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September 03, 2010
What
Postal Workers Want: 'More'
GovExec.com - Here's what Burrus
told
GovExec's Emily Long about
what his union is seeking in the negotiations:
"More -- more control over activities at work,
more money, better benefits -- we want more. We
will try to fashion our proposals to reflect the
entitlement to more." -
The New
Face of the Union Movement: Government Employees
- Heritage Foundation -
Unions and
the U.S. Postal Service
National Review Online -
September 02, 2010
NALC
Responds to PRC Comments Submitted by Sen.
Collins and the Affordable Mail Alliance
(PDF)
NALC takes no position on whether the Commission
should grant USPS the rate increases it seeks.
Our point is simply that the AMA and Senator
Collins ignore the intent of Congress when they
argue that the worst economic downturn in the
postwar era, and the worst falloff in mail
volume ever, cannot qualify as exigent
circumstances under the PAEA. -
To All
Postal Employees: It’s Time to Start Sending
Time Thieves to Jail and Get the Unions Off
their Butts -
Pitney
Bowes spent $210000 in 2Q on lobbying
Mail processing company Pitney Bowes Inc. spent
$210,000 in the second quarter to lobby the
federal government on reforming the funding of
health benefits for postal service retirees and
other issues -
Coldspring, TX contract postal worker indicted
for mail theft -
Postal
Service Labor Negotiations: Heading Towards
Arbitration - Courier,
Express, and Postal Observer -
Postal
Service seeks key concessions as contract talks
open with largest union -
APWU: OSHA
Fines USPS For Safety Violations at Cincinnati
BMC -
CA Postman
Convicted of Stealing Mail -
Opinion:
Myths about U.S. Postal Service need to be
dispelled -
USPS not
looking to move work from Bristol to Bluefield
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Saginaw
postal workers picket five day delivery idea
- Also see
Saginaw
postal official says moving work could eliminate
200 regional jobs -
September 01, 2010
US Postal
Service Seeks to Pare Full-Time Workforce in
Talks With Union
- Bloomberg - “Labor cost is a big
piece of our success or not success because it
affects prices,” Anthony Vegliante, the
service’s chief human resources officer, told
reporters in Washington, without discussing
bargaining strategies. “We have to look forward
and adjust things.” - Also see
APWU
Contract Negotiations Begin Today
and
Negotiations start for Postal Service and top
unions -
Man Shot
and Killed By Police During Baldwin, PA Standoff
Was a Postal Employee -
TN postal
employee resigns from County Commission After
Reading Federal Hatch Act -
Blount County Commissioner Shawn Carter Sr. has
resigned after less than two hours in office. -
Marketing
Mail in a Competitive Market
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
RURAL
CARRIERS CAN REVIEW AVAILABLE JOBS ONLINE
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“Exigent”
postal rate increase would not extend mail
delivery by a single day -
Nat. Newspaper Assoc. -
Former
postal worker confesses to stealing thousands of
dollars worth of stamps -
Post
Office seeks Phoenix retailers
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Full Service vs Basic Intelligent
Mail
Postal Affairs Blog -
Cutting Saturdays would be a 'blunder'
NALC -
Mail Carriers Deliver Despite Hot
Temperatures
It may be hot, but mail carriers say they'd rather beat the heat than
dodge the cold. -
August 31, 2010
USPS
pay-for-performance system called into question
GovExec.com - The U.S. Postal Service has
manipulated pay-for-performance ratings for its
postmasters, resulting in lower payouts than
expected, according to union leaders. -
Murder by
Proxy: How America Went Postal
Movie information and view dates. -
Vegas
Carrier Wins $1M Sweepstakes Prize
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End
Saturday mail delivery?
KY researcher says that would make second-class
citizens out of most rural Americans -
SC Post
Office Closed As Inspectors Investigate Air
Quality -
UPDATE:
Inspectors Find Insecticide inside Post Office,
Awaiting Other Test Results -
Update:
Post
Office Remains Closed, Test Results Show No
Airborne Toxins -
Mother
Teresa to be Honored on U.S. Postage Stamp
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When All
Else Fails… Raise Rates And Inconvenience
Customers More - PEN Ed:
written by some pundit, somewhere -
Post
office moving Dundee-area operations to
Carpentersville -
OIG Audit
Report – City Delivery Efficiency Review –
Bay-Valley District -
...determined the Bay-Valley District used
approximately 13 minutes more per day than the
national average for each carrier route,
compared to the standard for that route. -
August 30, 2010
The Nat.
League of Postmasters President,
Mark Strong, says "Delivery Unit Optimization
(DUO) is being implemented at break neck speed -
There are many impacts with DUO; pay, Postmaster
level and the future of some Post Offices are at
stake. " -
Having
Problems with Your Time and Attendance Records?
The OIG Wants to Hear From You.
Recent news stories have identified a few
instances where Postal Service employees have
had time deleted from electronic time card
records. There have also been other time and
attendance instances where managers inaccurately
calculated employee work hours for
out–of-schedule work. If you are a Postal
Service employee and are experiencing similar
problems or any other time and attendance issues
at your work place, we would like to hear from
you. -
2010 APWU
Convention Summary -
The
Recovery and the Post
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Third
Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Bribing Postal
Inspector in Exchange for Contracts
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Postmasters and Supervisors Ask OIG to
Investigate Pay-for-Performance Payouts
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Online
Sellers: Beware the Shrinking Postage Label
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Literate
By Choice
Article contributed by postal employee Ronald
Williams, Jr. -
August 29, 2010
USPS
contract carrier pleads guilty to mail theft
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APWU
National Convention News
Bulletins and videos covering the APWU 20th
Biennial Convention -
President
Obama: Why Are You Allowing Your Postmaster
General to Run a Plantation?
- The Wattree Chronicle -
Video:
Rev. Jesse Jackson joins postal workers in
Detroit march to save Saturday delivery
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