Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Why is USPS employee rated satisfaction so much lower than UPS and FedEx?

Does Employee Satisfaction at UPS and FedEx Affect Their Stock Prices?

From the article: "...FedEx employees gave their company an average "3.6" rating for quality. UPS employees, in contrast, scored their company a 3.3, and U.S. Postal workers gave USPS a lowly 2.8...."


Article Reference: www.dailyfinance.com

Monday, November 25, 2013

Seanate postal reform bill pushed back for important concerns

Senate committee Postal reform bill markup pushed back for second time

From the article: "...Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) said in a Sep. 19 statement that he has serious concerns about the bill because it doesn't protect six day delivery and rural customers...."


Article Reference: www.fiercegovernment.com
Postal reform bill

Friday, November 22, 2013

USPS supervisor arrested

Postal supervisor arrested

From the article: "...a supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service stole a piece of mail from the loading dock..."


Article Reference: www.rep-am.com

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

American First Day Cover Society

American First Day Cover Society

From the article: "...a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement and collecting of first day covers. ..."


Article Reference: www.afdcs.org
American First Day Cover Society

Friday, November 15, 2013

Retired postal worker opens up about his time in Vietnam


Sarasota High security aide opens up about his time in Vietnam

From the article: "...Ramsay, a retired postal worker from New York on his second career as a school aide, said he felt compelled to open up about his 11.5 months in Vietnam. ..."

Article Reference: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20131108/ARTICLE/131109662

Thursday, November 14, 2013

There’s a law against discriminating against users of the mail

What's fair is fair: Amazon customers get delivery on Sunday, SRO residents get none at all

From the article: "...The Postal Service is going to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays only to customers who live in New York and Los Angeles; eventually the program will encompass a few other big cities like Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans. That seems like it would discriminate against people who live everywhere else, particularly the residents of rural America, who will probably never get Sunday delivery, no matter..."


Article Reference: www.savethepostoffice.com
39 U.S.C. 403(c), law against discriminating against users of the mail,

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

New union leadership vows to defend a public postal service, fight privatization

New postal union leader promises more aggressive defense of ‘public postal service’

From the article: "...Management hasn’t proposed it directly to Congress, but everything they are doing is lining the Postal Service up for privatization. ..."


Article Reference: www.washingtonpost.com
APWU, Postal Privatization, privatization of the postal service,