Month: April 2007

Apr 13th

Postmasters : Is Mail Service At Risk?

According to the National Association of Postmasters of the U.S. (NAPUS) “This is the title of a letter that went out to Congress during our Leadership Conference a couple of weeks ago by our National President Dale Goff. A few excerpts from the letter are as follows: The 41,000 members of the National Association of […]

Apr 13th

Postal Service Awards Contract to Convert Employee Personnel Files to Electronic Media

Migration from paper to electronic media part of the largest employee self-service effort in the world  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Postal Service is implementing a program to convert all paper personnel folders to electronic folders, which will transform the way employee information is stored, retained and retrieved, ultimately enabling postal employees to have 24-hour […]

Apr 12th

NRLCA To Join NALC in Protest at USPS HQ

“The National Rural Letter Carriers led by President Donnie Pitts will join NALC President Young in an informational picket on Monday, April 16 at 2:00 PM EDT to protest the Postal Service’s decision to outsource mail delivery to private companies and individuals. At the demonstration, President Pitts plans to deliver a message to Postmaster John […]

Apr 9th

Letter Carriers to Picket Postal Headquarters Monday April 16

Letter Carriers to Picket Postal Service Headquarters to Protest Outsourcing Mail Delivery to Private Firms Press Release Letter carriers from 18 states across the nation, including National Association of Letter Carriers President William H. Young, will demonstrate in front of U.S. Postal Service headquarters with informational picketing on Monday, April 16 at 2 p.m. EDT […]

Apr 9th

63 Postal Sites on OSHA’s Highest Injury and Illness Rates List

Sixty-Three Postal Service facilities were among more than 14,000 workplaces nationwide that the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) recently identified as having high occupational injury and illness rates. see OSHA  Advisory Letters to the Following List of USPS Sites According to OSHA: Establishments with the nation’s high workplace injury and illness rates were identified […]

Apr 9th

Editorial: Why Are We Raising Postage Rates?

By Ronald Williams, Jr., Mail Handler, United States Postal Service As a young retired military leader currently employed with the United States Postal Service working in a Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC), I get a daily panoramic view from inside the mail giant working behind the scenes in an industrial environment. I love the work […]

Apr 7th

Great Falls Post Office Offering Massages on Tax Day

Traditionally, the deadline for filing and paying is April 15. This year, however, taxpayers nationwide will have until April 17, 2007. Why?  because April 15 falls on a Sunday and the following day, Monday, April 16, is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia. see http://www.irs.gov The Great Falls, Montana Post Office […]

Apr 6th

USPS Rejects NALC Offer, Interest Arbitration to Resolve Contract

NALC Blames Former OMB Director and now USPS Board of Governors Chairman James Miller III for bringing right-wing ideology of privatizing to Postal Service  Interest Arbitration To Resolve Contract Postal Service Rejects Strategic Partnership; Opts for Confrontation on Contracting Out NALC to Seek ‘Substantial’ Pay Increase; Withdraws Workforce Restructuring Bid (NALC News Bulletin) NALC President […]