March 01, 2012 Lately there has been much written about the ‘death’ of the postal service has we know it. Article after article tells us that maybe it is time for USPS to go private – maybe it is time for the postal service to cut delivery days from 6 to 5 days – or less […]
Congressman Brings Message to Top, Prepares To Take Legislative Steps Late Monday Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) met with United States Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to make the strongest case to keep the United States Postal Service (USPS) mail processing facility in Buffalo open. “From the onset the Postmaster has indicated that the closing list was […]
Springfield, PA – U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan (PA-07) today called for an independent review of the United States Postal Service (USPS) decision to consolidate the Southeastern Pennsylvania Processing and Distribution Center. The center, located in Wayne, is set to be consolidated into the Philadelphia distribution center. “The Southeastern PA facility has consistently been ranked among […]
No Decision on Incentives as Workforce Reduction Discussions Continue Today, employees in hundreds of mail processing facilities will learn whether their workplace will be impacted by the Postal Service’s recently completed area mail processing and facility study. All employees in these facilities received a “State of the Postal Service” video message from Postmaster General Patrick […]
February 23, 2012 News outlets are being bombarded today with news of USPS closing and consolidating plants nationwide. Bloomberg tells us that USPS estimates an annual loss of $18.2 billion by 2015 and USPS plans to eliminate 4.9% of its workforce as they close almost half of their processing plants. Bloomberg: The U.S. Postal Service, […]
WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service has added it’s extremely popular Premium Forwarding Service to it’s suite of online products and services at usps.com. Previously only available at a Post Office, Premium Forwarding Service can now be accessed online using your USPS.com account. With Premium Forwarding Service you can always stay on top of […]
For 15 years, Dan Lausidio operated sorting machines and the Optical Character Reader at the South Jersey Distribution Center in Bellmawr, NJ. Although he liked his job, he wanted to spend more time with his wife and kids and work more standard hours. That’s when he made the decision to become a city letter carrier […]
Former Postmaster Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement Cynthia Landore Faces Possible Jail Time February 8, 2012 – ABINGDON, VIRGINIA — The former Postmaster of the Hiltons, Virginia Post Office pled guilty this morning in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to embezzlement charges. Cynthia K. Landore, 56, of Bristol, […]
United States Postal Service Ranked No. 1 in the World The Best Among Top 20 Largest Global Economies WASHINGTON — A review of the performance of universal postal service providers by the Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC) firm ranks the U.S. Postal Service the best postal service within the world’s top 20 largest economies for access […]
WILMINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, along with Gov. Jack Markell, Sen. Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all D-Del.) wrote to United States Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe urging him to review the U.S. Postal Service’s proposal that would revamp Delaware’s only mail processing […]