An open letter to The Citizens of Greater Boston
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Postmaster General dodges CNN
CNN's Abbie Boudreau asks the Postmaster General why the USPS buys million dollar homes from relocating employees [Watch video]
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U.S. Rep. Lynch Asks Boston Managers
To Explain Subcontracting Policy
"It is my understanding that the vehicle maintenance work is currently being contracted out at an hourly rate which exceeds that of USPS” employees, he said. In addition, Lynch said he had seen documentation indicating that some of the work failed to adhere to maintenance guidelines and risked harm to the environment. [Read more]
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OIG Studies Support APWU Position
Subcontracting Fails Workers, Consumers, and the USPS
Recent reports by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) support the APWU position that mail processing, transportation, and retail services
often cost the Postal Service more than if the work were kept in-house. [Read more]
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USPS Unable to Justify Outsourcing, GAO Finds
The Postal Service is unable to demonstrate that it saves money by outsourcing, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report,
because it has no comprehensive mechanism to measure savings. [Read more]
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Postmaster General's Pay Package Under Fire
(These are tough times for the post office, but not for the postmaster general.)
$135,000 Performance Bonus, as Post Office May Cut Back on Service, Raises Eyebrows [Read more]
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APWU Blasts USPS Response to Postal Financial Crisis
APWU Web News Article #010-09, Feb. 10, 2009
APWU President William Burrus decried Postal Service plans to address its financial crisis in a letter to the Postmaster General on Feb. 9. “It is extremely disappointing that not a single step is aimed at reducing the loss of revenue from ‘worksharing’ discounts or from subcontracting,” he wrote, referring to a list of steps the USPS outlined in a Feb. 4 edition of News Link Extra [PDF]. [Read more]
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An Open Letter to the Postmaster General from APWU President William Burrus.
"...There must be an acknowledgement that subcontracting, outsourcing, work-hour reductions,
workshare discounts, and an unhealthy level of cooperation with major mailers and their agents have been ineffective..." [Read more]
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M.V.S. Craft President Bill Weaver writes PMG Potter
"...work going out the door at a greater cost to the Postal Service, than doing the work in-house?
How do you expect for them to be loyal, hard working employees when they see their company being mismanaged? We wonder if we have a future here.
I think not if this fiscal irresponsibility is allowed to continue. Why is this subcontracting being done? It makes no fiscal sense..."
[Read more]
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Subcontracting Practices Contribute to USPS Woes
"...You have to wonder what the Postal Service is planning in terms of a long-term strategy: It’s almost like it has a program to make the system
so inefficient that Congress will step in, break up the USPS, sell off key parts, and shut down some portions..." [Read more]
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Is this their vision for the future of the United States Postal Service?
"...The Postal Service is hopeful that the Arizona City Contract Post Office will remain open;
however, that decision will be made by the contractor.
If the contractor decides to end the contract, bids will be solicited for a new contractor.
If a new contractor is not found, P.O. Boxes may be available in Eloy or Casa Grande..."
[Read more]
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Does Post Office Hide its Lower-Cost Services?
Liz Crenshaw reports on Partial Post
A hidden camera investigation reveals what the Post Office isn't telling you when mailing packages
in Virginia, Boston or anywhere else: [nbcwashington.com/news]
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USPS acknowledges mail meltdown in AlbuquerquePostal officials shifted from denial to apology Friday as KRQE News 13 continued its series of reports on a growing backlog of undelivered mail in Albuquerque. [ Watch/Read more] *******
USPS clearing mail backlog
Still too few workers, union says
"...The Postal Service is still, as far as I'm concerned, expecting two and three and even four employees' worth of work out of one employee..." [Watch/Read more}
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