"...Having achieved the one billion dollar annual savings from the APWU contract and anticipated cost reductions from service standard changes and consolidations, Congress is in no hurry to travel the political minefield of five day delivery and shredding of the negotiations process. ..."
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Union worker losses helped achieve one billion dollar annual savings
Monday, September 24, 2012
Romney would make deeper changes to the government workforce if federal employees weren’t unionized
"... Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney intimated that he would make deeper changes to the government workforce if federal employees weren’t unionized, during secretly taped remarks at a recent private fundraiser in Florida...."
This Article is From: www.govexec.comFriday, September 21, 2012
Please stop crashing into our post offices
"...The US Postal Service has asked the people of Florida to please stop crashing their cars into its post offices...."
This Article is From: www.newser.comWednesday, September 19, 2012
Postal Service Retirement - Best Time to Retire
"...I am a CSRS USPS employee (age 56 with 35 years’ service) thinking about retiring at the end of the year. Do the same dates hold true for postal workers as federal employees? To maximize my benefits..."
This Article is From: federaltimes.comTuesday, September 18, 2012
Romney: nearly half of Americans "believe that they are victims."
Monday, September 17, 2012
Postal employee goes home with no heart
"...A 64 year old postal worker went home from the hospital, without his heart. Now the world's only artificial heart is keeping him alive. Leroy Hanes is now home, all because of a portable power supply..."
This Article is From: www.koaa.comFriday, September 14, 2012
Carriers: Restoration Hardware catalog a whopper to deliver
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Only 2,952 Mail Handlers take small buyout incentive, while almost 20% of postmasters take larger buyout cash
"...More than 4,100 career postmasters — almost 20 percent of the total — signed up for $20,000 buyout and early retirement offers, the Postal Service said last month. Almost 3,800 had left by the end of July; another 330 are set to go by the end of September...."
This Article is From: www.federaltimes.comWill congress halt damaging postal plant closures?
"...Amid the election-year politicking, the list of unfinished business also includes legislation to restructure the financially ailing U.S. Postal Service and a cybersecurity bill that aims to safeguard the nation's critical infrastructure...."
This Article is From: www.federalnewsradio.comFriday, September 7, 2012
Opinion: Postal Service ought to be serving and negotiating with all direct mailers in a nondiscriminatory manner
"...Suddenly — and "suddenly" is the appropriate word since the USPS' deal with Valassis was made effective immediately — newspapers, and everyone else in the direct mail business, found themselves in competition with a company that had secured a sweetheart arrangement with a government agency...."
This Article is From: tdn.comThursday, September 6, 2012
New Haven, CT MPO - Mechanical & Building Automation System Upgrade
"...There will be a pre-proposal for this project held on September 12, 2012 beginning at 10:00 a.m. on site. Attendance is not mandatory but is strongly recommended. On-site visits may be arranged by contacting Richard Bryant, Manager, Maintenance, at (203) 782-7351. Technical inquires are to be addressed to Project Architect Evelyn Cole Smith of CME Associates, Inc. at (860) 928-7848 or USPS Project Manager Robert A. Giulietti at (860) 285-7176...."
This Article is From: govwin.comWednesday, September 5, 2012
Mail Carrier dies due to heat
"...Watzlawick’s wife, Kay, said her husband had been feeling ill from the heat the day before he died and asked to be relieved from work early. But he told her a supervisor said no because he had been on vacation the week before when he was recovering a medical procedure on his knee. ..."
This Article is From: stlouis.cbslocal.comOld postal manuals found
"...Buried in the corner of an unused closet for at least 35 years, the book was recently found by Clermont Postmaster Sandy Perkins, who was looking through a dust-covered box at the post office building...."
This Article is From: www.courier-journal.com