On Feb. 25, 2015, the U.S. Postal Service’s financial results for the month of January 2015 were posted on the Postal Regulatory Commission’s website. For the month of January 2015, the Postal Service reported a $195 million operating profit. For the fiscal year to date, USPS now has a $1.325 billion operating profit. The $195 […]
The U.S. Department of Labor —Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) – Criminal Enforcement Actions On January 21, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Athens Division, Cynthia Collins, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 12 (located in Athens, Ga.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement […]
Going Postal: Post Office Worker Sues Colleagues, Claims Defamation of Character A Bolingbrook, Illinois postal worker (also a former NALC steward) has filed a lawsuit claiming four USPS management officials “disparaged him with libelous comparisons to violent people.” Christopher A. Johnson, a city letter carrier since 2007, filed his defamation of character lawsuit on February […]
From Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers: The Postal Service financial turnaround is continuing into its third year of operating profitability, never more evident than in this quarter with its $1.1 billion operating profit and the increase to $7 billion in available cash. The CFO called it “a fantastic quarter.” This […]
Obama budget proposes eliminating 6-day delivery and seeks to begin reducing door delivery service for customers. February 2, 2015 – Statement by NALC President Fredric Rolando, on today’s release of President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal: With the release of its FY 2016 budget proposal today, the Obama administration once again has embraced […]
From NALC January 23, 2015 – The NALC and the Postal Service have settled national level case Q06N-4Q-C 11084998 concerning whether the maximization provisions of the MOU Re: Maximization/Full-time Flexible – NALC apply when an installation is under Article 12 withholding. Go here to view the m-number document. NALC and USPS settle case over maximization | National Association […]
1/13/2015 – USPS November 2014 financial results: On Dec. 24, the Postal Service results for November and fiscal year-to-date 2015 were posted on the Postal Regulatory Commission website. For November, USPS reported a $59 million operating profit. Add that to the $633 million operating profit from October, and you see that, for the first two […]
1.12.2015 – Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Sam Graves (R-MO) have introduced a bipartisan House Resolution to preserve six-day mail delivery, including Saturday delivery, by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The Connolly -Graves resolution (H.Res.12) expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the USPS should take all appropriate measures to preserve a vital […]
On September 10, 2014, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) Administrative Law Judge Peggy Ball upheld the willful citation issued to the U.S. Postal Service Truman Station in Independence, Mo., by OSHA following the July 24 2012 death of a letter carrier with 28-years of service. The letter carrier developed heat-related illness symptoms, […]
The 114th Congress was sworn in on Tuesday, and in the House of Representatives, Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) wasted no time in renewing their commitment to preserving six-day mail delivery by quickly introducing H.Res. 12. One of the first pieces of legislation introduced in this session of Congress, H.Res. 12 is […]