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To All Postal Employees:
It’s Time to Start Sending Time Thieves to Jail and Get the Unions Off their Butts
Don’t laugh. Standing up for justice is not a laughing matter. A federal statute regarding time fraud is on the books, and it’s clear. The time has come to see to it that it is not ignored. [...]
September 01, 2010
Contract Negotiations Begin Between U.S. Postal Service and American Postal Workers Union
Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between the U.S. Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union began Sept. 1. The current contract expires Nov. 20, 2010.
“Every contract negotiation brings special challenges, and this will be no different,” APWU President William [...]
September 01, 2010
AUTOMATED RURAL JOB BIDDING
ALL RURAL CARRIERS CAN REVIEW AVAILABLE JOBS ONLINE
Last week, the Postal Service reached an important milestone in its initiative to reach out to employees using technology. Now, all rural carrier postings, bids and awards are available online.
Previously, not all rural carriers had access to the online bidding process. But now, [...]
MURDER BY PROXY: HOW AMERICA WENT POSTAL
Postal Workers in Florida Can See New Documentary Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal on a Big Screen
Los Angeles, CA – August 30, 2010. A new documentary on violence in the USPS, Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal, will be screened at two Florida film festivals this [...]
What:
The U.S. Postal Service will pay tribute to Mother Teresa, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. Noted for her compassion toward the poor and suffering, Mother Teresa, a diminutive Roman Catholic nun and honorary U.S. citizen, served the sick and destitute of India and the world for nearly 50 [...]
Literate by Choice
Just like you are doing right now reading is a thinking process to interpret words to gain meaning about a topic. Writers write to provoke change using their persuasive language to get their point across and convince others of their point of view. The larger the audience the greater the opportunity the writer [...]
Big Bucks Bigger Difference
I like what news correspondent Tom Brokaw said at a past commencement speech, “It’s easy to make a buck, but it is tougher to make a difference.” I say that message needs to go out to all our high paid executives and our national labor leaders. Tom Brokaw continued to say a [...]
LOS ALTOS, CA (KGO) — A USPS truck set on fire and melted after its driver turned on the ignition in Los Altos on Thursday afternoon. The letter carrier escaped not injured.
Investigators are trying to determine if the truck was parked over a broken gas main along La Barranca Road.
Read Full Story: Peninsula News
CALCULATING BETTER SERVICE
NEW TOOL TO MEASURE SERVICE DELIVERY
How well is USPS doing to meet its service delivery commitments — internally and with its customers? With the new Service Delivery Calculator (SDC), the Postal Service will soon have more accurate and timely answers to this critical question.
SDC is a tool USPS and its customers soon will [...]
PRC to hold August 16 Briefing on $50 Billion Discrepancy Identified In Postal Service Pension Payments
Washington, DC –The Postal Regulatory Commission invites press and interested parties to a briefing on the actuarial report of The Segal Company regarding calculation of U.S. Postal Service pension liability for former Post Office Department employees. Questions will be entertained [...]
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