Remarks as prepared for delivery by Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy during the open session meeting of the Postal Service Board of Governors on Feb. 9, 2021. Thank you, Mr. Chair and good morning. I’d like to begin by congratulating Governor Bloom on his election as Chair of this Board, and Governor Martinez on […]
1/4/2021 In his latest video message, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy thanks employees for their efforts during the holiday season and previews 2021 for USPS. The organization delivered record mail and package volume in December while also dealing with the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. DeJoy also asks employees to set a new tone to help […]
ASM Revision: Emergency Lines of Succession Effective December 17, 2020, the Postal Service™ is revising the Administrative Support Manual (ASM), section 286.1, to update the emergency lines of succession in the event the Postmaster General is incapacitated from an enemy attack or other national emergency. Administrative Support Manual (ASM) * * * * * 2 […]
Fifty years ago, postal workers waged a heroic nationwide strike to win better pay, benefits and the right to collective bargaining. This strike also recreated the United States Postal Service as an independent agency, designed to be free from the political patronage and cronyism that had plagued the old Post Office Department. The APWU is […]
12/27/2019 But the Postal Service as a public, government-run entity is not guaranteed, and advocates in Congress, President Donald Trump’s administration, and consulting firms like McKinsey & Co. have called for privatization of the agency for some time. Those changes could come as early as next month. The United States Postal Service shipped more than […]
Now that the Board of Governors has enough presidentially appointed members to reach a quorum, the panel has gotten to work on two major objectives: finding a new postmaster general and crafting a long-term strategic business plan. Postal Governor John McLeod Barger said Wednesday at a board meeting that the board has hired the firm […]
Heroic Clerk to receive Letter of Thanks Personally signed by Postmaster General A brief ceremony honoring an Idaho Falls postal clerk for his quick action in rescuing an elderly customer from being scammed. His quick action saved the customer $900. The clerk will be presented with a letter of thanks personally signed by the Postmaster […]
Five members of USPS Board of Governors will pick new Postmaster General The prospect of Postmaster General Megan Brennan’s retirement early next year is alarming some postal union leaders, who are concerned that talk of privatizing the service comes at a time when only one of the four major postal unions has a labor contract […]
The 66th Postmaster General of the United States, age 86, died on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. He was born on August 25, 1931 in San Diego, California. From birth to death Paul was an achiever. Finding work as early as the age of 10, Paul learned that he liked to work hard. He applied his […]
The Philadelphia City Council voted unanimously on Dec. 11 to adopt a resolution to support the APWU’s efforts “to protect living-wage jobs and its insistence on the highest possible standards of customer services, opposes efforts to privatize postal operations, and calls upon Philadelphians to consider this issue when deciding whether to patronize Staples.” The council […]