APWU Pittsburgh Retiree Record – February 25, 2015 Edition
Month: February 2015
U.S. Postal Service to host informational job fair on March 4 for Kalamazoo area
By Al Jones – February 28, 2015 KALAMAZOO, MI — The U.S. Postal Service anticipates job openings in Greater Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan. With that in mind, the service, which has been in the news in recent months for its plans to close its Kalamazoo Postal Processing Plant on 9th Street in Oshtemo Township, will…
136 Clerk and Maintenance Craft employees to be excessed from Stamford, CT P&DC
U.S. Postal Service searching for the mail truck of the future
By Gary Gastelu – February 27, 2015 The U.S. Postal Service has ordered a special delivery for itself. The agency is looking to replace its aging fleet of very aptly named Long Life Vehicles (LLVs) — the iconic, boxy mail trucks with the sloped hoods that have been pulling up in front of American homes…
USPS: Postal Pulse – New employee program/survey replaces VOE
USPS will soon introduce the Postal Pulse, a program that aims to improve postal workplaces by better engaging employees and leveraging their ideas and feedback. The Postal Pulse will replace the Voice of the Employee survey. The new program will include one survey of the entire USPS workforce in 2015. This survey will be administered…
Federal Judge Dismisses Injured Postal Worker’s Claim
By Trevor Aaronson – February 27, 2015 A federal judge in New York threw out a lawsuit on Feb. 26 filed by an injured U.S. Postal Service worker from Orlando who became seriously ill after handling a package that was leaking a noxious chemical. Jeffrey A. Lill, who worked at the Orlando mail sorting facility,…
‘My Mail, My Ohio’ Launches Effort To Stop Closure Of Four Mail Processing Facilities
February 26, 2015 AKRON—Today, ‘My Mail, My Ohio’ announced a unified effort to stop the closure of four regional mail facilities in Ohio. These closures will slow mail delivery, negatively impact small businesses and non-profit organizations, and have a devastating effect on the Akron, Youngstown, Toledo and Dayton communities. Myra Grubbs, spokesperson for the effort,…
USPS: Points of origin – Airmail markers remembered
What’s more surprising: discovering the United States is dotted with giant concrete arrows — or learning the markers helped move the mail? The Atlantic news site recently gave readers a bird’s eye view of the arrows, which were used in the 1920s and 1930s to guide the nation’s airmail pilots. Approximately 1,500 arrows were built…