Americans deserve the truth On the same day that letter carriers, along with other labor organizations, are picketing his district office, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has posted a misleading web page on his committee’s website that attacks the Postal Service (and its employees). Note: This is on […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors: August 31, 2011 Dear Member of the United States Senate: I write on behalf of the nearly 32,000 members of our association, many of whom work and vote in your District. The United States Postal Service faces an unprecedented crisis. It is projected to run out of cash […]
Gov. Branstad today released two letters he has sent to United States Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe regarding the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) plan to close rural post offices and processing centers in Iowa. Gov. Branstad has asked Postmaster General Donahoe to consider numerous options as they seek to overcome financial challenges.
The President of the National Association of Postal Supervisors, Louis M. Atkins, will testify before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Sept. 6 about the Postal Service’s financial crisis and the plans that the Postal Service has proposed to remedy this problem. Atkins will be representing the collective interests of the […]
On the same day that unions are picketing his Vista, CA office, Congressman Darrell Issa launches Postal REform website WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today launched SavingThePostalService.com, an interactive portal filled with information, resources and videos on the United States Postal Service and […]
NAPUS has received complaints from members of the Post Office Preservation Committee that some postal officials are in a hurry- up mode to schedule community meetings to discuss possible post office closings. In some areas, customers from more than one community are told to travel to another location where several community meetings are being held […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey will testify before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Sept. 6 about the financial crisis facing the Postal Service and what Congress must do to address it. “I will tell members of the Senate Committee that the future of the Postal Service is in their hands. They […]
Baltimore, Maryland – (August 30, 2011) U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake, sentenced James M. Russell, age 49, of Brandywine, Maryland, today to six months in prison, followed by six months of home detention and two years of supervised release, for theft of mail while he was employed by the U.S. Postal Service. Judge Blake […]
This is a summary of Regular Panel Arbitrator Margo R. Newman in cases C06T-1C-D- 09046953 and C06T-1C-D 09064186 regarding and Emergency Suspension and Discharge of the grievant for “Improper Conduct”. The arbitrator sustained the Union’s grievances ; she properly ruled the Postal Service did not establish just cause for grievant’s Emergency Placement or removal; she […]
In accordance with the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, the USPS has agreed to establish 740 new assignments in Vehicle Maintenance Facilities.