The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the APWU are investigating the death of APWU member Steny Wing Hoi Yu, who died July 27 from injuries sustained in work-related accident at the Detroit NDC on July 23. Although the investigation of the accident is still underway, reports indicate that Yu’s injuries were the result […]
The APWU and a retired union member have resolved a lawsuit against the Postal Service and an Accounting Services manager for violations of the Debt Collection Act, Industrial Relations Director Mike Morris has announced. The suit charged that the USPS and the manager routinely violated the rights of retired employees by instructing the Office of […]
7.30.12 USPS has scheduled a major software upgrade of its national financial system that will impact payments and reporting for a period from Aug. 9 through Aug. 27. The software upgrade is scheduled to occur from the evening of Aug. 9 through Aug. 20. Catch-up processing will be performed from Aug. 20 through Aug. 27. […]
7.30.12 The Postal Service’s decision not to make two payments to fund retiree health benefits — due Aug. 1 and Sept. 30 — will have no impact on employee pay or operations. In a prepared statement, USPS said it will “continue to deliver the mail, pay our employees and suppliers and meet our other financial […]
The U.S. Postal Service will not make mandated prefunding retiree health benefit payments to the Treasury of $5.5 billion due Aug. 1, 2012 or the $5.6 billion payment due Sept. 30, absent legislation enacted by Congress. This action will have no material effect on the operations of the Postal Service. We will fully fund our […]
July 27, 2012 — The pending Aug. 1 “default” of the U.S. Postal Service is not primarily the result of a bad market or even bad operations, but of bad legislating by Congress. The only thing that will happen on Wednesday is that the Postal Service will not pay $5.6 billion into a fund for […]
July 25, 2012 MEMORANDUM FOR: PATRICK R. DONAHOE – POSTMASTER GENERAL David C. Williams – Inspector General This memorandum provides the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) review of U.S. Postal Service liquidity projections as of June 2012 (Project Number 12BD016FI000). Without legislation to eliminate or defer prefunding payments into the Retiree Health […]
From 21st Century Postal Worker USPS has decided to subcontract Postal Vehicle Services in all Pacific Area mail processing and network distribution facilities in California. As a result more than 700 California postal employee jobs will be eliminated. As their reasoning, USPS states that it does not have the equipment to comply with recent vehicle […]
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Lady Bird Johnson, a highly respected and influential woman in American history, will be recognized by the U.S. Postal Service during the year marking the centennial of her birth with a commemorative Forever Stamp. The new Forever Stamp honoring Mrs. Johnson — who was married to the 36th President […]
Do you want to advance your education? Postal employees and their immediate families — including spouses, life partners and dependent children — can enroll with American InterContinental University (AIU) to take advantage of a waived application fee and possible tuition grants. AIU offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in business, information technology, criminal justice, design and […]