Maintenance Electronic Technician seeking exchange
ET at Austin P&DC (Not on Consolidation List) is seeking exchange with ET at Seattle/Tacoma P&DC. Please Email me at yongrallo@sbcglobal.net
Day: July 5, 2014
Gainesville, FL post office to lose more processing work
(July 3, 2014) GAINESVILLE – The U.S. Postal Service will transfer the remaining processing and distribution functions now handled at the 34th Street post office to Jacksonville next year as part of plans to close 82 processing facilities. The retail portion of the 34th Street site will remain open, according to spokeswoman Dionne Montague. Outgoing…
Reduced hours, closure mulled for Lindley, NY Post Office
(July 4, 2014) The U.S. Postal Service is considering reducing hours at the Lindley Post Office or closing it altogether, and wants input from town residents before making a decision. Flyers have been mailed out, and the deadline to return them is Monday. The surveys are also available at the Lindley Post Office. Also, a…
Community & Postal Workers United (CPWU) Newsletter: July-August 2014 Edition
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Golden Hammer Award: Postal Management caught using travel cards for personal food as costs of mailing rise
Postal workers may be famous for delivering that check in the mail. But they apparently are also good at grabbing cash advances off their official credit cards to satisfy their personal hunger. An investigation by the Postal Serviceâs internal watchdog identified hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable expenses that workers charged to their official…
USPS to Conduct Emergency Drill Next Week at Burlington, VT P&DC
(July 4, 2014) ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. – The United States Postal Service will be conducting an emergency drill at the Burlington Processing and Distribution Center located on New England Drive on Tuesday. The drill will begin at approximately 6 p.m. and continue for about two hours. A press release says the drill may effect travel…
Boycott Staples! AFSCME Supports Postal Workers
AFSCME has endorsed the American Postal Workers Unionâs boycott of Staples, which was given a no-bid contract by the U.S. Postal Service that would allow Staples to staff in-store Postal Service counters with its own low-paid employees. In a July 2 letter to Staples Inc. CEO Ronald L. Sargeant, AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders and Sec.-Treas….