Postal Bulletin’s latest issue highlights Mailbox Improvement Week

The Postal Bulletin’s latest issue highlights Mailbox Improvement Week, which will be observed May 15-21 this year. The annual campaign, held during the third week of May, encourages customers to examine and, where necessary, improve the appearance of their mailboxes. The May 12 Postal Bulletin also has information about plans to establish Priority Mail International…

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Video: Postal service ‘doing well,’ loss of $2 billion a congressional ‘hoax’

Published on May 11, 2016 The US Postal Service has been hamstrung by Congress and the agency is not getting a single dime of taxpayer money despite losing $2 billion last year. But it’s not all bad news: The agency’s revenue went up five percent last quarter. Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers…

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APWU: IT/AS Employees Ratify Extension of 2011 Agreement

Web News Article #: 106-2016 05/12/2016 – While 200,000 APWU members across the country await an arbitrator’s ruling on a new contract, 1,100 union members covered by the IT/AS contract voted to ratify a one-year extension of their 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Support Services Director Steve Brooks has announced. The vote was 464 in favor,…

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