1.2.15 PostalReporter.com reported several days ago that as it stands now most of the plants are scheduled for closure/consolidation starting in April and not January 2015. In fact there are no plants scheduled for closure in January 2015. The first graphic show plants on the list that were already in the process of closure. Also, […]
How can we stop the usps from lowering service standards and closing or consolidating mail processing plants? How can we reach our communities? How can we motivate our legislators and neighborhood organizations? How can we reach the businesses in our cities and town? We must let residents know the effect the reduction in service standards and […]
12.16.14 Senator Carper’s office disputes story that he tried to attach U.S. Postal Service overhaul to budget bill But what is most interesting – from this account in GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE magazine on line – is for all Carper’s talk about the need to compromise, the senator resisted compromise on his own vision for USPS, and […]
12.12.14 PRC rejects NAPS request to open inquiry on USPS plant consolidations and expected mail slowdown Last month NAPS submitted a request to PRC to open inquiry on USPS plant consolidations and mail slowdown The National Association of Postal Supervisors has requested the Postal Regulatory Commission to assess the impact of the Postal Service’s planned […]
…a major civil rights coalition is concerned that current policies could dull the luster on that legacy. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights says Postal Service consolidation plans could harm the black community that has depended on it. In a related issue, the Leadership Conference also urged the Senate to delay confirmation of […]
Updated 12.12.14 USPS Offering Special Voluntary Early Retirement Postal Employees in the targeted offices started receiving their Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) offers on November 28,2014. The letter enclosed stated NO INCENTIVE. The Irrevocability date is January 9, 2015. The effective retirement date is January 31, 2015. The VER was offered to postal employees who work […]
Published on Nov 26, 2014- Will Santa get Cindy’s letter in time for Christmas? Only with YOUR help! Contact your Congressperson, Senators, and the Postmaster General, and tell them to stop the closure of Mail Processing Facilities nationwide, including the Mid Hudson Plant in Newburgh, NY. It’s time to Stop Delaying America’s Mail! This message […]
NAPS Leg/Reg Update – November 25, 2014 The National Association of Postal Supervisors has requested the Postal Regulatory Commission to assess the impact of the Postal Service’s planned consolidation of 82 mail processing facilities, slated to begin in January 2015. The consolidations are expected to slow down delivery of much of the nation’s mail, especially […]
USPS Fiscal Year 2015 Integrated Financial Plan (excerpts) The FY2015 IFP projects controllable income of $0.5 billion (as shown on the table to the right), versus a controllable income of $1.4 billion in FY2014. Controllable income excludes retiree health benefits (RHB) pre-funding and non-cash adjustments to workers’ compensation. All revenue and controllable income comparisons to […]
Note: The following are excerpts from an article by the Wall Street Journal. Megan J. Brennan Sees ‘Plenty of Upside’ for Financially Strapped Postal Service Ms. Brennan, who has spent nearly three decades at the agency since her yearlong stint as a letter carrier, is on deck to become the nation’s first woman postmaster general. […]