PITTSBURGH — Lake City Family Laundry Center, located at 1591 Lake Street, makes history on Monday, April 16 as it becomes the latest Village Post Office (VPO) and first in the Western PA District. The Village Post Office is part of the Postal Service’s initiative to provide expanded access to Postal products. A ribbon cutting […]
From the National League Of Postmasters: Postal Legislation: S. 1789 to proceed to Senate Floor for Debate, Consideration, and a Eventually a Vote Both parties in the Senate have reached an agreement to reconsider the cloture vote tomorrow, April 17, on the motion to proceed to S.1789 that failed a little less than a month […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) – Letter carriers across the US were pounding the pavement in protest of a Senate bill, they feel will “dismantle” the postal service. On a typical Thursday afternoon, Lorraine Quinn is going door-to-door, delivering mail to the about 650 homes on her route. This Thursday though, Quinn and members of her […]
The Government Accountability Office report on excess mail processing capacity in the US Postal Service. From letter to Lawmakers: The U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) dire financial situation has increased the urgency for agreement on an effective strategy to better align USPS’s postal services with its costs and revenues. USPS has noted that the decline in […]