The APWU website claims, âNot a Single LayoffâŠ.despite management’s aggressive approach to excessing and downsizing, not a single APWU member has been laid off.â Tell that to the hundreds of Postal Support Employees that have been laid off since 2011! The Postal Service has failed to mitigate the impact of mail processing facility closures and…
The nation will observe National POW-MIA Recognition Day Sept. 19. This is one of six days a year all USPS facilities are required to fly the POW-MIA flag. The flag and its display honor the sacrifices made by members of the armed forces held as prisoners of war or missing in action. A list of…
The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it plans to hire 200 city carrier assistants along the Front Range in coming weeks. The new hires are expected to be in place in time for the holiday mailing rush. All the jobs are one-year assignments that could transition into permanent or “career” positions. “The possibility of future…
(September 16, 2014) LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Lexington’s newest Village post office is open for business. On Tuday, the Kentuckiana districit of the US Postal Service welcomed the newest office on Leestown Road. The VPO is located at the Meadowthorpe Antique Mall. The Postal Service unveiled the VPO concept in 2011 in response to changing…
(September 17, 2014) ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJLA) â When a local mailing company closed for business, it didnât exactly close its doors; the doors were left unlocked and the staff was nowhere to be found. A customer made the shocking discovery of packages and envelopes lying around, mailboxes unsecured; anyone could go in and scoop up…
News Service Bulletin – Vol. 44, No. 11 09/16/2014 – The four postal unions are standing together at the national, state and local level to fight the Postmaster Generalâs plans to again slash the mail processing network, beginning in January. Eighty-two facilities are slated for closure, and service will be degraded further. Thanks in large…
