POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
September 2010
September 30, 2010
PRC Denies
USPS Exigent Rate Increase
PRC to USPS: The Commission
finds that the Postal Service has failed to meet
its burden under the law and the Commission is
unanimous in denying its request for an exigent
rate increase. -
Also see:
SENATOR
COLLINS APPLAUDS POSTAL COMMISSION UNANIMOUS
DECISION TO REJECT POSTAL SERVICE’S REQUESTED
RATE HIKES -
Postmaster
General on PRC Denying A Rate Increase
-
NALC: GOP
hostility kills prefunding legislation, aided
and abetted by misguided USPS priorities
-
Eight
people indicted in Birmingham, AL on mail theft
charges - 5 of them postal employees
- A federal grand jury
indicted eight people, five postal employees,
two employees of postal contract centers, and
one man not affiliated with the Postal Service
with stealing, delaying or destroying mail. -
Postal
Service could survive volume decreases with
significant price hikes: study
- DM News -
Congress
declines to bail out Postal Service
GovExec.com -
Also see Federal Times:
No bailout
for Postal Service in draft CR -
Postal
Service close to going broke
Washington Post -
Sen.
Carper Introduces Pension Correction
Legislation, Which Includes USPS Wish List
and Time Runs Out on Short Term Postal Fix -
NAPUS -
OIG Study:
Postal
Service is financially sustainable down to
volumes of 100 billion per year
-
Also from OIG:
Impact of
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act Price
Caps -
The Postal
Service Should Default on its Retiree Healthcare
Obligation - Courier,
Express, and Postal Observer -
DEA: Mail
workers in Puerto Rico trafficked drugs
Seven U.S. Postal Service workers have been
indicted on charges they sent thousands of
pounds of marijuana through the mail to Puerto
Rico while shipping cocaine and heroin to the
U.S. mainland, federal authorities said
Wednesday.-
Want to
cut wasteful spending? Privatize the postal
service -
New York Post -
OIG: A
Lower Volume Postal Service?
-
PRC
Decision to Come Tomorrow at 11am
Postal Affairs Blog -
September 29, 2010
What if
the Postal Service runs out of money?
Washington Post - Also see
Watchdog
report on Postal Service (Video)
-
Former
Elgin, OK postmaster pleads guilty
-
Fake
United States Postal Service Emails Distribute
Trojan Downloader
Gig
Harbor, WA mailman charged with opening letters
-
FYI: Full
Time U.S. Postal Positions in Houston
-
September 28, 2010
Postmaster
accused of sex-trafficking denied release on
bond -
Let them
Eat Cake... The USPS version..
RuralInfo.net -
USPS
employee saves two kids after carjacking
-
Mail
Carrier Says Attacking Dogs Keeping Her From
Doing Her Job -
OIG Blog:
Making “Sorry We Missed You” a Thing of the Past
-
IRS to
stop mailing income tax forms
-
APWU:
Congressman’s Call for Concessions Should Drive
Postal Workers to the Polls -
PEN Ed. PEN recommends voting your
conscience - not what any other person or
organization tells or advises you. -
Postal
Service executives get extra perks
GovExec.com -
Closing
USPS offices could save $894m, states audit
-
Bon Air,
VA mail carrier found guilty of obstruction of
mail -
Postal
Service sees $1.6B August net loss
DM News -
September 27, 2010
Don’t
Blame ‘Overpaid Postal Workers' for Rising
Periodicals Costs - Dead Tree
Edition -
Senator
Collins Requested IG Audit That Finds Postal
Service has More than $800 Million in
Unnecessary Costs -
Also see:
Audit: Ex-Postal
Service workers return as private contractors,
make more money - Washington Post
and
Ex-postal
executives return for high-pay contracts
- Washington Times -
So you
want a union? Well, let me tell you ...
-
Scripted
or Encrypted
by R. Williams, Jr - postal employee -
September 26, 2010
A Closer
Look at Bernstock and The Deals USPS Allowed to
Take Place (PDF) -
Post
office accused of making special deal for
political fliers -
USPS
Notifies NRLCA: All Rural Carriers Entitled to
Remedy Ordered by Arbitrator Bloch in DPS Review
II Have Been Paid -
Video: LA
mail carrier throws mail in a ditch!
-
September 25, 2010
Carper
legislation includes a number of provisions that
the NALC cannot support -
Burrus
Letter to Washington Times: Don't politicize the
Postal Service -
Arrested
Nevada postmaster Dennis Henry files motion to
set bond - The US Attorney
also states "the defendant has (also) been
stalking, threatening, and sexually harassing
another female he worked with in his position as
Post Master General." The unidentified female
has filed an EOC complaint with the appropriate
federal agency on more than one occasion. -
Dozens of
ex-postal officials got generous no-bid deals,
report says - Washington Post
Dozens of former top executives and hundreds of
former employees have returned to the agency in
recent years as private contractors, sometimes
making double the salaries they made as
full-time workers, according to a new watchdog
report. -
Also see: Federal Times:
IG report:
Noncompetitive contracts, exec perks at USPS
-
OPM to PRC
Chairman - OPM does not have the authority to
reallocate CSRS funding (PDF)
-
No deal
yet on USPS retiree health payment
Federal Times -
USPS
Preliminary Financial Information - August 2010
-
September 24, 2010
Senator
Carper's Bill: D.O.A
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Also see:
Carper
bill allows USPS to recoup billions
|
Postal
reform bill introduced in Senate
-
Postal
Service fine without taxpayers
NALC Rolando via Washington Times -
The Postal
Service simply must downsize
Charleston Daily -
Carper
plan would help stabilize US Postal Service
Delaware Online -
OIG Report
Says USPS Can Consolidate Much More
(PDF) - "...adapting best practices from other
organizations could assist the Postal Service
with identifying new ideas and processes. For
example, in January 2010, United Parcel Service
announced it would reduce its U.S. regions from
five to three and its districts from 46 to 20,
eliminating 1,800 management and administrative
jobs. -
Congressman Gohmert letter blasts USPS for study
on Lufkin processing plant -
Which Way
will PRC Rule in Exigent Postal Rate Case?
-
Shreveport, LA man wanted for allegedly shooting
Postal Worker turns himself in
-
NH postal
workers, pooling for 15 years, win big
-
September 23, 2010
Sen.
Carper Introduces Comprehensive Postal Service
Act -
Read Carper
Bill (PDF) - This Act may
be cited as the ‘‘Postal Operations Sustainment
and Transformation Act of 2010’’ or the ‘‘POST
Act of 2010’’. PEN Ed Note: Regarding
arbitration and labor disputes make certain to
read line (3)(B)...In rendering a decision
under this paragraph, the arbitration board
shall consider such relevant factors as ‘‘(i)
the financial condition of the Postal Service;...
-
Also see:
Postmaster
General Hails Carper Legislation
-
Postal
Service reform bill to be unveiled
Washington Post -
Sen.
Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.),
a longtime supporter of postal leadership, on
Thursday will unveil a postal reform bill
designed to give the Postal Service more
flexibility on major operational and financial
decisions without congressional approval. Also
see:
Postal
Service reform bill set for release -
Rate hikes
won't help Postal Service
SEN. SUSAN
COLLINS tells Politico "So what
is the Postal Service now using as justification
for the proposed increases? It is citing the
“continued movement toward electronic
alternatives” and a weak economy — neither
unexpected nor extraordinary reasons." -
Ensuring
America Is Provided the Postal Service to Which
It is Entitled - NAPUS -
Ohio
Postal Clerk Charged With Theft of Mail
-
THE PEOPLE
SPEAK: Military a harder job than postal service
- Opinion in response to
Writer ignorant of US
Postal Service :
MuskogeePhoenix.com -
Federal
pay called into question -- again
GovExec.com -
GOP's
Pledge to America - CNN
Politics
Read The
Pledge
Draft Here -
GAO: OSHA
failing to protect whistleblowers
-
September 22, 2010
USPS Out
Of Regular Mail, Only Fancy Mail Left
-
Struggling
Postal Service Seeks Wage Concessions
-
Oregon,
Washington Secretaries Of State Oppose Cuts To
Saturday Mail Delivery -
Busting
myths about the U.S. Postal Service
-
The NALC
responds to recent media attacks
-
Ex-postmaster pleads guilty to stealing
-
FSS
DEPLOYMENT ON TRACK TO DELIVER IMPROVED
EFFICIENCY -
Do-nothing
Democrats
Washington Post Op-Ed
"We always name post offices," Hoyer replied
with irritation. "It's a worthwhile endeavor to
do that, and people really do appreciate it,
particularly when it's their name and their
community." -
September 21, 2010
What
Conservatives Think of Postal Workers
Watch video on
YouTube
-
THE USPS
NEEDS TO GO THE NEXT LEVEL
American Reporter -
APWU to
Participate In National Rally for Jobs, Change
-
Anyone for
three-day-a-week mail service?
Federal Times -
Also see OIG Blog:
5-Day
Delivery? What About 3-Day? -
The Post
Office wants your money to protect its monopoly
- By Rep.
Darrell Issa - The Washington Times -
Apple
Valley, CA postal worker sexually batters woman
A postal carrier was arrested Monday after he
allegedly sexually battered a woman while
delivering a package to her home. -
Northeast
Philly carrier charged with hoarding mail
A former postal worker from Northeast
Philadelphia, accused of stashing thousands of
pieces of mail in his garage, was charged Monday
with willfully obstructing the mail, authorities
said. David Blauser, 42, worked for the U.S.
Postal Service for 14 years. He disappeared
without warning April 23, leaving behind his
wife, his sons, and his job carrying letters in
Bustleton. -
Honey,
They Shrunk Our FSA!
Federal News Radio -
Cape
Girardeau postal workers picket to save Saturday
delivery -
September 20, 2010
Could
FedEx be Beating USPS and UPS in Expanding the
use of its Retail Network?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
APWU: It’s
Your Union – VOTE! -
Also see:
Contract
Negotiations Underway -
Fight
Against e-CBM Violations Continues
Electronic condition based maintenance (E-CBM)
is the latest incarnation of the Postal
Service’s preventive maintenance program, and,
unfortunately, contractual violations continue.
-
THE STORY
BEHIND POSTAL SERVICE’S UNOFFICIAL MOTTO
- Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of
night stays these couriers from the swift
completion of their appointed rounds. -
The Real
Forever Stamp
Ronald Williams, Jr.
Uncle
Sam's Spare Tire
Federal News Radio -
September 19, 2010
Confessions of a Former Postal Station Manager
-
The Fight
to Keep 6-Day Mail Delivery -
Step 4
(rural carriers) settlement on Delivery Unit
Relocation “DUR” -
Silverdale Post Office Truck Driver
Tied Up, Robbed; Three Suspects Sought -
Marlborough mailman risks life on
the job -
Opinion: This postal road leads to
nowhere -
Opinion: No need to cut postal
delivery to five days -
September 18, 2010
NAPUS
Attorney Tells Postmasters To Be Careful With
Facebook -
Postal
Service considers 'Critical Mail' product
DM News -
Just 19
Days to Stop Postal Rate Hikes
Affordable Mail Alliance -
OIG: The
Effects of the Flats Sequencing System on
Delivery Operations –
Columbus District (PDF) - The five Columbus
District delivery units1 reviewed improved
delivery operations during FSS full production.
These units cut operating costs by $546,252 and
reduced city carrier office hours, manual
distribution clerk workhours, and city carrier
routes. -
September 17, 2010
USPS sued
for more than $1 million after truck hits
vehicle -
Postal
Service challenges OSHA citations at Portsmouth
facility -
TN postal
worker accused of stealing gift cards, medicine
from mail -
Office of
Management and Budget director nominee Jack Lew
listened noncommittally to a plea from Sen.
Susan Collins to explore the question of whether
the U.S. Postal Service has overpaid into the
Civil Service Retirement System on behalf of
employees who also worked for the old Post
Office Department, abolished in 1971. A study
released in June by the Postal Regulatory
Commission estimated the size of the overpayment
at $50 billion to $55 billion. -
FEHBP
Premiums, Co-Pays Going Up
Federal News Radio -
FedEx
Earnings - Implications for the USPS
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
September 16, 2010
Senator
Lisa Murkowski Says No To 5-Day Delivery
-
Also Listen:
PRC
September 16, 2010 Hearing - Murkowski Audiocast
(MP3) -
Post
office manager gets probation for robbery claim
-
Man who
issued post office bomb threat wants to defend
himself in court -
Postmaster
General Addresses Need for Fundamental Change
- “The Postal Service must have the ability to
manage its business, and to adapt quickly to the
needs of our customers and the marketplace,”
said Potter. “And our business model must change
to reflect the reality of a volatile economy and
a communications marketplace that has been
undergoing a transformation as profound as
anything that has ever come before.” -
Hours, pay
may change for local letter carriers, postal
workers -
Ex-Postal
Employee Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
-
Oshkosh
Postal Workers Get Unanimous Support of City
Leaders -
Keep a
closer eye on the Post Office
-
September 15, 2010
Hatch Act
Applies To All Postal Employees Including
Telecommuters -
Still
Debating Saturday Mail Delivery
ZD Net -
White House sends
spending wish list to Congress
AP - Washington - The Obama
administration is pushing a pre-election
shopping list on its Democratic allies in
Congress as they prepare must-pass legislation
to prevent a government shutdown next month.
...including $5.7 billion to prevent shortfalls
in the popular Pell Grant program and $5.5
billion the cash-strapped Postal Service. -
Postal worker
hit by police cruiser in Pr. George's dies
Washington Post -
Oak Park
cops call community meeting on murder of postal
employee found dead in his garage
-
USPS
Contracts for GPS Device for Contract Carriers
-
USPS shipping
55% off at Office Depot today only
September 14, 2010
PRC
Upholds Linkage in First-Class Mail Discounts
(PDF) -
Critical Mail - New USPS Product -
PostCom
tells us "The postal service developed a new
product. It is called
“Critical
Mail”. It is less than the
cost of Priority Mail but has all the
attributes. Full Delivery Confirmation Tracking
and 2-3 delivery. It is in test phase with full
ramp up in January of 2011. -
Edina
Postal Worker Says She Had Habit of Stealing
Mail -
Magazine
Readership Off Sharply Among Affluent
-
Postal
Service overpaid $6.8B to FERS pension fund
NALC Bulletin -
Cops: Man
flashed Greensboro post office workers
-
OIG Audit:
Interim Status - Management of Delivery Point
Sequencing Increases - City Delivery
- The OIG invites you to post your comments
regarding DPS. -
Also see:
OIG Audit
Projects You Can Comment On and Contribute To
Former TX
Postal Employee Charged With Theft of Mail
Matter -
September 13, 2010
Postal
Service Begins Rural Letter Carrier Contract
Negotiations -
Also see:
Postal
Service starts negotiations with rural letter
carriers
and
Facing
Greatest Mail Volume Drop in History, Postal
Service Begins Contract Negotiations with Rural
Letter Carriers -
Postal
Pundit Says Postal Unions Will Certainly Blast
USPS Efforts To Reduce Labor Costs
-
OIG: Congress
Faces a Decision -
No
Saturday mail delivery is a bad idea
Longmont Times-Call -
Alabama
postal worker gets 5 years probation for dumping
371 pieces of mail -
Free USPS
Carrier Pickup Now Available At 99.97 Percent of
Delivery Addresses -
The
Washington Post says on the Congressional
to-do list there are "Two things to watch -- and
neither involves ending Saturday mail delivery
or closing post offices -- two no-go options in
an election year. -
NY Postal
Employee Charged With Workers Comp Fraud
-
Increased
competition in International Parcels
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Got weird
mail? Tell the Postal Service
-
September 12, 2010
U.S.
District Court Upholds Post Office Ban on
Petitioning on Interior Postal Sidewalks
-
Many hold
onto a dying art - letter writing
-
September 11, 2010
Days of
Terror - A 9/11 Photo Gallery
MO
Postmaster Dennis Henry suspended without pay in
wake of indictment -
The U.S. Postal Service told
reporters from KOAM-TV Friday that
Dennis
Henry,
postmaster in Nevada, MO, has
been suspended indefinitely without pay in the
wake of the news of his indictment, along with
four other Missouri men, in connection with a
commercial sex trafficking conspiracy case. -
The Nat.
League of Postmasters tells
us... "Draft legislative provisions are floating
around the Senate that 1) eliminate the
prohibition against closing, for financial
reasons only, small rural post offices and 2)
gut the statutory Post Office Closing Provisions
that are designed to protect rural communities.
-
Case
against postal employee moves to higher court
-
Postal
Service consolidation uproots workers
GovExec.com -
APWU
Ballots to be Mailed in Election of Union
Officers -
Pushing
the Envelope – with Envelopes – in a Digital
World -
The
National Association of Postmasters
(NAPUS) has a newly redesigned website.
Work is still in progress.
Must Reads
for Managers: Federal Union Steward Guides
- FedSmith - You may also want to
check out
Workforce
morale can be sapped by unskilled managers
at Fed Computer Week -
In addition to
28,000
postal employees owing back taxes
41 Obama
White House aides owe the IRS $831,000 in back
taxes -- and they're not alone
-
Federal
Times Postal News Digest -
September 10, 2010
Former
postal employee jailed for workers' comp fraud
-
Missouri
postmaster and 4 other men accused of torturing,
sexually abusing mentally disabled woman -
Five Missouri men are accused of taking part in
the sexual torture of a young woman allegedly
kept as a sex slave by one of the men and forced
to work as a stripper, prosecutors announced
Thursday. The U.S. attorney's office said
Dennis
Henry, one of the 5 men accused,
is the postmaster general in Nevada, Mo., city
of about 8,400 people near the Kansas border. -
BMC in
Kansas City Comes Under OSHA Scrutiny
OSHA has had its eye on the U.S. Postal Service
(USPS) in recent months—most recently on the
Bulk Mail Center in Kansas City, Kansas. The
facility was cited for numerous serious and
repeat violations carrying $191,000 in proposed
penalties. -
Postal
Service Charts Course for Sustainable Future
-
Postal
carrier killed in his garage
Chicago Daily Herald - Also see
Mail
carrier killed in garage of his Oak Park home
-
GovExec
says "According to
IRS data,
nearly 28,000 Postal Service workers owe more
than $283 million in back taxes" -
Baton
Rouge postal worker shot while delivering mail
-
Former
postal worker: I'm going to Disneyland, jail
-
TX Postal
Employee Indicted -
September 09, 2010
USPS:
DOING MORE, REDUCING COSTS
USPS says "USPS has invested in technology to
broaden employees’ access to HR and realized a
savings of more than $150 million each year." -
OIG:
Austin P&DC was not always properly color-coding
or reporting delayed mail -
PEN Ed: I believe this practice could be
found most P&DC's and stations across the
nation...maybe not all, but a large majority.
-
Rasmussen
poll says "75% Say Congress Should Cut Its Own
Pay" Until Budget
is Balanced and 54% believe that most federal
workers are overpaid. -
A Decade
of Postal Mismanagement Is Costing Publishers
and Catalogs - Dead Tree
Edition -
Benefits,
Retirement on the Chopping Block?
Federal News Radio -
Audit of
Priority Mail's ads: Doesn't 'fit'
Washington Times - U.S.P.S. ad costs may have
been misreported -
U. S.
Postal Inspection Service Reports Six Carrier
Uniforms Stolen in Rock Hill, SC
-
Unions
want more - from taxpayers
Washington Times -
Mailbox
access restricted to postage paid U.S. Mail
-
September 08, 2010
APWU
Denounces USPS Attempts to 'Work the Refs'
American Postal Workers Union President William
Burrus has denounced efforts by the Postal
Service to influence the outcome of contract
negotiations by issuing demands in public
forums. -
COUNTDOWN:
25 DAYS TO STOP POSTAL RATE HIKES
Affordable Mail Alliance -
Man accused of exposing himself to
postal workers, sheriff’s deputy -
The PRC
will meet in CLOSED session at 10 a.m. on
Thursday, September 9, 2010 to consider
Deliberations and Decision in
Docket
R2010-4, (USPS) Rate Adjustment
due to Extraordinary or Exceptional
Circumstances. -
Hey,
Postal Service: "What's the Big Deal?"
Affordable Mail Alliance - Underscoring the
recklessness of the massive rate increase
proposed by the United States Postal Service on
July 6, American Postal Workers Union President
William Burrus made clear on Friday that his
Union does not believe the Service is currently
in an unprecedented financial position. -
USPS and
APWU await arbitration ruling in move to close
distribution center in Logan Township
-
Social
Security, What's In It For Feds???
Federal News Radio - Federal and postal workers,
and retirees, have a dog in this fight. -
OIG: Audit
Projects You Can Contribute To
OIG is asking for your input on select audits -
yes, your input. -
Postal
Service Plans More Life for Vehicles
-
Wednesday
at Office Depot: Half Off USPS Shipping!
-
September 07, 2010
GameFly
takes a shot at Netflix via PRC
(PDF)
In response to
comments
submitted by NetFlix to the PRC
last week GameFly says "Because the Postal
Service refuses to offer comparable terms to
GameFly (or any other DVD rental company),
GameFly must pay $1.22 extra in postage per DVD
round trip to similarly avoid automated letter
processing. No amount of blame-the-victim
rhetoric can change these facts. GameFly also
said "The week before Labor Day is traditionally
a time to indulge in a last bit of summer
frivolity before returning to school or work in
earnest. That is the only plausible explanation
for the “Comments” filed by Netflix on August
30." -
Closing
Post Offices or Cutting Hours
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Morris
Wilkinson, a 91-year-old Birmingham, AL letter
carrier -
The Postal
Service has a strong case for union concessions
- Washington Post -
Letter
carriers deliver their message
-
Postal
Service seeks bids for contract agents in AZ
-
Not
properly vetted?
Postal employee Shawn Carter won the election,
but the Hatch Act won the battle. -
September 06, 2010
OIG Blog:
Pay for Performance
The Postal Service adopted an annual PFP program
in 2003. PFP is the only source of annual pay
adjustments for Postal Service non-bargaining
employees. -
The OSHA
Fines: A Canary in the Coal Mine
...recent actions by OSHA indicate that the
financial challenges (for USPS) are beginning to
impact the ability of the Postal Service to
safely operate its facilities. OSHA has found
sufficient common violations exist that it
issued a complaint to the Occupational Safety
and Health Review Commission to order USPS to
correct electrical violations at 350 facilities.
-
Workers'
fight still right
Opinion by BRUCE CLARK Dubuque Local, American
Postal Workers -
The Facts
About Postal Rate Increases
The Affordable Mail Alliance (AMA) posted a
section at their site listing some USPS rate and
cost topics. One of these is:
"USPS is adequately addressing its workforce
issues."
AMA's answer..."Not true. In 2009, USPS volume
went down 13%, but labor costs only went down 1%
and worker productivity also fell. That
shortfall is now being borne by Postal Service
customers." PEN Ed: What do you think? -
The
Perpetual Post Office
PEN Ed: another so-called pundit without a clue.
-
Bad
Mystery Shopper Reports – What Is an Employer to
Do? -
NRLCA
files National Level Grievance on the National
Reassessment Process (NRP) -
Contract
Delivery Route Offers from USPS
FedBizOpps.gov -
September 05, 2010
Heat May
Affect Your Mail Order Meds -
Netflix
tells PRC that if GameFly gets its way
"Such a decision would likely result
in reduced DVD shipment growth from Netflix as
well as accelerate the ultimate decline of DVD
shipments as Netflix would shift more resource
to the digital delivery of content." PRC PDF -
This story also reported here
Gamefly
Files Motion To Postpone; Netflix Files
Interesting Comment on Gamefly Intent
-
September 04, 2010
Florida
postal workers not amused by "poop" cake their
manager baked them -
OSHA Fines USPS For Safety
Violations in Binghamton, NY - The most recent
violations bring the Postal Service’s total OSHA fines to nearly $4.7
million. -
PRC Audit Report – Advertising Cost
Reporting
(PDF)
Conclusion - The Postal Service did not accurately report advertising
costs to the PRC. -
OIG Management Advisory – Electronic
Postmark Program License Fees -
September 03, 2010
Three
Goofs: How USPS Undercut Its Case for Exigent
Rate Increases - Dead Tree
Edition -
Don't
Allow the USPS to Continue Costly Business
Practices -
REPLY COMMENTS OF THE AFFORDABLE
MAIL ALLIANCE BEFORE THE PRC (pdf)
Whether or not the Postal Service improves its efficiency, the proposed
rate increase is simply not “necessary” under section 3622(d)(1)(E). Even
the worst-case scenario offered by the Postal Service does not project
that it will stop meeting payroll or delivering the mail before September
30, 2011. -
What
Postal Workers Want: 'More'
GovExec.com - Here's what Burrus
told
GovExec's Emily Long about
what his union is seeking in the negotiations:
"More -- more control over activities at work,
more money, better benefits -- we want more. We
will try to fashion our proposals to reflect the
entitlement to more." -
The New
Face of the Union Movement: Government Employees
- Heritage Foundation -
Unions and
the U.S. Postal Service
National Review Online -
September 02, 2010
NALC
Responds to PRC Comments Submitted by Sen.
Collins and the Affordable Mail Alliance
(PDF)
NALC takes no position on whether the Commission
should grant USPS the rate increases it seeks.
Our point is simply that the AMA and Senator
Collins ignore the intent of Congress when they
argue that the worst economic downturn in the
postwar era, and the worst falloff in mail
volume ever, cannot qualify as exigent
circumstances under the PAEA. -
To All
Postal Employees: It’s Time to Start Sending
Time Thieves to Jail and Get the Unions Off
their Butts -
Pitney
Bowes spent $210000 in 2Q on lobbying
Mail processing company Pitney Bowes Inc. spent
$210,000 in the second quarter to lobby the
federal government on reforming the funding of
health benefits for postal service retirees and
other issues -
Coldspring, TX contract postal worker indicted
for mail theft -
Postal
Service Labor Negotiations: Heading Towards
Arbitration - Courier,
Express, and Postal Observer -
Postal
Service seeks key concessions as contract talks
open with largest union -
APWU: OSHA
Fines USPS For Safety Violations at Cincinnati
BMC -
CA Postman
Convicted of Stealing Mail -
Opinion:
Myths about U.S. Postal Service need to be
dispelled -
USPS not
looking to move work from Bristol to Bluefield
-
Saginaw
postal workers picket five day delivery idea
- Also see
Saginaw
postal official says moving work could eliminate
200 regional jobs -
September 01, 2010
US Postal
Service Seeks to Pare Full-Time Workforce in
Talks With Union
- Bloomberg - “Labor cost is a big
piece of our success or not success because it
affects prices,” Anthony Vegliante, the
service’s chief human resources officer, told
reporters in Washington, without discussing
bargaining strategies. “We have to look forward
and adjust things.” - Also see
APWU
Contract Negotiations Begin Today
and
Negotiations start for Postal Service and top
unions -
Man Shot
and Killed By Police During Baldwin, PA Standoff
Was a Postal Employee -
TN postal
employee resigns from County Commission After
Reading Federal Hatch Act -
Blount County Commissioner Shawn Carter Sr. has
resigned after less than two hours in office. -
Marketing
Mail in a Competitive Market
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
RURAL
CARRIERS CAN REVIEW AVAILABLE JOBS ONLINE
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“Exigent”
postal rate increase would not extend mail
delivery by a single day -
Nat. Newspaper Assoc. -
Former
postal worker confesses to stealing thousands of
dollars worth of stamps -
Post
Office seeks Phoenix retailers
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Full Service vs Basic Intelligent
Mail
Postal Affairs Blog -
Cutting Saturdays would be a 'blunder'
NALC -
Mail Carriers Deliver Despite Hot
Temperatures
It may be hot, but mail carriers say they'd rather beat the heat than
dodge the cold. -
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