Postal News Network

Post Offices May Extend Holiday Closures in Preparation for Gustav "...The Postal Service is already scheduled to suspend its operation...

"...At first glance, a light-strewn image of Yosemite Valley on a new commemorative stamp is a dead ringer for Albert Bierstadt's ...

"...he put together a book called "U.S. Post Office History, Hanover PA 17331" outlining the Hanover Post Office's 213-ye...

Article Title: No. 2 Oakland County project: U.S. Postal Service Processing Center "... consolidated four mail processing centers that...

"... The BRCPO in Center Camp, has been and is again this year, the only camp with the privilege to run the USPS mail in and out of Bla...

"... We also can expect that if a sufficient number of employees do not accept the early-out offer, the Postal Service will still face ...

After a narrow escape from the onslaught of office equipment, Ed, the letter carrier, must unite the people of this office for one final sta...

USPS "...National Retirement Counseling System Annuity Estimate. This information details the postal voluntary early out retirement ann...

US Postal Inspection Service seeks information in mailbox explosions "... These most recent incidents follow a months-long string of ma...

It's back to work: When retirement doesn't stick "... Al Martorana retired from the postal service in 2005, he thought he had c...

Learn more about some of the criteria used to calculate VER: This information is attached to the VER Annuity Statement Letter: Source: VER L...

For those interested, one of the mail handler union sites has added a copy of an actual VER letter received by one of their members.    Sour...

"...unilateral decision that resulted in the discontinuation of established local methods of providing individual retirement counseling...

"...The Post Office has received another early out approval for more employee groups. ... Headquarters EAS and ..."   Source: comm...

Privatization a Worldwide Threat "... Corporate power, the driving force behind globalization, is leading governments to privatize post...

"... Balfour said the Postal Service is engaged in $40 billion worth of contracts with outside businesses to get the mail delivered. Th...

APWU and NPMHU postal employees will receive a Cost-Of-Living Adjustment of $1,477 and will be effective Aug. 30. The COLA will be in check...

  The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 0.5 percent in July, prior to seasonal adjustment. ...

. Postal service slashes overtime "... USPS reduced overtime by over 28 million hours through pay period 14, which ended on July 4. The...

Unable to sell homes, split-up spouses stay put, postpone divorce "...They have little money to set up new households, pay off credit c...

"... NEW YORK, N.Y. — In the interest of security and safety, postal officials will seal mail collection boxes on select streets in Man...

"... packages are always weird sizes and never seem to fit in a paper bag, so I came up this handy dandy post office bag. It’s just a l...

"...The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has long been the single largest purchaser of plastic pallets in the country, possibly even the worl...

"... Curtailment of customer services to encourage privatization has also been charged at other government agencies including the Socia...

"... deal being worked out raises concerns about competition. UPS spokesman Norman Black said Monday that the arrangement the company i...

"..."We do not oppose voluntary early retirements, but we do object to any plan to offer them selectively and exclude some employe...

He calls motives ascribed to Bruce Ivins in mailings that killed 5 ‘ridiculous’ "... a friend and former colleague of the microbiologis...

"...Five lives and millions of dollars later, the anthrax-by-mail mystery may be solved, but the way the post office and many governmen...

Experts say that federal oversight of booming industry is severely lacking "... the revelation that FBI investigators believe the anthr...

Postal Service Announces More Details on “Early Out" "... On Aug. 18, an annuity estimate will be mailed to all VER-eligible emplo...

"... Two post offices were evacuated Tuesday in southeastern Ohio after the discovery of objects that appeared to be pipe bombs, author...

Co-Workers Upset Over Postal Employee's Shooting "... opened the door with a gun in his hand and raised it at them. ..."   Sou...

Postal Service Goes to Bat for Children in Need "...Pitch In For Baseball accepts new or gently used youth gloves, cleats, aluminum bat...

  Contract COLA: $1,330 "...The actual COLA will reflect the increase in the CPI between January and July 2008. It will be payable the ...

Burrus to VER-Eligible Employees: ‘DON’T GO’ "... APWU President William Burrus is advising union members to delay making a decision as...

Employees Would Be Best Served By Postponing Early-Out Decisions "... I ask that eligible employees delay making a final decision on ea...

. APWU Meets with USPS, Seeks Bargaining Over Early-Outs "... "We do not oppose Voluntary Early Retirements,” he explained, “but w...

20,000 postal clerks, mail handlers may get early retirement "...calls for closing airport mail facilities and consolidating bulk mail ...

May 2008 CPI-W COLA "...The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 1.0 percent in May 2008 ...

Airport post office facility may close by year's end "... Closing of the branch, whose official name is the Cleveland Airport Mail ...