Let me transform this sheet of paper into a three-fold, slide into this self sealing envelope and prepare to get serviced at the postal café. I’m a first class letter and I just flew in from Cali via this shipper of choice. Without a massive delay please get me to my destination through your retail […]
Congressional lawmakers return to Washington today from a two-week recess. Nearly right off the bat, there is a strong possibility that postal legislation will come up for action on the Senate floor as early as Tuesday. This will occur after the Senate completes a procedural vote on a separate tax measure later today. The Senate […]
The APWU and a retired union member filed a complaint [PDF] in federal court against the Postal Service and a manager in the Accounting Service Center in Eagan MN on April 2, charging they have violated the Debt Collection Act and the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution. The complaint contends that the USPS […]
21ST CENTURY POSTAL SERVICE ACT OF 2012 with additional views Some highlights: TITLE I: POSTAL WORKFORCE MATTERS Section 101—Treatment of surplus contributions to Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) This section requires a calculation of the Postal Service’s FERS balance each year, and directs any overpayment to be transferred to the Postal Service, upon request of […]
If you want to see dramatic, visual evidence of what the new “First Class” service standard would mean for U.S. mailers, go to https://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?page=modernservice, click on Service Standards Maps, then enter your Zip Code. For Seattle 98101, Tacoma 98401 and the state capital of Olympia 98501, everything going to the northwestern part of Washington state […]
Senator said consolidating mail processing facilities could delay absentee ballots April 13, 2012 (MISSOULA, Mont.) – In response to a request by Senator Jon Tester, the Postal Service will not close the Butte, Helena, Kalispell or Wolf Point mail processing facilities in Montana during the state’s upcoming primary election season. Tester last month told the […]
The U.S. Postal Service has changed its mind about closing the Main Post Office at I-30 and Sylvan in Dallas. The Postal Service had said it would move Dallas mail distribution and processing to Fort Worth. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins says the consequences of that cost-cutting move were unacceptable. Jenkins: “That would have resulted […]
APWU Web News Article 034-2012, April 13, 2012 The Postal Service recently identified the 1,500 new Maintenance Craft duty assignments that will be established under the terms of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The new jobs will be created at independent post offices where all custodial work was contracted out, in accordance with Item 1.A […]
Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell and Ted Williams on deck to be honored on Forever Stamps WASHINGTON — Four of Major League Baseball’s most revered Hall of Famers return to Cooperstown, NY, to a stamping ovation July 20 at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in the form of postage where they […]
April 12, 2012 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today said the Postal Service cannot cut its way to a solution that protects jobs, reduces costs and maintains service. Instead, the Postal Service which employs more than 30,000 people in Illinois must work with Congress and the American people to address its financial […]