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7.31.2009

Senate panel blocks Postal bonuses

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"... why Postmaster General John E. Potter got a six-figure bonus last year even as the Postal Service racked up billions of dollars in...

Help Defeat Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Funding Reform Act of 2009 (S. 1507)

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Postal News Alert! “ If the bill passes as written, it will destroy collective bargaining for postal workers. ” Burrus said. Click here to e...
7.27.2009

GAO Adds Postal Service's Financial Condition to "High-Risk" List

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"... To remove its financial condition from the High-Risk List the Postal Service needs to undertake a number of major structural chang...
7.24.2009

Can the Postal Service Make Payroll? ...nothing more than a rumor?

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Rumors abound on the internet about the USPS being unable to make payroll in October of this year. The Postal Newsgroup , a leader in post...
7.17.2009

Postal worker accused of sexual assaults faces more charges

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"...Authorities were able to charge the mail handler in the older assaults after they matched his DNA samples in a database called CODI...

Postal Jeeps from Postal Pete

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Postal Pete ...#1 Postal Jeep Dealer in the World! "...If you are looking for a postal Jeep there are many dealers specializing in this...
7.16.2009

Firms offer postal discounts

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"... Those companies have Combined Mail Agreements with the post office, as well as some expensive equipment — think $700,000 to $800,0...
7.15.2009

CPI-W for June 2009

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"... The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) rose 1.1 percent in June, prior to seasonal adjustm...

USPS prepares for five-day delivery

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"...Unions, on the other hand, uniformly oppose five-day delivery; labor leaders have blasted the proposal, saying it would eliminate t...
7.08.2009

Postal workers accused of drug trafficking in Cleveland; selling drugs while on the job

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"...the investigation that took place at the mail distribution center at 2400 Orange Ave., where agents confiscated crack, PCP, prescri...
7.06.2009

Reverend Al Sharpton wants a US postal stamp honoring Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson Stamp "... According to the Postal Service rules, a stamp honoring Jackson cannot appear until five years after his de...
7.01.2009

Bryan Adams Honored With His Own Stamp

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"... The stamps recognize "talented recording artists who have enjoyed great success in the music industry," says the Canada...

Postal Employee Leads a Sustainable Lifestyle

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LIVING THE GREEN LIFE TRAINING DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST LEADS A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE "...the past several years, Mulligan and his family...
6.29.2009

Get the USPS USA Philatelic Catalog

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"...A quarterly publication, USA Philatelic is the only official source for the complete line of current issues from the U.S. Postal Se...
6.24.2009

Mailbox kitty adopted by postal employee

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Postina the Kitten "...A kitten found abandoned in a Boston mailbox has been adopted by a postal service employee in New Hampshire, ani...
6.23.2009

APWU on Five-Day Delivery: Don’t Do It!

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"... “This decision is the worst possible response to unusual circumstances that have adversely affected mail volume,” the union presid...
6.17.2009

Huntsville Downtown Post Office evacuated

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Huntsville Fire and Rescue crews evacuated a busy post office Tuesday morning after an employee found a leaking package. ..."   Source...
6.16.2009

[APWU] Union Challenges USPS Interpretation of Layoff Memo

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"...The APWU has filed a Step 4 grievance protesting management’s interpretation of the contractual protection against layoffs for APWU...
6.12.2009

FedEx's Anti-Union Drive

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"...Railway Labor Act (RLA) , a law passed in 1926 to prevent disruptions to national air and train traffic. Though many FedEx Express ...
6.10.2009

Postal Service to debut Hawaii-branded flat-rate box on Kamehameha Day

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"... A special Hawaii edition of the U.S. Postal Service's large flat-rate shipping box will make its debut Thursday, on Kamehameha...

Voice your concerns about postal change

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"... Please voice your opinion to the USPS Customer Affairs Manager and oppose the shipping of our mail to Springfield, Ill. The Quincy...
6.08.2009

Mail truck wrecks, blocks I-65

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"...A U.S. Postal Service truck wrecked on Interstate 65 in north Chilton County early Thursday morning, scattering mail all over the r...

Grad builds postal Web site

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"...Baton Rouge postmaster Carl Karnish gave his nod of approval for the site. “Anybody going on this site will be able to navigate thr...
6.07.2009

Cuba Agrees to U.S. Talks in New Sign of a Thaw

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"... Cuba notified the Obama administration it was ready to resume talks on migration issues and to negotiate direct postal service bet...
6.03.2009

(Vancouver) Gang war throws postal service on Bacon brothers' Abbotsford street into chaos

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"... The union representing postal workers confirmed Tuesday that its members are too fearful of being caught in gang violence to deliv...
5.08.2009

‘FMLA Restoration Act’ Introduced

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"... The purpose of the bill (H.R. 2161) is to roll back the harmful changes made by President Bush four days before he left the White ...
5.06.2009

Online Postage Tools Can Save You Time

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Prepare for the May 11 by taking advantage of USPS web tools. "...Endicia offers similar services as a third-party website. The compa...

Postal workers allege supervisor treats them 'inhumanely'

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"...Lapuh, the shop steward for the Los Alamitos Post Office, forwarded the reports to Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Ca., and Diane Feinstein,...
5.04.2009

USPS Probes Security Breach

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Data Companies Issue New Warnings About Breach That Could Lead To Potential Compromise Of Credit Cards "... Postal Inspectors Service s...
5.02.2009

mailbox locator: find a USPS mailbox in your area

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"... This page lists locations of USPS Collection Stations (blue mailboxes) and post offices in the..."   Source: www.payphone-pro...

Postal Workers and Paper Dust

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"...“There's no federal safety standard on it, so it’s a real problem,” reports Bob Williamson, president of the San Francisco chap...
4.19.2009

Associate Supervisor Program being cancelled?

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Associate Supervisor Program being cancelled? "...On April 10, 2009 Susan M. LaChance, Vice President Employee Development & Divers...
4.17.2009

Herrera Threatens Discrimination Lawsuit Against US Postal Service

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"... “Under the Postal Service’s own regulations,” Herrera said, “SROs are apartment buildings, and they are entitled to the same metho...
4.13.2009

[Letters] Postal service hits resident on his blind side

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"...I then called the postal service and was told that the card was "square" in size (i.e., 5.25 by 5.25 inches) and that cla...

Postal past stamped

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"... The Toowong Postal Service, which has been delivering mail to residents for 136 years, is celebrating with Australia Post as they ...

Minnick moves to save backcountry postal service

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"... Rep. Walt Minnick is asking the U.S. Postmaster to rethink plans to sever the contract that pays a pilot to deliver mail to reside...
4.07.2009

Postal union leaders propose solutions to save service, jobs

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"... “One of the byproducts of this relationship is the preservation of discounts that benefit the mailers at the expense of Postal Ser...
4.06.2009

Post office bomb threats

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"... A Faribault, Minn., woman already on parole for threatening elected officials in Austin, Minn., was charged this week with making ...

Postal Service cancels backcountry air route

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"... U.S. Postal Service is canceling a contract with backcountry pilot Ray Arnold, ending the air mail route to more than 20 ranches i...

Littering postal workers targeted

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"...streets were littered with rubber bands, as well as many private driveways and paths. ..."   Source: news.bbc.co.uk Visit Ou...