APWU – March 10, 2014 The Postal Service has withdrawn a challenge to provisions in the Collective Bargaining Agreement that require management to post newly created duty assignments using all available work hours — including hours worked by Postal Support Employees, Clerk Craft officers report. “I am happy to announce this dispute has been resolved,” […]
The National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) is offering “wholehearted support” for the ‘Stop Staples’ campaign, the union has announced.[PDF] In a memorandum to the field, NPMHU President John Hegarty wrote that the union is joining with the APWU “in fighting the Postal Service’s decision to subcontract certain retail services at Staples office-supply stores.” Hegarty […]
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For those areas that observe daylight savings time set your clocks forward one hour on Sunday, March 09, 2014 at 2 a.m..
Staples’ Decision to Close 225 Stores: Further Proof That It ’s a Bad Idea To Move U.S Post Offices into Staples Stores Staples announced today that its sales are declining, its earnings are less than expectations, and it will close 225 stores in North America by the end of 2015. “This proves, more than ever,” […]
The administration’s budget proposal for 2015 misses the mark on postal issues, APWU President Mark Dimondstein said. “The White House budget echoes the misguided policies of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. It calls for severe cutbacks that will harm service, drive away business, and eliminate jobs,” he said. The proposal calls for the immediate end of […]
It’s déjà vu all over again Obama’s 2015 budget follows PMG’s misguided lead on Saturday delivery March 05, 2014 – NALC As it has for the past four years, the Obama administration’s budget proposal for 2015 defers to the misguided wishes of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe by calling for the end of Saturday mail delivery […]
PostalVision 2020/4.0 to Explore New Delivery Models and Digital Innovations in a Rapidly Expanding E-Commerce World Worldwide Experts to Discuss Future of Delivery at Fourth Annual PostalVision 2020 Conference, April 10-11, in Washington, D.C. Key sponsors include eBay, DHL, Accenture, Pitney Bowes WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — There is only one commercial American enterprise […]
Following a truck collision that incinerated more than 100,000 pieces of mail, postal authorities are urging Orange County and San Gabriel Valley residents to check with intended recipients to see if their mail arrived. The outgoing mail was burned early Tuesday after two big rigs — one a postal vehicle — collided on the 57 […]