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USPS Testimony to House Subcommittee
"The second prong encompasses the two most critical
changes necessary to close the gap: a change to a five-day
delivery schedule and a restructuring of the retiree health
benefits prefunding schedule. These changes would enable the
Postal Service to reestablish a firm foundation for strong and
profitable growth. Without these two changes, we do not
anticipate the possibility of closing the earnings gap even
with aggressive revenue generation initiatives." -
At hearing on future of Postal Service, no
dearth of despondency -
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USPS Announces 2010 Shipping Prices
"In addition to an overall price increase of 3.3 percent,
on average, for Priority Mail, there will be new prices for
Express Mail, Global Express Guaranteed, Express Mail
International, Priority Mail International, Parcel Select and
Parcel Return Service, also effective Jan. 4. Prices for
First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, Parcel Post and other mailing
services products will not change in 2010, with the cost of a
First-Class Mail stamp remaining at 44 cents." -
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Family: Post office job pressures led to threats
"This is a case of a good man driven to obsession by the
treatment he received at work. He is really just a cool guy
who is very creative," Henry David said. "This difficulty and
pain at work has been going on for at least two years. He
disintegrated, and the obsession took control. The post office
system and management style, he just couldn't shake it off." -
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Victory: FERS Sick-Leave Credit Becomes Law
"President Obama signed legislation Oct. 28 that will allow
postal and federal workers who retire under the Federal
Employees Retirement System (FERS) to receive credit for sick
leave when they retire. The law includes a provision long
sought by the APWU and other organizations representing
federal employees, which allows FERS-covered workers to
receive a 50 percent credit for unused sick leave until Dec.
31, 2013. Starting on Jan. 1, 2014, they will receive full
credit." -
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The Postal Service's 'get well' plan? Greeting cards
"Next time you visit the post office for stamps, you might
also be able to buy (and send) your brother his belated
birthday card. The U.S. Postal Service has started selling
Hallmark greeting cards at some post offices, a one-year
experiment that may lead the nation's 34,000 postal outlets to
eventually sell other goods and services, including banking,
insurance and cellphones." -
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Why doesn't the USPS want a price increase in 2010?
"Second, the USPS wants to apply pressure on the unions, since
2010 starts the contract negotiations for two of its four
unions. Simply put, the unions will find it hard to deny that
the economic position in which the Postal Service finds itself
does not require some significant changes in the agreements
between postal management and labor." (PostalMag.com
note: This is a business strategy known as self-starvation.
See: Downsizing Isn't What It's Cracked Up to
Be) -
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Congress in no rush to cut mail delivery
"Despite the U.S. Postal Service's persistent financial
distress, Congress appears unlikely this year to approve the
postmaster general's cost-cutting proposal to eliminate
Saturday mail delivery. "There's no political will to do it
right now," said Jerry Cerasale, a lobbyist for the Direct
Marketing Association, a trade group of businesses and
nonprofit organizations that relies largely on mail to
communicate with customers. "The only way that you'd really
see it happen is if the dire financial straits of the Postal
Service continue well into the future." -
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