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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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USPS Heads to the 'Office'
"Customers at select Office Depot stores across the
country now have another option for shipping services. The
Postal Service and the office supplies retailer have partnered
to make USPS shipping and mailing products available at 1,083
Office Depot stores. "We're excited to extend some of the best
shipping values in the country to Office Depot customers, at a
time and place that's convenient to them," said Paul Vogel,
president, Mailing and Shipping Services." -
Office Depot to sell Postal Service products
- USPS setting up shop in Office Depot -
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Ex-Mail Carrier Lived Large Off False Disability Claim
"In 2005, Harrington said she injured her neck while lifting a
mail tray. She ended up collecting more than $193,000 in
disability payments in a four-year time span. Federal
investigators looked into Harrington's activities after she
filled out a marketing survey. Records show Harrington became
a certified scuba diver and purchased a $150,000 boat and
named it "Free Ride." She skied in Switzerland, traveled to
Iceland, Asia and the Bahamas." -
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Boston: Hub post office hit with $357g in safety fines
"In Boston alone, OSHA inspectors found nine workplace
violations. OSHA spokesman Ted Fitzgerald said those
violations include workers using bar-code readers and
elevator-control panels without proper training or gear. Last
week, meanwhile, the U.S. Labor Department indicated that the
number of violations and fines would increase. In a federal
court filing, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said the postal
service has another 260 processing and distribution centers
with similar hazards." - APWU:
Department of Labor Files Motion to Consolidate USPS
Electrical Safety Charges -
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USPS posts $3.5 billion loss as mail volume plunges
"The U.S. Postal Service reported a $3.5 billion loss in its
most recent quarter Thursday, as mail volume plummets and
retiree health care costs mount. The USPS, a self-supporting
government agency that receives no tax dollars, said operating
revenue declined 1.8% to $16 billion during the fiscal 2010
third quarter compared to a year earlier, while operating
expenses spiked 4.2% to $19.5 billion." -
USPS Press Release -
Why are the finances worse than expected? -
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6 cities to train mail carriers to dispense anti-terror drugs
"Six years after the government began exploring the idea of
using postal workers as rapid-response medicine dispensers and
eight months after President Obama ordered government agencies
to develop a plan to do so, efforts are underway in six cities
to train workers to deliver the drugs needed to counter
anthrax or other potentially deadly agents, the White House
says. The White House won't name the six cities, and
Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Amy Kudwa says she
can't talk about whether more cities are interested in the
voluntary program." -
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