Story from Linn’s Stamp News WASHINGTON WATCH Big pay increases approved for top Postal Service officers BY BILL MCALLISTER Postmaster General John E. “Jack” Potter and seven other senior United States Postal Service officers have been granted large raises, by the Postal Service board of governors. The increases were disclosed by the Postal […]
Another Postal Employee Sentenced for Stealing Undeliverable Bulk Business Mail The following is a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida: January 17, 2008 Pensacola, Florida – Gregory R. Miller, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, and James B. Davis, Special Agent in Charge of the […]
According to a U.S. Attorney’s Office press release: Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge William M. Nickerson sentenced John Bermudez, Jr., age 31, of Brooklyn, Maryland today to 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for assault of a government official and sentenced his brother, Gregory Bermudez, age 28, of Millersville, […]
The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet in Washington, DC, at Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, on Jan. 29-30, 2008. The public is welcome to observe the Board’s open session, scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 30 in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The […]
USPS issued the following press release: The Board of Governors has approved two new initiatives to grow our shipping business and revenue. A new, larger Priority Mail Flat Rate Box enables customers to ship 50 percent more than with the current box. It will be offered at a discount to overseas military addresses — a […]
According to TrackingtheWorld press release: The United States Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers more than 212 billion pieces of mail per year to Americans. The U.S. Postal Service continually aims to increase its quality of service, to reduce delivery times, to pinpoint logistical inefficiencies, to save costs and to eliminate waste. To support this […]
Barry Eck was a 20-year city letter carrier and local postal ambassador fired for hitting a off-duty rural carrier while on his route. The Merit System Protection Board upheld his removal and the Federal Court of Appeals confirmed. Below is the background of Eck’s case: Mr. Eck was a City Letter Carrier for the United […]
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Primaries Offer a Ray of Hope by William Burrus, American Postal Workers President The results of the 2008 Iowa caucuses have been finalized, and Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have been declared the winners. The results are surprising, and they offer a ray of hope about the democratic process. It is far too early to […]