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ECONOMICS BLOG: Postal banking
Nearly 100 million people in the U.S. are either unbanked or underbanked.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Nov. 3, 2014
Today we’re reading about targeting political ads…organized nurses…postal appreciation…and international arguments against postal privatization and service cuts.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 31, 2014
Today we're reading about letters to Louisiana editors…and how the U.S. Constitution even protects giant inflatables.
ECONOMICS BLOG: What’s in a name? Controllable income is operating profit
For hard-to-fathom reasons, in the third quarter of this year, USPS decided to change the name of a key line in its quarterly results slide presentation—from “Operating Income/(Loss)” to “Controllable Income/(Loss).”
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 30, 2014
Today we’re reading how USPS’ financial crisis is a manufactured one…and how further cuts in mail processing would have a serious impact on residential and commercial postal customers.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 29, 2014
Today we’re reading about support for real postal reform…strategic and beneficial partnerships with private carriers…and a seat at the table for workers (at last?).
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 28, 2014
Today we’re reading about the impact of proposed closures or consolidations of 82 mail processing plants, and the enduring appeal of postage stamps.
NALC election results announced
NALC President Fredric Rolando and Executive Vice President Timothy C. O'Malley are among those elected or re-elected to national office, the National Election Committee has announced.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 27, 2014
Today we’re reading about postal profitability…the ongoing fight against processing plant closures…expansion of grocery deliveries by letter carriers…how the 3-D printing revolution could benefit USPS…and the downsides of contracting-out delivery jobs.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 23, 2014
Today we’re reading about jail time for carrier assailants…more about retirees’ COLA…a brightening jobs picture…and holiday shipping dates.
ECONOMICS BLOG: Oct. 23, 2014
The Economic Policy Institute says that today’s minimum wage is worth roughly 25 percent less than the minimum wage in 1968.
ECONOMICS BLOG: Boost or Bust
Boost or Bust: Jobs and Places: A "Simply-Put" video that provides a brief illustration of how to make the core points emerging from research on communicating job quality.
ECONOMICS BLOG: Raise the Floor Wisconsin (Minimum Wage Edition)
Another new report advocates increasing the minimum wage.
ECONOMICS BLOG: Comment on closures, relocations
The USPS OIG wants to hear from you about your experiences with reductions in postal services.
ECONOMICS BLOG: Resources for USPS data
Wondering where to find data on the Postal Service? A lot of information can be found on the websites of three organizations in particular.
Sombrotto Post Office dedicated
A post office in Manhattan was named in honor of the late Vincent R. Sombrotto, the leader of the Great Postal Strike of 1970 and, later, the long-serving NALC president.
2015 retiree cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)
The 2015 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for retirees will be 1.7 percent.
TODAY'S TOPICS: Oct. 22, 2014
Greetings from your neighbor to the north, where Canadians' median incomes are increasing thanks to their unions and their home delivery is decreasing thanks to Canada Post
TODAY'S TOPICS: Oct. 20, 2014
Today we're reading about cluster-box controversies...packs of pit-bulls...and unhappy stampers.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 16, 2014
Today we’re reading about postal reform…mail processing plant closure resistance…a post-Nov. 4 legislative landscape…and a brighter economic picture.
OSHA Review Commission decision re letter carrier John Watzlawick
On July 24, 2012, John Watzlawick, an Independence, MO, letter carrier lost his life as a direct result of heat illness. Following an investigation, citation (and challenge) and trial, a decision was issued on September 10, 2014.
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 15, 2014
Today we’re reading (on a fairly slow postal news day) about the value of direct mail during political campaigns.
POSTAL FACTS: Oct. 14, 2014
President Rolando’s op-ed in a Palm Springs paper; Minnesota letter carriers convene, rally; Bakersfield community celebrates carrier’s retirement; retirees as HCAs; could Chaffetz be the next Oversight chairman?
TODAY’S TOPICS: Oct. 14, 2014
Today we’re reading about the ongoing plant-closure battle…hiring holiday carrier assistants…Google’s deliveries…Alaska’s Senate battle…and how “a rising tide lifts all boats.”
Pencil or pen, all votes will be counted
Ballots and instructions for the 2014 NALC Officer Election were mailed Sept. 29-30 to 265,914 members eligible to vote.