We have a box of Letter Carrier bobble heads left over from several years ago. Here’s your chance to win one. What does mail mean to you? Do you have a favorite letter you have kept for years? Or some favorite greeting cards you’ve kept in a box? Is there a momentous letter that changed […]
United States Attorney’s office, Western District of North Carolina January 20, 2012 ASHEVILLE, N.C. –A former employee of the United States Postal Service was sentenced yesterday to serve seven months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for filing fraudulent documents in order to receive worker’s compensation benefits and related charges, […]
WASHINGTON — High-volume commercial mailers spoke, and the Postal Service listened. Effective this week, businesses mailing First-Class Mail automation, presort letters using “2nd Ounce Free” pricing can mail letters weighing up to 2 ounces at the 1-ounce postage rate. First-Class Mail automation, presort letters are primarily generated by commercial mailers of bills and statements — […]
From the National Association of Postmasters of the US (NAPUS) It appears likely that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will call up S. 1789, the Lieberman-Collins-Carper Brown postal relief bill sometime next week. The only bills that could have supplanted the postal bill’s primacy were bills relating to internet security and reauthorizing the Federal […]
Yesterday, NALC President Fredric Rolando formally welcomed members of both chambers of Congress back to Washington for the second session of the 112th Congress. Both the House and Senate have legislation pending before them that could shape the future of the United States Postal Service. The American people want Congress to take action to save […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Commemorating the Lunar New Year, the United States Postal Service today issued a new Forever Stamp featuring a dragon, the fifth of 12 animals associated with the Chinese lunar calendar. This colorful stamp is the latest collectible in the Postal Service’s Celebrating Lunar New Year series, which began in 2008 with the […]
Discussing the U.S. Post Office’s insolvency and refusal to reorganize, banks admitting to unethical conduct in predatory lending practices which may hold them accountable for the wave of foreclosures, and the appointment of the new consumer watchdog, with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA); Rep. Jason Chaffetz, (R-UT); Rep. John Tierny (D-MA) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). […]
APWU received notification of several problems with postal employees Form 50: USPS is changing employees to a “new” pay scale because of our new lower steps. We believe this was unnecessary because it is the same pay scale – just new steps. Anyway, some employees are being placed in level 6, step FF (imagine their […]
USPS announces updated prices for mailing and shipping services On Jan. 22, prices for most USPS Mailing and Shipping Services changed. Mailing Services includes domestic and international First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services and Extra Services. Highlights include a 1-cent increase to 45-cents in the price of a First-Class Mail stamp and a 3-cent […]
The U.S. Postal Service today asked the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to expedite consideration of the Postal Service’s plan to make its operations more efficient, reduce costs and ensure the long-term affordability of mail. The request filed with the PRC calls on the Commission to issue its non-binding advisory opinion on planned Postal Service network […]