The Postal Service has provided the APWU with an updated list of 1,500 post offices [PDF] where custodial work that had been subcontracted will be returned to the Maintenance Craft, Director Steve Raymer has announced. The return of subcontracted work complies with the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Item 1.A, of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) […]

Urges immediate action to avert USPS default WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, reacted to recent reports that House Leadership will not consider postal reform legislation before its five-week recess beginning in August. The U.S. Postal Service is obligated to pay $5.5 billion to […]

What’s in a Name  USPS is helping C2 Management with its shipping needs.    Berryville, VA, Postmaster D’Ann McClellan knew that CIE International — a full-service asset management, investment recovery and recycling company — wanted to build a better brand. Changing the company name to C2 Management helped reflect its mission of cradle-to-cradle, high-tech, sustainable […]

A driver for Mail Contractors of America (MCA) died on July 6, the day after he was run over by his truck at the Des Moines Network Distribution Center. Carl Magee, 46, apparently jumped onto the truck in an attempt to stop it after it began to “roll away,” but fell and was run over. […]

(July 11, 2012)  As previously announced, in December 2011, the Postal Service filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) seeking an Advisory Opinion regarding the Postal Service’s plan to consolidate its processing network and substantially lengthen service standards, including the elimination of overnight delivery for first-class mail.  Under the Postal Reorganization Act, the […]

A Postal Regulatory Commission hearing today focused partly on the Cities’ Readiness Initiative, a program that uses the Postal Service’s universal network and the voluntary participation of letter carriers to protect Americans in the event of a biological incident, such as a terrorist attack. Officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. […]

    PMG Pat Donahoe updates employees on a number of important matters affecting the USPS in a new video message. All employees are requested to view this video by July 24, 2012. In the video, Donahoe notes that along with the challenges USPS faces, such as the continuing decline of mail volume, there’s plenty […]

Before Closing Quincy and Rockford Mail Processing Facilities [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe urging him to adhere to a provision – included in the Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations passed last month by the Senate Appropriations Committee – that would require the […]