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News from Postalblog
One supervisor "accepted thousands
of dollars in drinks and lap dances at a local strip club,
over $8,000 in free work done on a truck belonging to Plumb’s
grandson, and a $3,000 paver patio installed in Plumb’s backyard.
In addition, on a weekly basis, Plumb used the services of
a prostitute paid for by the private contractor. Plumb also
accepted Levitra pills supplied by the contractor."
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USPS To Record Daily Activities Of Carriers For Use In Upcoming
NALC Contract Talks
- USPS notified NALC that it will use cameras to record
time
spent on office tasks starting today. |
USPS Proposed Rule To Amend Regulations
for Post Office Closing-Consolidating Process
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This proposed rule would amend
postal regulations to improve the administration of the Post
Office closing and consolidation process.
PRC Releases
List Of Suspended U.S. Post Offices
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PMG Announces Seven USPS Districts
Eliminated, Executive Ranks Reduced
- About 7,500 positions
will be eliminated across the organization through the redesign
that also includes the closing of seven district offices and
offers limited financial incentives to those who meet specific
qualifications.
VER Offering for 2011 Organizational
Redesign | $20,000
Special Incentive Offer FAQs
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PRC Issues Advisory Opinion On
Ending Saturday Delivery
The Commission stands ready to
provide further assistance as the deliberations progress.
Senator Carper Reacts to PRC Opinion
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Senator Susan Collins Statement
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PMG
Reacts To PRC Decision On Five-Day Mail Delivery
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Call For Action: Urge President Obama To Appoint Democrat
To PRC
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Oversight Hearing To Scrutinize APWU
Tentative Contract
PMG Expresses
Regret For Comparing Postmasters To Maytag Repair Man
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Postal Service Eyes Closing Thousands of Post Offices
Beginning
in March, the agency will start the process of closing as
many as 2,000 post offices, on top of the 491 it said it would
close starting at the end of last year. I
Ruling
on Shuttered Post Offices Expected Soon
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Plans
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PMG Plans To
Streamline Management, Match Workforce To Workload
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USPS To Cut
7,500 Positions, 10 Districts, 2,000 Postmasters
The Washington
Post’s Ed O’Keefe reports on Twitter that Postmaster General
Pat Donahoe plans to cut about 7,500 jobs and about 2,000
postmasters, or the people responsible for running post offices.
Incoming
postmaster general promises cuts
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Senator Susan
Collins Seeks Reforms To Federal Workers Comp Program
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Some Postal
Managers Refusing To Accept USPS, APWU Freeze On Excessing
Agreement
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"USPS Management
Message Confirms Excessing Moratorium"
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USPS VP Position
Downgraded, New COO Gets $25,000 Relocation Pay
Stephen M. Kearney, Senior Vice
President, Customer Relations, has retained his position,
but by virtue of a realignment of his duties effective December
8, 2010, he is no longer an executive officer. New COO Megan
Brennan will receive a payment of $25,000 to help cover relocation
costs.
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Demoted Postal
Manager Appeals Part-Time Status to MSPB
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A former Postal Manager is attempting to circumvent the seniority
provisions of the APWU National Agreement.
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Former APWU
National Officer Found Guilty For Theft Of Union Funds
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Rural carriers reject USPS proposal for wage freeze, benefits
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NALC: USPS News
Release On Contract Negotiations Is Full Of Spin And Distortions
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and distortions aimed at influencing public opinion. NALC
wants its members to know that we are responding to press
inquiries regarding the
USPS
release
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Postal
Service Echoes Enron Abuses
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The need for reform at the top and a complete overhaul of
the current USPS culture is evident when you look at the scandals
revealed recently, including the Bob Bernstock scandal in
July,
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PMG Potter: Give U.S. Postal Service The Freedom To Compete
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USPS Has Too Many Supervisors And Too Many Employees, Congressman
Says -"The Post Office has
200,000 people who should be retiring," Rep. Darrell Issa
said in a speech Wednesday to The Heritage Foundation. USPS
had 568,301 employees at the end of August. "When I say retiring
I mean we don’t need them. But let’s bear in mind it’s just
not the guy at the post office; it’s the thousands of people
who are doing maintenance at post offices that we don’t need
to have so many of."
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Former Oklahoma Postmaster
Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $642,808 From Bulk Mail Customers
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Senator Collins:
OIG Audit Shows Stunning Evidence Of Excessive Postal Execs
Perks
- The U.S. Postal Service pays 100 percent of health insurance
premiums for 835 of its top employees, an expensive perk that
occurs at no other federal agency, .
Archive: Postal Execs Compensation &
Perks Reported Last Year | Audit:
Ex-Postal Service execs return as private contractors, make
more money
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Ex-postal executives
return for high-pay contracts
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June 30, 2011
The U.S. Postal Service has canceled
bonuses and performance awards for executives, officers and
other administrative employees, its chief human resources
officer said Thursday. Although the agency had set aside about
$7 million for such programs for fiscal 2011, Tony Vegliante
said he decided this month to withhold them because of the
agency's worsening financial crunch.
USPS Statement
on Suspension of Awards Program
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Who’s Who in the Great Postal Service
Debate
The future of the Postal Service
is at the center of a national debate about the public realm
versus the private realm. Some argue that the postal
system should be seen as a business, some as a public service.
Some people want to privatize the entire system, while others
believe that the government will do a better job providing
"universal service" at "uniform rates. |
USPS in Midst of $100 Million Agency
Review
The U.S. Postal Service confirmed
it is reviewing marketing communications covering strategy
and creative; media planning and buying; direct marketing
and sales support; retail and promotions; and multicultural
advertising for the African-American, Hispanic, and Asian
markets." |
"Mr. Issa’s legislation also
falls short in failing to authorize new avenues of commerce
for the Postal Service as part of a broader, realistic business
model for the 21st century." |
Owner Of Houston Pre-sort Company Gets
14 Years For Stealing Millions From USPS
In
addition to the prison term, Judge Atlas also imposed a three-year-term
of supervised release to begin following his release from
prison, a $700 special assessment and further ordered Lim
to pay restitution to the USPS in the amount of $16 million.
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Mail Delivery
Halted By Dive-Bombing Birds
Catalogers Applaud PMG’s
View on Exigent Rates
Residents come out to fight
possible closure of post office
Small town Minn. post offices
on the chopping block
Jacksonville postal worker
given probation for stealing gift cards
Alabama postal
worker charged with stealing mail
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June 29, 2011
Postal Jobs, Pay, Benefits Threatened
by Congress
The Postal Service is in danger
of financial collapse, and could close its doors as early
as July 2012. A battle is raging on Capitol Hill over what
to do about it, and one thing is clear: Our jobs, our pay,
and our benefits are in jeopardy! |
Postal Worker Commits Suicide at Waukegan,
IL post office
An employee of the U.S. Postal
Service in Waukegan died in a gruesome act of suicide that
began at a downtown Waukegan post office Tuesday night. The
22-year veteran of the postal service worked in maintenance
at the Waukegan office. |
Daytona
postmark lives on, despite processing center closure
Postal
Vision 2020; USPS at a Crossroads
Mailman
meme
Texas mailbox
bomber gets 7 years in prison
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June 28, 2011
Darrell Issa was very supportive
of unions just a short time ago. Now Issa and Florida Freshman
Congressman Dennis Ross have lodged an all-out "perceived"
war against the Postal Service and postal workers. The TeaParty,
promoted by Ross, has started an online petition to support
Issa's Postal Reform Act |
OIG Finds
Over $400k In Questionable USPS Purchases On Beer, Sports,
Gift Cards
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"This
report presents the results of a follow-up audit to determine
whether purchases complied with U.S. Postal Service policy
and whether imprudent purchases were still occurring related
to the SmartPay® Purchase Card and select Accounts Payable
Excellence (APEX) system transactions since our last audit."
Beer and wine purchases
totaling $2,927 were provided at nine events for which the
cardholder did not obtain an officer’s approval |
USPS Announces
Nonbargaining Employees Promotional Salary Increase Policy
Change
- Effective immediately,
promotional increases must be limited to the following: Salary
increase of 3 to 5 percent for promotions, Salary increase
of no more than 8 percent if an employee is promoted more
than once within 52 weeks. |
OWCP announces
final rule updating procedures for Federal Workers’ Compensation
Act claims
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The U.S. Department of
Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs today released
a final rule that revises and modernizes the procedures used
in administering claims under the Federal Employees' Compensation
Act. The rule, modernizes procedures. |
Gift Cards On Sale At Select
Post Offices Starting Today
The new line of
“open-loop” gift cards — redeemable at any merchant that accepts
the card brand — is part of a two-year market test and is
being sold at Post Offices that also sell greeting cards.
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USPS: Special
Mail Processing of 'Hot' Publications To End Friday
Mobile
Barcode Promo Glitch for Drop Ship Mail
Not All's
Fine at FedEx
Postal
Service driver attacked after mail truck's mirror hits boy
Special Mail Processing of 'Hot' Publications
to End Friday
Postal Service in "dire financial predicament
PMG: USPS Needs Congress's Help
The truth about the Postal Service
NALC Pres. Rolando for the Bellingham Herald
| Op-Ed piece written by Issa for
Wash. Examiner
Postal Service needs comprehensive
reforms
Amid Pension Cuts at USPS, Issa
Introduces Postal Reform Act
Rep. Steve King Trying To Save
Sioux City's Mail Processing Center
"Postal Reform Act" would also reform USPS contracting
Yet Another Unworkable Postal
Bill
Canada: Postal workers upset over back-to-work order
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June 27, 2011
CNBC Host: Let FedEx Absorb USPS – PMG:
Let USPS Absorb Them
"PMG Pat Donahoe appeared recently
on “The Kudlow Report,” to represent the Postal Service’s
position on the need for congressional action to address the
USPS requirement to pre-fund retiree health benefits, frequency
of delivery and allow the Postal Service to access overpayments
to the Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees
Retirement System. Donahoe explains to CNBC host Larry Kudlow
that legislative changes are “not a bailout.” Kudlow
says USPS employees on the average make $100,000 a year.
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U.S. Postal Service Resumes Accepting
Mail to Canada
Is Privatization
Worse for Labor than the Issa/Ross bill?
USPS: Return
$82 billion to sender
Loma Linda
postal workers file religious discrimination charges
Iowa mayors join forces
to fight post office closures
Canada
Post promises mail delivery Tuesday
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June 26, 2011
Senator McCain
Files Amendment to Presidential Bill To Make it Easier to
Close Post Offices
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eNAPUS - This week, Sen. John
McCain filed an amendment to S. 679, the Presidential Appointment
Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011, which would have
made it easier for the Postal Service to close Post Offices.
Senate Amendment 488 was filed and printed in the Congressional
Record; however, Senator McCain did not call the amendment
up for consideration. |
Cora residents fight to keep rural post office alive
Galesburg letter carriers keep a watchful eye
Canada lawmakers pass bill aimed at ending postal work stoppage
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June 25, 2011
USPS Reports
$4.7 Billion Net Loss ending May – $1.8 Billion More Than
SPLY
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Postal Service reduced work hours in the month of May by 94,182
million hours or 2.2%. The number of career employees on May
31, 2011, was 567,401, non-career numers were 90,050.
Total mail volume of 12,873,284 billion pieces, compared to
13,125,257 billion pieces in the SPLY, a decrease of 1.90%.
Operating revenue of $5,120 billion, compared to $5,270 billion
in the same period a year earlier - nearly 77% of Personnel
Compensation & Benefits. |
Turn Email Over to the
U.S. Postal Service | PCMag.com:
Editorial: Residents Feel
USPS Isn’t Hearing Them | The Times Record
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June 24, 2011
Rep. Dennis
Ross Issues Postal Service “Overpayment” – Myth v. Fact
Myth:
The Postal Service has overpaid by $50-$75 billion into the
Civil Service Retirement System and Congress owes this money
back. Fact: There is no Postal Service
overpayment. |
NALC Branch:
80+ Carriers Under NRP Returned to Work Will Cost USPS Nearly
$2 Million -
NALC Branch #1111- Note:
The Letter Carriers cited were sent home under the USPS "National
Reassessment Process" (which has now been renamed "ELM546"
program). Some of the Letters Carriers have been sent
home AGAIN by USPS after only two weeks back at work.
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NALC: Issa
Misguided, Draconian Postal Reform Bill Is a Missed Opportunity
-Sadly, it fails to address the central cause of the financial
crisis facing the Postal Service—the destructive and unique
mandate to massively pre-fund future retiree health benefits
that accounts for 100 percent of the Postal Service's losses
over the past four years. Instead, the bill proposes radical
changes that would recklessly downsize the U.S. Postal Service
in a way that would seriously damage the $1.3 trillion mailing
industry and the entire U.S. economy.
APWU: Rep.
Issa’s Bill: A Reckless Attack On Postal Services, Postal
Employees
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Sen. Carper Statement on Rep. Issa’s
Postal Reform Act
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Letter: Issa Postal Reform Bill
Will Put Many Americans Out of Work Including Military Vets
- Letter
to Issa from Guy Nohrerburg
The wealthiest Congressman in History continues
his terrorist attack on the US Postal Service through trying
to add an additional government bill, "The Postal Reform Act
of 2011". What is it? It is another expensive government paid
committee intended to destroy the nations largest civilian
employer. |
Man Indicted on Charge
Of Biting US Postal Inspector
USPS Expands Its Facebook Presence
Columbus police: US postal employee robbed
Navistar Awarded Diesel Re-Power
Development Contract For USPS Delivery Vehicles
Sula residents hold town hall meeting on possible post office
closure
Postmaster calls it a career after 31 years
Columbus police: US postal employee robbed
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June 23, 2011
USPS Statement
on Legislation Introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa
We strongly oppose a provision
in the bill that provides for an additional $10 billion in
borrowing authority from the U.S. Treasury. The Postal Service
does not need to incur additional debt — we need the money
back that is already owed to us. We also strongly oppose sections
of the bill that would create more government bureaucracy
and slow our progress on streamlining our operations.
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Congressman Issa Introduces Postal Reform
Act
Seeking to prevent another taxpayer
bailout, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced today
legislation to implement sweeping, structural reforms of the
USPS. The bill creates a Postal Brac, changes union
contract , compares pay and benefits with entire private sector,
postal workers will pay same % of health premiums as other
feds starting in 2015, Authorizes USPS to sell advertising
space on USPS facilities and vehicles. The legislation represents
the most fundamental reform of the postal service that has
been proposed since USPS was first created from the old Post
Office Department.
ABM Says
Issa Bill Includes Potentially Damaging Provision for Its
Members
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Feds say
all 5 Detroit postal supervisors in bribery case could plead
guilty
"Mancer Holmes pleaded guilty
to conspiracy Thursday, acknowledging he took bribes to send
mail vehicles to a Detroit repair garage. Assistant U.S. Attorney
says two or three additional guilty pleas are expected — and
possibly all five men. Videos of Holmes taking
bribes was taken in Feb. of this year. |
PMG says suspension of FERS payment won’t affect employees
Today, PMG Pat Donahoe — in a
video message to employees — says the suspension will not
affect them. Noting that USPS has a surplus of $6.9 billion
in payments to FERS, he says “We simply are stopping this
ongoing overpayment toward the annuity FERS retirees receive
because we have already met that obligation.” .
U.S. Postal
Workers Request Assurance Their Retirement Not in Danger -
ABC News
note: as several readers have previously pointed out, the
majority of postal employees do not have access to the PMG's
videos
Statement Of NAPS President
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Ross Criticizes
USPS Decision to Close 3 Post Offices in Arkansas
“These post offices are in very
rural areas surrounded by many people on a fixed income, particularly
seniors, who need postal services close to their homes. Now,
folks in rural areas will have to drive even further adding
hardship onto those who are already struggling to get by as
it is. I have and will continue to strongly urge the Postal
Service to explore other cost-cutting alternatives in ways
that don’t disproportionately hurt people on fixed incomes
or those that live in rural areas.” |
Philadelphia:
One Drinking Mailman Resigns, Another Asks For Disability
Retirement
- The saga
of three mailmen who were found to be drinking on the job
by a FOX 29 report may be coming to an end. Randy Zebin, who
is the president of National Association of Letter Carries
Branch 157 (which covers Philadelphia), said two of the mailmen
probably won't work for the U.S. Postal Service again, but
for two different reasons. |
Video: Pennsylvania Letter Carrier tackles accused burglar
in Wilkes-Barre
Is Postal
Compensation too Low? In Manning, ND It Is
PRC’s Goldway
on FSS, The ACD filing and Catalog Elasticity
Catalogs
Big Part of Mail: USPS Inspector General
Cops: Brothers
used post office credit card to run up $21,000 in charges
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June 22, 2011
USPS, OPM Request Legal Opinion From
Department Of Justice on FERS Payments
- Both the Postal
Service and OPM have agreed to seek a resolution of the important
legal issues surrounding the Postal Services' decisions by
submitting a request for a legal opinion to the Office of
Legal Counsel (OLC) at the Department of Justice.
USPS
Notifies OPM of Its Intention to Suspend Employer’s Contributions
To FERS -
The Postal Service
has a FERS account surplus valued at $6.9 billion.
NALC reacts to USPS
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APWU President:
‘We Will Take Every Step Necessary To Ensure Retirement Benefits
Are Protected’ |
Sen. Carper reacts
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Congressmen Cummings and Lynch Issue
Statement |
Postmasters League Presentation on Postal
Support Employee
The League of Postmasters PowerPoint
presentation on “Guidance for Recruiting, Testing, Hiring
& Applying” for Postal Support Employee (PSE). |
Burrus: The Biggest Threat to
termination of door to door mail services is Washington politicians,
Congress
- Senators Carper, Collins
and Coburn proposed these changes not out of ignorance of
postal matters and the repercussions of their proposals but
they knew what they proposed to do. One of the mistakes
that the grownups in this debate conclude is that it is necessary
to educate the legislators and once educated they will see
the light. This assumption is wrong. They knew
in 2006 that the obligation to pre-fund health care payments
would strangle USPS finances and they did it.
They knew that tying rates to the CPI would not be responsive
to challenges the Postal Service would confront with electronic
communications and they did it. And they know that requiring
arbitrators to consider USPS finances will result in lower
wages. This is not a matter of educating these law makers
because they now know before they act. They have concluded
in advance that the possible repercussions are not threatening
at the ballot box so they proceed. |
Representative
Ross indicates that Issa/Ross bill will have no change in
retiree payments
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If there are no changes in the
payment schedules to reflect overpayment of either FERS or
retiree healthcare benefits then the Issa/Ross bill will need
to find quick reductions in Postal Service costs elsewhere.
There are few options but all will likely affect both compensation
to postal employees and service to postal customers.
Rep. Issa Says USPS Needs Reform To
Protect Taxpayers From Expensive Bailout
-The United States
Postal Service, our nation's second largest employer, is now
past the brink of insolvency. This would not be tolerated
in a private company. Incredibly, the unprecedented action
to suspend these payments will only offer USPS an additional
$800 million through the end of the year in liquidity, not
even 10 percent of their projected deficit of $8.3 billion.
NAPS: Issa Postal Reform Bill in the
Wings
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FedEx Earnings
and SmartPost and Parcel Select
Lost mailbox
keys stymie Postal Service deliveries
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June 21, 2011
Editorial: Postal Service Keeps
Employees Disciplinary Records Forever
USPS Labor Relations keeps a
reference copy of an employee’s disciplinary action for the
employee’s entire career. Don’t believe it? THEY DO. See the
USPS Privacy Act Notice of June 17, 2011. Labor Relation’s
reference copies are never purged regardless of the disposition
of the discipline. |
Former
PMG Potter expected to become new leader of Metro Washington
Airports Authority -
Potter, who retired in December after a 32-year postal
career, would take the top job at a tumultuous time for the
airports authority. The authority’s board has been skewered
by local, state and federal leaders for its management of
the second phase of the 23-mile Metro project and for its
initial handling of the search for a new chief executive.
Update:
It's Official,
Former PMG Potter Selected
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Colorado Mail
Handlers Local Withdraws From USPS, OSHA Ergonomic Program
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From the Denver, Colorado Mail Handlers Local #321: "It is
with great frustration and regret that I must inform you that
the Colorado Mail Handlers Union, Local 321 will cease participation
in the Denver P&DC Ergonomic Risk Reduction Process (ERRP)
effective immediately. This program is intended to be a partnership
in which management, labor Unions, and individual craft employees'
partner under a common mission to ensure that all employees
have a safe and productive workplace. However, in Denver Colorado,
there is little support for the program." |
Iowa Lawmakers ask PMG to suspend decision
to close Sioux City Mail Center
"The
delegation members said that the Siouxland and community should
have an opportunity to respond to information the postal service
provided less than two weeks ago. The information was
sought with the understanding that the community would be
able to provide more informed input about alternatives for
preserving mail processing in Sioux City." “The Postal Service
should suspend its decision to close the Sioux City Processing
and Distribution Facility because it did not give the community
a meaningful opportunity to discuss alternatives to closure
with them,” King said
Editorial:
What's with all the Postal Service secrecy?
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Every Door
Direct Mail Tunnel Vision
An End to the Postal Service's Wall
Street Journal Subsidy?
Guilty
plea expected in Detroit postal bribery case
Postal maintenance worker arrested
on charges of possession, distributing child porn
USPS eyes growth opportunities in its
global business -
APWU: Pawlenty's Really Bad Answers
What do USPS Trademark Applications
Tell About the Future?
89-year-old woman crashes car into post
office, causes $250,000 in damages
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Canada: Postal lockout forces search
for alternatives
More Information on USPS Trademarks
Fort Worth: Future of historic post
office is uncertain
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June 20, 2011
USPS Pacific
Area to offer VER to carriers and clerks
In
a move to further right-size complement levels to better match
workload, the USPS Pacific Area is offering a voluntary early
retirement (VER) to carriers and clerks.
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Post Offices
In Tornado-Stricken Alabama Continue Recovery
Letter To Editor: US Postal
Service isn't lobbying for a bailout
Mail service routes will
be consolidated
Small business owners feel
bite of postal dispute
No progress in Canada Post
negotiations
Canada Post Strike - Impact
Just as Projected
Postal carrier saves elderly
woman
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June 19, 2011
USPS Tells Media Of Post Office Closure
But Not Landlord
When a friend called to tell
landlord that the Orange Show Lane post office in San Bernardino
would close this August, they were stunned. Their surprise
didn't come because they frequently stopped in to buy stamps
or mail packages and encountered large crowds. Instead, they
were surprised because the Newport Beach couple own the building,
and nobody at the U.S. Postal Service told them that the agency
was moving out.
Landlord said the $7,000-a-month
lease on the building won't expire until April 2013 -- 20
months after the postal service moves out -- and that he expects
to be paid for the duration. |
Little
information, large reward a year after slaying of California
postal worker
Co-workers gathered for a memorial
and dedication ceremony for Nancy Rogers last week, a year
after the longtime postal employee was found dead after being
dumped in a trash bin outside the Hayward Main Post Office
on Santa Clara Street. |
Father's Day wish: Westchester mailman
asks for early shift back to care for disabled daughter
- New York - A
Westchester mailman, who reported to work at the same time
for 25 years, has filed a federal complaint to get his old
shift back. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protects disabled
workers from discrimination. The USPS website says it will
give "reasonable accommodation" to a worker "responsible or
caring for a person with a disability." "I want to take this
case all the way up to the Supreme Court to change the law
to cover individuals who are caring for a severely disabled
person," said Bell. USPS spokesman. says: "There was
also a 20% drop in national mail volume last year, a trend
mirrored in Westchester."
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Federal
Times writer wins investigative journalism award for coverage
of USPS Bernstock scandal-
Federal Times
Senior Writer Stephen Losey won the first place award for
investigative journalism for “Did top postal exec break contracting
rules?”, which examined how former U.S. Postal Service
executive
Robert Bernstock awarded
millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to his former business
associates. |
Postal Service misdirects Measure A
mailers; delivered after election
Postal worker turns herself in after
allegations of stealing prescription drugs from mail
Jetpack mailmen: yet another
way the future let us down
Household Formation Slowing: Good or
Bad News for USPS?
Canada: For businesses, the mail still
pays
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June 18, 2011
USPS Updates Reduction In Force
FAQs
Former Indiana letter carrier
charged with workers comp benefits fraud
Man pleads guilty to assaulting
New Jersey postal worker during robbery attempt
Postal
authorities close Sioux City distribution center
New Post Office Outposts Aim to Vanquish
Long Lines
USPS needs
"incubation space" to address digital challenge
Judge denies bid to halt closure of
Akron postal branch
Postal
service overhauls delivery in local towns
Canada:
Striking postal workers unhappy with planned back-to-work
legislation
Post Office
Rejects County's Free Rent Offer, Plans to Close
Canada:
For businesses, the mail still pays
Postal Employee Receives Letter of Appreciation
for Proper Handling of Anonymous Mail Test Piece
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June 17, 2011
Interview:
PMG Donahoe: USPS finances are like Greece
USPS jobs are not safe - The
Postal Service recently warned 2,400 management-level employees
that their jobs are in danger. The move is part of a nationwide
reorganization aimed at saving $750 million a year. "Look
what's going on in Greece," Donahoe said. "There's nothing
safe. The key for us is this: Provide great service ... at
a very reasonable cost. And then our jobs are fine. It's when
we allow ourselves to be more expensive than people can afford,
that's when we have to worry."
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A TV
critic bombs in his "postal" premiere
How misleading is the Miami Herald's
Glenn Garvin commentary on the USPS? Let's count the ways-
National Association of Letter Carriers.
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USPS to
suspend accepting mail to Canada this weekend
Due to the expectation by Canada
Post officials that the strike by the Canadian Union of Postal
Workers will last until at least sometime next week, USPS
will suspend accepting mail destined to Canada — effective
Saturday, June 18, 2011, 11:59 p.m. CDT — with the exception
of Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) shipments.
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How
many post offices does the country really need?
Save the post office- The
push to close post offices is not new—it was happening long
before the Postal Service ran into its current economic problems.
One can’t help but suspect that people like Ross, driven by
ideology, and Herr, with his eye on the bottom line, are turning
the situation into a “crisis” simply to justify dramatic changes
to the Postal Service. If the country could afford to
maintain a network of brick-and-mortar post offices through
the Great Depression and other economic downturns, why is
it now necessary to close post offices that have been around
for over 150 years.
House Republicans demand faster cost-cutting
at USPS
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Former
New Jersey APWU President Gets Probation For Tax Evasion
A former president of New Jersey
APWU Local #190 has been sentenced to five years' probation,
including a year of home confinement. Weightman was
ordered to refrain from any employment or voluntary position
in any trade union throughout the duration of Probation
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USPS expanded access to products and
services by the numbers
oops! corrected title. I must
be thinking about excessing - USPS fact sheet on expanded
access - They demand easier, more convenient access to Postal
products and services when and where they want them — online,
on their smart phones and at the stores they frequent.
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Rep. Pearce
opposed to USPS closing Las Cruces Mail Processing facility
Senator Tester questions controversial
USPS consolidation plan In Montana
Matter
of Mail Delivery at SRO Hotels Is Stuck in Court
Meeting
about Andrew Post Office yields frustration, few answers
Google
reveals what it would do running the Postal Service
Retirees
Eye 3.5 Percent Raise!
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Federal News
Radio
USPS Dedicates New 'Forever'
Stamps Honoring Four Distinguished Scientists
Florida
letter carrier finds big-city drama on rural route
NDP vows
to hold up Canada Post back-to-work legislation
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June 16, 2011
Two Postal Workers,
Psychologist Charged In $1 million Workers' Comp Fraud Scheme
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The indictment alleges that from June 2000 through April 2008,
the defendants submitted fraudulent paperwork to obtain compensation
for psychological conditions that were never diagnosed and
were reimbursed for medical expenses that were never incurred.
According to court documents, Nerenberg billed the U.S. Postal
Service for nearly $1 million in bogus medical fees and received
about half of that. Former postal worker Fletcher allegedly
pocketed more than $200,000 as a result of the scheme, while
Washington allegedly made more than $145,000.
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APWU, Mailing
Groups Urge Legislators to Support H.R. 1351
The organizations noted that
independent of this pre-funding requirement, the USPS has
done its job to remain solvent, shedding more than 110,000
jobs since 2007 and making numerous closings of facilities
and operations — but legislation is needed to ensure the Postal
Service remains viable in the future. “H.R. 1351 would allow
sound business decisions to be made in a clear and stable
environment while providing Congress and the postal community
the time to develop a consensus on further reform,” the letter
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USPS Commuter Program Upgrade
Indiana
Congressman Seeking Public Input On Gary Postal Facility Closure
Connecticut
postal worker charged with viewing child porn on work computer
Reports
of the demise of snail mail premature
Postal
Service must find market opportunities: PostalVision 2020
An Explanation
of Postal Service Lobbying
Postal retiree
trading road for river
Flat Rock
postal worker accused of stealing Vicodin through mail
ACMA Head:
Don't Rule Out Exigent Postal Rate Hike
Audit Report
- Management of the Highway Contract Route Voyager Card Program
(PDF)
'Inquiry'
shuts down Liebenthal P.O
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June 15, 2011
House subcommittee
told cost-cutting not enough to avoid USPS liquidity crisis
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The
ongoing realignment of postal facilities to better fit the
changing needs of customers is saving the Postal Service millions
of dollars — but it and other cost-cutting measures are not
enough to stave off a fast-approaching liquidity crisis, a
House subcommittee was told today.
Guffey Asks, Who’s the ‘We?’
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House Subcommittee
Hearing on Postal Infrastructure
-Prepared
testimony from APWU President Cliff Guffey, GAO Phillip Herr,
USPS David Williams, and more.. |
Former Postal
Employee Pleads Guilty To Misappropriating Over $78,000 In
Money Orders
During
the course of her employment with the Postal Service, Henderson
fraudulently issued “no-fee” Postal Service money orders payable
to herself, family members, companies who provided benefits
to her, and other fictitious payees, that she converted for
her own personal use, totaling at least $78,413.44. Henderson
used the money to pay her bills, including her rent, or for
cash and often issued money orders in the names of family
members or other associates to conceal the fraud. |
Unique
rural post office to close
WA: Bothell
mailman stole gift cards, gets probation
Canada Post Forced to Shut Down
Urban Operations Nationwide
Could Canada
Post Just Stay Shuttered?
Bald eagles
attack Alaska post office
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June 14, 2011
Burrus:
Part 3 – Will the Post Office Survive?
While focus has been applied
to the effect of technology on hard copy mail and the residual
effect on the volume to be delivered by the Postal Service
in future years, few have concentrated on the impact of the
internet and other means of communications on postal rates.
Mail services that are unaffordable will guarantee the demise
of the Postal Service so assuming that my analysis is correct
that there is a base of hard copy communications sufficient
to require a universal system, focus must be applied to the
structure of postal rates; who pays and how much? |
Save The Post Office
A website
dedicated to reporting on post office closures, consolidations,
suspensions, stories, analysis and opinions
- In February of 2010,
the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan economic and social policy
research organization, prepared a white paper commissioned
by the Postal Regulatory Commission entitled "A
Framework for Considering the Social Value of Postal Services."
Its purpose was to “identify the array of benefits provided
by the United States Postal Service—through its mail service
and post offices—that contribute to the social value of the
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Mail industry calls on Congress to give
USPS time to right-size
Postal Union Wants Mailmen to Thwart
Terror Attacks
Anaheim business operational after postal
inspectors' raid
Future of the USPS? Royal Mail Prepares
Massive Layoff of 20,000 Postal Workers
Online Sales Share of Retail Sales Hits
New High
ID Theft
Suspect Says She Had Help Inside Post Office
Akron taking
USPS to court over PO closing
Fond memories delivered for letter carrier
Citizens work to save Boelus Post Office
Orange Show-area post office location
closing upsets customers
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June 13, 2011
USPS Challenges
PRC Five-Day Analysis – Stands by $3.1 Billion Savings Estimate
- In a report issued
today and delivered to Congress, the U.S. Postal Service asserted
that the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) based a recent
advisory opinion on a questionable analysis of the potential
cost savings that could be achieved by implementing a five-day
delivery schedule to street addresses. |
Guffey
to Testify on USPS Network Before House Subcommittee
Rep. Ross called the hearing
to examine whether “the Postal Service has excess mail processing
infrastructure, whether the Postal Service is moving fast
enough to right-size that network, options for creating a
modern processing network, and the growth of alternative access
to postal services.” |
Florida postal supervisor pleads guilty
to mail theft
"Federal authorities began an
investigation at the annex after several of the businesses
reported non-deliveries between 2004 and 2008. Among other
things found were 300 rifled packages of merchandise, primarily
women's jewelry. Investigators learned Quarterman pawned over
450 pieces of jewelry stolen from the mail. She sold the goods
in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina." |
Lobbying the Postal Service Is a Multimillion-Dollar
Business
Corporations and associations
spent more than $20 million last year to lobby the U.S. Postal
Service, according to a government database. During the past
decade, organizations shelled out $283 million to influence
the USPS.
An
Explanation of Postal Service Lobbying
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Federal
Disability Retirement for Postal Employees: Does the NRP Guarantee
Success?
The solution of the U.S. Postal Service under the National
Reassessment Process has been to throw anyone and everyone
who is not “fully productive” onto the rolls of the Department
of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (DOL/OWCP).
But that “view towards returning the Federal or Postal Worker
back to productivity” obviously is not intended to include
a return to the Postal Service, as the National Reassessment
Process letter states explicitly that the Postal Worker “should
not report back for duty unless you are contacted that necessary
work tasks have been identified for you within your medical
restrictions.” Don’t hold your breath on that one. |
Q&A with United Parcel Service boss Scott Davis
Clearly, there's a role for
the post office and they are facing tough challenges. First
of all, the post office is a competitor of ours and a customer
of ours and we have a pretty good relationship. One
of the challenges is that the cost of the stamp is the same
going everywhere. In a business like ours, we try to match
price with the cost to serve. The challenge they have is,
say, they're delivering a letter on a snowmobile 100 miles
out. I guarantee you it costs more than 44 cents to deliver
that letter, that letter probably cost them $100.
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PMG Names
New Area Vice President For Capital Metro
New UPS Service Improves Process for
Returning High-Value Products
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June 12, 2011
USPS Settles
Class Action Discrimination Lawsuit Filed For Disabled Veterans
- This lawsuit ,Hill
vs. Donahoe alleges that on or after March 19, 2004, USPS
violated the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 by asking disabled
veteran applicants seeking the disabled veterans’ preference
to bring medical documentation to an interview, in excess
of that required to verify their entitlement to the preference,
before conditional offers of employment were made. USPS settled
the case by agreeing to pay over $11 million to class members
and other administrative costs. |
Three armed robbers hold up Lakewood
post office
Thieves
cash in on snail mail even as less of it is delivered each
year
Rockville: Post offices studied for
closure
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June 11, 2011
Goldway:
USPS May Be Closing Post Offices Without Notifying PRC As
Law Requires
- The Commission has received
an increased number of post office closing appeals, hundreds
of inquiries from citizens, and has had communications with
concerned members of Congress. Thus, it appears that the Postal
Service may already be engaged in a nationwide change in service
without prior notification to the Commission as title 39 requires.
A prompt request for an advisory opinion on the impacts of
closing retail facilities appears to be the best way to address
these concerns. |
Video:
Minneapolis Postal Workers Protest For AEDs
USPS reviews
security procedures following mail theft
Prison time for former post office employee
Letter
carrier hero after averting house fire
North Hollywood:
Postal Worker Reportedly Robbed at Gunpoint for Mail Skeleton
Keys
Postal clerk stabbed in arm after confrontation
in downtown Portland
USPS Closing Contract Postal Units
Privatization is Not Free
Pawlenty
Promises Massive Cuts in The "Technological Dinosaur" Postal
Service
60 Postal Inspectors Raid Anaheim Business
New Mexico letter carrier accused of
embezzlement applies for diversion -
former NALC branch treasurer accused of stealing $5,000
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June 10, 2011
Congressman Dennis Ross Schedules
Another Hearing on USPS
Perhaps if
there are enough hearings on issues facing the USPS, all the
problems will be resolved.
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$1 Million Worth of stolen USPS
equipment recovered in California
Letter
Carrier Helps Save Woman's Life
USPS wants
to close downtown Joliet post office
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June 9, 2011
USPS
Meets with Management Association Leaders to discuss APWU
Agreement
On June 7th, NAPUS leaders,
along with heads of the League and NAPS met with Postal Headquarters
officials to discuss how some of the changes in the new USPS-APWU
contract will impact post offices. The discussion included
a question and answer session on the recent letter of opportunity
that was issued to PMRs in level 15, 16, and 18 offices.
While many issues were addressed, some of the concerns raised
about the role of PSEs in post offices will be provided at
a later date.
Post Office
Hiring Non Career Employees
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IRS Identifies
Postal Employee Organizations that have lost Tax-Exempt Status
Some postal employee organizations
failed to file their required IRS tax-exempt returns for three
years in a row. On the list is the National Association
of Postal Supervisors in Alexandria VA, plus some
NAPS chapters like Norfolk VA and California State. NALC and
APWU are well represented including quite a few Local APWU
Accident & Benefit Associations. Also, Postal Police, NAPUS,
National League Of Postmasters, National Alliance Of Postal
Employees . The reinstatement fee is as much as $850.
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Federal
employees, retirees rattled by move to cut health benefits
A federal employees' organization
fears that "the next shoe to drop" in budget-cutting measures
could be a revived proposal to shift more health care costs
to feds and retirees. The White House's deficit reduction
commission, headed by former Sen. Alan Simpson and former
White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles, last December proposed
turning the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program into
a premium support system. Under this plan, employees and retirees
would receive a fixed subsidy to cover their health insurance
premiums that would grow by no more than the gross domestic
product, plus 1 percentage point, each year. Participants
would cover the remaining premium cost if their plans cost
more than the subsidies provide.
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Valley
Falls Post Office supporters rally
Contractor’s help in Detroit
USPS Supervisors bribery case pays off for wife
VSE and
Wheeler Bros. Win USPS Contract to Repower Delivery Vehicles
A case for more junk mail in Phoenix
Senator Grassley Meets With PMG
Residents riled up over
closure of Post Office
New Mexico: Las Cruces
Postal officials grilled about processing proposal
Discovery underway in mailman
dog attack suit
Is there a future for the Postal Service
in the Digital Age?
Signed, sealed and delivered
Altamont rallies around
its post office
More work, employees slated
for Scarborough mail hub
OIG: Barriers to Retail
Network Optimization (PDF)
Politico: What can Google
do for snail mail?
Canada Post Strike: a Lose-Lose
Proposition for CUPW
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June 8, 2011
OIG Audit: Conflicts of Interest
– USPS Facility Leases and Contract Delivery Services
' "Our audit
determined the Postal Service entered into leases that resulted
in financial conflicts. One-hundred seventy of the active
properties were leased from current employees with an annual
rent value of $490,375. Some pose risks of violations while
others give the appearance of impropriety. We identified 1,202
of 24,582 total leased properties that were obtained from
current or former Postal Service employees with an annual
rent value of $8.2 million. Of these properties, 982 were
active leases with an annual rent value of $5.4 million. Similarly,
the Postal Service entered into 78 of the 7,797 total CDS
contracts (valued at $3,005,818 annually) with current or
former employees."
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OIG: USPS Must Embrace Culture
Of Innovation To Overcome Current Financial Challenges
- "Some
entrepreneurs seeking to partner with the Postal Service by
introducing innovative products or services offered their
views regarding obstacles they encountered. During interviews
with the OIG, they described a Postal Service culture resistant
to change and unresponsive to customers’ needs. We interviewed
individuals who attempted to introduce or develop innovations
at the Postal Service to obtain feedback regarding their experiences.
One individual developing innovative software for the Postal
Service noted that management delayed the project so much
that it eventually failed".
There is an “us versus them”
attitude.
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Send Both
Of These Editorials On USPS By Major Newspapers Back To Sender
A few days ago APWU President
Cliff Guffey in a message to its members said: “The USPS is
under attack by anti-labor politicians and some sectors of
the business community.." Guffey provided examples of anti-labor
articles written by various news websites. Well, it appears
the anti-labor groups are 'pumping up the volume' on misleading
and inaccurate news reports on USPS. Just take a look at two
recent editorials in the Washington Post and Miami Herald.
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Injured
Postal Worker Fights For Medical Benefits
"Jerome Garrett is fighting for
federal medical benefits. Garrett had been working at the
Hapeville postal facility for 16 years. Then, in April 2009,
a 100-pound box full of mail fell from an overhead conveyor
belt and hit him in the head.The incident left Garrett with
a broken neck that went unnoticed for some time.
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Contract
Truck Driver Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $300,000 Via USPS
Fuel Cards
A supervisor of truck drivers
formerly employed by two related trucking companies in Ocean,
N.J., admitted today to stealing over $300,000 from the U.S.
Postal Service (USPS) through unauthorized use of fuel cards
given to the companies in connection with a contract to haul
U.S. mail.
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USPS looks
to contract out Mississippi post office destroyed by tornado
One Million and Counting: USPS mobile
app downloads still climbing
Customer
uses Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) to find missing pet
First class:
Pioneering postal worker retires
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June 7, 2011
GOP 2012
Presidential hopeful Pawlenty calls for privatizing USPS
Pawlenty said that the government
should not be involved in any service that is available privately,
such as the U.S. Postal Service, Amtrak or mortgages. Trying
to appeal to small-government conservatives, Pawlenty suggested
we apply what he called "The Google Test." Pawlenty believes
private companies UPS and Fedex offer same services as USPS.
Courier
Express & Postal Observer
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USPS Awards
Parascript Contract for OCR to Support Automated Parcel Bundle
Sorting
Palm Springs postal worker suspected of mail theft
Postal workers concerned about consolidation, job losses
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June 6, 2011
APWU: Recent News about collapse
of USPS misses true cause of financial woes
“The
USPS is under attack by anti-labor politicians and some sectors
of the business community,” Guffey continued. “It is crucial
that APWU members get involved.
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Postmasters:
USPS Notice To PMRs Of Opportunity To Apply For PSE
From the National League Of Postmasters
- Last week PMRs in level 15 and 16 Post Offices across the
country received letters from Human Resources notifying them
of an opportunity to apply for Postal Support Employee (PSE)
positions since their current position will not exceed August
23, 2011. Below are portions of this letter. note:
Letters were also sent to casuals and TEs
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Turnover
at the Postal Regulatory Commission
Today's announcement that Dan
Blair has accepted the position of President and Chief Executive
Officer of the National Academy of Public Administration assures
that within the next six months the Postal Regulatory Commission
will have two new members. Commission Blair will resign from
the Postal Regulatory Commission on June 30, 2011. This
could leave the Commission with four members until President
Obama appoints and the Senate confirms a replacement.
Press Release: Dan Blair
Leaving PRC end of June
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Missouri
Postmaster Convicted In $3.8 Million Bulk Mailings Fraud Scheme
Festus Postmaster, was
convicted of two felony counts of Receipt of Illegal Gratuities.
The owner of SG Print & Mail and two Postal employees previously
entered guilty pleas in the $3.8 million scheme.
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OIG: USPS Training..Stay Or Pay?
Should Postal Service
employees be required to repay training if they resign before
a specified period of time following their training?
The U.S. Postal Service employs approximately 40,000 maintenance
craft employees to work in a variety of assignments. Some
of these assignments, such as maintenance mechanics, require
specific training at great cost to the Postal Service. For
example, one training course lasts 13 days and costs $3,325
per employee . One company requires employees to sign contracts
for training programs that are considered expensive and time
intensive
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PRC: Order Affirming Postal Service
Determination (PDF)
Longtime US Postal Service supervisor
retires
US government "would save $250m" presorting
its own mail
Editorial: Postal service cuts warranted
Postal
Service Offers Age-Verified Delivery Service
Ohio Postal
Employee indicted for mail theft
Post offices fade along with Minnesota's
small towns
Settlement reached in suit between
city of Topeka and letter carrier
Postal union
wants Canadians to tell post office to stop demanding concessions
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June 5, 2011
USPS notice to apply For Postal Support
Employee
The following is a Notice Of
Opportunity To Apply For PSE Vacancies in Manchester, New
Hampshire courtesy of Stephen Smith via reader . The
pay scale for PSEs ranges from level 3 up to level 8.
PostalReporter.com also included the Memorandum of
Understanding on Postal Support Employees. According to the
APWU contract PMR usage was banned in EAS 18 offices as well;
not just EAS 16 and 15 post offices.
U.S. Postal
Service hiring for 370 jobs in Alabama
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USPS Q & A on RFP Outdoor Billboard
Advertising Management Services
"How many billboards are already
up on USPS properties? Is there a list of current locations?
- A relatively small number. About 23 - albeit locations that
are likely to be considered some of our most valuable. Seven
are in NYC - three in Miami and the rest are literally scattered
around the country."
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Hartford
Letter Carrier Pleads Guilty in Identity and Tax Refund Fraud
Scheme
NALC: Letter
Carriers annual food drive was a success for the hungry
Vermont postal worker guilty of embezzlement
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June 4, 2011
Burrus: It’s
Time For USPS To Consider Offering Healthy Retirement Incentive
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The Postal Service is strapped for cash so it will not be
easy to fund the cost of an incentive, but there are creative
ways to defer the cost while generating savings. In the previous
effort, agreement was reached to spread the incentive over
two years to lessen its immediate impact on the USPS’ financial
position and other innovative approaches could be explored.
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USPS Shares New UAA Data
USPS worker charged with attempting to steal mail
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June 3, 2011
NAPUS: Many PMRs Notified Their Jobs
Will Be Terminated
This past week, many PMR’s
in EAS-15 & 16 offices received a notice that their current
positions would be terminated on August 23, 2011, but they
would be given a special opportunity to apply for the newly
created Postal Support Employee (PSE) position. note:
PSE is a new position under the APWU contract.
"The PSE work force will be comprised of noncareer, bargaining
unit employees, which is the only category of noncareer employees
established to work within APWU bargaining units."
USPS Postmaster
Relief Will Now Be PSE Post Office Clerk?
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Two Texas Letter Carriers Indicted For Falsifying OWCP Medical
Travel Reimbursement
- One Defendant Admits Receiving Nearly $175,000 by
Submitting/False Fraudulent Mileage Claims- Two former U.S.
Postal Service letter carriers from the Dallas area have been
indicted, in unrelated cases, on charges of stealing government
funds with regard to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Program
(OWCP) claims they filed, announced U.S. Attorney James T.
Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.
Do Not
Falsify this form (PDF)
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Government's use of snail mail is still
rising
the federal
government’s use of first-class mail jumped 11 percent between
1997 and 2010, according to research by two top officials
with the Postal Regulatory Commission... In fact, the federal
government was the largest single user of the mail system,
accounting for more than 2 percent of the money spent on U.S.
first-class mail last year.
They
make the case that the switch by federal, state and local
governments to electronic communications with citizens may
be overblown. And, they argue, the Postal Service can continue
to count on governments as major customers, even as it fights
for survival amid the surge in electronic communication
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Binghamton
residents plead for 3 neighborhood post offices
No jail
likely for thieving Seattle mailman
Appeals Court upholds conviction of
USPS bulk mail tech who stole $428K
Farewell to a local legend
USPS rep hears public's concerns about
possible closures
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June 2, 2011
Postal
Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding
USPS
A vehicle maintenance
supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service pleaded guilty today
in federal court to conspiring to defraud the Postal Service
of more than $300,000 in a billing kick-back scheme
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U.S. Postal Service Continues Service
to Canada
Despite the 24-hour rotating
strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to begin in
Winnipeg at 11:59 tonight, the U.S. Postal Service will continue
to accept, process and deliver mail to Canada until further
notice.
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USPS Offering
Retirement Incentives To Some Supervisors in NY, Honolulu,
NJ, Caribbean Districts
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According to Human Resources
(HR), the affected districts have an exceptionally high number
of supervisors but no placement opportunities within their
commuting areas. In order to limit the impact on these employees,
the Postal Service is extending its Limited Special Incentive
Offer to supervisors of Customer Services and Distribution
Operations who are VER-eligible, optional retirement-eligible
or those who want to voluntarily leave USPS.
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Postal Supervisor
suspended from job - stole gift certificates used to reward
employees
- a surveillance camera
allegedly caught a postal supervisor stealing gift cards from
the mail and gift certificates used to reward employees at
Columbia’s (Missouri) postal distribution center. The supervisor
was only 2 years away from retirement.
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Alabama APWU Local President Indicted
for Embezzlement
The one-count
indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges the Local
President with embezzling from APWU Local 359.
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TSP funds
post mixed results in May
California:
Salinas mail processing center to close
Guffey
Encourages Postal Veterans To Spread the Word About New Job
Opportunities
Postmaster
plays big role with a big smile in Bouton
Downtown
Canton post office to close doors
Postmaster
retires from Benton post office
USPS searches
for more advertising mail
USPS proposes
closing 20 post offices in Colorado and Wyoming
Postal
worker accused of unlawfully opening packages
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June 1, 2011
Burrus: Will The Post Office Survive?
Over the past
50 years pundits and politicians have speculated about the
imminent demise of the United States Postal Service and to
date they have been proven wrong. Despite the outstanding
record of existing for 30 years without government subsidy,
a cottage industry emerged at the Cato Institute, a right
wing think tank, that existed solely to impress upon Americans
that postal services should become profit centers for investors.
The real underlying message was not that hard copy and the
Postal Service would go away but that profits should be generated
from postal activities.
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Junk Journalism and the Bogus Postal Statistic
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