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6.26.2015

We Are Fighting for a Just Future (APWU)

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We Are Fighting for a Just Future "...In management’s plan, older, career workers would lose cost-of-living raises and be forced to wo...
6.22.2015

Amazon Calls for Renegotiating ePacket Deal with China

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Amazon Calls for Renegotiating ePacket Deal with China "...Misener pointed out some rather odd pricing disparities that have resulted ...
6.12.2015

USPS Must Lower the Cost of First Class Stamp

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USPS Must Lower the Cost of First Class Stamp "...Save the Post Office explained that the exigent increase was expected to end in Augu...
5.29.2015

What is going on with mail delivery in America?

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Misdelivered mail: Getting USPS to respond "... From mail in the wrong mail boxes to packages on the wrong door steps, Slaugh and othe...
5.21.2015

How the Postal Service Provides Special Services to Big Mailers

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Nationwide intentionally delayed mail pickup to avoid same-day pricing, SEC alleges "...Nationwide instructed the post office to divid...
5.05.2015

Letter: Can USPS service get any worse ...guess the public doesn't realize 82 more plants are to be consolidated

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Letter: Can service from USPS get any worse in F-M? "...A month or so ago, the Moorhead Post Office declared that any first-class lett...
4.27.2015

First-Class Mail (FCM) volume declines almost zero in some geographic locations

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Declines in Postal Service Mail Volume Vary Widely Across the U.S. "...Declining First-Class Mail (FCM) volumes pose a major financial...
4.18.2015

Mail processing ends at U.S. Postal Service distribution center on 9th Street in Oshtemo Township

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Mail processing ends at U.S. Postal Service distribution center on 9th Street in Oshtemo Township "...Todd said she was unable to prov...
4.09.2015

'Gratuitious Violence' Blocks Postal from Google Play, Dev Says

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'Gratuitious Violence' Blocks Postal from Google Play, Dev Says "...A port of 1997's ultra-violent game Postal has been re...
4.08.2015

Maya Angelou Postage Stamp Controversy

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Official Maya Angelou Stamp Features Misattributed Quotation From Different Poet "...originally appeared in a 1960s poetry collectio...
4.02.2015

RMSS Settlement to compensate some

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RMSS Implementation Dispute Settled for $2 Million "...The agreement, signed by Assistant Director Idowu Balogun, says that 671 employ...
3.18.2015

FedEx stock is down after fiscal 2015 outlook that was weaker than expected

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FedEx Dips On Outlook Despite Delivering Strong Quarterly Profit "... the stock is down after the company posted a fiscal 2015 outlook...
3.12.2015

Atlanta Postal Service worker wins lottery

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Atlanta postal worker wins $400K on Ga. Lottery ticket "... Atlanta postal worker, Anthony King, 43, recently won the $400,000 top pri...

New Postmaster General Brennan has not backed away from Donahoe’s plan to shutter 82 processing facilities this year

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Mailing Groups Cautiously Optimistic New Postal Leadership Will Stop All the Fighting "... “Former Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’...
3.03.2015

Alert: The Postal Pulse, a new employee opinion survey

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Don’t Let Them Take Your ‘Postal Pulse’ "... The APWU has a long history of opposing employee opinion surveys because management uses ...
2.27.2015

Closing of Mail Processing Plants May Leave Too Few Inclement Weather/ Natural Disaster Alternative Routes and Processing Facilities

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Closing of Mail Processing Plants May Leave Too Few Inclement Weather/ Natural Disaster Alternative Routes and Processing Facilities As the...
2.25.2015

Operation Southern Postal Powder

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Thirty-five people indicted “Operation Southern Postal Powder” "... Thirty-five people face federal charges in connection with the dis...
2.13.2015

Postal Service National Computer Outage Prevents Employees From Accessing ePayroll on Payday, other services down sinceThursday

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Technical problem -- not hackers -- takes out USPS email Screen Capture of USPS ePayroll result "... As of Friday at 2 p.m. ET,...

Danny Glover champions the need for a vibrant public Postal Service and asks the public to join with him (Video)

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Danny Glover champions the need for a vibrant public Postal Service and asks the public to join with him (Video) "...In this superb...

Post Office Understaffing Causing Long Lines and Wait Times

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Postal Service Audit Blames Increase in Complaints about Rude Employees on Promotion by Seniority; Union Blames Understaffing "...“The...
2.10.2015

Significant delays in mail delivery in Tucson reported since Postal Service purposely slowed First Class Mail Standareds

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Mail delays detrimental, Tucson business leaders say "...Tucson business leaders said they are experiencing significant delays in mail...
2.09.2015

Phase I of Postal Service Network Rationalization plan not living up to savings projections!

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USPS Cost Cutting Ain't Cuttin' It, Mailers Group Says "...PostCom pointed out that USPS recently estimated only about $900 mi...

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah): "... there are some agencies and departments that I'd actually like to get rid of."

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Chaffetz supports a federal pay raise but wants something in return "..."I still believe we have probably too many federal employ...
2.07.2015

Postal Service wants authorization to further reduce its workforce

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In the black? Postal Service has a 'fantastic quarter' "...Finally, the service wants authorization to further reduce its work...
2.02.2015

Web Call: Telephone/Web conference on U.S. Postal Service Fiscal 2015 quarter 1 results

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New Postmaster General and CFO Host Web Call on U.S. Postal Service Quarter 1 Financial Results "...Fri., Feb. 6, 2015 at 11 a.m. ET. ...
1.28.2015

Examples of a slowed-down mail service are popping up more and more

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Man's fruit package rots after being delivered late by postal service "...They arrived a week later and it wasn't pleasant. ...
1.26.2015

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill: Postal Service ' essential to rural America'

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McCaskill: Postal Service ' essential to rural America' "... McCaskill continued: “I think we all know in our gut that if we a...

All post offices in the Greater Boston District will be closed Tuesday (1-27-2015) due to dangerous weather conditions

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Officials: No mail delivery on Tuesday (Greater Boston District) "...In a press release, the U.S. Postal Service cited dangerous weath...
1.23.2015

Outgoing Postmaster General Suggests Using Postal Service as Lab Rats To "Reform" Pensions

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Brace yourselves: Congress preps civil service reform "...He said Postal Service reform could also serve as a precursor to governmentw...
1.19.2015

Legislation proposed to impose a two-year moratorium on U.S. Postal Service mail processing plant closures

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Senators: Stop postal service cuts "... BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) yesterday proposed legislation to ...
1.13.2015

New mail service standard: 36 percent of single-piece mail will be delivered in three to five days, 82 mail processing plants to close

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How the new service standards may slow down much more mail than the Postal Service is saying "...on January 1, 2015, the Postal Servic...
1.11.2015

2014: Postal Service Gains Employees For First Time In Fifteen Years

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Federal Agencies Shed Nearly 20,000 Jobs in 2014 "...while the Postal Service employed just less than 600,000. USPS has begun each yea...
1.09.2015

Better Options Exist for Postal Reform in 2015 | Commentary

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Better Options Exist for Postal Reform in 2015 | Commentary "...Our founders understood that affordable, universal postal service was ...
1.08.2015

USPS Data Breach Could Have Been For Profit – ‘Health Files’ Fetch Handsome Figures, Indicate Investigators

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USPS Data Breach Was For Profit – ‘Health Files’ Fetch Handsome Figures, Indicate Investigators "...USPS data breach that took place i...
12.28.2014

We should be grateful for the U.S. Postal Service after Sony cyberattacks

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Send a Letter. It's Safer. "...And most absurdly, the Postal Service is waved off as some sort of 20th century anachronism, outdat...
12.22.2014

City of Berkeley notifies prospective buyer of Berkeley main post office that sale is cancelled

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Buyer opts out of purchase of historic Berkeley Post Office "...Hudson said they asked the Post Office for an extension, but the Post ...
12.19.2014

Two Queens postal workers stole $80,000 in cash and failed to deliver 2,500 pieces of mail

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Queens postal workers steal $80K, hoard 2,500 pieces of mail in separate cases "... admitted that she had voided money orders purchase...
12.16.2014

Local postal worker ‘saves lives’

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Local postal worker ‘saves lives’ "...She put a call for help on Sebastian’s Facebook page, Sebastian’s Journey, where more than 47,00...
12.14.2014

Postal Service board in limbo

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Senate gridlock freezes Postal Service board "... Miller has previously called for privatizing the Postal Service but said he wouldn’t...
12.12.2014

NLRB Charges Postal Service with Illegal Surveillance of Staples Protests

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NLRB Charges Postal Service with Illegal Surveillance of Staples Protests "... The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has charged t...