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News from Postalblog
PMG Potter Names
New Chief Postal Inspector And Finance VP
Arbitrator Reassigns
Postal Supervisor For Violating Workplace Violence Policy
NALC Branch VP: Limited Duty
Carriers Suffer The Ultimate Harm
Gamefly Accuses
USPS Of Preferential Treatment For Netflix and Blockbuster
USPS Seeks
Suppliers For Electric Vehicle Conversion of LLVs
USPS Seeking Contractor To
Create New ID Cards For Postal Employees
USPS Cancels
Associate Supervisor Program
San Francisco
Passes First ‘Do Not Mail’ Resolution in Nation
Oakland APWU
Urges Congress To Investigate The Postal Service
PMG Potter Says
Reducing Delivery From Six to Five Days Could Save USPS $3.5
Billion Annually
USPS Closing Six Districts, Eliminating 1,400 EAS Positions
And Offering Early Retirement
USPS To ‘Outsource’ Change-of-Address Program?
Postmaster Setting Unrealistic
Expectations May Serve As Grounds To File EEO Complaint
USPS OIG’S Review Of Postal Managers
Unnecessary Purchases
Statement of
NALC President On Compliance with National Agreement
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Let Let me make the following clear to one and all, including
Postal Service management at headquarters and in the field,
and all letter carriers, at every level in the union and in
every post office: No one, at any level, has any authority
to amend or violate the national contract, period.
PMG Potter
memo on honoring contract (PDF).
It is up to each one of us to make sure that the changes we
bring to the organization are changes for the better,” Potter
recently wrote. Respecting and protecting the provisions of
the collective-bargaining agreements will help us to do that
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NALC: There Are No Plans
To Eliminate Six-Day Delivery
USPS: Declining Mail Volume Leads to Route Adjustments
Report: Employment
of Veterans in the U.S. Postal Service - FY 2007
PRC Annual Report:
Postal Execs Compensation
USPS Says It
Needs To Eliminate 9,200 City Carrier Routes in FY 2009
Postmaster, Supervisor Groups
Reject Pay Freeze (PDF)
Tight Times Strain Postmasters
USPS, APWU Reach Tentative Agreement On Four-Day Workweeks
USPS Wants Commercial Outdoor Advertising On Its Property
USPS to Implement
Two Tour Initiative Nationwide
Re: Postal Employees Ordered to Stop Offering
First-Class Mail
PMG Urges Leaders of Employee Organizations To Work With USPS
Flashback: Postal 1992 VER Cost $1.01 Billion
USPS To Launch
Nationwide Program To Track Revenue Performance Of Window
Clerks
Postmaster General
Cautions of Perfect Economic Storm
Connecticut
Congressman Presses Postal Service for Answers Regarding Meriden
Route Changes
Appeals Court Upholds Firing
Of Postal Carrier For Unsafe Driving
GAO: New Delivery Performance
Measures Could Enhance Postal Managers’ Pay for Performance
Program
Postal Manager Demoted Over Violation of NALC Contract?
Postal Worker's Self-Defense Claim Can't Save Job
NAPS Challenges USPS Network Plan, Questions USPS Outsourcing
USPS Posts $1.1 Billion Loss For Third Quarter
House Passes FERS Sick Leave Legislation
GAO: Data Needed
to Assess the Effectiveness of USPS Outsourcing
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Watchdogs
question US Post Office outsourcing system
USPS Names Two
Postal Execs To New VP Slots
USPS Releases
Details Of Voluntary Early Retirement Offer
Burrus: Employees Would Be Best Served by Postponing Early-Out
Decisions
NALC: Young Urges Congress to Reject Study
for 5-Day Delivery
USPS Early Out Offer Excludes ETs - No Cash Incentives
PMG Potter Announces
Reorganization At USPS Headquarters
House Committee
Approves Study On Ending Saturday Mail Delivery
EEOC: Postal Worker Was Not Provided
Smoke-Free Vehicle
ASFM-100 Work Awarded Back to Clerk Craft at Trenton P&DC
Court of Appeals Keeps Alive 14-Year-Old Lawsuit Against NALC
Postal Service Selects First-Ever Vice President of Sustainability
Video: Postal Workers Protest Terrorism On The Job
EEOC Rules USPS Must Process
Class Action Complaint For Rehab Postal Employees
OPM Submits
Proposal To Create Short-Term Disability Insurance Program
To Err Is Not Human for Demoted
Postal Supervisor
USPS Resolves
Dispute With Unions Over Computer Security Rules
USPS Selects Former Halliburton
Executive As New CIO
Big Pay Increases Approved For Top Postal Service Officers
USPS Retail Cost Cutting (PDF)
click
here to read the award (PDF)
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A Short Comparison of USPS Contracts With APWU, NPMHU, NALC
and NRLCA
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Flat
Sequencing System (FSS) Strategy
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August 31, 2009
Postal
Employees Rights During 'Surprise' Investigations By OIG
Visits
by Postal
Inspectors Or OIG Agents- which are usually unannounced – often
catch employees by surprise, and sometimes cause them to panic.
Our stewards, officers and arbitration advocates are doing an
excellent job of defending union members, but this article
should remind employees of their rights. After all, when you
exercise your rights to the fullest, you help protect yourself
the most. And unfortunately,
postal
inspectors and OIG agents have persisted in conducting overly
zealous investigations that have resulted in employees being
wrongly accused and issued notices of removals.
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USPS OIG: Nationwide Wage Uniformity
as a general matter and
notwithstanding current contracts, does it make sense to attempt
to match private sector compensation? Does the goal in the 1970
legislation still make sense today?
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Comments (47)
FedEx and UPS challenged by USPS flat rates
Warren postal
carrier accused of hoarding 20,000 pieces of mail
Management Approaches to Restructuring
The Onion:
Postal Workers Offered Buyout - What do you think?
Dog Bite Money' Band Wins WMGK House Band Contest
Federal News Radio: COLA;
Postal
Buyouts; Bigger Buyout?
Envelope gimmicks: Juicing up the impact of direct mail -
Will mailboxes soon be all stamped out?
Former Pueblo
postal
worker indicted
Downtown Arlington, Texas post office may face cancellation
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August 30, 2009
Columbus:
Postal Employees Protest Closure of Local Offices
Editorial:
Postal Service clams up over consolidation plan
Man charged with assaulting female mail carrier
Postal
Supervisor and Bowling Buddy charged with stealing $120,000 in
money orders
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August 29, 2009
Another Florida Retail Branch Has No-Work
Policy
Standby Rooms For
Postal
Employees Now Called Resource Rooms
The Key Largo post
office will be the second retail mail branch in the Keys to have
employees forced to stay in a designated room and not wait on
customers for part of their shifts. . The employees will still
earn their hourly wages while in the room. USPS initially called
the policy the "stand-by room initiative," but is now calling
the rooms "resource rooms," USPS spokeswoman Debbie Fetterly
said in an e-mail. Regardless of semantics, the policy has local
postal
employees and union officials angry. Jack Baldwin, the APWU Keys
president said the program is an attempt to show work at the
affected branches could be done with fewer people."
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USPS
Increases Its Stations And Branches Closure List From 677 To 750
EAS
Level 22 and below post offices included in new list - The
Postal
Service will provide on Wednesday an updated list of facilities
to be considered for possible closure, according to a letter
sent Friday to the
Postal
Regulatory Commission. The list is sure to be scrutinized by
impacted communities and lawmakers who have already criticized
the Postal
Service for its handling of the closure process. The list will
identify the final collection of
postal
stations and branches to be considered for closure or
consolidation. Earlier this summer, the
Postal
Service provided lawmakers with a list of 677 possible sites for
closure. That number has since grown to 750 after further
evaluation of eligible sites, according to Friday's letter.
Despite that high number,
Postal
officials privately suggest the final list will likely number
around 200..
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Lehigh Valley postal
workers get a job security boost
As recession wears on, mail gets
a little lighter
Congressman says Kalamazoo plant
is here to stay
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August 28, 2009
The Big
Lie: Postal Arbitrators And the Cause of the USPS Crisis
Conventional
wisdom suggests that if a lie is repeated often enough, it will
be accepted as fact, and actions based on the fabrication will
be considered justified. A myth circulating in the postal
community — that the collective bargaining process is in need of
major repair because arbitrators require the Postal Service to
pay unreasonable wages — is a good example. This fabrication has
been repeated over and over with no supporting analysis.
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Few
Likely to Step Up for USPS Employee Buyout Offer
If the economy were in better
shape, more postal workers might take advantage of the program,
McLean says. "I think many postal employees are still concerned
about the overall economy, and their chances of finding
part-time employment after they have retired from the Postal
Service."
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NAPS: RIF
Avoided - All Impacted EAS Employees To Be Placed in Positions
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USPS headquarters announced today
that remaining impacted EAS employees are expected to be placed
in positions thereby avoiding a RIF.
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Employee Incentives Paid to Postal Management as of June 2009=
$47 Million
(PDF)
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Postal Worker’s Removal For Disrespecting
Supervisor Overturned By Appeals Court
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USPS issued the Postal Worker a
Notice of Proposed Removal, charging her with disrespectful
communication to a supervisor and failure to follow
instructions. The notice listed seven specifications for the
charge of disrespectful communication, all of which are emails
or notes sent by the Postal Worker to her Supervisor. The charge
of failure to follow instructions listed two specifications,
including an April 3, 2006 email from the postal worker for
refusing to follow the supervisor's instruction concerning PS
Form 1767 (entitled "Report of Hazard, Unsafe Condition or
Practice"). The Appeals Court ruled that MSPB did not consider
postal worker's medical condition as a factor before upholding
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Wilkes-Barre: Postal Service shipping out work
Old Chicago post
office sold for $40 million
Man hit by postal truck in Ledyard
Tucson man stole
$29K worth of USPS tubs
The
Case for Postal-Style Healthcare
USPS OIG Report: Suspension of Postmaster
Convention Leave Benefit is OK (PDF)
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August 27, 2009
Postal
Clerks Decry No-Work Policy
The U.S. Postal Service is paying
employees to do nothing. Employees clock in and are paid their
regular hourly wage of between $17 and $23 an hour, even when
their supervisor instructs them to sit in a "standby room,"
where they can do nothing but read Postal Service instructional
materials -- they cannot eat, drink, smoke, read books or talk
on the phone.
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Judge Allows Massachusetts
Rural Carrier's Suit To Continue
Carrier wears tuxedo on last day
of delivering mail - A federal lawsuit against the U.S.
Postal Service, filed by a rural letter carrier who delivered
mail for 34 years, is moving forward. Peter J. Marinelli has
accused his former boss, Joseph Mulvey, of retaliating against
him when he complained to superiors that he was being harassed.
He also said Mulvey pressured him to retire for his last six
years on the job. In his ruling, Saylor said there was evidence
of a "campaign of harassment" after Marinelli initiated the
complaint process.
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Family Feud: Caught In The Crossfire
Unions are quietly complaining
about Obama's stance on pay and benefits. Federal unions are
relearning a hard political fact of life. One they lived with
during the 1990s, but haven't had to tackle in the last 8 years.
The lesson: It's harder to fight your friends than your enemies.
The unions were also surprised that the administration is
opposed to a proposal that would give workers under the Federal
Employees Retirement System credit for unused sick leave when
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How the U.S. Postal Service Is Saving Millions Through Energy Efficient
Retrofitting
Three-Year Old Hit By Mail Truck
Neighbors go postal over threatened station closings
Naples: One postal employee interested in buyout
Mail woman attacked; Southgate man charged
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August 26, 2009
NALC: No
Retirement Incentives For City Or Rural Carriers
The Postal Service has not offered
to negotiate a similar program for city or rural letter carriers
with the NALC or the NRLCA. At present, the complements of city
and rural carriers remain more closely aligned with the Postal
Service’s needs to cover last-mile delivery at current mail
volume. The new early-out programs should reduce the number of
postal employees in other crafts excessed to the city carrier
craft in the months ahead.
USPS offers incentives; will you
take them?
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Postmasters
Request A “Me Too” On USPS Retirement Incentive
Equity demands that Postmasters be
offered the same retirement incentive as the individuals whom
they manage. In fact, at NAPUS’ May consultative with the USPS,
I asked for such a Postmaster retirement incentive, but was
advised by your representative that there were no funds
available for my request. Apparently, funds are now available
for clerks and mail handlers. Jack, NAPUS’ request must be
revisited in light of to day’s news. Failure to provide
Postmasters with a meaningful retirement incentive will further
degrade Postmaster morale, and will confirm an incalculable
level of disrespect.
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Postal Retiree Not Happy About New Retirement Incentive
Can Recent Retirees File A
Complaint? Postmaster Potter also indicated before a
congressional hearing that there wouldn’t be any incentives
offered. Three weeks after retiring I find out that the memo and
statement from the postmaster were all lies. I took them at
their word and retired at the age of 49 with 26 years of
service. I had to incur a 12% penalty (2%for every year under
55). I feel totally used and would like to know if I and the
other recent retirees can dispute what is now happening. |
Former
El Paso postman sentenced for worker's comp scam
Advertising Delivery: A Governmental Function?
Fire chars mail truck
It's not too late to save the Postal Service
As recession wears on, the mail's a little lighter
Irate woman allegedly threatens postal worker
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August 25, 2009
USPS
Offers $15,000 Retirement Incentive To APWU-Represented
Employees and Mail Handlers
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The incentive is for clerks,
maintenance, mvs..etc to retire or resign - Moratorium on excessing until Oct, 9, 2009
- Most employees will
receive $10,000 in November 2009 and $5,000 approximately one
year later
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APWU: Union Negotiates Monetary Incentive
For Retirements, Separations |
NPMHU |
Negotiated Incentive Settlement
Could Save USPS $500 Million
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USPS Offers Buyouts to
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USPS offers workers $15,000 to quit
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Zumbox
Raises $8 Million For Paperless Postal Service
Zumbox has created a web-based
platform that powers the world’s first paperless postal system.
The company has created a digital mailbox – a Zumbox – for every
street address in the country. Postal mail can now be sent as
digital files and received online, with no paper, printing or
postage, and no scanning.
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Postal official addresses concerns about Dallas Main Post Office at town hall
meeting
USPS mail volume down, ad mail takes biggest hit
Greensboro: Downtown delivers for its carrier
Snail mail slowdown
Operation Graphic Hand: Nixon sends the Army in
to move the mail (PDF)
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August 24, 2009
Burrus:
Can We Help the Postal Service?
The Postal Service’s financial
difficulties are a frequent topic of discussion among union
members, and recently I have received several suggestions about
ways employees can help the USPS remain solvent. Most of the
ideas involve efforts to increase mail volume by promoting
letter-writing campaigns or other activities. A submission by
Todd Manganello (of the Baton Rouge Local) to
Ask the President on the union’s Web site suggested a
stamp-buying lottery aimed at increasing use of the Postal
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Unions oppose 5-day delivery, other proposals to cut USPS costs
All four major postal unions will
renegotiate their contracts in 2010 or 2011, and the Postal
Service — which spends 80 percent of its operating budget on
labor costs — will certainly push for concessions... the Postal
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Guffey: Fighting Contract Postal Units,
Protecting Retail Jobs
Retail employees are understandably
fearful that their jobs will be eliminated, and many union
activists are convinced that management plans to replace the
stations and branches with Contract Postal Units (CPUs), which
are owned and run by non-postal employees. |
Opinion:
Postal Service remains vital in digital age
For the last four decades, letter
carriers and other postal employees have had no more loyal
friends than Lacy Clay and his father, former Rep. Bill Clay,
two St. Louis Democrats who have represented Missouri's First
Congressional District since 1969. So when the time comes that a
Clay says the Postal Service must "transform itself to survive
as a viable entity," things must be serious, indeed. But as
policymakers weigh their options, they should realize that
people, while they spend a lot of time online, still live in the
real world. Business may be down, but 180 billions of pieces of
mail a year are vitally important. ...Even in the digital age,
the Postal Service's mission of "binding the nation together"
with universal service, at fair and reasonable rates, must be
preserved.
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Small post offices wondering if
fate is sealed
Once a municipal landmark found in
even the smallest communities, the neighborhood post office is
slowly going the way of the handwritten letter. But one thing is
for sure: Soon to be gone are the days when nearly everyone has
to -- or will even be able to -- walk into his local post office
and have a clerk send a parcel. The potential cuts are of
particular concern to the elderly and isolated, who may be
unaccustomed to corresponding online or uncomfortable driving
far to mail a package.
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August 23, 2009
Driver seriously injured in collision with postal truck
Commentary:
About that Saturday mail...
Jogger struck,
killed by mail truck
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August 22, 2009
Editorial:
US Postal Service Needs to Cut Back and Make Changes
The mailman used to deliver twice
a day in urban areas, but now Postal Service Chief Executive
John Potter says he wants to stop Saturday service to reduce
costs. No private business in America could continually raise
prices, lose billions of dollars and then hope to win back
customers by promising poorer service.
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Postal Service and the Federal Budget
More than anything else, the
greatest political obstacle to a new business model for the
Postal Service is the Federal budget deficit. Every legislative
action to maintain postal services in light of current financial
losses, and fund the transition that will create a new business
model will have budgetary implications. Thee budgetary implications
will likely become the primary arguments of postal competitors
and other opponents of reform for delaying necessary changes
that would make the Postal Service a viable and customer-focused
provider of delivery and delivery related services.
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Results of MIARAP Route Adjustments
(PDF)
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Florida: Bronson postal worker guilty of hoarding 2 truckloads
of mail
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7 Ariz. postal stations avoid
consolidation
USPS OIG Audit Report: Custodial Maintenance - Nationwide
(PDF)
USPS OIG Audit Report: Rio Grande District - Vending Operations
Risk (PDF)
USPS OIG Audit Report: Service Performance Measurement System
- Delivery Confirmation (PDF
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August 21, 2009
DOL files
lawsuit against USPS On Behalf Of Fired Whistleblower
The U.S. Department
of Labor has filed suit against the U.S. Postal Service, alleging
that a former Seattle Processing and Distribution Center employee
was discharged in violation of the whistleblower provisions
of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970.
The complaint alleges
that the former employee was terminated for reporting a work-related
illness to her employer and refusing to work on machine that
caused her illness.
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USPS
Assailed for Airing Ads During Bigot’s TV Broadcasts
APWU President William Burrus
has asked the Postal Service to join with other
responsible companies
and withdraw sponsorship of an offensive nightly TV offering,
“The Glenn Beck Program.” “Glenn Beck has made a number of
offensive statements on his nightly show that I believe are
designed to promote racial animosity,” Burrus wrote in a
letter to Postmaster General John E. Potter on Aug. 19. [PDF]
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USPS
Updates FSS Deployment Plans
Under the revised plan, the Postal
Service will redirect 19 of the 100 new FSS machines to new
plants. Two of the 32 locations originally scheduled to receive
the machines — Aliso Viejo, CA, and the Atlanta BMC, now a
Network Distribution Center have been removed from the list.
However, the revised plan increases to 42 the number of facilities
receiving the high-tech sorting machines, including 12 locations
that were not in the original deployment.
Dead
Tree Edition: Declining Volumes Lead to FSS Expansion
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Story
in Mailers’ Publication Pointedly Misses the Point About Postal
Salaries
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yet another attempt to promote the myth that postal employees
are not deserving of their collectively-bargained salaries,
APWU President William Burrus writes in an Update for
union members, a business-mailers’ organization has published
a fact-error-riddled story comparing salaries of USPS Electronic
Technicians with ETs in the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Local mail-processing
center may be moved to Grand Rapids
A Rally to
Keep 14 Post Offices in Business
N.J. post office workers preparing for
possible closures
Postal Union
worries local jobs could be lost
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August 20, 2009
Excessed Postal
Workers 120-Mile Commute
Postal Worker given one week
to report to new duty station
(8/20)
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Postal
Employees Busted For Illegal Gambling
Prosecutors said since at least
May 2005, the defendants have operated a “Lotto”-type gambling
business which tracked the numbers chosen for the New York
State Lotto drawings and paid out on a monthly basis prizes
in the range of $100,000...A
suspect in a related case put his illegal earnings at nearly
$10 million.
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Eye Opener: Potter on Obama's Postal
Comments
Despite the comparisons and suggestions
that the Postal Service lags behind UPS and FedEx, Potter
noted that the two leading shipping companies fly most domestic
mail while postal carriers deliver UPS and FedEx throughout
rural America. "It is a good model of efficient public-private
service," Potter said.
A Letter From PMG Jack Potter
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White House doesn't back down from postal dig
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DC Post Office Rationing Stamps?
According to some of the counter
staff, there is a new district manager overseeing post offices
in our area. This manager is setting a limit on how many stamps
any one post office can have at any one time. Therefore, area
post offices are being forced to ration their stamps. If we
bought 3,000 at this point, there might not be enough left
later for other customers.
Postal
Rationing Confirmed?
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Court nixes religious displays
in postal station
Postal Workers
Decry Cost-Cutting Proposal
Meet the New
PRC Chairman, Ruth Y. Goldway
Public sends
message: Don't close post office
UPS socked
with $100M overtime lawsuit
Texas Postal Employee indicted
for mailing marijuana
USPS and FedEx
Renew Global Express Guaranteed Agreement
Winning in Turbulence
Truck crashes into post office
'Leave it to Beaver' belongs in USPS stamp series
Washington Heights mail carrier sentenced in tax refund check
sting
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August 19, 2009
Breaking
News
- From a PostalReporter reader:
At 6 a.m. this morning about 15-20 USPS OIG agents raided
the USPS Bay-Valley District (Oakland, CA) Motor Vehicle Dept.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
see news story
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Burrus: ‘Short-Sighted’ Strategy Will
Mean Long-Term Damage
USPS Station and Branch Closures
- In a follow-up to recent testimony before
a House subcommittee, APWU President William Burrus
explored alternatives to station-and-branch
closures [PDF], which the Postal
Service is planning in reaction to a severe financial crisis.
“The Postal Service could accelerate employee attrition by
offering a reasonable retirement incentives,” he said. “Postal
managers say they cannot afford incentives, but this is a
short-sighted response. They cannot afford not to offer
them. At a time when postal finances are in such dire straits,
how can postal management refuse to allocate a minimum amount
in order to generate substantial savings in future years?”
Burrus asked.
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Results of New NIOSH Investigation On DBCs
From Loyd Reeder...the
recently released NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation of the 4
tiered DBCS's which was done from OSHA videotapes done in
the Denver plant in October, 2007. What had NIOSH so concerned
in 1993 was the older 3 tiered DBCS, since that time they
have never been allowed to look at the newer 4 tiered machines
until now.
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Post office reopens one day
after crash
Klein fights
to save downtown post office
Pittsfield:
Postal Service moving workers
Bloomington Postal Workers Say Sorting Switch Will Slow Mail
Postal worker humble about rescue
Canton: Postal workers picket branch
Move Update
non-compliance to cost mailers more in 2010
Less junk mail: Good for you, bad for economy
Kentucky: Owensboro postal
employee admits to mail theft
Reader’s Digest Plans Bankruptcy
Filing
Plunge in Credit-Card Mailings Slows
USPS OIG: Periodicals
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August 18, 2009
USPS On
Boycott List For Keeping Ads On Controversial Talk Host Glenn
Beck's Show
- The advertiser pullout
from Glenn Beck’s Fox News Channel show has gone from a trickle
to a torrent, and Fox has been reduced to running “house”
ads (spots for its own properties for which it receives no
revenue). Advertisers remaining on the show — and thus on
the boycott hit list — are: Honda, General Electric, Farmers
Insurance, Office Depot, Nestlé (Gerber), Red Lobster, the
U.S. Postal Service, and Wyeth.
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USPS DPMG Donahoe: The Current USPS Business Model is “Not
Sustainable" -
While emphasizing that all projections at this point are preliminary,
Donahoe discusses the effects a change to a five-day delivery
week will have on employees. He says USPS will use “every
tool at its disposal” to make sure the change to a five-day
week has a minimal impact on employees.
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APWU Responds to New York Times Column
When a business columnist for
the venerable New York Times wrote an article outlining
the Postal Service’s financial difficulties and concluded
that the USPS should be privatized, APWU President William
Burrus fired back. In a letter to the editor, the union president
disputed the suggestion that the cause of the Postal Service’s
current financial crisis is the diversion of mail to the Internet
and e-mail. He pointed out that the crisis is the fault
of the 2006 postal “reform” law, which requires the USPS
to pre-fund retiree healthcare costs.
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Chicago
Residents Rally For Letter Carrier Fired After Leaving Cart
Unattended
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About
45 Uptown Chicago residents demonstrated Saturday outside
their local branch post office, a facility with a long-held
reputation for particularly poor customer service. Instead
of being there to complain about service, however, these residents
turned out in recognition of the good service they have long
received from one of the letter carriers stationed there --
and to demand his quick reinstatement. Mark Ruben, who had
no role in the protest, told me by phone he is being fired
on grounds of leaving his mail cart unattended, but he said
the disciplinary action is really the result of his long-running
dispute with post office management.
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Postal Service's
Summer Sale Heats Up
Mailers
Take Advantage of Standard mail Price Breaks- The Postal
Service's Summer Sale program continues to heat up, as qualified
mailers take advantage of price breaks offered for generating
additional volumes of commercial or nonprofit Standard Mail
letters and flats The program, which began July 1 and ends
Sept. 30, provides a 30-percent credit to eligible mailers
who generate Standard Mail volumes above a mailer-specific
threshold... more than 1,200 companies registered to participate.
Of those, 569 have been certified, while another 364 await
certification.
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The US Postal Service: Our Next Bankruptcy?
Postal Service Bankruptcy
Less junk mail: Good for you, bad for economy
Kentucky: Owensboro postal
employee admits to mail theft
Reader’s Digest Plans Bankruptcy
Filing
Plunge in Credit-Card Mailings Slows
USPS OIG: Periodicals
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August 17, 2009
The Postal Service's Bid for Deliverance
- The deficit-burdened agency
asks Congress to consider new jobs for carriers, such as drug
delivery, that utilize their 'last mile' advantage- We should
experiment with utilizing our 'last mile' advantage in areas
beyond traditional mail, whether that means conducting the
Census or national polling, delivering medications, or helping
law enforcement in any number of ways," NALC President Fred
Rolando, told a Senate panel on Aug. 6. Rolando says he is
eager to engage officials at the Postal Service in talks
about how to harness the organization's resources to stir
up new revenue.
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Ohio: Postal Workers Protest MVS,
PO Cuts at District Manager's House
The American
Postal Workers Union claims the United States Postal
Service will contract out 54 local truck driver jobs and close
three Central Ohio post offices to help reduce costs.
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White House Press Secretary: No 'Postal Service' for Health
Care - Gibbs said
on Face the Nation Sunday that President Obama is still in
favor a government-sponsored health insurance plan -- but
does not intend to replicate the beleaguered U.S. Postal
Service
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Postal Service
receives bum rap
Postal service
must change with the times, but wisely
Pushed to brink, U.S. mail continues cutbacks
Lawsuit-filing postman loses latest round
Battle brewing over junk mail
Editorial: Say goodbye
to Saturday mail?
Philly: Dog bites send carrier to the hospital
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August 16, 2009
The Postal
Service’s National Reassessment Process-Limited Duty
APWU: On May
29, 2009, the Postal Service concluded its National Reassessment
Process Limited Duty pilot program. APWU has been notified
that this program is being implemented nationwide effective
July 13, 2009, with "work status meetings" beginning no sooner
than July 27th. You should be aware that the Limited Duty
NRP will target limited duty employees as well as those rehab
employees who have not yet been subjected ot the original
NRP Phase 2, which is now being referred to as the MMI NRP.
This new NRP is not intended to replace the MMI NRP. They
will exist simultaneously, therefore as explained by the Postal
Service, some rehab employees will be subjected to both versions
of the program.
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NAPUS Hotline
August 15, 2009
The Post
Office Comparison
One of the most hotly debated
parts of President Obama's plan to change health care in America
is the so-called "public option." Well, fortunately for all
of us, there exists a real world parallel that may help us
to better evaluate the potential ramifications of the public
option for health care and for private insurance. It's called
the United States Post Office, which has to compete with United
Parcel Service ("Big Brown"), Federal Express, DHL and other
"overnight" carriers and, with ever increasing frequency,
e-mail as the message and media delivery system of choice
for the American people.
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USPS May
Consolidate Nine Central Forwarding System Offices
“This will impact the employees
in the losing CFS units. Reassignments will be made pursuant
to the provisions of Article 12 by each affected district
office."
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Editorial: MSPB Finds Limited
Duty Offer Was Proper
U.S. Postal
Service Fights for Survival
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August 14, 2009
On-Roll and
Paid Employee Statistics (ORPES), July, 2009 (Pay Period 16,
FY 2009)
Police raid home and business
of postal worker on Cal Coast
Your 41 pounds of junk mail
8 Hawaii postal facilities
removed from potential consolidation
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August 13, 2009
Postal
Clerk Admits $600,000 Stamp Theft
According to his plea agreement,
Foster was a window clerk at the Elkridge USPS office, having
been employed there since 1998. From June 2008 through March
2009,
Foster stole “bricks” and “coils” of stamps from the post
office, which he provided to a co-conspirator and others to
sell. Since January 2007, the Elkridge USPS office has sustained
a loss of $682,809.11 as a result of the postage stamp theft
scheme.
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NALC: House
Republican Conference Smears America’s Most Trusted Agency
- The NALC issued a point-by-point
rebuttal of a grossly inaccurate, partisan attack on the Postal
Service and its 700,000 employees, perpetrated by by the House
Republican Conference in an underhanded bid to derail health
care reform. “This smear cannot go unanswered,” NALC President
Fredric V. Rolando said. “This attack on America’s most-trusted
agency is deliberately misleading and unjustifiably undermines
public support for the Postal Service.”
Burrus: A Cheap Shot at Our Expense
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The Postal Service's Early-Retirement
Snafu
Better communication, not additional
incentives, is all the Postal Service needs to entice more
employees to retire early, a union leader says. The USPS is
providing incomplete benefit estimates to eligible employees,
according to Don Cheney, a long-time leader of the Auburn,
Washington APWU local who has worked extensively on early-retirement
issues for the past six years.
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Revamped Maintenance Selection
System Q & A (PDF)
The following questions and answers
are to be applied for issues involving the RMSS and the Handbook
EL-304 agreed to by USPS and APWU on June 3, 2009
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Omaha Postmaster
Eva Jon Sperling Dies
Town hall to be held on postal
operations in Dallas
Injured Mail
Carrier Talks About Pit Bull Attack
Postal disservice
Postal poverty
Direct Mail May Fall 10% This Year
Couple navigate four-wheel-drive beach to deliver mail
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August 12, 2009
New PRC Chairman hopes to 'emphasize needs of the average
citizen mailer as opposed to the business mailers'
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who the postal service often
considers its customers," she said Tuesday in an interview
with the Daily Press.
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Editorial:
Postal Workers OWCP Indictments
Everyone on OWCP is scrutinized
these days. Tactics include installing a hidden video
camera on a telephone pole in front of the home. Attached
are two photos of one taken by a letter carrier. He
witnessed it being installed, and curious, asked the contractor
about it, who told him! The small rectangle on the side
of the box is a one-way glass. The letter carrier complained
to his steward, who complained to management, and the box
was removed a few days later. The video signal is sent
over the electrical wires to a distant monitoring station,
giving OIG a live feed to a DVR.|
USPS Will
Give 20% Rebate on Presort First Class Mail Between Oct. 1
and Dec. 31, 2009 (PDF)
- The Board of Governors
have authorized the Postal Service to adjust the prices for
its market-dominant products. This adjustment will take effect
at 12:01 AM on October 1, 2009, and expire at 11:59 PM on
December 31, 2009. This change affects First-Class Mail® presort
letter, flat, and card prices.
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Videos :
DPMG Donahoe on Five-Day Delivery
See videos 37 and 38
at letter carrier
connection
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People Magazine
to Honor Postal Heroes
And an upcoming article in the
Aug. 14 issue of PEOPLE magazine will recognize several
letter carriers who’ve done just that — going out of their
way to perform heroic deeds — while delivering on their routes.
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APWU Files
Dispute Over Consolidation of USPS Districts
The APWU has appealed to arbitration
a dispute over the Postal Service’s unilateral consolidation
of six USPS Districts. By letter dated May 12, 2009, the union
was informed that six district offices had been consolidated
and that effective July 4, 2009, the casual reports used by
the Union to monitor compliance with Article 7.1.B.5 will
reflect the new structure as specified in the letter.
It is the union’s position that this is a mid-term modification
of the collective bargaining agreement, prohibited by Article
5, that allows the Postal Service to evade the casual caps
and thereby employ more casuals than it otherwise might have
under the pre-existing district structure.
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Post
Office Vandalized With Obama 'Joker' Posters
Global Postal Monitoring System Goes Live
Ex-letter carrier accused of opening mail agrees to plead
guilty
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August 11, 2009
Obama: 'UPS
and FedEx are doing just fine. It's the Post Office that's
always having problems'
- President Obama
made what his advisers believe were his first public comments
on the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday, basically knocking
its performance during his health-care-themed town hall in
New Hampshire. I mean, if you think about it, UPS and FedEx
are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It's the post office
that's always having problems."Asked to clarify, the White
House said Obama was pointing out that while core Postal Service
services are different from those offered by UPS and FedEx,
it has not undermined the competitive spirit of the private
shipping industry.
Postal Service: Whipping Boy of the health care debate
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video
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Burrus: USPS
Rate Policies Add to Fiscal Woes
During a question-and-answer
session at a recent Senate subcommittee hearing, APWU President
William Burrus outlined the union’s objections to an amendment
to a bill that would help the USPS recover from its fiscal
woes and pointed out that the Postal Service’s rate policies
have encouraged the growth of a private-sector mail-processing
network. In an Update for union members, the union
president compares postal salaries to workshare discounts,
and blasts the USPS for establishing a flawed postage rate
system.
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APWU: Vote
Delayed on Bill To Undermine Pay and Benefits
S 1507 Update: The Senate
adjourned for its August recess without voting on a bill that
would be devastating for postal workers. As a result, union
members have several more weeks to voice opposition to legislation
that would undermine our wages and benefits in future contract
negotiations.
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Is It Burrus'
fault that Postcom Prez Compared His Comments On Worksharing
To Nazi?
According
to Gene in response to the APWU article above : "The APWU
has NOT told its members about the jobs that would be lost
if and when the USPS puts through an exigency postal rate
increase. Nor has it mentioned how that increase will precipitate
a further drop in mail volume, endangering even more postal
jobs. Oh...I forgot. According to APWU's boss, business mailers
are "vermin." This appears to be something some people
have forgotten." Hey historians. Does that have a familiar
ring? No, no, no. I must be confusing that with "My
Struggle." Shall I translate that for you?
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Columbus Ohio
Motor Vehicle Services Unit Contracted Out
Watertown mail
processing operation moving to Syracuse
Postal
truck hit from behind, mail secured
PRC public forum on
workshare discount methodologies to be broadcast live on web
at 1PM today
Fixing the Mail: Neither Snow nor Rain nor…Red Ink?
Dear John: Your
post office is closing
BusinessWeek
Poll: Should the Postal Service save money by eliminating
one day of mail delivery?
Five-Day Delivery
Will Not Impact Direct Mail Catalogers
Thousands of
pieces of mail damaged in Kentucky flooding
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August 10, 2009
Opt Me Out! The USPS Needs an Overhaul
Mailbox 'edict' has residents in huff
Your Corner Mailbox Could Be Stamped Out
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August 9, 2009
Three Ohio
Postal Workers Charged With OWCP Fraud
a federal grand jury returned
three separate felony indictments charging three Postal Workers
with defrauding the United States Department of Labor and
the USPSe. The indictments returned today charged the postal
workers with devising and carrying out three separate schemes
to defraud the United States Department of Labor and the United
States Postal Service by fraudulently obtaining worker’s compensation
benefits and avoiding returning to work in limited duty positions.
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Texas Carrier
arrested after ditching vehicle
A U.S. post office vehicle was
parked and left running at a stop sign late Friday afternoon,
according to a police report. The abandoned vehicle was full
of undelivered mail and officers started looking for the missing
mail carrier, the report stated. Officers found the worker
at a nearby restaurant drinking a bottle of soda.
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Salt Lake City airport postal
facility could close by Oct. 1
Protect postal service for
the poor
Maine town
fights curbside mailbox phase-out
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August 8, 2009
Mail Carriers
Walking Farther, Delivering Less Mail
KMBC's Martin Augustine reported
that while they're delivering less mail to neighborhoods,
the postal service nationwide is delivering to more addresses
than it ever has before. More than a million new addresses
are added every single year..... that may mean even more hours
on the street.
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Let’s Outsource
the Post Office
eNAPUS: Clunker
Cash - Postal Pity (PDF)
Probe of contract
post office closes with no charges filed
Fixing the
Postal Service
Postal union
seeks support to fight possible downsizing at Kilmer P&D
Postal union
seeks support to fight possible downsizing at Edison facility
So you think your business has problems
Union accuses
Freehold post office of labor violations
UPS Employees
Say They Were Forced to Lobby Against FedEx
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August 7, 2009
The Big Lie
Editorial
By PostCom President: "There are lies....There are lies....And
then there are damn lies! I don't know about you, but I've
had my fill of listening to the claptrap peddled on the Hill
by the American Postal Workers Union's William Burrus. As
they once said about Joseph Goebbels and the Nazi big
lie, if you tell an untruth often enough, people just might
begin to believe it. What really got me was Burrus' baloney
about people being paid four times what postal workers are
paid to perform the kind of worksharing that has saved the
Postal Service billions of dollars since worksharing's inception.
Where are his facts? In reality, he has none."
Update:
looks like Postcom prez
removed the Nazi reference
but the basically the same essay from 2002 is still floating
around the internet
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Editorial
: Ex-sick-ution
by Ronald Williams - According to a USPS Inspector
General website the U.S. Postal Service spent $1.4 Billion
in 2008 on sick leave. The Postal Service identified 35,000
employees with 20 or more unscheduled absences.
I think it’s hard to schedule when you are going to be sick
or can’t make it to work and that’s why we call an employee
service line
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Postal truck catches fire
in Wisconsin
Goldway Designated PRC Chairman (PDF)
Age in which letters are old-fashioned takes toll on Postal
Service
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August 6, 2009
Testimony From Today's Senate Subcommittee Hearing: THE U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE IN CRISIS
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Watch Today's Hearing
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Senators Fret Over Postal Service's Finances
"I think that we've reached a breaking point with the recession
and that's why we're seeking to go from six- to five-day delivery,"
Mr. Potter said. Senator Thomas R. Carper, Democrat of Delaware
and chairman of the subcommittee, said that the health benefits
bill was "not a silver bullet." Several senators said that
eliminating a day of delivery was not off the table, but did
not offer concrete proposals on how to make that change. Mr.
Lieberman said that members of Congress were opposed to closing
postal facilities and eliminating a day of delivery but said,
"I fear that we'll probably have to do both of those."
Collins critical of Postal Service shut-down proposals
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APWU: Senate
Bill Would Destroy Collective Bargaining
“The crisis facing the United
States Postal Service is real,” Burrus said, “and this union
offers positive solutions. The amendment to S. 1507 is not
positive, and it will not solve the problems of the United
States Postal Service.” “By endorsing the amendment, the committee
has declared war on postal workers.”
APWU: Give-and-Take On the Coburn Amendment |
watch hearing on cspan.org
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Potter Seeks
‘Fundamental Restructuring’ Of Postal Laws
PMG Jack Potter today testified
before a Senate panel responsible for USPS oversight, stressing
the need for a “fundamental restructuring” of the Postal Service’s
legislative and regulatory framework. He said such changes
are “critical to future growth” of the organization. Potter
also noted the Postal Service supports portions of the bill
that require an arbitrator to consider the agency’s financial
health in a binding arbitration settlement .
PMG: Payroll will not be interrupted
despite cash shortfall
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US Postal Service Seeks OK To Enter New Lines Of Business
The U.S. Postal Service is seeking permission
from Congress to enter new lines of business, hoping to boost
revenue at a time when traditional mail volumes are posting
double-digit losses, putting the Postal Service into a deep
financial hole. A green light from lawmakers could allow 30,000
post offices to offer banking and insurance products, renew
drivers' licenses or sell pre-paid cellular telephone service,
offsetting hits from the recession and a shift to electronic
bill payment. "We cannot just sell stamps in those outlets,"
U.S. Postmaster General John Potter said at a Senate Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing Thursday.
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USPS Outlook
(PDF)
USPS Quarterly 10-K Financial
Report - The Postal Service finds itself operating in
one of the most difficult economic environments in decades.
The recession that began in December 2007, deepened in 2009
and mail volume reflects this, shedding a total of 20 billion
pieces in the first nine months of 2009. The recession is
expected to continue through the remainder of 2009 and impact
mail volumes through 2010. Volume for 2009 is projected to
be approximately 175 billion pieces, a decline of 28 billion
pieces from the 2008 level of 203 billion pieces. Based upon
current projections, net loss for 2009 is expected to exceed
$7 billion. The $10.2 billion debt limit at September 30,
2009 is expected to be insufficient to fund our obligations
without legislative change. Expense Outlook:
The Postal Service has implemented a cost reduction plan in
an effort to mitigate the effects of the significant revenue
shortfall from declining mail volumes in 2009 . The potential
for greater cost reduction opportunities could be realized
in cooperation with our unions and management associations.
the Postal Service has, and continues to, undertake a number
of actions to increase efficiency, reduce costs and generate
new revenue. These actions include freezing executive salaries,
reducing workhours and headcount, maximizing operational efficiencies,
renegotiating contracts with major suppliers, halting construction
of new facilities, and initiating revenue generation efforts
utilizing the increased pricing flexibility available under
P.L. 109-435. Although each of these efforts is expected to
positively impact cash flow in 2009, they will not, either
individually, or in the aggregate, be sufficient to offset
the expected September 30, 2009 cash shortfall.
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OSHA cites Wisconsin postal facility for safety violations,
proposes nearly $60,000 in penalties -
Federal labor
officials have cited a U.S. Postal Service distribution facility
in Eau Claire with a number of workplace violations. The U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration says violations
included failing to provide proper driver training and keeping
improper records on injuries. OSHA also says the facility
failed to provide certain refresher training and didn't make
sure workers performed daily truck inspections. The safety
agency has proposed $58,500 in penalties. U.S. Postal Service
spokesman Peter Nowacki had no immediate comment.
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Oxnard Postal Workers Fight Proposal Close Processing Plant
Barrier to
Postal Service Downsizing Is Being Ignored
Men rob post office and take off on four-wheeler
Charleston Letter Carrier pepper sprays robber
Postal Worker Hospitalized After Dog Attack
No Exigent Postal Rate Case -- For Now
Don’t Blame the Web for Postal Service Woes
Postal Governor Katherine Tobin Appointed to Dept. Of Education
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August 5, 2009
USPS Reports
Net Loss Of $2.4 Billion For Third Quarter
The U.S. Postal Service said
Wednesday it posted a net loss of $2.4 billion in its third
quarter and expects to lose more than $7 billion by the end
of the fiscal year. The rising tide of red ink could leave
the Postal Service with a potential cash shortfall of up to
$700 million by its fiscal year-end on Sept. 30, when it must
pay up to $5.8 billion to pre-fund retiree health benefits.
Postal Service officials hope Congress will pass legislation
that would increase its ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury
Department before the bill comes due.
USPS reports loss, while Senate delays action on bill
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USPS Briefing on Third Quarter Financial Results
(33 minute video)
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USPS Paying
Postal Managers For Environmental Performance
Raises for managers at the United
States Postal Service next year will depend, in part, on how
well the service is doing with the environment. That sustainability
office at USPS tells FederalNewsRadio that they are adding
new pay-for-performance indicators to measure how well managers
and supervisors meet goals for energy and fuel usage.
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No Pony Express, Postal Service Slammed for 'Lumbering' System,
Junk Mail Deliveries
- Government budget
woes, the efficiency of the Internet and the staggering volume
of junk mail have rightfully buried the U.S. Postal Service,
say environmental groups and budget analysts who call the
mail delivery model built on the Pony Express no longer viable
in the 21st century.
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Seattle sub-carrier charged in theft - deposits $208,307 stolen
check
When postal worker Trevor L.
McBee suddenly deposited a check for $208,307.45 in his wife's
bank account in June, he told her they'd won the lottery,
court documents say.But the truth was that McBee, a substitute
carrier for the U.S. Postal Service's Interbay substation
in Seattle, had been swiping business checks from his routes,
according to federal charges unsealed Tuesday.
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Going Part-Time
Into Retirement
One of the less controversial
pro-fed perqs Congress will take up next month would, if approved,
permit working feds who are under the Civil Service Retirement
System to phase into retirement by working part-time. Under
current rules folks under the CSRS plan, about 20 percent
of the federal workforce, who go part-time in their high-3
average salary period often take a big pension hit. Their
annuities are based on their high-3 year average salary and
going part-time can drag that down. But the House version
of the Defense Authorization bill would correct a congressional
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America needs a smaller Postal
Service
Bids Start
at $300,000 for Chicago’s Old Post Office
Postal Service
going the way of phone booths
Postal Service
May Close 14 (Not 53) Branches in New York City
Post office
responds to criticism, returns to longer hours
Letter carrier
(and brother of Police Chief) charged with drug dealing
on route
Can the Postal
Service Still Afford Periodicals?
Plan to close
three Clearwater post offices upsets customers
Postal Service
Offers Yard Grooming Tips
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August 4, 2009
The Patient
is not Dead
Reading recent news reports about
the Postal Service, one would think that it is on its deathbed.
While times are dire and a major restructuring is in order,
the underlying business may be better than what some of its
competitors face even if the Postal Service's ability to remain
a sustaining enterprise under the current business model looks
increasingly unlikely.
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Dear USPS:
Consider Privatizing
But many experts argue that true reform requires the Postal
Service to privatize, which would include opening up the first-class
mail business to competition. Privatization has worked in
many other countries. Germany's Deutsche Post, which runs
the DHL brand, has been private since 2000 and is now the
world's largest logistics group. The European Union is in
the midst of privatizing the postal services of all its member
nations. And in 2005, Japan approved the privatization of
its postal service, Japan Post.
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PRC Website
fails to deliver?
PRC website crashes under
weight of people trying to find out if their post office is
on
the list-
"No one knows as of this writing how many of us are trying
to access the www.prc.gov/
(postal regulatory commission) website to see if "our" post
office is one of those on a proposed hit list, but I do know
that it's at least one too many. Over the past hour, multiple
attempts to access the site utilizing two different internet
browsers have all resulted in the same "waiting for www.prc.gov..."
message at the bottom of the screen."
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Ex-postal worker allegedly
took gift cards
Thieves Use Postal Service To Steal Identity
Anthrax case not closed: Panel reviews Bruce Ivins, mail probe
With Volume Down, Shipping Discounts Abound
Editorial: Take fast action to
save U.S. mail
Contract Mail Carrier Snags Traffic Signal, Snarls Ensue
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August 3, 2009
Postal Worker’s Removal For Unacceptable Attendance Affirmed
By MSPB -
by Don Cheney - It was undisputed that over the course of
about 21 months, the Austin, TX P&DC Mail Processing Clerk
was absent from work 81 days, including 77 days of unscheduled
leave without pay (LWOP). While the appellant lost his job,
he appears eligible for disability retirement. He must apply
within one year of the effective date of separation as shown
on his last Form 50 (that's usually not the date in the Notice
of Removal).
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The Challenge
of Retail
The Postal Service has whittled
down its Post Office closing list to around 1,000 offices.
The final list represents less than 3% of all existing Post
Offices. While many communities may feel relieved that the
have been spared the loss of their post office, the Postal
Service still faces the challenge of providing retail services
that makes both business sense and serves the non-business
needs of the communities the Postal Service serves.
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TSP rebounds
in July
DPMG Donahoe Addresses Five-Day Delivery Discussion
USPS OIG: Will Electronic
Reader Technology Affect the Postal Service?
Mail Truck
And Pickup Truck Collide In Bethlehem
NALC Branch holds softball tournament to raise money to fight
muscular dystrophy
'Junk mail' deliveries drop off
Passionate little town seems ready to secede again over post
office closing
Postal service adjusts to declining volume by taking away
collection boxes
Editorial : One Way to Fix Netflix - Find a Better Post Office
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August 2, 2009
Sun City
paves the way for postal workers of the future
[Garet] Wichowski is one of four
Sun City (Arizona) postal carriers that get to use the T3,
which is an all-electric, three-wheeled motorized vehicle.
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CO: Aurora's
delivery dilemmas
Congressman Kucinich Demands Thorough Analysis of PO Consolidation
Review
North Carolina: Chapel Hill
postal worker killed in crash
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August 1, 2009
NALC President
:Seeing past the gloom to a brighter tomorrow (PDF)
With the recession playing havoc
with the Postal Service, we, too, are in survival mode.But
the Postal Service and the NALC must do more than hunker down
and just fight to survive in the short run. We must also do
all we can to imagine, and then to realize, a stronger, better
Postal Service for the 21st century once this crisis passes.
Indeed, the Postal Service recently revealed that it is ready
to support the biggest change in its operations in more than
50 years—the elimination of Saturday delivery—based on the
flimsiest “evidence.”
ABM: Elimination of Saturday
delivery 'inevitable'
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Grand jury indicts
Indiana letter carrier
CNN: Postal
Service Weighs Service Cuts
Cutbacks may
seal fate of some neighborhood post offices
Will the USPS Seek An 'Exigent' Rate Increase?
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