APWU: eWHEP BMC Settlement Reached

Web News Article #: 100-2017 10/26/2017 – After several meetings with the Postal Service, we are happy to inform you that we were able to SETTLE the outstanding issue of using the newly created eWHEP in a BMC environment. The attached Step 4 Settlement, N19T20160356, dated October 19, 2017 states: After reviewing this matter the…

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President Trump Announces three nominees to USPS Board of Governors

October 26, 2017 President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration: The following individuals to be Members of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service: Calvin R. Tucker of Pennsylvania, for the remainder of a term expiring December 8, 2023. Robert M. Duncan…

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USPS releases holiday delivery estimates

The Postal Service will deliver more than 15 billion mailpieces this holiday season, according to projections released Oct. 25. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, USPS expects to deliver 850 million packages — an increase of more than 10 percent from the same period last year. “The Postal Service is well prepared to meet our…

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AFL-CIO Convention Resolution: Support Postal Financial Services and Postal Banking

October 24, 2017 AFL-CIO Convention Resolution 46 WHEREAS, the U.S. Post Office operated the Postal Savings System from 1911 through 1967 and, at its peak, had $3.4 billion in deposits; and WHEREAS, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Postal Service issued a report recommending that the Postal Service provide basic financial services…

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APWU SWCAL Retiree Chapter has a WEB Page

Via Bobby Donelson, APWU SWCAL Retiree Chapter President: swcalretirees.org is the website for Southwest Coastal Area Local #917 of the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO. Due to the fact the local’s swcal web page was deactivated in April, the Southwest Coastal Area Local Retiree Chapter has set up a web page. One important part of…

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Homeowner says old USPS law ‘feels like theft’

By William Joy – October 23, 2017 LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – An email Monday let Shannan White know her Amazon package had arrived. “I went out and checked the mail and there was no package in there,” White said. Her first thought was theft because she’d heard of recent mail thefts in her Lake Forest…

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