ID Thieves Use Postal Service To Find Targets - Pennsylvania News Story - WGAL Lancaster

ID Thieves Use Postal Service To Find Targets - Pennsylvania News Story - WGAL Lancaster: "ID Thieves Use Postal Service To Find Targets
Thieves Use Change Of Address Forms To Redirect Mail To Them"

Postal Service Stats Put FedEx, UPS At Risk

Stocks To Watch Today : Postal Service Stats Put FedEx, UPS At Risk: "ANALYSTS FRET PACKAGE DELIVERERS’ FORTUNES"

APWU Delegates Vow to Fight Privatization of Parcel Post

Delegates Vow to Fight Privatization of Parcel Post: "On the final day of the APWU 19th Biennial Convention, delegates adopted a resolution calling on the union’s national leadership to “lead and organize resistance to any/all attempts to privatize the parcel business.”
Resolution 161, Fight Privatization of Parcel Business, also encouraged union members to “urge our elected representatives to delay implementation of any provisions of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 that allow for the theft of our work and our jobs.” The law requires Congress to review the underpinnings of the Postal Service, including universal service, the mailbox monopoly, six-day delivery, and the postal network."

Potter: USPS could lose $2 billion this year

The Associated Press: Tough economic times hurt post office: "ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service could lose about $2 billion this year due to tough economic times, and it needs to change to meet the demands of the public, Postmaster General John Potter said Monday."

Postal Workers endorse Obama, forge ties with Letter Carriers

: "The American Postal Workers Union, meeting in its national convention, endorsed Barack Obama and took a major step toward improving relations with its sister union, the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Chanting Obama's slogan, 'Yes We Can!' the more than 3,200 Postal Worker delegates from across the country unanimously endorsed the Democratic candidate for president, who addressed the convention live via satellite."

Opposition to new postal center grows

JS Online: Opposition to new postal center grows: "More than 200 Oak Creek residents are raising concerns about the noise and traffic they say will be generated by a proposed U.S. Postal Service mail processing center."

Postal Worker's Self-Defense Claim Can't Save Job

Postal Worker's Self-Defense Claim Can't Save Job

A Postal Mail Handler / Union Official appealed his removal to MSPB. USPS issued him a removal based on a charge of Improper Conduct/Violation of Zero Tolerance Policy after the employee engaged in a physical altercation with a co-worker. The employee contended that the removal was improper because he was physically assaulted by his co-worker and was merely defending himself. MSPB initially mitigated the removal to 30-day suspension. But MSPB found that because the employee did not retreat in good faith before the fight began, he could not successfully claim self-defense. MSPB also claimed the employee instigated the fight by calling his co-worker 'a dummy.' Therefore, the MSPB concluded that the Administrative Judge erred in considering the self-defense claim and sustained the removal." click here for decision

Postal Employee Indicted For Threatening Supervisor

Rockbridge Weekly's Newsline: "According to the indictment, on July 26, 2008 Kemp was called into the supervisor’s office to address the concern that he was under the influence of alcohol while on duty. Postal officials called for local police assistance in having Kemp removed from the facility. According to the indictment, Kemp became belligerent and threatened to kill his supervisor.

Kemp was charged in a one count indictment with forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with his United States Postal Supervisor while he was engaged in his official duties."

USPS $1.1B Loss Could Force Maximum Rate Hike Next Year

USPS $1.1B Loss Could Force Maximum Rate Hike Next Year - Audience Development @ FolioMag.com: "“The next rate increase will most likely be the maximum under the law,” ABM Washington Counsel David Straus tells FOLIO:. “The way the CPI [Consumer Price Index] is going, you could be looking at periodicals rates going up 5 or 6 percent for some publications—about double the 2.9 percent increase we saw in May.”
The next rate increase, according to Straus, “almost certainly” will be May 2009."

USPS Posts $1.1 Billion Dollar Loss For Third Quarter

PostalReporter.com Blog » USPS Posts $1.1 Billion Dollar Loss For Third Quarter

Postal service ends trash-can delivery

SUTTON ISLAND - The U.S. Postal Service has ended a decades-old tradition in which mail was delivered to this small offshore island by a private ferry service and left in a specially marked trash can on the dock for recipients to pick up.

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Postal Service Recommends VERA for Postmasters

This afternoon, July 23, League President Charley Mapa was contacted by Bill Jones, HQ Labor Relations. Mr. Jones stated that, in response to the letter that his office had received from League and Napus, today the Postal Service had sent to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) their own letter recommending a VERA (early out) for Postmasters. For this process to go forward, OPM must approve the request.

National League of Postmasters via PostalReporter.com