February 13, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service hopes to bring on 125,000 new employees this year, continuing a recent hiring binge caused by the agency’s blossoming package-delivery business. The agency hired 117,000 new workers during Fiscal Year 2015, virtually all of them into non-career positions, postal officials said Thursday in a document presented to the…
George C. Ford – January 25, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service is looking to hire more city and rural carriers as “last mile” package delivery from Amazon.com, FedEx and UPS continues to grow. “We’ve really been growing the package business,” said Jim Herrmann, USPS district manager, during an interview Monday in Cedar Rapids. “Cedar Rapids-Iowa…
By Mel Carriere – December 20, 2015 Things that Go Bump in the Night That thing you hear going bump in the night this Christmas season is probably just your mailman. It’s months after Halloween, so your visions of dancing sugarplums – perchance caused by somebody spiking the eggnog bowl, are not being disturbed by…
November 5, 2015 by Doug Walker, Deputy Commissioner, Communications The U.S. Treasury Department has introduced myRA, a retirement savings account for individuals looking for a simple, safe, and affordable way to save for their retirement. Over thirty percent of all American households have no retirement savings. myRA provides a way to start saving for retirement….
October 28, 2015 Sid Simmons, president of NALC Branch 132 in Dallas, is demanding an apology from a station manager over alleged mistreatment received after visiting a Farmers Branch post office to investigate possible mistreatment of CCAs. If the treatment Sid received is any indication, it wouldn’t be surprising to learn the CCAs may have…
OSHA Regional News Release – Oct. 27, 2015 Employer name: U.S. Postal Service, Ottumwa, Iowa Citations issued: Oct. 23, 2015 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Des Moines Area Office cited the postal facility for three safety and health violations, one repeated, one serious and one other-than-serious. The citations…
Is it fair to CCA’s that have a lesser salary to pay the same amount of dues as career employees?
(October 24, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – San Francisco postal district officials have announced they are hiring workers for the holiday season, which started Oct. 17 and goes through Jan. 8, U.S. Postal Service officials said. The district is hiring casual mail handlers, holiday clerk assistants, mail processing clerks and big-rig operators, according to postal…
