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The following amendments to S. 1507 were suggested and adopted according to PostCom today:
Coburn # 1: Would require any binding arbitration in the negotiation of postal contracts to take the financial health of the Postal Service into account.
Coburn #3: Would prohibit the Postal Service from issuing bonuses in any year that it reports a yearend net [...]
July 23, 2009
WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) today introduced legislation to help address the dire financial situation facing the United States Postal Service.
Sen. Carper, as chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the postal service, has been closely monitoring its deteriorating financial condition and has been seeking way to keep the mail flowing.
“The economic [...]
Negotiations between NAPS USPS has resulted in Postal Service Headquarters agreeing to eliminate the requirement for ASP training for impacted individuals who are applying for initial level positions in Phase Three.
NAPS’ stated that since USPS halted the ASP program it should not hold impacted employees to the requirement for ASP training as a requirement for [...]
July 22, 2009
Matching workhours to workload and adjusting carrier routes to reduce the need for pivoting are among the topics discussed by DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe in his latest Field Updates video.
With mail volumes continuing to decline, Donahoe says now is the time for people to step up and make the changes necessary to [...]
THEY’RE GOING TO VEGAS BABY!
July 18, 2009
We had no idea that the Postal Rate Commission (PRC) could be lobbied by any company or person – apparently they can. The following is a 2009 list of firms and/or persons lobbying the PRC:
Mailers Council
National League of Postmasters
Pitney Bowes Inc
Printing Industries of America
CB Richard Ellis
EPostMarks Inc
Greeting Card Assn
Hallmark Cards
Morgan Stanley
National Postal Policy [...]
(07/14/09) In response to a letter from the Postal Service stating that the APWU’s FMLA forms are not equivalent to the Department of Labor’s FMLA forms, the union has written the Postal Service clarifying our position on the use of the forms. Some managers have interpreted the USPS’s comments to mean that the APWU’s FMLA [...]
July 15, 2009
Change is coming: FSS improves efficiency
In his latest Field Updates video, DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe discusses the ongoing deployment of flats sequencing system (FSS) equipment and how this technology will revolutionize the way USPS sorts and delivers flat-sized mail.
The Postal Service installed FSS equipment at the Dulles, VA, P&DC more than a [...]
PRC Press Release – Washington, DC
July 10, 2009
The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued Order No: 244 establishing Docket N2009-1 to provide a public hearing and issue an advisory opinion on the national service implications of a U.S. Postal Service “Station and Branch Optimization and Consolidation Initiative.”
The Postal Service has advised it will examine [...]
July 8, 2009
USPS has announced a potential reduction in force (RIF) and a new voluntary early retirement authority for Sales employees.
To meet current and future business needs, USPS has realigned its Sales organization. The new structure corresponds more closely with the Postal Service’s operational areas and allocates resources to take advantage of business opportunities with [...]
Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal
Mother Teresa to be Honored on U.S. Postage Stamp
Literate By Choice
Driver unharmed after USPS truck sets on fire
Postal Service Ends Third Quarter with $3.5 Billion Loss
Former USPS Chief Financial Officer Says Eliminating Saturday Delivery Is Not Necessary
Feds question IL supremacist over threat