USPS Settles With Union Over Data Breach

By Brian Mahoney – May 22, 2015 The Postal Service will settle a union complaint to the National Labor Relations Board, alleging it refused to bargain over how to compensate 800,000 employees affected by a data breach that stole their personal information. The agreement will require the USPS to negotiate over how it should respond…

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First village post office in Cove, Texas opens at candy store

By David A. Bryant – May 22, 2015 COPPERAS COVE, TX — The U.S. Postal Service held a ribbon-cutting for its first village post office to open in the city Thursday inside Candy Outfitters on Business U.S. Highway 190. Of the nearly 800 VPOs in operation across the nation, the Cove location is the only…

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UPDATED (5/22/15): USPS Network Rationalization Consolidations Put On Hold?

Most dates changed to TBD In this latest update from RIBBS, it appears the Network Rationalization Schedule has been put on hold (TBD) for most of the remaining consolidations. APWU has requested clarification of what this actually means but my sources tell me the “on-hold / TBD” status will be at least until 2016. We’ll…

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