NALC – July 14, 2014 Fact-checking the PMG A so-called “white paper” from L’Enfant Plaza, sent to every postal facility, seeks to bamboozle postal employees into supporting the postmaster general’s disastrous “recovery plan” as well as legislation that would empower Postmaster General Pat Donahoe to execute it. The document is chock-full of red herrings, straw-man […]
Delivering for America – Monday, July 14, 2014 Some in Congress believe that cutting Saturday mail delivery will help strengthen our nation’s Postal Service. But that’s just not true. Instead of cuts, we should focus on building the Postal Service’s unmatched network. Saturday services are an essential part of that network. It’s time the American people […]
July 10, 2014 – WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Congressman Jim Himes (D-Conn.)released the following statement regarding the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) decision to cancel plans to reroute mail from the Southport Post Office. Last week, Murphy and Himes held a community meeting with the residents of Southport to hear their concerns regarding the […]
July 11, 2014 – The APWU and USPS signed a major settlement July 9 that resolves a long-standing dispute over custodial staffing and results in the conversion to career of all Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The agreement stipulates that the MS-47 Handbook – Transmittal Letter 5, which […]
From the July 2014 NALC Postal Record A few years ago, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe did something that really shocked me. He testified before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee of the House of Representatives and said that he supported “practically everything” in a truly putrid piece of legislation introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa, the […]
July 08, 2014 – Inside Counsel tells us that “In 2013, the cost of the 10 most expensive discrimination class action settlements totaled over $638 million.” Number 6 on this top 10 list involved the USPS: 6. $4.5 million – Hubbard, et al. v. U.S. Postal Service Disability discrimination is growing area of litigation risk, and […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A local mail carrier clearly had no idea he was being watched and recorded by cameras outside a Southside home when he threw the homeowner’s package into her driveway. The package cracked open and even though it was a sunny day, as seen on video, the homeowner was out of town and […]
Hundreds of postal customers are making their own mail runs on the city’s northwest side.The problem: there’s a backup in changing the locks on mailboxes within subdivisions. Video will load below. Read more
USPS News Link – July 07, 2014 Midlothian, VA, Rural Carrier James Whitt had almost completed his route along a residential street when his LLV backfired and started running roughly. As soon as Whitt turned off the vehicle, the engine caught fire. Whitt determined it was safe to unload the vehicle and moved the mail […]