(January 13, 2015) FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A woman indicted back in November by a federal grand jury turned herself in to authorities on Monday. Pamela Nessen, who entered a not guilty plea before a federal judge on Tuesday, is accused of embezzling $58,598 while she served as the President of the American Postal Workers Union … Read more
By Michael O’Connell – January 13, 2014 The Office of Personnel Management disabled a Web portal used by federal retirees Monday to address a security glitch that may have left some retirees’ information accessible to other individuals visiting the portal. “This morning, OPM became aware of a technical malfunction impacting online services for Federal retirees,” … Read more
Network Rationalization Phase 2 Overview November 2014 (New 01/13/2015) Updated Phase 2 FAQS for Mailers and Mailing Industry, January 2015 (New 01/13/2015) via USPS
(January 13, 2015) Last week, the U.S. Postal Service reduced its service standards for First-Class mail, and eliminated nearly all overnight letter mail delivery. Most mail will be delivered in two to three days — longer if weekends and holidays are involved. During 2015, more than 80 processing plants in small cities and rural areas … Read more
Web News Article #: 006-2015 01/13/2015 – When postal officials lowered “service standards” on Jan. 5, they didn’t just slow down America’s mail: They set in motion a process that is causing serious disruption in the lives of thousands of hard-working postal employees. As management reconfigures mail processing, they are also causing massive reassignments and shift … Read more
By Shawn McCoy – January 13, 2015 A new compliance report from the United States Postal Service (USPS), coupled with frank comments from outgoing Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, raise serious concerns about the direction the post office is headed. USPS has lost $26 billion over the past three years, and the rate of loss has … Read more
In the January/February issue of the American Postal Worker and in the Maintenance Article “Winning Automatic Remedies for Staffing,” employees are told to punch in to proper operations and get higher-level pay whenever appropriate (for example, for driving or P.I.E. operations). Our custodians are asking for higher-level pay in traveling to the stations in Postal … Read more