USPS Provides a List of More Than 4,600 Upgraded Post Offices

May 18, 2012 This morning, Postal Service headquarters released a list of Post Offices that will be upgraded under the new Post Office Structure Plan (POStPlan.) More than 4,600 lower level offices will be upgraded to EAS 18 offices. The list also includes Level 51 -53 offices that will be upgraded to career 6 hour […]

Sen. Carper Reacts to Postmaster Generals Announcement on Further Cost-Cutting Measures

May 17 2012 WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service and co-author of the 21st Century Postal Service Act, released the following statement reacting to the Postmaster General’s announcement that the Postal Service would begin closing select mail processing centers in an effort to save […]

Postal Service Moves Ahead with Modified Network Consolidation Plan

Postal Service Moves Ahead with Modified Network Consolidation Plan 9-Month Implementation; $1.2 Billion in Cost Reductions May 17, 2012 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced plans to move ahead with a modified plan to consolidate its network of 461 mail processing locations in phases. The first phase of activities will result in up […]

House Republicans Pass Pay Cut For Postal, Federal Employees

APWU News Bulletin 14-2012 May 17, 2012 The House of Representatives voted for a 5 percent cut in postal and federal workers’ pay on May 10 by approving an increase in employees’ pension contributions. Republican members of the House provided all 218 votes in favor of the measure, while 183 Democrats and 16 Republicans opposed […]

APWU Says USPS Modified Consolidation Plan Is More of the Same

‘Modified’ Consolidation Plan Is More of the Same USPS Union Members Must Fight Back, House Must Act Now APWU News Bulletin 15-2012, May 17, 2012 USPS management announced [PDF] on May 17 that it would begin implementing a “modified” consolidation plan immediately, but the “new” plan [PDF] employs the same essential strategy as the old […]

USPS Announces Modified Consolidation Plan

USPS Announces ‘Modified Consolidation Plan’ Implementation to Begin This Summer, No Specifics Provided APWU Web News Article 59-2012, May 16, 2012 The USPS notified the APWU [PDF] today, May 16, that it has developed a modified network consolidation plan and, “Now that the moratorium has expired, consolidation activities will begin this summer.” However, postal managers […]

Senator Carper Launches Web Page Tracking USPS Losses

Senator Carper (Delaware) has launched a new page at his official site that includes tracking and comment regarding losses by USPS. His page states… As we learned this week, the Postal Service is moving forward with cutting hours at post offices and offering retirement incentives for some postal workers across the country. Rather than forcing […]

House action amounts to federal pay cut

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives, on a mostly party-line vote, approved a budget measure Thursday that would require federal employees in both the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to contribute 5 percent more of salary toward their pensions—in effect, a 5 percent cut in pay phased in for current workers […]