing problem. The NALC’s annual one-day […]
Update: Deadtree Edition updated his article after reading my post and reading a USPS report (a retired postal manager helped lead him to the report) on active postal employees that has been published for years. But my point still remains the same. The age of the USPS workforce has no bearing on its financial woes. As […]
Perhaps it is time for the Postal Service to consider offering a healthy incentive for APWU represented employees to retire. The wage difference between a Grade 6 Step 0 employee and a newly hired replacement is $18,000 per year ($53,102 vs. $35,182) so for every 1000 employees replaced, the Postal Service saves 18 million dollars […]