The CPWU newsletter for Spring 2015 has articles about the Grand Alliance uniting postal unions and communities, the latest on the Stop Staples movement, postal banking, and efforts to stop delaying the mail. Read more.
Another kind of tax: The Postal Service cuts back at a post office deep in the hood
The Postal Service is extending collection hours at many post offices on April 15th for Tax Day, but there’s at least one post office in California that’s getting a lot less than extended hours. Customers of the Marcus Foster post office, located on International Boulevard in the heart of Deep East Oakland, have been experiencing a range of cutbacks, and one … Read More
How long does the mail take? Let the Postal Service count the days
[Note: If you have come to this site to learn how long it will take for a mail ballot to be delivered, it’s about a week, so if you haven’t mailed your ballot yet, don’t. Take it to an official drop-off location or vote in person. If you’ve come to this article to learn how long it normally may take … Read More
Hightower: Fighting back against flimflamming postal privatizers
Jim Hightower has another great piece about the Postal Service that starts with a discussion of the post office in Valentine, Texas. "In July 2011, word wafted out to Jeff Davis County that the venerable post office on Highway 90 was on USPS's list of 3,700 offices across the country under review for closure. Budgets, you know–USPS is running about $5 billion … Read More
The Postal Service is proposing to change the way it measures the on-time service performance of First Class Mail. Instead of contracting a third-party to evaluate how long it takes for the mail to be delivered, the Postal Service wants to count the days itself. The change requires the approval of the Postal Regulatory Commission, and yesterday several stakeholders and postal … Read More
Alas, poor post office: Newsweek broods on the demise of the Postal Service
Last week Newsweek ran an opinion piece entitled “Do We Need a Postal Service?” It originally appeared on the website of the Brookings Institute with the title, “The U.S. Postal Service’s existential problem.” “The U.S. Postal Service has an existential problem,” begins the op-ed, and twice more in the space of just 840 words it refers to the “existential crisis” … Read More
Joel Silver’s Dream Venice Post Office Project Is Stalled and In Debt
Nearly two and a half years after an elaborate rollout, Joel Silver's repurposing of the historic Venice post office as his film production headquarters has stalled. The project has been beset by multiple design changes, unpaid bills and taxes that are past due, interviews and public filings show. The future headquarters of Silver Pictures— covered in scaffolding and scarred by graffiti — appears … Read More
Careywood, Idaho post office closes despite ongoing appeal to PRC
The Postal Service closed the community post office in Careywood, Idaho, on March 31, despite the fact that the closing is being appealed to the Postal Regulatory Commission. The Postal Service says the replacement office in Athol is within a 7 minute drive, but a local reporter did the drive and it took 10 minutes in ideal conditions. Read more, … Read More
A happy worker is a productive worker: Postal Pulse surveys employee engagement
Last week I wrote a post about the Postal Service’s new employee survey, Postal Pulse. The Pulse replaces the Voice of the Employee (VOE), which the Postal Service has been using for the past 17 years. The Pulse is now being administered to over 600,000 postal workers, and the Postmaster General is encouraging everyone to fill it out. My criticisms … Read More
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