Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decrease by Nearly 1 Million Metric Tons WASHINGTON — Demonstrating its continued commitment to sustainability excellence, the U.S. Postal Service recently published its 2011 Annual Sustainability Report which highlighted achievements, including a 7.4 percent decrease in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a fiscal year (FY) 2008 baseline. The reduction of almost 985,000 […]
Congressional Research Service Report: “The U.S. Postal Service: Common Questions About Post Office Closures” Summary In recent years, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has announced initiatives to close up to 4,380 USPS retail facilities in rural, suburban, and urban areas. In May 2012, the agency may have changed course. The USPS issued a plan to […]
“In response to numerous inquiries regarding the public statements made by Mr. Lance Armstrong, we can confirm that written notice of allegations of anti-doping rule violations was sent yesterday to him and to five (5) additional individuals all formerly associated with the United States Postal Service (USPS) professional cycling team. These individuals include three (3) […]
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – The singing mailman is at the FOX 2 studios for a special delivery. His name is Tucker and he is an actual mailman. He sings when he makes deliveries to area homes. His musical talents are taking to new addresses and zip codes. He will be performing for the Illinois […]
The NALC and the Postal Service have agreed upon the selection of National Arbitrator Shyam Das as chairman of the three-person arbitration board that will set the terms of the next collective-bargaining agreement between the union and the USPS. “We will vigorously defend letter carriers’ wages and benefits and seek to advance our bargaining goals […]
APWU Web News Article 74-2012, June 13, 2012 The APWU filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission on June 12 seeking to stop the Postal Service from implementing Phase 1 of its consolidation plan, which calls for the USPS to consolidate 48 mail processing plants this summer and to lower service standards effective July […]
Features First QR Code on U.S. Postage Stamps NEW YORK — Music speaks an international language, crossing borders and oceans. Today, the United States Postal Service and La Poste of France celebrate a lively conversation between continents with the issuance of the Miles Davis and Edith Piaf stamps. The U.S. version of the stamps, issued […]
Positive buzz USPS ‘friends’ online and social media To improve the customer’s experience, the Postal Service uses feedback from the Customer Experience Measurement (CEM) survey and also monitors internet chatter — blogs, forums, tweets, news stories. In quarter 2 of fiscal year 2012, the volume of Internet “articles” promoting usps.com, mobile barcodes and QR Codes, […]
Former Board of Governors member Robert Rider died June 4. He was 83. Rider served on the board from 1995-2005, was Vice Chairman from 1999-2001 and Chairman from 2001-2003. PMG Pat Donahoe praised Rider’s contributions. “Bob was among its most important leaders during some of the most extraordinary moments in the Postal Service’s 237-year history,” […]
This is a strange mailbox for letter carriers to encounter on their mail routes: