USPS Revenue Continues To Grow

GOOD NEWS – USPS REVENUE CONTINUES TO GROW USPS News Link The Postal Service’s revenue from marketing mail, shipping services and international shipping products continues to grow says Paul Vogel, president and chief Marketing/Sales officer in his latest “Growth and Revenue” video. Compared to last year, marketing mail revenue is up 2.1 percent. Revenue from […]

Postal Supervisor Charged With Workmen’s Comp Fraud and Lying to Postal Personnel

Jeanette Postal Employee Charged With Workmen’s Comp Fraud, Lying to Postal Personnel FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 27 , 2011 PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Greensburg, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of workmen’s compensation fraud and false statements, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced. The two-count […]

Cummings and Lynch Introduce Innovative Legislation to Return Postal Service to Profitability

“The Innovate to Deliver Act” Encourages New Lines of Business, Creates Chief Innovation Officer, and Reforms Benefits Pre-payment Structure Washington, DC – Today, Ranking Members Elijah E. Cummings and Stephen Lynch introduced comprehensive legislation to address the Postal Service’s current financial challenges and make innovative structural changes to enable it to continue to deliver for […]

Postal Service Expands Mobile Access to Customers

U.S. Postal Service Expands Mobile Access to Customers New BlackBerry App to Serve Nearly One-Fourth of Smart Phone Users Building on the success of its Apple and Android smart phone applications, the U.S. Postal Service this week launched a usps.com app for BlackBerry. The BlackBerry app will allow users to track and confirm a package, […]

PMG Statement Regarding Obama Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction

Statement from Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe on the President’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction I would like to thank the President for acknowledging the enormous value of the United States Postal Service to the nation’s commerce and communications. The President also recognized the urgent need for reform to ensure the Postal Service’s future […]

NAPUS Members Urged to Call and Oppose HR 2309

Director of Government Relations Bob Levi urged everyone to call their Republican representatives—202-224-3121—and oppose Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) bill, H.R. 2309. The subcommittee will mark the bill up next Thursday, Sept. 22; it could be brought before the full House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for a vote in October. NAPUS is strongly opposed to […]

NAPUS Says Congress Needs to Do the Right Thing

At Tuesday morning’s business session – 9-12-11, NAPUS Secretary-Treasurer Ruthie Cauble told NAPUS members the organization is financially sound, but needs to be conservative with its funds in light of these uncertain times. She said NAPUS must protect Postmasters. “We don’t want landing spots,” she insisted. “We want Postmaster positions. We want to keep ‘real’ […]

Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officials

NALC: On September 6, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, William Wyda, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 253 (located in Hazelton, Pa.), pled guilty to an information charging him with one count of embezzlement in the amount of $14,081.51. Wyda was then sentenced […]

We Must Keep Postmasters in Charge of Post Offices

As of Monday morning in San Juan, 568 Postmasters were registered for NAPUS’ 107th National Convention; total registration stood at 1,116. President Bob Rapoza welcomed everyone back to San Juan: 28 years ago, NAPUS held its first convention here. He thanked Convention Chair Reinaldo Ruiz and the Postmasters of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands […]

NAPUS Executive Board Deals With Tough Issues

The 2011 NAPUS Executive Committee got down to business Friday morning to address the challenges facing the organization, as well as the Postal Service. President Bob Rapoza told board members they must focus on the big picture and not sweat the small stuff. “We need to look at where we want to go,” he said. […]