July 23, 2009 WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) today introduced legislation to help address the dire financial situation facing the United States Postal Service. Sen. Carper, as chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the postal service, has been closely monitoring its deteriorating financial condition and has been seeking way to keep the […]
Negotiations between NAPS USPS has resulted in Postal Service Headquarters agreeing to eliminate the requirement for ASP training for impacted individuals who are applying for initial level positions in Phase Three. NAPS’ stated that since USPS halted the ASP program it should not hold impacted employees to the requirement for ASP training as a requirement […]
July 22, 2009 Matching workhours to workload and adjusting carrier routes to reduce the need for pivoting are among the topics discussed by DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe in his latest Field Updates video. With mail volumes continuing to decline, Donahoe says now is the time for people to step up and make the […]
THEY’RE GOING TO VEGAS BABY!
July 18, 2009 We had no idea that the Postal Rate Commission (PRC) could be lobbied by any company or person – apparently they can. The following is a 2009 list of firms and/or persons lobbying the PRC: Mailers Council National League of Postmasters Pitney Bowes Inc Printing Industries of America CB Richard Ellis EPostMarks […]
(07/14/09) In response to a letter from the Postal Service stating that the APWU’s FMLA forms are not equivalent to the Department of Labor’s FMLA forms, the union has written the Postal Service clarifying our position on the use of the forms. Some managers have interpreted the USPS’s comments to mean that the APWU’s FMLA […]
July 15, 2009 Change is coming: FSS improves efficiency In his latest Field Updates video, DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe discusses the ongoing deployment of flats sequencing system (FSS) equipment and how this technology will revolutionize the way USPS sorts and delivers flat-sized mail. The Postal Service installed FSS equipment at the Dulles, VA, P&DC […]
PRC Press Release – Washington, DC July 10, 2009 The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued Order No: 244 establishing Docket N2009-1 to provide a public hearing and issue an advisory opinion on the national service implications of a U.S. Postal Service “Station and Branch Optimization and Consolidation Initiative.” The Postal Service has advised it will […]
July 8, 2009 USPS has announced a potential reduction in force (RIF) and a new voluntary early retirement authority for Sales employees. To meet current and future business needs, USPS has realigned its Sales organization. The new structure corresponds more closely with the Postal Service’s operational areas and allocates resources to take advantage of business […]
July 2, 2009 by Rick Owens – www.PostalEmployeeNetwork.com For those who do not work at USPS it may appear that the Postal Service is having a going out of business sale instead of a summer sale. The closure of branch after branch and office after office, and the consolidation of distribution centers across the nation […]