Please use this document when, for whatever reason, the Post Office closes due to short staffing or failure to staff. You can find additional information on betterpostoffice.org. Lets Build A Better Post Office Petition
This was sent to maintenance nationwide on May 17, 2023. President Dimondstein was notified a week-and-a-half ago and Maintenance Craft Director Balogun was notified over two weeks ago. (The list of mail processing equipment to be removed will be added to this post when I get it. – RZ) Maintenance Managers: Your assistance is needed!…
December 30, 2023 Today the Postal Service submitted its calculations to the Postal Regulatory Commission for its density rate authority and retirement rate authority to increase rates in the coming year. These are the amounts that the Postal Service is permitted to raise rates on Market Dominant products beyond the Consumer Price Index (which, until…
June 27, 2022 The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) is examining the USPS check cashing pilot (buy a gift card with a paycheck) to see if it should be classified as a non-postal (prohibited) product. Comments are due 6/30. PRC Notice and Order issued May 16, 2022 “As a member of the public that has both…
Via Save The Post Office – May 19, 2022 Earlier this week the Postal Service shared a list with the Postal Regulatory Commission identifying 170 post offices that were “temporarily” suspended several years ago and that will soon be closed permanently. The list was submitted as part of the PRC’s Public Inquiry into what can…
PRC asks USPS if it has plans to reduce hours at post offices (as shown in a the above ppt at HQ on 7/7/20). USPS replies it “is currently examining plans for review of its retail services and will communicate all plans to all stakeholders at the appropriate time.” Responses of USPS to Info Request…
Cutting 64 million work hours would save about $3 billion in labor costs. That equates to about 33,000 jobs. It may be the largest cost-cutting operation ever attempted by the Postal Service. Every employee, every craft is affected. According to the Washington Post, Mr. DeJoy “has told associates he was brought in to stem the…
July 11, 2016 The Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union have a new contract. Last week, the arbitrator on the case, Stephen Goldberg, issued his decision and award, thus ending a two-year dispute. The new contract provides protections against layoffs for all career employees (who were on the rolls as of July 8),…
