APWU Contract Negotiations Begin Today

September 01, 2010 Contract Negotiations Begin Between U.S. Postal Service and American Postal Workers Union Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between the U.S. Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union began Sept. 1. The current contract expires Nov. 20, 2010. “Every contract negotiation brings special challenges, and this will be no different,” […]

RURAL CARRIERS CAN REVIEW AVAILABLE JOBS ONLINE

September 01, 2010 AUTOMATED RURAL JOB BIDDING ALL RURAL CARRIERS CAN REVIEW AVAILABLE JOBS ONLINE Last week, the Postal Service reached an important milestone in its initiative to reach out to employees using technology. Now, all rural carrier postings, bids and awards are available online. Previously, not all rural carriers had access to the online […]

Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal

MURDER  BY PROXY: HOW AMERICA WENT POSTAL Postal Workers in Florida Can See New Documentary Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal on a Big Screen Los Angeles, CA – August 30, 2010. A new documentary on violence in the USPS, Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal, will be screened at two Florida film […]

Mother Teresa to be Honored on U.S. Postage Stamp

What: The U.S. Postal Service will pay tribute to Mother Teresa, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. Noted for her compassion toward the poor and suffering, Mother Teresa, a diminutive Roman Catholic nun and honorary U.S. citizen, served the sick and destitute of India and the world for nearly […]

Literate By Choice

Literate by Choice Just like you are doing right now reading is a thinking process to interpret words to gain meaning about a topic. Writers write to provoke change using their persuasive language to get their point across and convince others of their point of view. The larger the audience the greater the opportunity the […]

Big Bucks Bigger Difference

Big Bucks Bigger Difference I like what news correspondent Tom Brokaw said at a past commencement speech, “It’s easy to make a buck, but it is tougher to make a difference.” I say that message needs to go out to all our high paid executives and our national labor leaders. Tom Brokaw continued to say […]

Driver unharmed after USPS truck sets on fire

LOS ALTOS, CA (KGO) — A USPS truck set on fire and melted after its driver turned on the ignition in Los Altos on Thursday afternoon. The letter carrier escaped not injured. Investigators are trying to determine if the truck was parked over a broken gas main along La Barranca Road. Read Full Story: Peninsula […]

USPS HAS NEW TOOL TO MEASURE SERVICE DELIVERY

CALCULATING BETTER SERVICE NEW TOOL TO MEASURE SERVICE DELIVERY How well is USPS doing to meet its service delivery commitments — internally and with its customers? With the new Service Delivery Calculator (SDC), the Postal Service will soon have more accurate and timely answers to this critical question. SDC is a tool USPS and its […]

PRC to hold August 16 Briefing on $50 Billion Discrepancy Identified In USPS Pension Payments

PRC to hold August 16 Briefing on $50 Billion Discrepancy Identified In Postal Service Pension Payments Washington, DC –The Postal Regulatory Commission invites press and interested parties to a briefing on the actuarial report of The Segal Company regarding calculation of U.S. Postal Service pension liability for former Post Office Department employees. Questions will be […]

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