Postmasters Respond to USPS Attempt to Dismiss Organizations’ Complaint Over Proposed CFR Changes to make it easier to close post offices On 6/13/2011 the Post Office filed a motion with the PRC to dismiss the complaint that LEAGUE and NAPUS filed on 5/23/2011 asking the PRC to stop the Post Office from making the proposed […]
“NAPS requested clarification from Postal Headquarters regarding the announcement that Postal Service officer and executive compensation would be frozen, as it relates to the Postal Service’s pay-for-performance program. Postal Headquarters stated that the USPS Awards Program for employee recognition and incentive awards which includes monetary SPOT Awards, AVP Awards, etc. will be suspended until further […]
In a move to further right-size complement levels to better match workload,the Pacific Area is offering a voluntary early retirement (VER) to carriers and clerks working ar select impacted sites and at non-impacted offices within a 50-mile radius of the impacted sites. Following is the timeline: July 19-22, 2011-Annuity estimates and VER offer mailings to […]
The APWU has posted a series of Questions and Answers [pdf] regarding the recently-negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement, Industrial Relations Director Mike Morris announced July 6. “We have been meeting with our counterparts at the Postal Service to resolve a number of issues that have caused confusion in the field,” he said. “We have agreement on […]
Editorial by Ronald Williams, Jr. I’m taking a moment to use my pen as an exhaust pipe to vent my view about a controlled combustion inside this mail industry engine. If you don’t follow the PostalReporter news on a regular basis you might not understand the intended pun to follow in this article.
Editorial from the Cape May County Herald Postal Service Did Disservice to Patrons Consider the action that the U.S. Postal Service took last week against the faithful patrons of the Goshen (N.J. 08218) Post Office. It is not Cape May County’s largest post office, nor is it the tiniest, but the people there have, for […]
Postmasters, postal employees and their family members and friends recently created a living American flag in Shanksville, PA. Participants — from Pennsylvania, Arizona, Hawaii, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Washington — were attending a National Association of Postmasters of the United States, Pennsylvania Chapter convention and created the flag to honor the heroes of Flight 93 […]
Postal Service Expands Cash Conservation Initiatives As a follow-up to the dire financial situation that has forced the Postal Service to suspend the biweekly payments of its contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), the Postal Service is moving forward with two new cash conservation initiatives effective July 1, 2011. They are: Suspension of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski received a letter from the United States Postal Service Alaska District manager, informing her that Juneau mail processing operations will not be moved to Anchorage. This comes just a month after the USPS decided to move Alaska’s Western Area Distribution Office to Denver. The Senator today issued the following […]
Due to the holiday weekend, many Post Offices around the country will either be closed on Saturday, July 2 or have a closing time of 12 Noon on July 2nd. Post Offices will be closed Monday, July 4 in observance of the national holiday. Express Mail will be delivered on the 4th and regular mail […]