APWU: Contract Campaign Ramps Up, Town Hall Conference Call Feb. 17 (Register by Feb. 16)

Web News Article #: 022-2015 02/09/2015 – With contract negotiations set to begin on Feb. 19, APWU members across the country are busy preparing. At the national level, officers have been studying data, weighing input from union members, plotting strategy, and honing contract proposals. “But to win a good contract this year, we will have…

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USPS: Moving forward – USPS seeks information for new delivery vehicles

The Postal Service is continuing plans to introduce next generation delivery vehicles that are durable, affordable and better meet changing delivery needs. The USPS fleet currently has more than 214,000 vehicles, including 180,000 delivery vehicles that are slated for replacement with next generation vehicles. Many of the existing vehicles are LLVs, which have become iconic…

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USPS OIG: Will The Check Be in the Mail? An Examination of Transactional Mail

RARC-WP-15-006 – 02/09/2015 By now, it’s fairly common knowledge that digital communications has cut into First-Class Mail volumes. But does this necessarily mean people always prefer to communicate digitally? To find out, we looked at the trends and customer preferences for one particular mail segment – transactional mail, which consists primarily of household bills and…

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Historic Plant City post office discontinued, headed for sale

(February 8, 2015) Earlier this week, the Postal Service announced that the historic post office on Reynolds Street In downtown Plant City, Florida, is being discontinued. It’s the first such discontinuance in over 16 months. The Plant City post office has been closed since June 2013, when the Postal Service shut down the 1935 facility…

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