How a Broken Pay System Forced Postal Supervisors to Take USPS to Court
9.30.2019 – GovExec reports: “NAPS went to court because the Postal Service has violated the law’s requirement that it pay managers and supervisors a salary comparable to the pay of their private sector counterparts and that it pay them more than the workers they supervise. These managers and supervisors help to assure the prompt and efficient delivery of mail and the reliability of postal operations.” – Comments (Count)
UPU endorses compromise to let US set prices for incoming foreign mail
9.25.2019 – Linn’s Stamp News reports: “The day after the Universal Postal Union rejected a Trump administration plan for dealing with a flood of mostly Chinese packages, it overwhelmingly endorsed a compromise plan that will allow the United States — not the UPU — to set the prices for incoming foreign mail. “This is a big deal,” declared Peter Navarro, who led President Trump’s assault on the current international mail system.” – NYT: US will remain in treaty after emergency talks – Comments (Count)
Yet Another Impasse at the Postal Service as Two More Labor Contracts Expire
9.23.2019 – GovExec reports: “USPS and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union have agreed to extend talks, though the union said the number of tentative agreements the two sides have so far reached is “relatively limited.” The National Association of Letter Carriers, meanwhile, declared an impasse in its talks.” – Comments (Count)
Court Rules Postal Service’s Largest-Ever Price Increase is Illegal
9.13.2019 – GovExec reports: “The five-cent increase — a 10% jump — was the largest-ever hike for a stamp and the largest by percentage since 1995. The court, in an opinion written by Circuit Judge Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee who formerly worked in the White House as director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, called the hike “remarkable” and lacking in justification.” – Will prices now drop? – DC Circuit grants postal watchdog’s challenge to PRC’s approval of rate hike – Comments (Count)9/27/19
9/27/19
$30,000+ raised at GoFundMe for slain letter carrier – Granados was on the phone with her twin sister when incident happened – Nearing the end of her shift – NALC Statement – Comments (Count) |
9/01/19 |
Mary Granados: A Tribute to the Odessa Postal Worker Shot and Killed – Witness: Mail carrier pleaded with shooter before being shot in hip and head – Just made regular carrier last week? – GoFundMe page – Comments (Count)