Despite periodic announcements in the Federal Register, not many postal employees are aware that the Postal Service Labor Relations department can legally keep copies of their disciplinary records for their entire postal career – even those “expunged from all files.” The APWU local in St. Paul, Minnesota found this out in 2007.
PRC supports NNA recommendations for better selection criteria for post office closings WASHINGTON—The Postal Regulatory Commission has recommended that the U.S. Postal Service take another look at its approach to closing post offices, supporting many criticisms made by National Newspaper Association in its fall 2011 testimony. The PRC released its opinion in the USPS proposal […]
U.S. Postal Service Sources Sought Notice Network Optimization This sources sought notice is to request information for planning purposes only. This is not a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to solicit responses from interested suppliers to determine which are capable of providing the potential services described. The […]
Press Release from the Postal Regulatory Commission January 6, 2012 Washington, DC–Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway this week announced the start of Nanci E. Langley’s term as Vice Chairman of the Commission, succeeding Commissioner Mark Acton. PRC regulations provide that the Commissioners elect a member to serve as Vice Chairman for a term […]
Coming soon to tech-conscious customers everywhere is a new Postal Service sales tool, designed to place the power of digital media in their hands. USPS will be providing customers and prospects with a USB BuzzCard, an interactive media product the size of a credit card that can be plugged into any PC or MAC computer […]
Moving postal operations to Wisconsin would delay mail delivery to northern IL Rockford, Jan 5 – Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) tonight asked U.S. Postal Service officials to keep open its postal consolidation study and work with him to find alternatives to closing the Rockford sorting center, which would eliminate 200 local jobs and delay mail service […]
President Obama announced yesterday his intent to recess appoint three individuals to the National Labor Relations Board: • Sharon Block, Member, National Labor Relations Board • Terence F. Flynn, Member, National Labor Relations Board • Richard Griffin, Member, National Labor Relations Board President Obama said, “The American people deserve to have qualified public servants fighting for them […]
Washington, DC – (Thursday, January 5, 2012) –Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson acknowledged her support for the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Report on the Postal Service’s Retail Access Optimization Initiative (RAOI). The report outlined significant miscalculations in the USPS’s methodology for indentifying over 3,600 post offices and other retail branches for possible closure. The Dallas […]
With the Clock Ticking on the Fate of the William Street Mail Facility, New York Congressman Brian Higgins Sends FOIA Request to USPS With only one page of unsubstantiated and conflicting data released by the U.S. Postal Service regarding the closing of the mail processing facility in Buffalo, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) is exercising his […]
The following article was written by Merle Keith Kutz, editor of Local APWU #888 Queen City reporter: Hubris. That pretty much describes the U.S. Postal Services attitude during the January 4th, public input meeting concerning the closure of the mail processing center in Springfield Missouri. For those unfamiliar with the word, Webster defines it as such: […]