USPS: Innovative concept helps USPS quickly deliver parcels

If you think New York City slows down on Sundays, think again.  That’s why the Postal Service is using an innovative technique to quickly deliver Sunday packages to customers in the city. Through dynamic routing, USPS sorts delivery points in logical, efficient 4-5 hour delivery routes. Turn-by-turn driving instructions for letter carriers are included. “It’s…

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USPS: Dynamic routing improves package sorting, delivery

The Postal Service continues to boost productivity through dynamic routing, a technique that puts package delivery points in the most efficient, logical order. USPS introduced dynamic routing last year at facilities that have parcel-only routes. The concept is part of the Postal Service’s broader effort to grow its package delivery business. “It has really increased…

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USPS expands Amazon Fresh grocery delivery test

(March 19, 2015) USPS is expanding its grocery delivery service in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas, part of the organization’s efforts to explore new ways to meet customers’ changing needs. The test aims to build on the success of a two-month operational test that concluded last fall in San Francisco. Customers could order…

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APWU: Fighting for the Middle-Class, One Grievance at a Time

Speaking on Labor Day in 2010, President Barack Obama said, “It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of middle-class security all bear the union label.” Why then, have unionized…

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