APWU: Dimondstein on Joe Madison’s Radio Show
Web News Article #: 005-2015 01/09/2015 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein was interviewed on Joe Madison’s Urban View radio show on Jan. 9. via Dimondstein on Joe Madison’s Radio Show | APWU.
Day: January 12, 2015
Video: Fayetteville postal workers protest downtown facility closure
By Nicole Carr – January 12, 2015 FAYETTEVILLE (WTVD) — Marching through a downpour, about 30 postal workers made their way from the Airborne Special Operations Museum to the Green Street Post Office Monday morning. They didn’t mind the rain because 400 good paying, local jobs are at stake, they said. “U.S. Mail is not…
USPS: Know the restrictions – Tobacco prohibited in international mailings
The Postal Service reminds employees that cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products are prohibited in both inbound and outbound international mail. The prohibition overrides any statements about tobacco products in the International Mail Manual’s individual country listings. In addition, exceptions for mailing cigarettes and smokeless tobacco described in Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail, apply…
APWU e-Team Report – Jan. 12, 2015 – New Congress Convenes, Postal Committees Take Shape
New Congress Convenes The 114th Congress convened last week, with Republicans assuming full control of the body for the first time in 8 years. In the new Congress, Republicans have expanded their control of the House of Representatives, with 246 Republican representatives, 188 Democrats, and 1 vacancy. New York’s 11th congressional district is currently vacant…
USPS OIG Audit Project: Government Mail – How Do You Get Government Information?
Start Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Estimated Report Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 How do you get information from local, state and federal government sources? Television and radio? Email? Other social media? The U.S. Mail? You likely rely on most or all of these for official information, whether it’s your municipality reminding you to pay…
APWU: New MOU to Create Hundreds of Career Jobs in Level 4 POStPlan Offices
Web News Article #: 004-2015 01/12/2015 – An addendum to the Sept. 22, 2013, POStPLAN Memorandum of Understanding will place a number of career jobs into Level 4 post offices, which otherwise would have been staffed exclusively with Postal Support Employees (PSEs). The offices in question are open four hours per day. The specific numbers…
Editorial from 42 years ago: Postal Service should modernize
In a pre-Internet era, the Editorial Board hoped technology would help cut post office costs. Each Monday, we turn to a day in the newspaper’s history for a look at what the Editorial Board found worthy of comment. We will preserve the punctuation and capitalization of the original editorial column. Below is an editorial from…
Video: Sunday deliveries bring changes and challenges to United States Postal workers
By Leslie Ackerson – January 11, 2015 (WBIR) One of the oldest practices in US history is making some big changes. Customers are now receiving packages from the United States Postal Service on Sundays. During the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday season, the US Postal Service partnered with Amazon to bring customers deliveries all 7 days…