PEN EXCLUSIVE – 12/08/10 PEN Ed Note: The following offer should be of interest for postal employees in and around the Annapolis, Maryland area. Open House Providing FREE Seated Massages, Hot Food & Door Prizes For Overworked Postal Employees! This time of year is the busiest for your local postal worker. The Post Office predicts it will […]
APWU IT/ASC Negotiations Begin Negotiations between the APWU and the Postal Service for a new contract for Information Technology/Accounting Service Centers began Tuesday, Dec. 7. The current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on Jan. 20. The IT/ASC negotiations took place on Dec. 7, 8, and 9, and the parties agreed to reconvene in January. The terms […]
The following letter to the editor of the Washington Post was sent today by PostCom President Gene Del Polito: As an editorial publication, the Washington Post is entitled to an opinion of its own. Regarding your recent editorial on the Postal Service, however, you’ve flat out gotten it wrong. Correcting the misallocation and misuse of […]
APWU Web News Article OIG Calls for Reduced Prefunding Requirements – Says Current Payments Result in Massive Overfunding The USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) concluded in a recent report that the Postal Service prefunds its pension and retiree healthcare benefits at levels that are substantially higher than other government agencies, the military, and private-sector […]
The tax man cometh: PostalEASE provides easy access to change state tax withholding information With the holidays fast approaching, it’s easy to put off thinking about those post-New Year’s Eve credit card bills, let alone worrying about the springtime ritual of filing income tax returns. But changes to Postal Service payroll and state tax processes […]
Upcoming DMM Change: Attachments on Letter-size Mail An upcoming change in the December 6 update of the Domestic Mail Manual will allow attachments on letter-size mail when postage is paid at automation letter prices. The revision, which will be published shortly, provides the physical characteristics and preparation methods for perforated pockets with edges that are […]
Writing a column for the Wall Street Journal Arthur Laffer, chairman of Laffer Associates and co-author of “Return to Prosperity: How America Can Regain Its Economic Superpower Status”, said… “the government should sell its stakes in public companies acquired via TARP, sell government-run enterprises that lose money (e.g., Amtrak and the Postal Service), end farm […]
Burrus Update #20-2010, Nov. 10, 2010 Of significant concern to postal employees is a bill sponsored by Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), which includes both positive and negative features for the Postal Service: The “Post Act” (S. 3831) would correct in part the colossal policy blunder of requiring the Postal Service to pre-fund future healthcare liabilities. […]
El Cajon, CA, Letter Carrier Bill Kuehling was delivering mail during a record-setting heat wave this summer, when San Diego television reporter James Koh noticed how quickly he was moving. Then the reporter noticed Kuehling’s prosthesis. Recounting that meeting, Kuehling laughs at how the reporter rushed over and said, “You’re a much better story than […]
Free Will He! Postmaster General Jack Potter Retirement Confessions of a Former Station Manager In days of double digit unemployment, where trillions of dollars of national debt mount, the leader of one of the largest civilian employers in the free world just up and resigned his post. He declared that soon he’s retiring, because he […]