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
Better Options Exist for Postal Reform in 2015 | Commentary
"...Our founders understood that affordable, universal postal service was critical to the nation. Unfortunately, many in Congress and within the Postal Service management are willing to sacrifice service as a means of solving financial problems unrelated to its operations. ..." Source: www.rollcall.com
USPS Data Breach Was For Profit – ‘Health Files’ Fetch Handsome Figures, Indicate Investigators
"...USPS data breach that took place in November could have been orchestrated primarily for financial gains, indicated the investigators.
USPS Chief Human Resources Officer Jeffrey Williamson confirmed that data stored in “a file relating to injury compensation claims” was illegally accessed and siphoned-off by hackers. Health information of as many as 485,000 USPS employees ..." Source: www.inquisitr.com
"...And most absurdly, the Postal Service is waved off as some sort of 20th century anachronism, outdated and unnecessary in an era of email and electronic banking. This is the most facile and dangerous of the misperceptions about the service, since it ignores the very important national security function the office provides. ..." Source: www.usnews.com
Buyer opts out of purchase of historic Berkeley Post Office
"...Hudson said they asked the Post Office for an extension, but the Post Office declined, saying they had 'things to figure out.' Asked if he was disappointed, Hudson said he was hopeful they might be able to get back at the negotiating table. 'Maybe it’s not over,' he said." ..." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
Queens postal workers steal $80K, hoard 2,500 pieces of mail in separate cases
"... admitted that she had voided money orders purchased by customers at the Far Rockaway post office and then pocketed the cash, according to a federal complaint. ..." Source: www.nydailynews.com
"...She put a call for help on Sebastian’s Facebook page, Sebastian’s Journey, where more than 47,000 people follow the everyday life of the tenacious tot, asking whether anyone could get in contact with their letter carrier, Quentin Keyler. ..." Source: www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com
"... Miller has previously called for privatizing the Postal Service but said he wouldn’t advocate for that position on the board of governors. ..." Source: thehill.com
NLRB Charges Postal Service with Illegal Surveillance of Staples Protests
"... The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has charged the USPS with illegally spying on postal employees while they protested outside a Staples store in Atlanta on March 4 and 9, 2014.
“Respondent has been interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed” in Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act and the Postal Reorganization Act, the board charged in a complaint issued Dec. 9. A hearing on the complaint will be held on March 11, 2015.
The complaint stems from charges made by the APWU that the Postal Service dispatched managers posing as..." Source: www.apwu.org
Blunt, McCaskill push Postal Service to delay closure of local mail center
"... "If the USPS postpones the closures for a few months and we can get moving on postal reform early (in the) next Congress, we may be able to get the USPS to further postpone the closures until there is some legislative clarity," he said...." Source: www.news-leader.com
Vintage photos of post offices and mail deliverers in N.J.
"... According to usps.com, the independent agency of the U.S. federal government has "a single, great principle: that every person in the United States – no matter who, no matter where – has the right to equal access to secure, efficient, and affordable mail service."..." Source: www.nj.com
Utica postal worker charged with DWI after crashing mail truck
"...A postal worker faces drunken driving charges after her mail truck hit another mail truck in a post office parking lot. ..." Source: www.syracuse.com
Former Postal Service letter carrier gets 15 years in mail truck robbery
"..."By providing her co-defendants with inside information Evans enabled a robbery that nearly killed her co-worker. Evans used her knowledge of the Postal Service for personal gain and violated the trust of the public and her fellow postal workers." ..." Source: www.bizjournals.com
Lawmaker: Delayed notification of postal hacking ‘doesn’t fly’
"... Lynch suggested he was not satisfied with the agency’s answers. “The way this should work is, as soon as you know that a file has been compromised and it contains personally identifiable information, Social Security numbers, that employee should be notified,” he said...." Source: www.washingtonpost.com
USPS Policy May Have Caused Critical Delays in Life and Death Situation
"... the USPS’s 911 procedure prevented Macasieb from receiving emergency medical care as soon as possible. Employees said they want postal service leaders to create a new policy that encourages employees to call 911 first—then notify their supervisors and the postal police. ..." Source: www.nbcbayarea.com
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