HENNING, TN – The search continues for the person who gunned down two postal workers in Henning, Tennessee Monday morning. Saturday afternoon, the tiny Tennessee town said goodbye to 32-year-old Paula Robinson and 59-year-old Judy Spray. Investigators said they’re following up on several leads but so far no suspects have been identified in the killings. […]
A stamp’s price remains the same, despite Postal Service requests to raise the price. Discover some of the most unusual places you can still send mail..
2010 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Set For Postal Workers (10/22/10) The December period referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5, of the National Agreement, during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable, consists of four consecutive service weeks. (See Why Is the Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Only 28 Days?) This year the period begins […]
Amazon.com disclosed in January 2009 that it was the subject of a mysterious investigation by the U.S. Postal Service. Neither Amazon not the Postal Service said what the investigation was about, though some interesting theories popped up. Now Amazon in its latest quarterly financial filing with the SEC says the investigation was closed last month […]
New Memorandum of Policy: Postal Service Policy on Workplace Harassment Effective October 4, 2010, the Postal Service has issued memorandum of policy (MOP) DD-10-04-2010, Postal Service Policy on Workplace Harassment (see pages 19 and 20). This policy: * Incorporates recent legal developments that make it clear that an employer’s anti-harassment policy must prohibit all forms […]
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN POST OFFICE SHOOTING The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and other federal, state and local authorities continue their search for the killer or killers of Retail Associate Paula Robinson, 33, and Rural Carrier Associate Judy Spray, 59, who were found shot to death Oct. 18 at the Henning, TN, Post Office. “This is […]
Petition to be Filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced its decision to appeal the Sept. 30 ruling of the Postal Regulatory Commission denying the Postal Service exigent price request. The Postal Service Governors decision means that a petition will be filed in the United States Court […]
News Alert from Business Mailers Review In a surprise move the Postal Service announced it will appeal the Postal Regulatory Commission’s (PRC’s) Sept. 30 decision rejecting a request for a 5.6% rate hike – the first such request under the 2006 postal reform law’s exigent rate clause. The PRC found the deep recession and resulting […]
Employee of the United States Postal Service Found Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court for Operating $10 Million Illegal Gambling Ring October 21, 2010 PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JANICE K. FEDARCYK, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and […]
Ranked Among Top for Leadership Commitment WASHINGTON — The Postal Service’s commitment to diversity has placed it among the best of the best employers to work for, according to HispanicBusiness magazine’s Diversity Elite 60, a list of the nation’s top organizations that promote and model diversity in the workplace. Ranking among the top 15 for […]