The Postal Service’s flat tub shortage continues, forcing many processing centers to operate their automated flats sorting equipment without sufficient supplies of this important equipment. Recent audits have revealed empty flat tubs often are held at retail and delivery units and not regularly returned to plants. The audits also reveal some units have been using […]
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy At A News Conference On The Postal Service And Rural America Last month Senator Sanders and I attended a public meeting at White River Junction in Vermont, to discuss the pending closure of the postal distribution center there. Five-hundred people came to the meeting, in a town that registered 2,200 […]
February 6, 2012 A Rationale for Postal Cuts in Doubt At a time when the U.S. Postal Service is considering deep cuts in services and jobs, an internal watchdog told Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday that a big funding cushion already has been built into the mail service’s retirement and health benefit funds. Billions of […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 – At a time when the U.S. Postal Service is considering deep cuts in services and jobs, an internal watchdog today told Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that a big funding cushion already has been built into the mail service’s retirement and health benefit funds. Billions of dollars owed to the funds have […]
Postal reform is a hot topic in Congress as the Senate prepares to vote on the 21st Century Postal Service Act, and APWU President Cliff Guffey is urging union members to contact their senators and let them know: Senate bill 1789 is unacceptable in its current form. “APWU members have done a great job of […]
WASHINGTON — A review of the performance of universal postal service providers by the Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC) firm ranks the U.S. Postal Service the best postal service within the world’s top 20 largest economies for access to services, resource efficiency and public trust. “We’re proud to lead the world in postal services and we […]
Deadline to Apply – February 10th KENTUCKIANA DISTRICT — The U.S. Postal Service is hiring for non-career positions in Kentucky (Lexington, Louisville and Paducah) and Indiana (Evansville). Applicants must apply online at www.usps.com/employment. Postal Support Employee (PSE) — Mail Processing Clerk Salary $14.60 per hour Deadline to apply is Feb. 3, 2012 Casual Mail Handler […]
Officials highlight concerns regarding USPS’s proposal to revamp Delaware’s only mail processing and distribution center February 3,2012 WILMINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, along with Gov. Jack Markell, Sen. Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all D-Del.) wrote to United States Postmaster General Patrick […]
A local woman says someone from Nigeria stole her identity, opened multiple accounts in her name and took out a big loan, all things she says she probably would’ve caught except she stayed in the dark for weeks because scammers managed to stop her mail. The culprits used a free online change of address service […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced the new Love Ribbons Forever Stamp is on sale today at usps.com and by phone at 800-782-6724. Stamps are arriving in Post Offices over the next few days and will be sold as soon as they are available. “We are excited to bring this colorful new stamp […]