The new contract with APWU takes effect July 8 and covers approximately 200,000 USPS employees. USPS News Link – 7.8.2016 – An arbitration panel informed the Postal Service July 7 of an interest arbitration decision and award. The award is intended to resolve the differences between USPS and the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) that […]
Indianapolis Letter Carrier Howard Stevenson is interviewed by a TV news crew this week. USPS News Link – TV news cameras were rolling at the Indianapolis Post Office’s Mapleton station this week when Letter Carrier Howard Stevenson retired after 56 years. “I love the Post Office and my job,” he told WRTV News. “I really like […]
NASHVILLE — The U.S. Postal Service today dedicated the Soda Fountain Favorites Forever Stamp booklet featuring the cold, sweet treats beloved by people of all ages. The ceremony was held at the Elliston Place Soda Shop in Nashville. The First-Class Mail Forever booklet of 20 stamps features five different illustrations: a double-scoop ice cream cone, an […]
A Marine Corps image highlights Pfc. Harold Schultz, second from left, in the Feb. 23, 1945, flag-raising on Iwo Jima. USPS News Link – The Marine Corps has identified Harold Schultz, a longtime Postal Service employee who died in 1995, as one of the six men in the iconic World War II photograph of the […]
Green Energy Initiative Will Cut Costs, Help Environment WASHINGTON — 6/23/16 – The U.S. Postal Service today announced that it will expand its use of alternative energy when solar panels are installed on the roof of a mail processing center in Los Angeles, CA, making the Postal Service facility the largest building generating electricity through solar […]
Dedication Ceremony Launches Star Trek: Mission New York June 22, 2016 WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 years to the day of its original airing, the U.S. Postal Service will celebrate the iconic 1960s television show Star Trek by dedicating the Star Trek Forever stamps in New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The first-day-of-issue ceremony will take place at noon […]
On July 15, 2016, in Syracuse, NY, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Pickup Trucks First-Class Mail® stamps (Forever® priced at 47 cents), in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 680900). These stamps will go on sale nationwide July 15, 2016. In 2016, the U.S. Postal Service […]
Employees can find more information about the USPS Health Benefits Plan on the LiteBlue site. USPS News Link – 6/8/16 – Now through June 30, the Postal Service is offering some non-career employees the opportunity to enroll in the USPS Health Benefits Plan. Employees who have become eligible for the plan since last year’s open […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A stunning photograph taken at sunset over cornfields in Milford, IN, by a young photographer raised there was selected as the Forever stamp to celebrate Indiana’s 200th statehood anniversary. Indiana became the 19th state of the Union Dec., 11, 1816. Celebration festivities will take place throughout the year. The Indiana Statehood Forever Stamp was issued […]
NEW YORK CITY — A new booklet of Forever stamps entitled Colorful Celebrations was dedicated today at World Stamp Show-NY 2016 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The international stamp show will conclude tomorrow. The United States plays host to a sanctioned international stamp show only once every 10 years, with the next […]