Oversight Committee to Scrutinize Postal Workforce Costs WASHINGTON- Rep. Darrell Issa (CA-R), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today announced a full committee hearing on United States Postal Service (USPS) pay and benefits on April 5th. The Committee expects to hear from the Postal Service on their tentative agreement offered to their […]
McCain Amendment Would Require USPS to Pay Less of Employee Health Premiums The government normally pays 72% of federal employee health premiums – USPS pays 79% of employee health care premiums. An amendment introduced by Senator John McCain would change that, requiring USPS not to exceed the percentage paid for other federal workers. The amendment […]
Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe Comments On GAO Report on Five-Day Mail Delivery Readiness The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has produced a thorough and comprehensive review of the Postal Service proposal to move to a five day per week delivery schedule. We are pleased to see they agree that the Postal Service is likely to […]
Postmaster General Continues Efficiency Improvements Layers Eliminated, Executive Ranks Reduced WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe today announced a newly redesigned Postal Service, one that is better positioned for growth, reflects further alignment within the organization to achieve core business strategies and, when fully implemented, will help realize approximately $750 million of annual cost […]
Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe Reacts To PRC Decision On Five-Day Mail Delivery We have received the Commission’s advisory opinion on our proposal to move to a five-day delivery schedule. We have been awaiting the document and look forward to studying the views expressed by the Commissioners. Five-day delivery is an integral part of our […]
Please note: We received the following information from a credible source – we cannot confirm nor deny this report at this time. USPS is eliminating seven (7) districts as follows: 1) Big Sky is going to the Dakotas District. 2) Southeast New England is going to Greater Boston and Connecticut Valley. 3) South Georgia is […]
PMG ANNOUNCES REDESIGNED POSTAL SERVICE VOLUNTARY EARLY RETIREMENT, INCENTIVE PROGRAMS OFFERED Postmaster General Pat Donahoe today announced a newly redesigned Postal Service, one that is better positioned for growth, reflects further alignment within the organization to achieve core business strategies and, when fully implemented, by March 2012, will eliminate almost $750 million in costs to […]
A Changing U.S. Postal Service Workplace By Ronald Williams for Postal Employee Network There are many unexpected and proposed changes on the plate of the U.S. Postal Service right now. Initiatives to control costs, cut work-hours, match employees with workloads, cut delivery days, declining mail volumes, new technology and more… I recently read an article […]
Questions & Answers On Conversion of Clerk Craft PTFs and PTRs 1) What is a traditional full-time and non-traditional full-time duty assignment in the Clerk Craft? Response: A traditional full-time duty assignment is eight hours a day, five days a week, totaling 40 hours. A non-traditional full-time duty assignment is more or less than 5 […]
Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) What Is It? Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA) allows agencies that are undergoing substantial restructuring, reshaping, right-sizing, transfer of function, or reorganization to temporarily lower the age and service requirements in order to increase the number of employees who are eligible for retirement. The authority encourages more voluntary separations and helps […]