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Archive for ‘July, 2010’

IS USPS A BUSINESS

IS USPS A BUSINESS

IS USPS A BUSINESS?
REVENUE GENERATION – A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
The Postal Service is among a small number of federal agencies — the U.S. Mint is another — that relies on revenue from the sale of its products and services to fund its operating expenses. USPS receives no tax dollars for operations. For the Postal Service, [...]

Congressman Chaffetz Introduces Bill Designating 12 Postal Holidays

Congressman Chaffetz Introduces Bill Designating 12 Postal Holidays

July 29, 2010 5:40 PM
Washington, DC—Today Congressman Chaffetz introduced HR 5919. This bill would grant USPS Postmaster General the authority to implement up to twelve “postal holidays” per year in order to reduce USPS operating costs. The Postmaster General would select days in which delivered mail volume is historically lower than normal. By reducing the [...]

OSHA Fines USPS $420,000 For Violations at Vermont Facility

OSHA Fines USPS $420,000 For Violations at Vermont Facility

OSHA has cited a Vermont processing center for safety violations and is seeking $420,000 in fines. USPS has 15 days to respond to the OSHA citations. White River Junction postal employees triggered the probe OSHA said Thursday.
WBZ TV said “An inspection that began Jan. 30 found untrained or unqualified employees routinely performing troubleshooting, voltage tests, [...]

Access To Your USPS Official Personnel Folder

Access To Your USPS Official Personnel Folder

It’s all yours - eOPF: My official personnel folder
Where can employees go — anytime, anywhere — to look at their official records?
The Official Personnel Folder (OPF) contains documents, including appointment, compensation, benefits, administrative and payroll records. USPS may use these records to review employee qualifications, status, eligibility, rights and benefits. They’re also used to track length of [...]

USPS renews focus on employee engagement programs

USPS renews focus on employee engagement programs

To increase revenue: USPS renews focus on employee engagement programs
As the Postal Service continues to reduce costs, it also is focused on identifying new sources of revenue. Over the past 6 years, three successful programs — Customer Connect, Business Connect and Rural Reach — have contributed more than $3 billion in annualized revenue.
DPMG and COO [...]

USPS Failed to Give Full Consideration To Employees Request For Voluntary Transfer

USPS Failed to Give Full Consideration To Employees Request For Voluntary Transfer

This is a summary of Regular Panel Arbitrator Andres M. Strongin in case H06T-1H-C-08255189 regarding the Postal Service denial of an employee’s request for voluntary transfer. The arbitrator sustained the Union’s grievance; he ruled the Postal Service violated grievant’s right to request a transfer under Article 12.6 of the National Agreement and the Memorandum of [...]

Feds question IL supremacist over threat

Feds question IL supremacist over threat

Self-proclaimed local white supremacist leader Brian Moudry apparently doesn’t care much for his mailman either.
Federal postal inspectors paid Moudry, 33, a visit after he allegedly threatened to plant a bomb in a letter carrier’s truck on Saturday morning.
According to a police report, Moudry’s postal problems stemmed from his having stopped his mail delivery and then [...]

Former Rutland postal clerk charged with mail theft

Former Rutland postal clerk charged with mail theft

Federal investigators said Friday that a former postal clerk in the Rutland office has been indicted in the rash of mail thefts reported in the area earlier this year.
A federal grand jury handed down a one-count indictment Thursday charging that Michelle Donahoe “intentionally embezzled letters, mail and articles contained therein” over a four-month period in [...]

USPS Positioned for a strong finish in FY 2010

USPS Positioned for a strong finish in FY 2010

July 21, 2010
Positioned for a strong finish in FY 2010:
USPS focuses on beginning strong in FY 2011
To finish the year strong — and to position USPS for a strong beginning in fiscal year 2011 — employees must continue to focus on controlling workhours and operating expenses without hurting service, according to DPMG and COO Pat [...]

Citizens Against Reckless Middle Class Abuse

Citizens Against Reckless Middle Class Abuse

July 19, 2010
Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)
It’s Time to Fight Back
It is time for poor and Middle-class workers to start fighting back. The corporate community has become increasingly prone to take shortcuts on safety, create hostile work environments, undercutting and even stealing wages from gainfully employed workers in the name of grossly obscene profits.
These [...]

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