Significant changes are coming July 28 to the Postal Service’s expedited product lineup. “With the online shopping marketplace expected to reach $327 billion by 2016, we want to make sure our premier products — Express Mail and Priority Mail — are positioned for growth,” says Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Nagisa Manabe. Express Mail will […]
Union Criminal Enforcement Actions 2013 On May 29, 2013, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Joseph Allen, former Secretary-Treasurer for National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 588 (located in Athens, Ga.), was sentenced to one year in prison, one year of probation and ordered to pay restitution in […]
Over forty demonstrators, ten of whom blocked the entrance to the Portland Air Cargo Center (US Postal Service), declared victory against “postal privatizers” today. According to postal service managers, several morning mail runs by subcontractor Dill Star trucking were disrupted by the protest. ”Postal truckers, mail handlers and mail processing clerks are losing their jobs […]
Survey Says: Most Americans Oppose Plant Closures Greg Bell – APWU Executive Vice President (06/04/13) I have always been skeptical of surveys conducted by the Postal Service, because they seem to be designed to generate responses that would justify cutting service, closing postal facilities, or reducing employees’ pay. But the results of a survey commissioned […]