September 28, 2015 Self-driving vehicles might seem like a plot device in a science fiction movie — think iRobot or Total Recall – but actually, they’re already here. Google and other companies have been testing driverless vehicles for several years, and some aspects of semi-autonomous vehicle technology, like automatic parallel parking, are available in some…
September 25, 2015 Per OMB Circular A-11 Section 124: The OIG will have 1138 employees on board before implementation of the plan. The OIG will retain 510 employees under the plan. Source: Office of Inspector General | United States Postal Service
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU: Related: Western PA Stop Staples Demonstration – Sept. 13, 2015
Press Release – September 25, 2015 For the past two years, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) has been fighting a deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Staples that established postal counters to Staples’ 1,500 locations nationwide. Instead of having trained USPS employees, the knock-off post offices are staffed with low-wage, poorly-trained Staples employees….
By Suzanne McCarroll – September 24, 2015 DENVER (CBS4)– The U.S. Post Office is hiring 900 people along the Front Range for the holiday season. More than half those jobs have the potential to become careers or full-time positions. UPS is also hiring more than 1,000 positions across the state. Fewer people are mailing letters…
LIVINGSTON, LA (WAFB) – A post office in Livingston will have to repair a damaged wall after a car crashed into it early Friday morning. This is the third time this same post office has been forced to make this type of repair. According to Chief Randy Dufrene this is the third crash his officers…
Speaker Boehner to Retire This week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) announced that he will retire from Congress at the end of October. Boehner’s retirement will mark the end of his 5-year tenure as Speaker and his 25-year career in Congress. Early predictions are that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Boehner’s second-in-command,…
Published on Sep 23, 2015 Ed was at Fighting Bob Fest in Madison, WI over the weekend and caught up with American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein about the fight to strengthen the Postal Service. He also touches on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign and the momentum he has had lately.
