May 17, 2011 Sen. Carper Introduces Comprehensive Postal Service Act Bill to address current financial problems with long-term solutions WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) introduced the Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation (POST) Act of 2011. The POST Act addresses the current budget issues plaguing the U.S. Postal Service by proposing a series of […]
Postal Service Faces Financial Shortfall Unless Congress Addresses Mandates WASHINGTON — The postmaster general told a Senate subcommittee today that despite significant cost cutting and revenue generation, the Postal Service finds itself in dire financial straits. Statutorily mandated payments due to the government at the end of September will not be paid, he said, unless […]
Guffey to Senate Subcommittee: Legislators Must Apply Pension Overpayments to Pre-Funding Bill In testimony [PDF] before a Senate Subcommittee on May 17, APWU President Cliff Guffey urged legislators to take immediate action to restore financial stability to the cash-strapped agency. “This is not a request for a subsidy or bailout of the Postal Service,” Guffey […]
US Department of Labor’s OSHA cites US Postal Service facility in West Palm Beach, Fla., with 8 safety violations, more than $164,000 in fines WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service at 3200 Summit Blvd. in West Palm Beach for eight […]
FIVE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE SUPERVISORS INDICTED FOR TAKING BRIBES IN EXCHANGE FOR DIRECTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MAINTENANCE WORK ON POSTAL VEHICLES TO A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR May 12, 2011 Five indictments were issued yesterday by a federal grand jury in Detroit, separately charging five U.S. Postal Service supervisors with conspiring with a private contractor […]
Time for Solidarity When the final count is announced, the 2010/2011 contract negotiations will be relegated to history to be recalled selectively from time to time by inquiring minds. As attention is diverted from negotiations to enforcement, it is expected that among the subjects that will be recalled by some and examined from this experience […]
APWU members approved a new contract May 11, with more than 75 percent of those casting ballots voting in favor of ratification. The final tally was 69,451 to 22,351 in balloting that ended May 10. The agreement will expire May 20, 2015. “The new contract is an important achievement for the APWU,” said President Cliff […]
U.S. Postal Service Loss Widens in Second Quarter Default on federal payments looming WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service ended the second quarter of this fiscal year (Jan. 1 – March 31, 2011) with a net loss of $2.2 billion, compared to a net loss of $1.6 billion for the same period in FY 2010. […]
Pick up any newspaper or read online articles to get a reality of the transformation U.S. mail is going through. Our delivery team continues to adapt to a changing information age landscape filled with the convenience of electronic and digital forms of communication. Internet shoppers and home-based businesses need a delivery platform more than ever […]
Guffey to Congress: USPS Will Continue as ‘Vital Public Service,’ But Needs Relief from Pre-Funding Requirement “We expect the Postal Service to continue as a vital public service agency funded solely by postal customers for the foreseeable future,” APWU President Cliff Guffey told a House Committee in a May 3 statement. “However, the USPS needs […]