Pay & Benefits
Pay Raises Coming for 130K Postal Employees, Along With Higher Health Care Costs
USPS says the new contract will lead to "continued restraint" on labor costs.
Management
USPS Regains a Functioning Governing Board for the First Time in Five Years
Five Trump appointees sit on the panel, finally reinstating its quorum.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Supervisors Sue for Better Pay
After the Postal Service largely ignored the non-binding findings of a mediation panel, supervisors sued for retroactive pay increases.
Management
Would-Be Postal Regulators Pledge to Hold Mailing Agency More Accountable
PRC nominees say hitting performance goals, finalizing pricing system are top priorities.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service Floats Big Cuts to Employee Pay, Leave and Benefits
New postal workers would no longer earn a pension under preliminary business plan.
Pay & Benefits
After Dramatic Workforce Reductions, Postal Service Sees Spike in Overtime Hours
Faulty scheduling and fewer employees led to overtime uptick, IG says, in spite of mail volume decline.
Pay & Benefits
U.S. Postal Employees’ Retirement Assets Are Invested More Cautiously Than Those of Their Foreign Counterparts
Legally mandated strategy is not risky, but also does not produce high returns that might help reduce a gap in pension assets and liabilities, report notes.
Management
Postal Service Scores Victory After Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge From UPS
Court will not consider appeal that the Postal Service is unfairly calculating package costs.
Management
Latest Effort to Overhaul the Postal Service Hits New Snag
Lawmakers want more details on USPS' long-term plans before committing to legislative relief for cash-strapped agency.
Employee Policy
Lawmakers call for halt to closing Postal Service facilities
A bipartisan group of senators — totaling 44 by Aug. 15 — has joined in calling for legislation that, for the next fiscal year, would prevent any further closures of Postal Service facilities.
Employee Policy
APWU backs lawmakers move to block postal closures
The American Postal Workers Union this week worked to rally support for an effort in the Senate to turn back the U.S. Postal Service's plan to shutter or consolidate 82 mail processing facilities across the country.
Employee Policy
More city letter carriers out after dark, IG says
The July 21 OIG audit report cites recent media reports regarding incidents of after-dark violence against city carriers, and a growing displeasure among postal customers concerning after-dark deliveries.
Employee Policy
Postal bill would drop 15M addresses from to-the-door delivery
A House panel advanced a bill that would compel 15 million postal customers who currently have mail delivered to their doors to retrieve their mail instead from curbside mailboxes or from clusters of neighborhood lock boxes that provide "secure centralized delivery."
Employee Policy
Another major postal union announces opposition to Staples pilot
The National Association of Letter Carriers formally announced it will join other postal unions in a "national day of action" to protest what organizers call the "privatization of postal services" at Staples office supply stores.
Employee Policy
USPS reports losses; postal reform bill advances
The U.S. Postal Service this month reported some improvements in its overall financial picture in the first quarter of its 2014 fiscal year, but the agency said it nonetheless finished the quarter with a net loss of $354 million.
Employee Policy
USPS posts losses; postal reform bill advances
While the U.S. Postal Service reported some improvements in its overall financial picture in the first quarter of its 2014 fiscal year, it nonetheless finished the quarter with a net loss of $354 million.
Employee Policy
Labor supports some proposed postal schemes, pans others
According to a new white paper from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, USPS is in a good position to help "financially underserved" postal customers by offering them a suite of financial services in addition to the money orders and international money transfers it already provides—and some postal unions agree.
Employee Policy
No vote on postal reform bill
A Senate committee this week postponed consideration of a postal reform bill after committee members were unable to resolve several key issues and proceed with the mark- up of the legislation.
Employee Policy
USPS postpones facility closures
The U.S. Postal Service has put off a slated second round of mail processing center closures.
Benefits