Published on May 20, 2014 APWU President Mark Dimondstein discusses postal finances — and how Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe seems determined to use the ginned-up crisis to justify piecemeal privatization and drastic cuts in service. ▶ APWU President Mark Dimondstein on The Ed Show, May 20, 2014 – YouTube.
May 20, 2014—Statement of Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee mark-up of the Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014: The 275,000 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers, who live and work in every congressional District in America, call on the…
Web News Article #: 099-14 May 20, 2014 – The APWU and USPS have agreed to a set of Questions & Answers [PDF] regarding the May 15 Step 4 settlement and March 20 agreement on the conversion of Motor Vehicle Craft Postal Support Employees (PSEs) into residual vacancies. via MVS Craft Questions & Answers on…
Staples shares plunged more than 10% following a disappointing earnings report Tuesday. Profits for Staples in the first quarter plummeted 43.5% — far short of expectations — and revenue fell 2.8%. The office supply chain’s drop is the latest example of the company’s struggle to compete against Amazon and other e-commerce giants. “When you’re trying…
May 20, 2014 Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has not been able to garner support for his extreme and anti-worker postal reform bill, H.R. 2748. As such, he has adopted a new strategy. He is now is attempting to move his dangerous postal reforms piece by piece….
The U.S. Postal Service compiles information on every address in the country almost every day. Here’s what they do with the numbers. When they’re not delivering mail or being bitten by dogs, U.S. Postal Service workers serve a third function: They collect property data on virtually every address in the nation. This service might be…
Data is the raw material with which investigators deal. The challenge for them often is not so much getting data—there is more of it being produced and stored by government today than ever before—but making sense of it. The inspector general’s office at the U.S. Postal Service has developed its own system to analyze data…
The Union Mail recently won 3 awards at the Metro NY Labor Communications Council’s Annual Communications Contest. Chuck Zlatkin (previous editor) and Flo Summergrad (current editor) will attend the award ceremony May 30. Their articles won 1st and 2nd place. News Writing 1st Place: “Fast Food Workers Take a Stand: Can’t Survive on $7.25!” Flo…
