Yo, Mailman, Bring Me a Flounder and a Dozen Roses

From dropping off water bottles to running a concierge service, the U.S. Postal Service is increasingly venturing into activities that have little to do with traditional mail delivery. What’s next, Postal Pizza? The U.S. Postal Service’s recent experiments with new lines of business include delivering fresh fish, flowers, cases of water, and ready-to-cook meals. Read…

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USPS: Dynamic routing improves package sorting, delivery

The Postal Service continues to boost productivity through dynamic routing, a technique that puts package delivery points in the most efficient, logical order. USPS introduced dynamic routing last year at facilities that have parcel-only routes. The concept is part of the Postal Service’s broader effort to grow its package delivery business. “It has really increased…

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USPS ELM Revision: Back Pay Limitations

Effective April 16, 2015, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) section 436.2 to clarify the exception which allows uncapped annual leave to be recredited, relative to the processing of a back pay claim. 4 Pay Administration 430 Basic and Special Pay Provisions 436 Back Pay 436.2 Limitations [Revise the…

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U.S. Postal Service Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Effective April 1, 2015, the Postal Service™ issued its Diversity and Inclusion Statement. This policy reaffirms the Postal Service’s commitment to building and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENT It is the policy of the U.S. Postal Service to promote the diversity and inclusion of our employees,…

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Kokomo area tax returns may be delayed due to USPS workforce reshuffling

By Josh Sigler – April 14, 2015 The United States Postal Service’s Kokomo processing plant was initially slated to have its operations consolidated with the Indianapolis procession operations in March. That corporate reshuffling actually took place on April 4, and since that time, postal workers and union executives say they’ve seen their workloads skyrocket even…

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Mail and taxes: USPS ready to serve millions of last-minute filers

Millions of taxpayers continue to mail their returns each April 15, although not in the numbers they once did. The Postal Service cancelled 72.9 million pieces of First-Class Mail on Tax Day in 2014, down from 100.4 million pieces a decade earlier. (USPS doesn’t distinguish between tax returns and other types of First-Class Mail.) More…

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NAPUS: USPS Provides Clarification On Recording Bargaining Unit Work Hours

Postal Service has updated NAPUS and the League on a number of questions concerning the administration of terms of the global settlement between the Postal Service and the APWU. The settlement stems from the national arbitration award concerning Article 1.6.B., performance of bargaining work. The following are the questions and responses received; How are hours…

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