June 14, 2010 JERRY WHITE, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent Petitioner Jerry White (“White”) appeals from the final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“the Board”) upholding his removal for eight separate incidents of accepting pay for time not worked. We affirm. BACKGROUND White was employed by the United States Postal Service […]
June 10, 2010 April/May Comments to PRC Favor Delivery for 5 days or LESS! by Rick Owens – Postal Employee Network According to comments submitted to the PRC during the months of April and May 2010 the majority of respondents favored changing delivery to 5 days or LESS. In fact, the PRC report reflects the following: […]
NALC: Stop USPS from Making ‘Big Mistake’ NALC is taking its campaign to preserve the long-term viability of the Postal Service to the streets this summer. President Fred Rolando launched the “Save Saturday Delivery” campaign with a national mailing to branch leaders and state-level legislative activists. Included in the mailing is a comprehensive toolkit designed […]
USPS Cited for Fourth Set of Safety Violations Fines Now Exceed One Million Dollars June 4, 2010 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) charged the Postal Service with five “willful” safety violations at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center on June 3, and fined the USPS $210,000. The latest citations [PDF] bring the Postal Service’s […]
from Federal News Radio The Postal Service continues to look for ways to save itself from more than $200-billion dollars in red ink over the next 10 years. That’s the debt Postal leaders say the agency will rack up if something isn’t done quickly to address falling revenues. They’ve asked Congress to eliminate Saturday delivery, but […]
from Charles Mapa, President National League of Postmasters Legislation There are some tremendously important legislative issues coming up that have not yet reached the stage of being introduced as bills, but are nonetheless, receiving plenty of attention in various places in Washington DC. On the one hand, some of the legislative movement is promising in what […]
OIG: USPS Spent $35 Million Using FedEx Needlessly OIG Report: Federal Express – Transportation Agreement – Northeast Areas HISTORY On August 2, 2006, the U.S. Postal Service signed a new 7-year agreement with FedEx. FedEx transports time sensitive mail for the Postal Service, including Express Mail®, Priority Mail®, and First-Class Mail® (FCM). FedEx transportation is […]
May 13, 2010 Washington, D.C. – Today, Paul Hodes and Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter are demanding an investigation into a new round of allegations that letter carriers at even more post offices have been shortchanged on their paychecks. In documents obtained by Hodes, post offices in Dover and Salem, New Hampshire are shown to have manipulated […]
The following article is courtesy of Eric L. Wattree – a writer, poet, and musician from Los Angeles. Mr. Wattree also contributes his works to Postal Employee Network (PEN) and is our friend. Rick Owens: PEN To the United States Postal Service: Bring It On! Dear Mr. Wattree: Since you have identified yourself as a writer of a […]
Postal Employee Convicted of Four Counts of Mail Fraud, Eight Counts of Worker’s Compensation Fraud, and Two Counts of Making False Statements to Federal Officers Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that on Friday, April 30, 2010, Tonia M. Anderson, 54, of Akron, Ohio, was convicted by […]