Before USPS decides to censor their Twitter feed again (yes, they have done this before), I thought I’d copy and post a recent “tweeting” exchange in which USPS’s official Twitter account makes the claim they have not impacted any APWU positions. via https://twitter.com/USPS
Shira Goodman, North American Commercial President for Staples couldnât hide her contempt for Postal Workers when she spoke to hundreds of Staples employees in her first ever Town Hall style meeting. Ms Goodman chastised Postal Workers with several disparaging remarks including: âIt must be nice to have a job for lifeâ then adding âthose days…
Postal service on Saturday or paying for pothole patching? Thatâs the latest choice posed by House Republican leaders looking for ways to pump a bit of cash into the soon-to-be broken federal Highway Trust Fund. It comes down to fewer mail trucks rolling on Saturdays or less federal support for highway work seven days a…
Freehold Township resident Nicholas Romano doesn’t have much faith in the U.S. Postal Service these days. First, a postal worker tossed a package to his front door two days before Christmas, a move caught by a video camera pointed in front of his home. Then two months worth of mail, which was supposed to be…
A Village Post Office (VPO) in Cottonwood, CA, made news last week when it sold a winning lottery ticket worth $1.3 million. Gas Point Market, which became a VPO last year, sold the $2 scratch-off ticket May 27. The winner came forward the next day, placing the store in the news. Its postal sign and…
June 2, 2014 In a letter urging Senators and Representatives to reject any proposal that would weaken the Postal Service, the National Presidents of the four Postal Unions collectively object to a proposal to use the United States Postal Service as an offset to fund the federal highway trust fund. The letter to House and…
The U.S. Postal Service is thinking about foregoing its usual January price increase next year. Itâs not that postal officials have suddenly been afflicted with a case of generosity after jacking up most postal rates by more than 5% earlier this year. Theyâre merely preparing for what happens when (or, rather, if) the temporary 4.3%…
Web News Article #: 111-14 June 3, 2014 – Several people have inquired about the designation âFERS-RAEâ on the Form 50s of employees who were recently converted from Postal Support Employee to career. The new designation reflects that the employees were hired as career employees on or after Jan. 1, 2013, and are covered under…
