March 3, 2010 Five-Day Postal Delivery Hurts Rural Areas WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO-08) responded to an announcement that the U.S. Postal Service will seek to drop one day of home delivery in an effort to offset budget shortfalls. Emerson, who represents the mostly-rural Eighth Congressional District in Southern Missouri, says the […]
3/06/10 The following article/opinion was submitted to Postal Employee Network anonymously and does not necessarily reflect our views or opinion. I am a letter carrier and a shop steward for the NALC. I have some knowledge of the inner workings of the Postal Service and served on the MIARAP process both as a local office contact as […]
A study just released by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) shows that the current system of funding the Postal Service’s Civil Service Retirement System pension responsibility is inequitable and has resulted in the Postal Service overpaying $75 billion to the pension fund. The OIG estimates that if the overcharge was used […]
Postal Service v. APWU Miami, Florida UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, Miami Area Local (MAL), Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Defendant, ONE SEVEN TWO HOLDING ASSOCIATION, INC., (“172”), Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Defendant, UNITED NATIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY, INC., (“UNLA”), Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Defendant-Appellant. No. 09-12287. United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. March 3, 2010. Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, FAY, Circuit Judge, […]
USPS Seeks Flexibility on Operations, Delivery; Possible 2011 Price Increase WASHINGTON — Facing unprecedented volume declines and a projected, cumulative $238 billion shortfall during the next decade, Postmaster General John E. Potter today outlined an aggressive plan of cost cutting, increased productivity, and an array of legislative and regulatory changes necessary to maintain a viable […]