USPS Refuses To Sever Ties With Contractor Debarred By DOL For Defrauding Its Workers

APWU News USPS Subcontractor Defrauds Drivers of Wages, Benefits Postal Management Refuses to Sever Ties with Company Last month, newspapers reported a settlement [PDF] between the Department of Labor and a USPS subcontractor that exemplifies the problem with postal subcontracting: After three years of defrauding its workers of pay and benefits, the contractor, MT Transportation […]

USPS OIG Recommends Better Oversight Of Postal Employees Unscheduled Absenteeism

USPS Could Have Save $4 Million Excerpts from the USPS OIG report: This report presents the results of our audit of Postal Service Absenteeism (Project Number 09YG016HM000). Our overall audit objective was to determine if the Postal Service’s absenteeism rate is comparable with the rate of the private and federal sectors and, if not, to […]

DOJ, FBI And US Postal Inspection Service Announce Formal Conclusion of Investigation Into 2001 Anthrax Attacks

The following is a press release issued by the Justice Department: The Justice Department, FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service today announced that the investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks, which killed five individuals and sickened 17 others, has formally concluded. Earlier today, representatives of the FBI and Justice Department provided a 92-page investigative summary […]

Ohio Senator Calls For Investigation Of Proposed Consolidation Of Postal Facilities in Lima

The office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio issued the following press release: February 18, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown called for an investigation on the effects of a proposed consolidation of U.S. Postal Service facilities in Lima. In a letter sent this week to David C. Williams, the Inspector General of […]

WM Healthcare Solutions Is Approved as Mail-Back Vendor in California

HOUSTON,Texas- Feb. 18, 2010 – WM Healthcare Solutions’, a subsidiary of Waste Management , extensive mail-back sharps product line is now approved by the California Department of Public Health for sale and use in the state of California. Since September 2008, disposing of home-generated sharps in the trash has been illegal in California. Communities and […]

Postal Service Awards ZAP Engineering Contract for Electric Mail Truck

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The United States Postal Service (USPS) has awarded electric car pioneer ZAP (OTC Bulletin Board: ZAAP) an engineering contract for the design and development of an electric version of its Long Life Vehicle (LLV). ZAP will convert the gasoline mail truck to run on electricity as specified by […]

Post Office Box Lobby Recycling Program Is Expanding

WASHINGTON — More than 200,000 tons, and counting. That’s how much paper, plastics and other waste the U.S. Postal Service recycled in 2009, representing a decrease in its greenhouse gas emissions of approximately 1.67 million barrels of oil. An integral part of that undertaking is the Post Office Box Lobby Recycling program which is expanding […]

Postal Service Begins 2010 with $297 Million First-Quarter Loss

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ended the first quarter of this fiscal year (Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2009) with a net loss of $297 million, while posting continued high scores in quarterly delivery performance. “In spite of the financial challenges we face today, Postal Service employees never lose sight that customer service is our […]