APWU: USPS Uses Trickery, Tries to Derail Staples Boycott

Web News Article #: 135-14 ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ Campaign Marches On! July 9, 2014 – “A Postal Service letter to the APWU dated July 7 indicating that it is terminating the no-bid deal with Staples and replacing it with an ‘approved shipper’ program is a ruse,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “The USPS is changing…

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At USPS, Making Every Mile Count . . . More

(July 9, 2014) Earn more or spend less. Those are the two basic ways to achieve financial fitness, whether you’re talking about the household budget or a multibillion-dollar corporate balance sheet. And that’s what it comes down to for the U.S. Postal Service as it seeks to bring revenue in line with expenses (it lost…

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APWU: Send a Postcard to Staples CEO – You Can Do It Online

Web News Article #: 134-14 July 9, 2014 – With momentum building for the ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign, the APWU wants to make sure Staples CEO Ronald Sargent gets the message. The union is asking supporters to sign a postcard addressed to Staples CEO Ronald L. Sargent, telling him that until his stores staff their…

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USPS: A closer look – New report examines financial condition

The Postal Service is facing “an unprecedented financial crisis” and will be unable to fix its problems unless Congress gives the organization more flexibility, a new report concludes. USPS has about $22 billion in assets and $113 billion in liabilities, including liabilities related to a law that requires the organization to “prefund” health benefits for…

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Robot Postal Workers Invade San Francisco

(July 9, 2014) Want to pick up a package from your Aunt Marge, but don’t want have time to run down to the post office or shipping center? There may be a robot in your future. No, Mr. Machine will not wait on line for you. The soda-machine-sized devices stay put. providing a way to…

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Postal Service to hike fees to rent P.O. boxes in CT

(July 8, 2014) Washington – The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service will raise fees on thousands of post office boxes rented to individuals and businesses in Connecticut, starting next month. The U.S. Postal Service, in a notice that will be posted in the Federal Register Wednesday, said post office boxes in 38 Connecticut zip codes, in…

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USPS: Low and behold – Travel card credit limits lowered for infrequent travelers

If you have a government-issued individually billed travel card and you haven’t used it in two years or more, the Postal Service will lower the card’s credit limit to $1, effective July 14. If you plan to use the card for travel, you may request a credit increase by: Following the existing procedures for requesting…

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