Corker, McCain, Coburn Urge Postmaster General to Move Forward with Cost-Saving Changes WASHINGTON – Noting the unlikelihood that Congress will reach an agreement on postal system reforms anytime soon and that the postal service is on track to lose $21 billion annually by 2016 without changes to its business model, U.S. Senators Bob Corker, John […]
May 15th is Approaching, So What Happens Next? As we approach the deadline of May 15, 2012 on the Postal Service’s self-imposed moratorium on closings and consolidations, there is much uncertainty as to what happens next. The Postal Service has indicated that there will be “no wholesale big changes” on May 15. That is a […]
NEW YORK (WABC) — It was a not-so-special delivery by one careless post office employee. According to witnesses, the letter carrier smashed her van into a parked car, and then fled the scene. When Johnny Anglero left his home, his late model Maxima looked pristine. In just hours, the other side was damaged. All that […]
Area name change Southwest Area has changed its name to Southern Area. Explaining the change, Southern Area Vice President Jo Ann Feindt notes, “With territory that spans the entire Gulf Coast and other southern states, we felt Southern Area was our most accurate description.” Southern Area will use the acronym “SA.” Employees working in Southern […]
News Releases from the United States Attorney, Northern District of New York Martville, New York – Letter Carrier and Husband enter guilty pleas to making false statements and representations to obtain federal workers compensation benefits. Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York,announced today that TRACEY RAPONI, age 41, and […]
WASHINGTON – The four authors of Senate postal reform legislation Tuesday released a letter they sent to the Postmaster General asking him to delay the closing of post offices and mail processing facilities until reform legislation is signed into law. In a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, the four Senators asked that he extend […]
Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe’s message to employees on state of the Postal Service (State of the Postal Service (May 2012)
APWU Web News Article 49-2012, May 1, 2012 The APWU and Postal Service have settled a grievance [PDF] regarding the proper procedure for covering absences of custodians, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The April 25 agreement [PDF] stipulates that in offices with multiple custodians, the staff that is present can work additional hours, […]
Mikulski Calls on Harris, Bartlett to Push for House Passage of Postal Reform Bill Saving Maryland Mail Processing Centers Senate Bill Passed Last Week Includes Mikulski’s Mail Service Standards Protecting Eastern Shore Mail Service and Jobs May 1, 2012 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today called on Representatives Andy Harris and Roscoe […]
From National Association of Postmasters “eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin” NAPUS members anxiously fol-lowed the Senate deliberations on S. 1789, the Lieberman-Collins-Carper-Brown postal relief bill. Nobody said it would be pretty — and it wasn’t. The 191-page bill puts the USPS on better financial footing than it currently finds itself. At the same time, S. […]