postal news

Jan 5th

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Supports PRC Report On USPS PO Closures

Washington, DC – (Thursday, January 5, 2012) –Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson acknowledged her support for the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Report on the Postal Service’s Retail Access Optimization Initiative (RAOI). The report outlined significant miscalculations in the USPS’s methodology for indentifying over 3,600 post offices and other retail branches for possible closure. The Dallas […]

Jan 5th

Congressman Demands Detailed Data From USPS Justifying Closure, Massive Job Cuts

With the Clock Ticking on the Fate of the William Street Mail Facility, New York Congressman Brian Higgins Sends FOIA Request to USPS With only one page of unsubstantiated and conflicting data released by the U.S. Postal Service regarding the closing of the mail processing facility in Buffalo, Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) is exercising his […]

Jan 5th

USPS Attempts to Negotiate with APWU Locals For Postal Support Employees Pay

Several locals have informed us that managers have approached them seeking to raise the wages of non-career Postal Support Employee (PSE) drivers. This is because the USPS has encountered difficulty filling the positions at the current pay rate. During contract talks, we told management negotiators to expect problems filling the PSE jobs because of the […]

Jan 5th

Retired Postal Worker Fights To Get Job Back After 20 Years

Charles Johnson worked for the United States Postal Service from 1960 until he accepted an early retirement offer on November 20, 1992, at age 52. The following is from the Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit  and the MSPB. JOHNSON v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD CHARLES G. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent. No. […]

Jan 5th

Video: Hundreds of Western New Yorkers join fight to save mail center

WNYers join fight to save mail center: wivb.com CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Frustration and fury reigned the night as hundreds of western New Yorkers joined the fight to save Buffalo’s William Street Post Office. About 200 outraged citizens, elected officials and Postal Service employees lit up the mic at a public meeting to discuss a […]

Jan 4th

USPS: No Deduction In Pay Period 27 For Dental and Vision Plan

In accordance with federal regulations governing Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) enrollment, premiums are deducted for 26 pay periods, not for the entire benefit year. Therefore, employees currently enrolled in FEDVIP will not have premiums deducted in pay period 02-2012 (covering the paycheck issued on Jan. 20). Premium payments for enrollments continuing […]

Jan 4th

Rahall Says USPS Must “Go Back to the Drawing Board” on Post Office Closures

BECKLEY, W.Va. – Citing a recent study that found overly optimistic savings projections and an insufficient attention to community needs, U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) Tuesday called on the Postal Service to go back to the drawing board on its efforts to close and consolidate postal facilities in southern West Virginia. “The Postal Regulatory Commission […]

Jan 4th

Video: Postal workers protest Wayne PA processing center closing

Thirty U.S. Postal Service employees marched up Lancaster Avenue from St. Davids to Wayne on a frigid Tuesday evening to protest the possible closing of the Southeastern PA Processing and Distribution Center in Tredyffrin. The protest preceded a postal service hearing at the Radnor Middle School about proposed changes that could close the facility. Public […]

Jan 4th

Video: Postal Service Employees Outraged At Texas Meeting

KBTX.com -Bryan/College Station, TX Texas A few concerned residents and some postal employees attended a hearing tonight to hear a proposal to move Bryan’s mail processing center to Houston or Austin as a cost saving measure. “We are looking at every area within our organization of ways that we can consolidate and become more efficient, […]