United States Postal Service Postmaster General Jack Potter recently urged employees to do whatever it takes to grow revenue, cut costs and continue to offer good service to close the financial gap. Deputy Donahoe says with its focus on managing work hours, controlling overtime and improving productivity, the Postal Service continues to realize cost reductions… […]
A second airline has “paid up” as part of an anti-trust investigation into a price-fixing scheme involving air cargo. Northwest Airlines (NWA) pled guilty to one count of price fixing and was sentenced to pay a $38 million criminal fine, with ten percent of that fine to be paid directly to the U.S. Postal Service. […]
EXPLORING INNOVATION USPS LOOKS TO STAKEHOLDERS FOR NEW IDEAS When PMG Jack Potter last March announced the Postal Service’s plan for what he termed a “leaner, more market responsive Postal Service that can thrive far into the future,” he challenged anyone with a vested interest in a viable postal system to put forth ideas to […]
APWU President William Burrus has ridiculed assertions about the Postal Service that appeared in a recent column in the E-Commerce Times: “There were so many misstatements in your article,” Burrus wrote, “I hardly know where to begin.” Burrus Letter to E-Commerce Times: October 13, 2010 Mr. Theodore F. di Stefano Capital Source Partners c/o Ecommerce […]
October 08, 2010 Feds Get Ready to Grad and Store YOUR Health Information On October 5, 2010 the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published in the Federal Register their intentions to build a national database of health care claims data that will cover tens of millions of individuals covered, or soon to be covered, […]
From USPS Postal Bulletin October 10, 2010 New USPS Instructions for Reemploying Former or Retired Postal Employees Management Instructions Management Instruction EL-500-2010-4, Contracting With Individuals or Rehiring Into Career Nonbargaining Positions Management Instruction (MI) EL-500-2010-4, Contracting With Individuals or Rehiring Into Career Nonbargaining Positions, is now available on PolicyNet and is effective immediately. This MI […]
October 07, 2010 By Rick Owens – PEN USPS Should Set a Good ‘Postal’ Example It believe USPS should set a good ‘postal’ example by immediately stopping their practice of fully paying the cost of health insurance premiums for their executives. In fact, they should pay no higher portion of these costs than they do […]
National Reassessment Process Update – Unemployment Compensation Injured employees who undergo the National Reassessment Process (NRP) and are told by the Postal Service either that there is only partial-day work available or that there is no work available, should consider applying for unemployment compensation. This temporary financial assistance can serve as an important monetary bridge […]
September 04, 2010 PMG Jack Potter today urged employees to start the new fiscal year by building on last year’s record levels of delivery, productivity and customer service. “Through your hard work, the Postal Service reached new record levels in every service category that we measure,” Potter said in a video to employees. “You delivered […]
USPS Operation Appreciation At the United States Postal Service there is a problematic trend with the way employee recognition programs are administered. Supervisors and managers at the lowest levels are tasked with deciding which employees to publicly acknowledge for performance above and beyond expectations. Do they put the most emphasis for selection on employees they […]