Roanoke, VA – A an informational picket is planned outside Congressman Bob Goodlatte’s office this week as a way to let the public know about coming proposed changes. Earlier this month the US Postmaster submitted changes to the standards that will end the overnight delivery standard. It will be replaced with a two day standard.
Sen. Thomas Carper: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement reacting to the Postmaster General’s announcement that the Postal Service will consolidate up to 82 mail processing facilities: “Given the U.S. Postal Service’s ongoing financial difficulties, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Postmaster General is moving […]
The following is a report from USPS Office of Inpector General (OIG) “Timely Processing of Mail at the Boston, MA, Processing and Distribution Center” This report presents the results of our self-initiated audit on the timely processing of mail at the Boston, MA, Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) in the Greater Boston District in the […]
Union members are sure to breathe a sigh of relief following a recent notice from the Postal Service to the APWU. Excessing related to Area Mail Processing events has been placed on “indefinite hold,” according to a Feb. 14 letter [PDF] from Postal Service to the APWU. As a result, the Postal Service is now […]
On Dec. 20, I headed to the post office at 600 Church Street perform my presidential duties for the Norfolk Local Branch of The American Postal Workers Union. I was swarmed by customers with packages in their hands. They must have been thinking that if any post office in Suffolk were open it would be […]