Published on Jan 23, 2015 The United States Postal Service delivered 524 Million packages during the month of December, 2014, 18% more than last year. We told our customers âOur Priority is You.â We told our employees, âThis is Our Season.â They say the holidays often fly by. Weâd have to agree. To our customers,…
By Tammy Flanagan – January 22, 2015 As you probably know, federal employees are generally covered by one of two retirement systems: the âoldâ Civil Service Retirement System or the ânewâ Federal Employees Retirement System. But FERS isnât that new any more. It includes many employees who have accumulated 30 or more years of federal…
By Josh Sigler – January 22, 2015 The United States Postal Service announced in November that it was set to merge Kokomoâs processing plant with the Indianapolis plant on March 14. What does that mean for the consumer? A letter written to a neighbor three blocks over may take longer to reach its destination because…
Nearly 17 million American adults live in households where no one has a checking account; more than 50 million more have a checking account, but also have to rely on things like payday lenders and check cashing stores, according to a new report from United for a Fair Economy. These numbers include more than half…
Web News Article #: 013-2015 01/22/2015 – Training for the unionâs campaign to win a good contract moved to the Northeast Region on Jan. 21 and 22, and participants left the two-day session ready to get started. A major theme was how union activists can win support and involvement from union members. Contract Action Teams…
Stewards/Officers: AÂ ânewâ Shop Stewardâs Training Manual [PDF]Â that was revised in July 2014. This (132) page Manual has been updated to include the following: (I) Postal Support Employees (PSEs) issues (pages 65-72), (II) Article 1.6.a and Article 1.6.b violations (pages 74-76), (III) and the rights of the employees/union has when employees are interrogated by Postal Inspectors…
By Dan Nephin – January 20, 2015 If Aunt Mary lives in Lititz and you live, say, in Quarryville and want to mail her a birthday card, you’ll want to send it a day earlier. The U.S. Postal Service has ended next-day delivery of most first-class mail sent locally as part of its ongoing overhaul…
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