Postal Reform Bill Would Create New Health Care Plan for Agency
"...The revised language would require the Office of Personnel Management to create a Postal Service Health Benefits Program, and to administer it within FEHBP. Any company currently offering an FEHBP plan that contains more than 5,000 postal enrollees would be required to offer the same plan within the new postal-specific system. About 90 percent of all postal enrollees would be covered by this provision, while the remaining 10 percent would be exempt from making the switch. ..." Source: www.govexec.com
Police say man installed skimmer in post office kiosk to steal bank information
"... Salt Lake City police are looking for a man they say installed a skimmer in a post office kiosk to steal bank information, then began withdrawing money from victims' accounts...." Source: www.deseretnews.com
Staples’ selling postal products without USPS workers stirs fears of privatization
"... Donahoe said privatization “would be a crazy idea. I think the Postal Service as structured is a great service provider. . . . Why would we ever put anything like that at risk?”..." Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Life Insurance Beneficiaries May Be Due Additional Payments
"... a private class action lawsuit on behalf of beneficiaries of certain deceased postal employees. The lawsuit covers the beneficiaries of deceased..." Source: www.apwu.org
"There are numerous uniform companies to use your U.S. Postal Service uniform allotment. One such vendor is www.usuniforms.com. We suggest shopping numerous vendors before using your allowance as pricing, shipping and discounts vary greatly. www.usuniforms.com is just one example of the many uniform vendors. " Source: www.usuniforms.com
Union: Don’t Fill Staples Jobs with Non-Postal Employees
"... supports the expansion of postal services. But we are adamantly opposed to USPS plans to replace good-paying union jobs with non-union low-wage jobs held by workers who have no accountability for the safety and security of the mail. Postal workers deserve better, and our customers deserve better.”..." Source: www.govexec.com
"...All they ask is for a little courtesy from the homeowner. One thing that would really help them out is if you shovel your sidewalk, so they can get to your mailbox, and not have to walk through the snow...." Source: www.620wtmj.com
Darrell Issa’s Cruelest Cut: A Seriously Cynical Attack on the Postal Service
"...Ending mail delivery of the weekend would dramatically undermine the ability of the postal service to meet the demands of modern shipping and communications. The likely result would be a rapid shift of traffic to private firms, which contribute heavily to politicians but which do not provide the universal, low-cost service that is the hallmark of the postal service. ..." Source: www.thenation.com
"... We have a truck that brings our mail every morning and sometimes it doesn’t run until 8 or 9 o’clock. If the truck brings the mail late, more than likely the carrier isn’t getting out on time, which leads to your mail being delivered late. As a matter of fact, just this morning (Dec. 17), our truck didn’t bring mail until 11 o’clock. ..." Source: www.tuscaloosanews.com
Canada gets cluster-boxed: Why it can’t happen here
"... The news that Canada would get cluster-boxed was greeted with applause by Congressman Darrell Issa, whose Postal Reform Act (H.R. 2748) mandates a similar conversion for the U.S., with some thirty million residences and businesses being required to shift to cluster boxes over the next ten years...." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
The Postal Service tries to pull a fast one in Harlem
"...What Mr. Mulvey didn’t count on was community leaders, elected officials, and the union working together to stop his less than honorable attempt to sneak one by. What he has accomplished instead is galvanizing the community to work to save its historic College Station Post Office. We will more than ready for Mr. Mulvey when he comes after Harlem’s post office next time. ..." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
"..."The burden of proof is on them. Tell us why. If it makes sense, it makes sense. If it doesn't, it doesn't. And right now it just doesn't," he said. Last year, Congressman Higgins fought to secure an extension from the Postmaster General ..." Source: www.wkbw.com
U.S. Postal workers voice concerns about delivering mail at night
"... Polly Gibbs, spokesperson for the United States Postal Service said: "Letter carriers have always delivered mail in the dark in standard time zones..." Source: www.firstcoastnews.com
"... a lot of marketers used First Class as a marketing medium because it results in higher response,” says Tom Foti, manager of direct mail ..." Source: www.dmnews.com
"... launching an investigation into the shift in mail delivery to evening hours, a change that’s alarmed letter carriers and customers...." Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Where you can get Harry Potter stamps — and where you can’t: A list, map, and complaint
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"... The stamps are for sale at usps.com/stamps, at the Postal Store on eBay at ebay.com/stamps, and by calling 800-STAMP24. But if you want to buy the stamps at a post office, you have to go to one of the 3,100 Premier Post Offices. The Premier Post Office program, which was announced in May 2011..." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
U.S. Postal Service worker fatally shot in Prince George’s County
"... well after sunset when the shooting occurred. Residents of the area said mail is not usually delivered there so late. “It was mighty late,” the neighbor said. ..." Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Postal Service posts $5 billion loss, but it's lower than prior year
Ship a package with the U.S. Postal Service
"... Package services have remained a promising business as more people shop online and need carriers to deliver the goods. Package volumes grew by 210 million pieces this year. ..." Source: www.nbcnews.com
First Harry Potter stamps, next owl post? USPS rolls out limited edition.
"... The financially challenged Postal Service is hoping to cash in on the love for J.K. Rowling's characters with a set of commemorative Harry Potter stamps, available Nov. 19...." Source: www.csmonitor.com
The next chapter in postal privatization: Post Offices inside of Staples
"...The Postal Service has rather quietly announced a pilot program to put post offices inside of Staples. It’s part of what the USPS is calling the Retail Partner Expansion Program, and the first Staples to host a post office will be located in San Francisco and San Jose. ..." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
"... language from the bill that passed the Senate in the last session of Congress. That bill, which was never taken up in the House, hit USPS with fewer cuts to services. The new bill, for example, phases out to-the-door delivery. The proposal would allow the Postal Service to stop offering new employees access to the Federal Employees Retirement System or making contributions to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts...." Source: www.govexec.com
Seven arrested in Portland postal privatization protest
"...Seven people were arrested during a protest at a downtown Portland postal facility Tuesday after a security guard clashed with demonstrators. ..." Source: www.oregonlive.com
Postal Vision 2020 looks at the future of "postal services" and sees privatization
"...As indicated by his comments on this video, Mr. Callan is an advocate of aggressive cost-cutting at the Postal Service, "drastically" reducing the size of its workforce, and giving management control over the health plan. ..." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
"... A couple days later, Tony met with the postmaster who had reported the sewage, Jeannie Ramirez. She said that her real reasons for instigating the closure of the post office was not sewage but because her employees were complaining of respiratory issues from the mold and refused to work in the trailer. In other words, she lied...." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
Judge Smacks Down Rep. Issa's Special Request for Exemption from Shutdown
"...Issa, who is the wealthiest member of Congress, has used his chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee to pummel the administration for years over the U.S. Postal Service (he wants it privatized) ..." Source: www.allgov.com
"... To make sure he understood what Donahoe was saying, Sen. Tester asked, “So what you’re saying is there wouldn’t be any post office or mail processing centers closed while we’re debating this bill before it becomes law?”
“Nope, we’ve done what we needed to do for this year, and if any further changes require service standard changes we will not do that,” Donahoe said...." Source: www.apwu.org
"... it is far less than the double-digit increase that is authorized under the law to help the Postal Service to recover from the extraordinary and exceptional circumstances that have confronted us.” ..." Source: www.logisticsmgmt.com
"...A 59-year-old United States Postal Service driver was held at gunpoint Saturday afternoon and forced to hand over his delivery truck...." Source: www.13wham.com
"...among the delayed messages, 1.5 percent were stalled by more than two hours. Further, some users who tried to download large file attachments ran into errors. But Gmail itself was available for people to log in, read mail, and send messages. ..." Source: cnet.com
"...One brand name filed Sept. 6, "United States Postal Service Digital Services,” would consist of, among other things, “tamper-detection capabilities" for safeguarding electronic documents, audio and videos. ..." Source: www.nextgov.com
NARFE, federal employee unions object to Senate postal bill
"...objected to provisions in a Senate bill pertaining to the federal workers’ compensation program and the U.S. Postal Service’s hopes of revamping its participation in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. ..." Source: federaltimes.com
NAPS engages USPS in dialogue regarding processing plant re-ranking
"... A VERA will be offered to all PCES and Field EAS with the exception of Headquarters employees. The VERA offer also includes all Area, District EAS employees and Postmasters. The notification period will includes written notification from the United State Postal Service beginning on September 16, 2013, and running through September 20, 2013, to all eligible VERA candidates...." Source: www.naps.org
Postal Service IG Puts Retirement and Leave Benefits Under the Microscope
"... The reports will “reveal the ways in which the Postal Service could benefit from adopting the identified best practices” for its retirement and leave benefits programs, the inspector general said in the solicitations...." Source: www.govexec.com
"... The U.S. Postal Service's earlier first-class mail pickup time went unnoticed for some, but those who say they were charged late fees on bill payments and had utilities shut off because of a late notice may have a different opinion. ..." Source: www.semissourian.com
Is there a pattern here? Three more post offices closing over "lease disputes"
"... Just as typically, the landlord reveals that the Postal Service really wasn’t interested in renewing the lease to begin with. This happens all the time. Over the past few days, three more cases have been reported in the media — in New Canaan, Connecticut; Aripeka, Florida, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The stories are strikingly similar...." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
"...UPS...expects the move, which applies to non-union U.S. workers only, to save about $60 million a year, said company spokesman Andy McGowan. ..." Source: www.kaiserhealthnews.org
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