USPS Newslink Postmaster General Jack Potter today announced the appointment of Jim Cochrane as Vice President of Ground Shipping and Mitzi Betman as Vice President of Corporate Communications. Both have been acting in their respective positions for several months, and each has done an outstanding job during that time,” Potter said. As Vice President of […]
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From USPS Postal Bulletin dated 9/11/08: After completing a National Security Review of Registered Mail, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service recommended new procedures for handling inbound international Registered Mail® items, in line with requirements of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). Under the new policy, inbound international Registered Mail items are placed in the same mailstream […]
Summary of Report From GAO: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) pay for performance (PFP) program for managers includes quantitative performance indicators. PFP ratings are the basis for salary increases and lump sum awards for nearly 750 Postal Career Executive Service (PCES) executives and about 71,700 other participants, mostly Executive and Administrative Schedule (EAS) employees. GAO […]
Press Release from the National Association of Letter Carriers North Carolina Letter Carrier Garners ‘Humanitarian’ Award Five letter carriers who helped rescue nearly 100 people from a three-alarm fire at a senior citizens’ apartment building in Oakland, California have been selected as winners of the 2008 “Hero of the Year” Award of the National Association […]
From the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Nels T. Beck seeks review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) sustaining the decision of the United States Postal Service (“agency”) to remove him from his position of Rural Carrier at the agency’s Waterloo, Iowa facility. Beck v. U.S. Postal Service, No. CH0752070525-I-1 […]
From the National Association Of Letter Carriers (NALC) NALC President William H. Young said the union is taking no position on whether letter carriers should seek the “early out.” Such a decision must be based on each carrier’s personal circumstances, he said. “I urge anyone considering the offer to carefully consider your family’s financial situation, […]
Headquarters / Headquarters-Related EAS & PCES; Motor Vehicle; Maintenance (excluding Electronic Technicians); Rural Carriers; City Carriers The Postal Service recently received approval from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to offer voluntary early retirement to eligible employees nationwide. Automation and technological advances coupled with mail volume reductions has the Postal Service continuing to look for […]
With that the Postal Service will offer Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) to Motor Vehicle Services and Maintenance Craft employees – except Electronic Technicians – APWU President William Burrus is reiterating his advice to union members: DON’T GO! “My reasoning is simple,” he said. “Every APWU-represented employee who leaves early will save the USPS hundreds of […]
From the National League of Postmasters: As Part of the Leagues ongoing efforts in support of Postmasters, OICs, PMRs and EAS employees the National Board has put this survey together for the purpose of documenting the current work climate. This is in response to the concerns and issues raised at State and National Conventions. Your […]