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USPS OIG Report: Postal Service Government Relations Responsiveness to Congressional Requests

Posted on February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 by 21cpw

Background This report presents the results of our review of the U.S. Postal Service Government Relations and Public Policy Office’s (Government Relations) responsiveness to congressional requests. Government Relations receives congressional requests from members of Congress or chairmen and ranking members of oversight committees and subcommittees. Some requests are informal, such as telephone calls or emails….

USPS OIG Report: Deceased Lessors

Posted on February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 by 21cpw

Background The U.S. Postal Service leases more than 23,000 properties and pays annual rent of over $800 million. The Facilities organization negotiates, executes, and renews expiring leases. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) developed a predictive risk model that analyzes various attributes of Postal Service facility leases, including those with deceased lessors….

APWU Takes Opposition to Flawed Merger Plan Overseas and Across the Border

Posted on February 4, 2016February 4, 2016 by 21cpw

Staples and Office Depot, One Year Later American Postal Workers Union Reaches Out To EU Allies as Companies Attempt to Save Stalled Effort to Create Office-Supply Monopoly For Immediate Release 02/04/2016 – Exactly one year after Staples and Office Depot announced a merger plan that would create a dominant office-supply store monopoly in the United…

USPS: New IRS form being mailed to employees

Posted on February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 by 21cpw

The Postal Service is mailing employees an important tax document they may need when completing their 2015 federal income tax returns. Form 1095-C, Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage, is a new IRS form created to fulfill the reporting requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Beginning with tax year 2015, the ACA requires the…

Statement by US Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez on BLS 2015 Union Membership report

Posted on February 2, 2016February 2, 2016 by 21cpw

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement on the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report released today on union membership in 2015: “With today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report, we are reminded again that the labor movement continues to be one of the most powerful forces for strengthening the…

USPS: PMG and CFO Host Web Call on FY 2016 First Quarter Financial Results

Posted on February 2, 2016February 2, 2016 by 21cpw

WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 2, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — What: Telephone/Web conference on U.S. Postal Service Fiscal Year 2016 First Quarter Results Who: Postmaster General and CEO Megan J. Brennan; CFO and Executive Vice President Joseph Corbett When: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. ET Background: Postmaster General & CEO Megan Brennan and Chief Financial…

APWU: Union Members Bring Home the Bacon

Posted on February 2, 2016February 2, 2016 by 21cpw

Web News Article #: 014-22016 02/02/2016 – Union members are bringing home a lot more bacon—on average $204 more per week than their non-union counterparts. According to new statistics from the Department of Labor, workers who belong to a union earned an average of $980 per week in 2015, compared to just $776 for non-union…

APWU: Update on $56 Million Settlement

Posted on February 1, 2016February 1, 2016 by 21cpw

Web News Article #: 014-2016 02/01/2016 – Information provided by the Postal Service reveals numerous management errors in the initial payment of a $56 million settlement to employees in small offices, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced. Following discussions between the union and management, the Postal Service wrote in a Jan. 29 email, “We…