NLRB Report Challenges Validity of Many Employers Social Media Policies

In its most recent effort to draw lines on the self-described “hot topic” of the “lawfulness of employers’ social media policies and rules,” the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Office of General Counsel has taken the position that many policy provisions commonly seen in employers’ social media policies violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). […]

USPS May Discipline Employees For Non-Compliance With New Social Media Policy

USPS Reminds Employees They Can Be Fired For Non-Compliance With New Social Media Policy USPS SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY – NAVIGATING A NEW FRONTIER It began in earnest this past summer, when the Postal Service previewed its schedule of 2012 commemorative stamps on Facebook and Twitter (Link, 7/18). Before that, USPS had established a YouTube channel […]

USPS Uses Facebook and Twitter To Debut 2012 Stamp Program

USPS USES SOCIAL MEDIA TO DEBUT 2012 STAMP PROGRAM  starting on July 18, 2011 In a move to raise awareness of the stamp program and to send a message to younger and more media-diverse audiences, the Postal Service is using social media websites to preview its 2012 stamp program. Employees who are Facebook fans or […]

Could USPS shut down for good in July 2012?

Rate hike in Jan 2012? What is Going On?  Twitter was busy today with Tweets about a USPS  shutdown. From Courier, Express, and Postal Observer: The Wall Street Journal has reported that a number of private sector economic forecasters are toning down their economic forecast for the rest of 2011. Slower economic growth is not […]

Issa Says Oversight Team To Strengthen USPS And Spare Taxpayers From A Potential Postal Bailout

On his Twitter page, Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform  Committee  has captured USPS problems by using graphics. Also ,Issa says on his Facebook page: “The question at hand is whether or not the USPS can continue to operate with unsustainable pay and benefit growth. All signs (like rapidly declining mail […]

OMB Director Will Not Testify At House Subcommittee Hearing On USPS Woes

The Honorable Jacob J. Lew,  Director, Office of Management and Budget according to the press release was invited to testify at the “Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy  hearing on March 2, 2011. The hearing titled  “Pushing the Envelope: The Looming Crisis at USPS”  will  examine the fiscal situation of the […]