PRC receives USPS proposal to change service standards
Washington, DC – Today, the Postal Regulatory Commission received a request for an advisory opinion regarding the United States Postal Service’s proposed service standard changes associated with significant alterations to its mail processing network.
According to the Postal Service, the most significant revisions would eliminate the expectation of overnight [...]
December 9, 2011 | Posted in
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The following has been sent by the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, the Association for Postal Commerce, the Direct Marketing Association, and the Association of Magazine Media to the Postmaster General of the United States regarding the Postal Service’s decision to move forward with a postal exigency request.
We are perplexed. In your presentations to the mailing [...]
December 5, 2011 | Posted in
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NAPUS Meets With USPS Headquarters to Review ELM 650 Process
NAPUS President Bob Rapoza met with Postal Service representatives this week to review possible changes to the ELM 650 process. This section of the ELM covers nonbagaining disciplinary and appeal procedures, including letters of warning in lieu of time off suspensions, emergency placement and other types [...]
December 2, 2011 | Posted in
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NEWEST VPO OPENS IN MISSOURI
VILLAGE POST OFFICE LIST GROWS
Missouri’s Doe Run Village Post Office (VPO), located in Sherry’s Quick Mart, is the latest to join the Postal Service’s list of eight fully-functional VPOs.
As of last Monday, USPS had received 505 VPO inquiries from interested vendors nationwide. Six additional VPOs with contracts are poised to open [...]
December 1, 2011 | Posted in
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CUSTOMERS WARNED ABOUT EMAIL SCAMMERS USING USPS NAME
Postal Service customers take note — usps.com recently posted a warning about email scammers using the Postal Service’s name to access valuable personal information.
Customers being targeted receive bogus emails with subject lines containing the text: “USPS Delivery Failure Notification.” The emails claim to be from the Postal [...]
November 19, 2011 | Posted in
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Penalty Overtime Exclusion
As referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5, of the USPS–NALC and USPS–APWU national agreements, the December period (during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable) consists of 4 consecutive service weeks. This year, the December period begins Pay Period 26-11, Week 1 (December 3, 2011), and ends Pay Period 01-12, Week [...]
November 16, 2011 | Posted in
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Federal Taxation Percentages for Supplemental Wages
USPS® employees are reminded that the percentages used to tax supplemental wages are different from the normal taxation percentages. Supplemental wages may include, but are not limited to, annual leave exchange, awards, back-pay awards, prizes, severance pay, and reimbursements for moving expenses. The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and [...]
November 16, 2011 | Posted in
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Postmasters are obviously not happy with their USPS proposed pay packages for years 2011-2015. See articles below from NAPUS and Nat. League of Postmasters.
NAPUS Executive Board Unanimously Approves President Rapoza’s Request to Ask the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to Convene a Factfinding Panel on Postmaster Pay Package
In a special telecom tonight, The NAPUS [...]
November 16, 2011 | Posted in
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On October 13, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Max Messamore, former President of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 2039 (located in Somerset, Ky.), was sentenced to two years probation, fined $500, and was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $2,293.77. He was also [...]
November 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Rapoza Also Expresses Concerns that the Proposed Bill Could Reduce the Level of Health Care Coverage for Retirees and Asks that Management Associations be Included in Developing a Postal-Only Health Plan
Today, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza sent a letter to key members of the Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee, requesting consideration on some key [...]
November 3, 2011 | Posted in
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