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USPS Updates Consolidation Initiative – 162 Post Offices Remain On List   |

 

NYC Mail Handlers Local Withdraws From USPS, OSHA Ergonomic Program

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NALC Wins Arbitration Decision On Misuse of DOIS

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Local APWU Calls For Congressional Investigation of Oakland, California Mail Center  |

USPS Attendance Control Crackdown 2010 - Letter sent out from Area VP to District Managers |

 

Editorial: Wait A Minute Mr. Postmaster

by Omar Gonzalez, APWU Western Region Coordinator    |

 

New OIG Study Estimates USPS Has Been Overcharged for  CSRS Pension Fund by $75 Billion - Pensions: Another Government Rip-off of the Postal Service   |

 

Opinion: What's Wrong With Post Office - by James Bertolone, President APWU Rochester, NY   |

If There Is No Work For Postal Clerks, Why Are Supervisors, Carriers Doing It?

By Stephen Lysaght, President, APWU East Bay Area Local   |

 

Senators Collins and McCaskill Calls On OIG To Review USPS Contracting Policies  |

Can Parcels Save the Postal Service?

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APWU: Is The OIG Workers’ Comp Fraud Campaign Scamming USPS?

Postal Worker Outraged By Racist Voice Mail at the Long Beach P & DC

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Un-Merry Christmas For 27-Year Postal Employee Fired After Failing Window Training |Comments (87)
APWU Sues USPS To Halt Closure Of Philly L & DC Until Dispute Over AMP Study Is Settled  |

USPS Reports Loss Of $255 Million In November 2009 |

Connecticut District Court Dismisses Postal Clerk’s Sexual Harassment Suit
GAO: USPS National Reassessment Program For Injured Employees Needs Improvement   |

Appeals Court Upholds Demotion of California Postmaster  |

 

USPS Reports Net Income Loss of $221 Million For October 2009 |

 

OIG: USPS Executives In Non-Compliance With Spending on Events, Meals and Purchases (PDF) No business justification was provided for $355,451 of food -   archive: USPS OIG’s Review Of Postal Managers Unnecessary Purchases  |
Postmasters Say USPS Management Styles Are Like Some Banana Republic Dictators
USPS Issues Management Order For Additional Cleaning In Postal Facilities During Flu Season

EEOC 2009 Annual Report On USPS  |

APWU President William Burrus Announces Retirement  |

OIG Recommends Outsourcing Custodial Maintenance In Larger Post Offices Nationwide.  |

Postal Employees Rights During 'Surprise' Investigations By OIG   |Comments (97)

The Postal Service’s National Reassessment Process-Limited Duty
Postal Workers Lawsuit On Labor Violations Covers 5 States.
National Listing And Costs Of Leased Postal Facilities

The OIG Wants to Know How You Feel about Sick Leave  |

PMG Potter Responds To Inquiry Sent By Lawmaker Regarding DBCS Machines
PRC Annual Report: Postal Execs Compensation

LATEST POSTAL NEWS  

Former USPS Workers Say Bullying A Part Of Its Culture

"Though I enjoyed the delivery part of my job as a rural carrier, inside the post office the atmosphere was toxic. Postmasters and supervisors make life hell for the carriers. Bullying by postmasters and supervisors is the rule. The worst humans imaginable are promoted and given charge of other people. "There is a rule for everything, and we carriers know that most any day, if a supervisor is watching you hard enough, they can find you violating some rule or another and write you up or fire you. "It is a very, very stressful place to work." (2/8) |

Ask President Burrus: What Is APWU doing to stop management from “deliberately destroying” the post office?- Clerks feel that much of management is trying to dismantle the post office from the inside out. We try our best at the local level, but customer service seems to be going down the tube. We file grievances to stop management from doing our work, and from doing away with bid positions, but it takes a long time for the grievances to be heard. (2/8) |

President Obama and 6 Day Delivery

Both the NALC and APWU report on their respective websites that President Obama supports 6-day Delivery. Both postal unions use the following line from the 2011 budget that President Obama presented to Congress to support their argument that President Obama supports 6-day delivery. "That 6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level." More likely, this language is nothing more than a statement of the law relating to uses of the Postal Service Fund and Congressional appropriations to that fund. So in fact, rather than a statement in support of 6-day delivery by President Obama, this line is nothing more than a restatement of the law as passed by Congress.  (2/6) |

87-Year Old Woman's Letter Triggers Multistate Investigation Over PO Closures in Rural Communities - Casto's three-page, handwritten letter has spurred the commission to investigate whether the Postal Service violated procedures or the will of Congress when it shut down Hacker Valley and 96 other post offices in 34 states over the past five years. The suspensions come as the Postal Service has raised rates, cut the number of employees from 800,000 to 623,000 and eliminated 12,000 carrier routes because of a $7 billion deficit. It is also looking at additional cuts, including the closing of hundreds of post offices, Frey said. Prairie City fighting to reopen post office (2/6) |
Big surprise: USPS Lacks A Plan For Financial Stability in FY 2010 And Beyond The Postal Service on January 29 filed its response to the Commission Information Request No. 1 that was issued on January 20. The Commission asked the Postal Service to provide its current plans to achieve financial stability in FY2010 and beyond under PAEA. The response provided by the USPS was horrifying.  (2/4) |

A Surprising Example of the Depth of Deception

In an Update for union members, APWU President William Burrus offers a shocking but simple example that shows the depth of deception in the excessive postage discounts the USPS gives to large mailers — discounts that undermine the principle of uniform rates and drain much needed revenue from the Postal Service.  (2/4) |

NALC: Obama Budget Backs Six-Day Delivery

President Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget proposal requires the continuation of six-day delivery by the Postal Service. The administration also promises to work with postal unions and other stakeholders to keep the Postal Service strong for years to come. Obama Budget Promises Strong Support for USPS | Postal Privatization A ‘Bad Idea,’ Obama Says  (2/4) |

Is 5-day Delivery Inevitable?

The Postal Service's presentation of its 5-day delivery proposal appears to be on a fast track for presentation to the Postal Regulatory Commission. In announcing the MTAC agenda, the Postal Service has included a 90 minute briefing on 5-day a week delivery on February 17. The Postal Service will repeat this presentation on the web four additional times in February. (2/4) |

Michigan Postal Worker Alleges Intimidation

Electronic Technician Steven Ray Miehlke described a reign of intimidation at the U.S. Postal Service’s Collins Road facility." We work … in fear,” Miehlke wrote. “Threats, verbal abuse and physical assault are everyday occurrence in the workplace. These things are … accepted (and) encouraged.” Miehlke cited several supervisory “bullies” at the facility who “attack women employees most often.”             Postal Worker's bullying allegations draw attention (2/3) |

Update: EEO Class Action For Postal Employees Placed Under National Reassessment Process - The EEOC agreed that the class should be defined as all permanent rehabilitation employees and limited duty employees at the agency who have been subjected to the NRP. Therefore, the EEOC reversed the Postal Service's order rejecting the class and ordered the them to notify potential class members.  (2/3) |

It’s The Law: USPS Six-Step Process To Address Workplace Harassment

The Postal Service’s Initial Management Inquiry Process (IMIP) helps managers resolve harassment problems and ensure employees have a harassment-free work environment." The Postal Service is committed to providing a work environment free of harassment based upon race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, generic information or in retaliation for prior Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) activity,” said PMG Jack  Potter.  (2/2) |

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USPS: Feb. 9 Board of Governors Public Meeting Cancelled Due To Weather

2010 Pay Periods and Holidays

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2/8/10

Postal One: Computer system problem hampering bulk mail accounts at post office

What Does Apple's New iPad Mean for the Postal Service?

NY: Rent Issues Force USPS to Close Prince Street Post Office

Aid to Haiti Post : USPS contributes to international relief effort - USPS News Link

Philadelphia L&DC set to close Saturday
Collectors hope kids stick with stamps

PostalOne! Out Until at Least Tuesday???

 

 

2/7/10

Postal preservation: Art Deco post office faces uncertain future

McCausland saves its post office; Port Byron's faces questionable future

South Dakota Contract Carrier Sentenced In Mail Theft Case

USPS Awards $50,000 contracts each to firms to create prototype for electric postal van

 

2/6/10

Fate of Postal processing office in Hanover Twp. remains in limbo

Letter carriers plan to stay the course despite snow
Postal pooch on patrol

Winter storm: Post office closes walk up windows
New Guidelines Covering Pay-for-Performance for EAS Employees
Friday mail collection early due to weather in Appalachian District
Social Security Checks Missing in Virginia
Former postal worker pleads not guilty to destroying, delaying mail

 

2/5/10

2010 National Postal Forum Set for April 11-14 in Nashville

Illinois: Up to 130 Palatine postal employees to be reassigned
USPS Lists Post Offices Offering Special Valentine Postmarks

Residents meet to discuss future of Port Byron (IL) Post Office

 

2/4/10

It’s Thank A Mailman Day! We Show Gratitude With A Top 10 List Of Mail-Related Movies

Valassis Marks 25th Anniversary of its ‘Have You Seen Me?’ Program

Saints fans flip at Post Office over Super Bowl memorabilia

Reduced Post Office Hours Causing Headaches For Customers

Military Postal Service to Begin in Haiti

USPS OIG Audit Report: Postal Service Officers' Travel and Representation Expenses 2009 (PDF)

USPS Distribution Center Moves To Richmond

Two injured in trolley-mail van crash in San Diego

Letter sets off battle of the mailbox

 

2/3/10

Postal Service closing Charlottesville distribution center
Chattanooga Mail Man Attacked
Postal Service Expands Greeting Card Retail Network

USPS Computer Problem Delays NALC Dues Increase

Who will brief Obama on the nature of the mail market?

Minnesota's 24/7 post office hours scaling back hours

Olivehurst: Flood of input delays postal decision

The post-post office world

PRC OIG: Compensation Changes and Performance Awards (PDF)

 

2/2/10

Illinois Letter Carrier Celebrating 50 Years of Delivering Mail

Glenview, IL, Letter Carrier Joe Kraus is celebrating 50 years of delivering the mail. Nothing has slowed him down. When asked if he plans to retire soon, Kraus says “I could have left a while ago. But I thought I would stay on for the work, my co-workers and the customers.”  |

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Travel Tough for Mail Carriers

Ohio mail carrier retires after 32 years on same route
Direct mail has slowed to a trickle

UPS Sees Profit ‘Slightly Better’ Than a Year Earlier
- UPS Earnings Readthrough: U.S. Economy Still Slug-Like

Oh-oh - Photo: Click on Picture of Mail Truck

 

2/1/10

New Documentary: Murder By Proxy: How America Went Postal

...what is it about US Postal Service that made it a poster boy for workplace massacres? The film shows how transformation of the US Postal Service from a government agency into a corporation a created stressful workplace environment filled with increasingly anxious and unhappy employees and, eventually, resulted in unprecedented bloodshed. The documentary features two Postal massacres starting in 1986. The book  "Tainted Eagle" by  Royal Oak (MI) NALC steward Charlie Withers is also highlighted.   |

 

Postal Supervisor’s Request For Medical Documentation After Return To Work Was Not Reasonable - Thanks to Don Cheney for sending this information. PTF Clerk filed a Petition for Hearing under the Debt Collection Act of 1982 . USPS sought to collect from the clerk a debt in the amount of $497.22 based upon a payment of sick leave that was later converted to LWOP. The following findings are based upon the record.  |

 

USPS OIG Postal Service Network Streamlining

To remain financially viable, the Postal Service must effectively streamline its mail processing and transportation networks and optimize its workforce.  |

 

APWU Wins “Casuals In Lieu” Of Arbitration For Rogers, Arkansas Clerks

This is a summary of Regional Arbitrator Glenda M. August’s decision  (10/3/09) regarding the Postal Service’s decision to hire a casual employee to replace an enlisted military employee. In this case a career postal employee enlisted in the Military. Management hired a casual employee to fill the career employee’s position after he announced he would be in the Army for a period of not less than four years.  The case was argued for the Union by NBA Robert D. Kessler.  |

 

Quantum Selected by the USPS to Supply Zero Emission Postal Delivery Vehicle

 Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.,  today announced that it was selected by the US Postal Service (USPS) to produce an advanced electric postal delivery vehicle based on the widely used Long Life Vehicle (LLV) platform. Quantum was competitively selected, along with 4 other companies, for participation in a 1 year demonstration and validation program to be conducted by the USPS in Washington DC. |

 

No Accidents, No Sick Leave in Over 50 Years For NE Rural Carrier

Brainard, NE, Rural Carrier Dwayne Raskey has delivered mail for 50 years without an accident. For that achievement, he has been named the recipient of the prestigious Joseph M. Kaplan USPS National Safe Driver of the Year award by the National Safety Council (NSC). Raskey also has not used a day of sick leave.   |

 

“Do Not Obliterate”, Routing, and ACS Questions-Loop Mail?

UPS AND Postal Service Now Using New 'Flexible Access Label’ 

Pleas for leniency ignored; Mail Carrier sentenced to workhouse

Postal workers honor departed colleague

Postal workers at Edison and Whippany plants worry about job future

Former Montgomery Co. postal carrier gets 8-hour jail sentence in mail theft case

Ex-Missouri postmaster admits stealing $2,000 from post office

Judge dismisses man's suit against post office for delivering dead birds
Mail as Art
Pound Ridge NY letter carrier charged with theft weeps in court
New Hope mailman will receive help in reconnecting with his family in Haiti

Rollout of new Plant Verified Drop Shipment Training begins this month

Postal Worker Robbed Of Postal Bags

$50K Reward Offered In Post Office Robbery

 

1/31/10

USPS Increase Penalties For Violations Concerning Conduct on Postal Property

 The current rules governing conduct on Postal Service property establish the maximum penalty for a violation as a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days, or both. As revised by this notice, the maximum penalty for a violation will be increased to a fine of not more than that allowed under title 18 of the United States Code or imprisonment of not more than 30 days, or both.  |

 

Postal system much more efficient today than it was in days gone by

Change afoot at USPS

Postal union: Use pension money to keep Whippany center open

Cambridge postal driver robbed

Laundry, chickens and a post office

 

1/30/10

President Obama Nominates Two To USPS Board of Governors

Paul Steven Miller is the Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law who is an expert in workplace and employment law. Professor Miller spent the first nine months of the Obama Administration as a Special Assistant to the President in The White House. Prior to joining the University of Washington in 2004, Professor Miller had been one of the longest serving commissioners of the EEOC. Dennis J. Toner has directed policy, public and political affairs for over 30 years for then-Senator and now-Vice President Biden. Taking Control of the Board of Governors |

 

Postal Supervisors Alerts Congress to Possible Pay Abuse by USPS

The National Association of Postal Supervisors has warned key Senate and House leaders of potential abuse that may occur in the Postal Service's administration of its pay-for-performance system covering 75,000 USPS managers, supervisors and postmasters.   Such abuse, NAPS projects, could result in a salary loss of at least $500 to $800 by each affected employee, effective February 5.  |

 

Wheeling Postal Workers Wait for Decision
Downtown Pensacola post office stays put
Lafayette: Consolidation talk stirs postal union

PRC Chair Goldway: Five-Day Mail Delivery Awaiting Advisory Opinion

Firm seeks contract to supply USPS with electric cars

 

1/29/10

The League Takes Postmasters Working Condition Issues to Congress
Issue: The Abusive Treatment Of Postmasters And The Inefficient And Ineffective Post Office Management Practices Of Upper Level USPS Managers- This letter will serve to inform you of our intention to take our Postmaster issues to Congress. These are the same issues over which the National league of Postmasters has been unsuccessfully attempting to positively engage the Postal Service for the last 3 X years. You know the issues; they include Postmasters putting in horribly long work weeks due to the Postal Service's failure to properly staff supervisors, clerks and carriers and to properly budget work hours, the caustic workplace environment in many districts, a failed pay for performance system, and the Postal Service's failure to fill level 16 and below Postmaster positions. 
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USPS Updates Consolidation Initiative – 162 Post Offices Remain On List

-The U.S. Postal Service today filed an update with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) indicating that 162 offices remain under review for possible consolidation under the station and branch consolidation initiative. That is six fewer from the last update in December. No final decisions have been made regarding specific office consolidations.   |

 

Springfield (MA) Area APWU Local Reaches MTESC Agreement

Springfield (MA) Area Local reached a tentative agreement with Alan Ritchey, Inc. on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that will cover all 90 members employed at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC).  |

 

Postal Worker Faces Forgery Counts
Employee admits faking doctor's notes to get FMLA approved sick leave   |

 

Intelligent Snail: USPS Finally Addressing Crossed-Out Barcodes

Credit Card Direct Mail Back On The Rise
Residents question Jackson TN post office proposal at public meeting
Action Line: What's the deal with Post Office signs?

 

1/28/10

Somersworth NH Postmaster Placed On Administrative Leave

 It is not clear if the removal was related to claims by an employee that the manager electronically deleted overtime from employees' time sheets in order to make himself "look good" in the eyes of his superiors. The actions resulted in employees losing pay, the employee claimed.    |

 

USPS Seeks Manufacturer For Anti-Pilferage Seals To Use On Mail Containers

 The seal shall secure the mail containers and shall not allow the container to be opened without  physical destruction of the seal. The seal shall be a passive one time use locking device and shall indicate tampering or access into the mail containers. The seal shall close and lock in a manner that provides an audible and tactile feedback to the user that the seal has closed securely. When forcibly opened or cut, the seal shall be incapable of being resealed.    |

 

New York Letter Carrier Charged in $124,000 Mail Thefts

A letter carrier has been charged with stealing cash, gift cards, debit and credit cards from the very mail she was paid to deliver, authorities said Wednesday. Police and postal inspectors executed a search warrant at her residence, where they recovered hundreds of these items in addition to a large volume of mail and property taken from Pound Ridge residents and elsewhere in Westchester. Ryan said the value of the theft was $123,693 but estimated it could go as high as $250,000.  |

 

USPS To Postal Employees: Do Not Obliterate the Barcode

Former Postal Worker to appear in court for allegedly destroying mail

Pony Express will ride into Scottsdale to deliver mail by horseback

Post office moving some jobs from downtown Dallas to Coppell

Postal Service to Conduct Study of Mail Processing Operations in Lafayette, IN

Postal carrier honored for 40-plus years of service

Residents protest closing of Warner Robins GA post office
Editorial: Rally ’round Bay City’s downtown post office, and find a way to keep it open

Pocono Business Journal to cease publication - rising postal rates one reason for end
Deal close for Haitian postman to accept donations
Video: Interview with reporter who broke USPS Marketing Exec Bernstock contract story
Greenwood, IN postal clerk charged with misappropriation of funds
Former postal worker convicted in workers comp fraud case

 

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