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USPS Seeks to Pare Full-Time Workforce in Talks With Union
"The U.S. Postal Service, which lost $5.1 billion in the first
half of this year, will seek to cut costs by paring the size
of its full-time workforce in contract talks with its largest
labor union that start today. The Postal Service, which spends
78 percent of its budget on salaries and benefits, opens
negotiations with the American Postal Workers Union. The
union, with 330,000 members, opposes a cost-cutting plan to
scrap Saturday delivery. Talks with the 113,000-member
National Rural Letter Carriers Association start in two weeks."
- USPS: Postal Service Begins Labor Contract
Negotiations - APWU: Contract Negotiations Begin
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"Shift to part-time and seasonal work"
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"More flexible workforce not tied to work
hour guarantees and set schedules; discuss commitment to
FEHBP" -
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Post Office Seeks Phoenix Retailers
"The U.S. Postal Service is looking for local retailers to
provide services on its behalf. Specifically, the USPS is
looking for businesses in the following ZIP Codes: 85016,
85026, 85201, 85224, 85255, 85257, 85258, 85260, 85308 and
85374. Those cover portions of Phoenix, Chandler, Glendale,
Mesa, Scottsdale, Sun City and Surprise." -
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Postmaster, Supervisor Associations Ask OIG to Investigate
Pay-for-Performance Payouts (PDF)
"Our request for an investigation is not based simply on
reduced monetary payouts due to manipulation of the program.
Rather, we are requesting this investigation based on the
failure of the USPS to comply with the administrative rules of
the PFP. NAPUS and the League have received many complaints
from throughout the country." -
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USPS Loses $764 Million in July (PDF)
The U.S. Postal Service lost $764 million in July according to
preliminary financial information released by the PRC. Total
mail volume was up .09% over SPLY and total workhours were
down 5.0%. YTD the USPS has lost $6.143 billion while total
mail volume is down 4.3% SPLY. -
USPS July Preliminary Financials: Oh, the Questions They Raise -
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Postal Workers Protest Saturday Delivery Cut
"Hundreds of postal workers attending their national
convention in Detroit have marched through downtown in protest
of plans to suspend mail delivery on Saturdays. The Detroit
News reports that the blue-shirted American Postal Workers
Union members chanted "Five day, no way" as they walked
Tuesday from Cobo Center to Campus Martius. The Rev. Jesse
Jackson participated." - 3,000 postal
workers march to protest cost-cutting moves -
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