Editorial: USPS in the Year 2020

The organizational tectonic plate is shifting as we explode deeper into the 21st century. With my wild imagination travel with me at the speed of thought as I get verbally-optical forecasting a future via Novus Postal Ordo Seclorum (New Postal World Order) in the year of hindsight 2020. My mind’s eye uncorrected is aligned with […]

Burrus: The Biggest Threat to termination of door to door mail services is Washington politicians, Congress

“Senators, Carper, Collins and Coburn hold the future of the United States Postal Service in their hands” Part 4 – Will The Post Office Survive? I have written this series to address the uncertainties of thousands of APWU members who are concerned about the long term survival of the Postal Service as a continuing place […]

Editorial: Postal Service Keeps Employees Disciplinary Records Forever

Stamps are not the only item USPS considers “Forever” The following is an editorial by Don Cheney: USPS Labor Relations keeps a reference copy of an employee’s disciplinary action for the employee’s entire career. Don’t believe it? THEY DO. See the USPS Privacy Act Notice of June 17, 2011 at http://federalregister.gov/a/2011-15038. Labor Relation’s reference copies […]

Federal Disability Retirement for Postal Employees: Does the NRP Guarantee Success?

Editorial by Attorney Robert R. McGill, an exclusive to PostalReporter.com In preparing, formulating and filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, one of the issues which always must be confronted is whether or not the U.S. Postal Service can accommodate an individual’s medical conditions, and the letters which are issued by the […]

Send Both Of These Editorials On USPS By Major Newspapers Back To Sender

A few days ago APWU President Cliff Guffey in a message to its members said: “The USPS is under attack by anti-labor politicians and some sectors of the business community..” Guffey provided examples of anti-labor articles written by various news websites. Well, it appears the anti-labor groups are ‘pumping up the volume’ on misleading and […]

Will The Post Office Survive?

Former APWU President Bill Burrus’ perspective on the survival of USPS Over the past 50 years pundits and politicians have speculated about the imminent demise of the United States Postal Service and to date they have been proven wrong. Despite the outstanding record of existing for 30 years without government subsidy, a cottage industry emerged […]

Editorial: USPS Memorial Day

From birth dates to death dates when we think of Memorial Day most of us think about our military veterans who have given their lives in defense of America. Of equal importance is the Workers Memorial Day celebrated one month earlier. Today, I would ask that you also think about this day with high regard […]

Editorial: USPS Loose Change for ‘Paid Performance’

Editorial by Ronald Williams, Jr. Recently at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing the USPS Postmaster General made statements to the effect that 65,000 non-bargaining employees get no COLA or step increases. He summarized that the pay-for-performance system has been around for 10 years and his experience is that managers like it because […]