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Free the Mail
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (16:06:36)
U.S. Postal Service: Time to Free the Mail| Print | E-mailWritten by Bob Adelmann Wednesday, 03 March 2010 16:08
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Tax Payer Group on USPS
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (16:04:44)
US Postal Service Plagued with UnionInefficiency, Faces Saturday CancellationsTaxpayer group supports privatization of monopolistic, non-inherently governmental serviceWASHINGTON, D.C. – Facing projected losses of $238 billion over the next ten years, U.S Read More...
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Postmasters Letter
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (16:02:45)
The Big Day finally came with the Postal Service, under the leadership of Jack Potter, made the Big Announcement. The Big Announcement wasn’t not big in that any new ideas or concepts were presented, it was big in that the Postal Service had formulated the ideas into a plan Read More...
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More Part-Time Employees
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (16:01:06)
Postal Service Plans to Use More Part-Time Employees The U.S. Postal Service plans to rely more on part-time employees as it adjusts its operations for declining mail volume.“Annually, approximately 5 percent of employees are eligible and expected to retire Read More...
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Union Rejects New Business Model
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (15:58:16)
Union Rejects USPS Call For Five-Day Delivery, New Business Model APWU Web News Article 018-2010, March 3, 2010APWU President William Burrus condemned USPS proposals to reduce mail delivery to five days per week, saying, “It would be the beginning of the demise of the Postal Service.” The USPS outlined the five-day delivery plan and other proposals at a conference March 2 Read More...
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PMG Plan for the Future
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (15:56:55)
PMG UNVEILS ACTION PLAN TO HELP ENSURE A VIABLE USPS FUTURERevenue and mail volume projections point to continuing and dramatic losses in the billions. If the Postal Service takes no action, it could face a cumulative $238 billion shortfall by the year 2020 Read More...
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Big COPA Drive
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (15:55:31)
Dear Brothers and Sisters, This is in regards to the final COPA funds raised at the APWU Eight State Conference (Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas). With all those participating, contributing to COPA, and donating items for the COPA Red and Blue Raffles, we as a conference were quite successful in raising COPA funds. The final COPA Count: A whopping $9,391.00!! Thank you all for your contributions and donations to making this COPA Fundraising a great success! All monies are in Washington, D.C., Check next month for your COPA credit. Yours in Union Solidarity, Cindy Martinez, COPA Chairperson John Zamudio, COPA Co-Chairperson President Executive Vice President Texas Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO Missouri Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO President, St. Charles, Mo. Local |
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10 Year Postal Plan
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (15:44:17)
Postal Service Outlines 10-Year Plan to Address Declining Revenue, VolumeSeeks Flexibility on Operations, Delivery; Possible 2011 Price Increase WASHINGTON –Facing unprecedented volume declines and a projected, cumulative $238 billion shortfall during the next decade, Postmaster General John E. Potter today outlined an aggressive plan of cost cutting, increased productivity, and an array of legislative and regulatory changes necessary to maintain a viable United States Postal Service.
“The crisis we’re facing gives us an historic opportunity to make changes that will lay the foundation for a leaner, more market responsive Postal Service that can thrive far into the future,” Potter said, stressing that there is no one single answer or quick fix to the crisis. READ MORE
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Grim Route Forward
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (15:42:24)
The Postal Service's grim route forwardThe U.S. Postal Service issued a worst-case scenario cry for help on Tuesday, anticipating $238 billion in losses in the next 10 years if lawmakers, postal regulators and unions don't give the mail agency more flexibility in setting delivery schedules, price increases and labor costs Read More...
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No More Saturday Delivery
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (15:33:57)
US Postal Service: no more Saturday delivery?By the Monitor's Editorial Board The Monitor's Editorial Board – Tue Mar 2, 4:48 pm ETShould the US Postal Service stop Saturday delivery? Most Americans say they can accept this, according to a Gallup poll last year. If only Congress would do the same.The USPS is in desperate financial straits Read More...
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Transformation is Essential
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (15:30:05)
Transformation is Essential to Save the Postal ServiceMarch 4, 2010Analysis by: GLG Expert ContributorAnalysis of: Postal Service Revives Cutback PlansPublished at: www.nytimes.comThe Postal Service made clear at an extraordinary convocation of the mailing community Tuesday that it is in dire financial straits for the foreseeable future Read More...
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Can Decision Wait?
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (15:28:16)
Will Difficult Decisions Wait Until 2011? Gerson Lehrman Group has published a well reasoned commentary entitled "Transformation is Essential to Save the Postal Service" Gerson Lehrman Group's interest in the USPS is due to the impact on thousands of privately held and publicly traded companies "from Wells Fargo, Time Inc Read More...
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USPS Destin to Fail?
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (15:26:01)
Is the Postal Service Destined to Fail? Minyanville has a fresh observation of the risks that a failing Postal Service would have for the American economy and the companies that rely on it today in the column, "Why the USPS is destined to Fail" Read More...
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Fewer Postal Workers
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On: Mar 05, 2010 (15:23:55)
Economy Can Handle Fewer Postal Workers http://www.cnbc.com/id/35723640One of the arguments that postal labor unions will make to try to stop some of the changes that the Postal Service wants to introduce will be the impact on employment. The employment argument resonated while the economy was shedding jobs Read More...
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Postmasters Report
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (15:25:32)
“The Postal Service must now make changes to its business model such as deliveryfrequency and retail networks to secure affordable universal service for all Americansinto the future,” says Potter.Opening a conference on the future of the Postal Service on Tues., March 2, 2010, inWashington, D.C Read More...
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5 Day Delivery
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (15:23:31)
Postal Service seeks 5-day deliveryBy DONNA LEINWAND | Last Updated: March 2, 2010
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Dire Outlook for USPS
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (15:21:29)
New studies reinforce dire outlook for USPSBy GREGG CARLSTROM | Last Updated: March 2, 2010
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USPS Outlines Plan
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (15:18:37)
Postal Service Outlines 10-Year Plan to Address Declining Revenue, VolumeSeeks Flexibility on Operations, Delivery; Possible 2011 Price IncreaseWASHINGTON — Facing unprecedented volume declines and a projected, cumulative $238 billion shortfall during the next decade, Postmaster General John E Read More...
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Facts about the USPS
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (15:17:03)
Facts and figures about the post office (AP) – 1 day ago WASHINGTON — Facts about the Postal Service: _ The post office moves mail on planes, trains, trucks, cars, boats, ferries, helicopters, subways, hovercraft, street cars, bicycles, feet and even mules. _ Those mules carry mail to Indians living at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Because some of that mail is food, the post office at Peach Springs, Ariz., has freezers to store it until delivery. _ Oldest post office in the same building: Hinsdale, N.H., 1816. _ Smallest post office, Ochopee, Fla., 8-feet-4-inches by 7-feet-3-inches. _ Floating post office, post boat JW Westcott delivers mail to ships passing in the Detroit River. The boat has its own ZIP code, 48222. _ Longest rural route: Route 1, Fordsville, N.D., 176.5 miles daily to serve 174 mailboxes. _ Shortest rural route, Route 42, Henderson, Nev., 1.9 miles daily, 640 mailboxes. _ Number of mail pieces handled daily in 2009, 584 million. _ Payroll every two weeks, salary and benefits, $2.1 billion. _ Vehicles operated: 218,684. _ Address changes processed last year: 43.8 million. _ Number of new delivery addresses added to the mail system last year, 923,595. |
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Dramatic Changes
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (15:15:04)
USPS plan would make dramatic changesMarch 3, 2010 - 11:54amBob BernstockClick to hear the interview Download mp3 -->
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Better But!
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (14:32:35)
USPS' December - Better But Still on the Precipice USPS finances marked steady improvement on a month-by-month basis in its first fiscal quarter. These improvements allowed it to earn a small operating profit in the December and a smaller than forecast loss for the quarter Read More...
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National Reassessment Process
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (14:29:14)
USPS Statement for Response to Media Inquiries Only Regarding the National Reassessment ProcessFebruary 28, 2010 by LuFiled under: Injured On Duty, nrp, owcp, press releases, usps The non-tax supported U.S. Postal Service views the safety and well being of its employees as its top priority Read More...
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New Business Model for USPS
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (14:01:48)
Potter To Lay Out New Business Model For USPSJim Tierney February 23rd, 2010Last October Postmaster General John E. Potter called fiscal 2009 “devastating” and said change was coming.In that October address to the National Press Club, Potter said: “We’re facing cost requirements that just can’t be squared with the realities of the business Read More...
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Last Mile Strategy
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (13:56:31)
LAST MILE STRATEGYby Robert CohenThe following is derived from work the author performed for the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General.Should the Postal Service pursue a last mile strategy? A strategy that emphasizes delivery and deemphasizes the Postal Service’s retail, processing and transportation functions, which are outsourced Read More...
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A Call for Clarity
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (13:52:19)
Postal Service Reform: A Call for ClaritybyMurray B. Comarow“Clarity is a necessary but not sufficient condition: one can be clear and boring, clearand useless, clear and untruthful, clear and vulgar, but these are subjects for anotherdiscussion. If one is not clear there is no message at all.”--Primo LeviCongress and the U.S. Postal Service Read More...
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Overpayment
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (13:48:20)
Why the $75 Billion overpayment is “pie in the sky”Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 2:21PMThe expression “easier said than done” comes to mind when talking about the USPS being overcharged $75 billion for its share of the CSRS pension payments identified by the USPS’s Office of Inspector General Read More...
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Postal Misconceptions
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On: Mar 03, 2010 (13:43:53)
Postmaster general addresses postal misconceptions
Postmaster General John E. Potter at the National Press Club in October. (AP)
Postmaster General John E. Potter defends the U.S. Postal Service against five misconceptions, writing in Sunday's Washington Post just days before the nation's mail service is expected to outline significant changes in its business plan. "Tough technology and market conditions are creating new challenges for our business," Potter writes for Sunday's Post Outlook feature "Five Myths." "Misconceptions about the future of our enterprise abound; dispelling these myths will show that we can continue to deliver the mail." Potter's five myths: 1. The Postal Service wastes taxpayer dollars. 2. The Postal Service is inefficient. 3. Mail is not reliable. 4. The USPS is not environmentally friendly. 5. The USPS can't compete with the private sector. Regarding the fifth myth, Potter notes that UPS and FedEx are two of the Postal Service's biggest customers. "Our competition pays us to deliver more than 400 million of their ground packages every year in residential areas and on Saturdays," Potter writes. "In turn, the USPS contracts with UPS and FedEx for air transportation to take advantage of their comprehensive air networks." What would you change about the Postal Service? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Profitable December
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On: Mar 01, 2010 (17:11:21)
December Was Profitable for U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service had something in December it hasn't seen in a long time -- a profitable month.The Postal Service had net income of $179 million for the month, it revealed in a report filed yesterday with the Postal Regulatory Commission Read More...
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Mail in Crisis
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On: Mar 01, 2010 (17:07:44)
The Crisis Is in the MailThe CFO of the U.S. Postal Service is lobbying Congress and the Obama Administration in order to stave off a cash shortfall at the agency.David M. Katz - CFO.com | USSpeaking recently from snowbound Washington, D.C., Joseph Corbett sounded remarkably cheerful for the CFO of a business that may not be able to pay its bills after September 30, the end of its fiscal year Read More...
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