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Feb 8th

House GOP Planning to Cut Feds Retirement Benefits to Fund Transportation Bill

Breaking Pension Promises to Fund Transportation Bill is Wrong Washington, D.C. –The leader of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) said today she is appalled that the House Republican leadership would break pension promises made to federal workers years ago to fund a transportation bill. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee yesterday voted to […]

Feb 6th

3 Senators Want Blue Ribbon Commission To Help USPS Increase Revenue

February 6, 2012 A Rationale for Postal Cuts in Doubt At a time when the U.S. Postal Service is considering deep cuts in services and jobs, an internal watchdog told Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday that a big funding cushion already has been built into the mail service’s retirement and health benefit funds. Billions of […]

Feb 6th

APWU Members Urged to Take Action As Senate Reviews Postal Reform

Postal reform is a hot topic in Congress as the Senate prepares to vote on the 21st Century Postal Service Act,  and APWU President Cliff Guffey is urging union members to contact their senators and let them know: Senate bill 1789 is unacceptable in its current form. “APWU members have done a great job of […]

Feb 6th

USPS Ranked No. 1 In The World

WASHINGTON — A review of the performance of universal postal service providers by the Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC) firm ranks the U.S. Postal Service the best postal service within the world’s top 20 largest economies for access to services, resource efficiency and public trust. “We’re proud to lead the world in postal services and we […]

Feb 5th

Postal Service Hiring Non-Career Positions in Kentucky and Indiana

Deadline to Apply – February 10th KENTUCKIANA DISTRICT — The U.S. Postal Service is hiring for non-career positions in Kentucky (Lexington, Louisville and Paducah) and Indiana (Evansville). Applicants must apply online at www.usps.com/employment. Postal Support Employee (PSE) — Mail Processing Clerk Salary $14.60 per hour Deadline to apply is Feb. 3, 2012 Casual Mail Handler […]

Feb 4th

Carper, Coons, Carney & Markell Write to PMG Urging Review of Hare’s Corner Proposal

Officials highlight concerns regarding USPS’s proposal to revamp Delaware’s only mail processing and distribution center February 3,2012 WILMINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, along with Gov. Jack Markell, Sen. Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all D-Del.) wrote to United States Postmaster General Patrick […]

Feb 3rd

Scammers Use USPS Online Change of Address To Steal Woman’s Identity

A local woman says someone from Nigeria stole her identity, opened multiple accounts in her name and took out a big loan, all things she says she probably would’ve caught except she stayed in the dark for weeks because scammers managed to stop her mail. The culprits used a free online change of address service […]

Feb 3rd

For Ninth Straight Year FedEx Is USPS’s Largest Supplier

Husch Blackwell’s Postal Service Contracting practice group today released its list of the top 10 U.S. Postal Service suppliers for fiscal year 2011. For the ninth straight year FedEx claimed the No. 1 spot. Another air carrier, Kalitta Air, Inc., which transports military mail bound for Iraq and Afghanistan, claimed the second spot. The list is […]