"...In 2013, Mystic celebrated its 90th anniversary. It’s fun to think about how many people began collecting stamps with our help, and humbling to know hundreds of thousands of collectors placed their trust and loyalty in Mystic. We’re also proud of our growth – after beginning as one-room, one-man operation, Mystic has become America’s Leading Stamp Dealer. That gives us the chance to be a powerful advocate for you, for the hobby, and for the future of stamp collecting. ..." Source: www.mysticstamp.com
UPDATED: Lyons Post Office robbed, employee assaulted, investigation ongoing
"...the employee was approached as she was locking up, then assaulted.
The 25-year-old employee, who has been employed at the post office for less than one year, was transported ..." Source: www.gcdailyworld.com
Postal worker accused of assaulting woman retrieving mail
"... A U.S. postal worker faces assault charges in an attack on a woman who recorded part of the encounter with her cell phone..." Source: www.9news.com
"...The U.S. Postal Service kicks off the holidays by selling Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps, starting October 1.
There will be booklets of 20 stamp that feature 10 still frames from the 1965 TV special “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” to celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary ..." Source: wtkr.com
Fortenberry takes complaints of slow mail delivery to U.S. postmaster; days later, his town hall invites get delayed
"...Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska recently sent a letter to the U.S. postmaster sharing Nebraskans’ grievances over slow mail delivery, including overdue charges because of late credit card payments and delayed arrival of prescription drugs..." Source: www.omaha.com
Decatur woman federally indicted with stealing mail, wire fraud
"...was stealing mail and credit cards out of mailboxes in Madison County. Between April 7 and 10, she was in possession of more than 200 letters and other pieces of mail that had been stolen from numerous mailboxes in the county, according to the four-count indictment. ..." Source: www.al.com
NLRB Files Complaint against USPS over Staples Deal
"...The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint charging that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) violated its collective bargaining agreement with the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and national labor laws when it joined a Staples shipping partner program last year. ..." Source: multichannelmerchant.com
Bernie Sanders draws biggest crowd of any 2016 candidate yet
"...“At the end of the day, they may have the money, but we have the people,” he continued. “And when the people stand together, we can do anything.” Bernie Sanders said ..." Source: www.msnbc.com
"...In management’s plan, older, career workers would lose cost-of-living raises and be forced to worry about layoffs, plant closings and higher healthcare costs.
The public would be left to wonder whether there will be a public postal system or whether they will, once again, be ripped off by private companies that have no concern for the public good.
The APWU’s contract proposals include fair and reasonable wage increases, limits on subcontracting, more career jobs, improvements for Postal Support Employees (PSEs), limits on excessing, and better service for our customers..." Source: www.apwu.org
Amazon Calls for Renegotiating ePacket Deal with China
"...Misener pointed out some rather odd pricing disparities that have resulted from that deal. By his estimate, the cost to ship a one-pound package from South Carolina to New York City would run nearly $6; from Beijing to NYC: $3.66.
The terminal dues provided through the UPU framework are a money-losing proposition for the U.S. Postal Service and many other national posts, according to USPS Inspector General David Williams. ..." Source: www.ecommercebytes.com
"...Save the Post Office explained that the exigent increase was expected to end in August, but the court ruling remanded one aspect of the case that could see the cost of a stamp remain at 49 cents for many months. ..." Source: www.ecommercebytes.com
"... From mail in the wrong mail boxes to packages on the wrong door steps, Slaugh and other residents say misdelivered mail has plagued their Southeast Bellevue community for more than a year. Slaugh is just thankful the neighbor who recently got her mail is honest.
"My American Express credit card and my bank statement with all my numbers- everything on it, went to her," Slaugh explained. ..." Source: www.komonews.com
Nationwide intentionally delayed mail pickup to avoid same-day pricing, SEC alleges
"...Nationwide instructed the post office to divide mail directed to the P.O. box for its variable contract business from mail directed to P.O. boxes for other lines of business and maintain it in separate areas of the post office loading dock. ..." Source: www.marketwatch.com
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 letter mailed from the Moorhead Post Office would no longer be delivered in the Fargo-Moorhead area the next day; it will now take two days. ..." Source: www.inforum.com
Declines in Postal Service Mail Volume Vary Widely Across the U.S.
"...Declining First-Class Mail (FCM) volumes pose a major financial challenge to the U.S. Postal Service because FCM contributes by far the largest proportion of revenue to the Postal Service’s bottom line. Between fiscal years 1995 and 2013, FCM single-piece volume dropped by 61 percent. But a close analysis of the decrease reveals significant variations in this decline by geographic area. In some areas, for instance, the percent of volume lost was even greater than 61 percent, but in other areas, it was almost zero. ..." Source: postalaffairsblog.intelisent.com
Mail processing ends at U.S. Postal Service distribution center on 9th Street in Oshtemo Township
"...Todd said she was unable to provide a count of how many workers will continue at the plant. As of Friday, Sarratt estimated that the center had about 16 mail handlers, seven custodial workers, six motor vehicle services workers, and three or four supervisors. ..." Source: www.mlive.com
'Gratuitious Violence' Blocks Postal from Google Play, Dev Says
"...A port of 1997's ultra-violent game Postal has been rejected by Google for publishing on Google Play due to its "gratuitous violence."..." Source: www.gamespot.com
Official Maya Angelou Stamp Features Misattributed Quotation From Different Poet
"...originally appeared in a 1960s poetry collection by a woman named Joan Walsh Anglund, who’s now 89 years old and hadn’t heard about the stamp until she spoke to the Post..." Source:
RMSS Implementation Dispute Settled for $2 Million
"...The agreement, signed by Assistant Director Idowu Balogun, says that 671 employees will each receive a lump-sum payment of $2,950, minus applicable deductions, by the end of Pay Period 10-2015. Payments to former employees and retirees will also be processed during the same time frame ..." Source: www.apwu.org
FedEx Dips On Outlook Despite Delivering Strong Quarterly Profit
"... the stock is down after the company posted a fiscal 2015 outlook that was weaker than what observers were expecting to see. ..." Source: www.forbes.com
Mailing Groups Cautiously Optimistic New Postal Leadership Will Stop All the Fighting
"... “Former Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s policies severely slowed mail delivery,” said American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein. “He lowered service standards, closed more than 140 mail processing centers, and set in motion plans to close or consolidate 82 more processing plants this year. The APWU has asked Postmaster General Brennan to restore the service standards that were in effect in July 2012 and to place a moratorium on any additional plant closings and consolidations. ..." Source: www.govexec.com
"... The APWU has a long history of opposing employee opinion surveys because management uses workers’ responses against union members during contract negotiations. The timing of management’s notice to employees, Feb. 19, was especially insidious, Dimondstein said, because it coincided with the opening day of contract talks. ..." Source: www.apwu.org
Closing of Mail Processing Plants May Leave Too Few Inclement Weather/ Natural Disaster Alternative Routes and Processing Facilities
As the Postal Service continues to close mail processing facilities, some find that when bad weather hits, there are no alternatives remaining to get timely delivery of mail. Across the nation, some are complaining that for the first time in history they do not get their mail when it snows. At what point will our elected officials stop the destruction of America's Postal Service Mail Processing Infrastructure. We can only hope it will be before another 82 mail processing facilities close this year. Source: The Postal News Network
Thirty-five people indicted “Operation Southern Postal Powder”
"... Thirty-five people face federal charges in connection with the dismantling of a “large scale drug organization” based in Macon.
During “Operation Southern Postal Powder,” ..." Source: www.macon.com
Technical problem -- not hackers -- takes out USPS email
Screen Capture of USPS ePayroll result
"... As of Friday at 2 p.m. ET, the technical problem has not been resolved and, according to Delancy, affected services will be restored as soon as possible.
Today's technical problem is different than the cyber breach the Postal Service exprienced last November, when hackers broke into some of USPS' information systems, putting the personal information of more than 800,000 postal employees at risk. ..." Source: www.federalnewsradio.com
Danny Glover champions the need for a vibrant public Postal Service and asks the public to join with him (Video)
"...In this superb two-minute video, actor- activist Danny Glover champions the need for a vibrant public Postal Service and asks the public to join with him in A Grand Alliance to save it. ..." Source: Danny Glover Postal Service Video
Postal Service Audit Blames Increase in Complaints about Rude Employees on Promotion by Seniority; Union Blames Understaffing
"...“The No. 1 complaint of postal customers is the waiting time in line, which is caused by understaffing,” Clint Burelson, the American Postal Workers Union’s clerk craft director, told Government Executive. “We urge postal management to correct this problem and give the people the service they want and deserve.” ..." Source: www.allgov.com
Mail delays detrimental, Tucson business leaders say
"...Tucson business leaders said they are experiencing significant delays in mail delivery since the U.S. Postal Service changed its service standards Jan. 5. ..." Source: tucson.com
USPS Cost Cutting Ain't Cuttin' It, Mailers Group Says
"...PostCom pointed out that USPS recently estimated only about $900 million annual savings, versus its projected $1.2 billion, from Phase I of its Network Rationalization plan that closed scores of mail-processing centers. ..." Source: deadtreeedition.blogspot.com
Chaffetz supports a federal pay raise but wants something in return
"..."I still believe we have probably too many federal employees. There are some people that may need to be paid more and some who may need to be paid less, and there are some agencies and departments that I'd actually like to get rid of. It has to balance itself out," he said, adding that IT workers should draw bigger salaries to encourage them to stay in the government. ..." Source: www.federalnewsradio.com
In the black? Postal Service has a 'fantastic quarter'
"...Finally, the service wants authorization to further reduce its workforce. The agency has already shrunk by about 320,000 employees since fiscal 2000, but the agency has maintained it needs legislation to let the Postal Service move from 485,000 career employees to 400,000 over the next few years. ..." Source: www.federaltimes.com
Man's fruit package rots after being delivered late by postal service
"...They arrived a week later and it wasn't pleasant. "As a matter of fact, the juice was dripping out of the box," he said.
His family had to throw out the rotted fruit. Alcantara was miffed because he paid for expedited delivery, but didn't get it. "What's the use of their offering that kind of service if they cannot perform it," he said. ..." Source: abc7news.com
McCaskill: Postal Service ' essential to rural America'
"... McCaskill continued: “I think we all know in our gut that if we allow [the Postal Service] to be totally privatized, that it will be our rural constituency that will pay a very heavy price. And I think we have the best postal service in the world, and I think if we allow it to atrophy and say, ‘well, just let privatization take over, let it just be private,' I'm going to have a hard time explaining that to my rural constituency why we weren't there for them at this incredibly important time in the history of the postal service.”..." Source: www.koamtv.com
Officials: No mail delivery on Tuesday (Greater Boston District)
"...In a press release, the U.S. Postal Service cited dangerous weather conditions forecast throughout the region for shutting down operations. Normal post office hours are expected to resume on Wednesday. ..." Source: www.metrowestdailynews.com
Brace yourselves: Congress preps civil service reform
"...He said Postal Service reform could also serve as a precursor to governmentwide civil service reform.
"I would encourage Congress to view the Postal Service as a test bed or laboratory of change that might be applied to the rest of the federal government," Donahoe said. ..." Source: www.federaltimes.com
"... BURLINGTON, Vt., Jan. 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) yesterday proposed legislation to impose a two-year moratorium on U.S. Postal Service plans to eliminate up to 15,000 decent-paying jobs, close more mail-sorting plants and end overnight delivery of first-class mail and periodicals...." Source: vtdigger.org
How the new service standards may slow down much more mail than the Postal Service is saying
"...on January 1, 2015, the Postal Service began implementing phase two of Network Rationalization. Service standards for First Class Mail were relaxed yet further — no more overnight delivery for any single-piece mail, and an extra day of delivery time for about half of all First Class Mail. The change paves the way for closing 82 more processing plants and eliminating thousands of jobs. ..." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
"...while the Postal Service employed just less than 600,000. USPS has begun each year with fewer employees than in the one immediately prior for 15 consecutive years, according to agency figures, but BLS data show the agency actually netted 3,000 jobs in 2014. ..." Source: www.govexec.com
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