A pensioner who painted a postbox gold in honour of Olympic gold medalist Alistair Brownlee has branded Royal Mail ‘miserable’ after it quickly covered over his handiwork.
Peter Moran, 82, was inspired to pick up a paintbrush after watching his neighbours the Brownlee brothers secure the gold and bronze medals in the gruelling triathlon on Tuesday.
Canadians will soon be able to mail letters bearing the image of one of the most renowned of the Righteous among the Nations: Raoul Wallenberg.
Last week, Canada Post announced it would issue a Wallenberg stamp on Jan. 17, 2013, exactly 28 years after the country posthumously bestowed honorary citizenship on him.
It will mark the first time an honorary Canadian receives the distinction.
Read more: Wallenberg stamp to be issued in 2013 | The Canadian Jewish News.
Several dozen rural mailboxes in eastern P.E.I. will soon be removed and some residents in Beach Point are not happy about the decision.
Beach Point is one of the last communities to have their mailboxes evaluated as part of Canada Post’s five-year safety survey across the Island.
The corporation plans to remove 58 boxes from the area before winter.
Read more: Residents unhappy with rural mailbox move – Prince Edward Island – CBC News.
The UK’s Post Office Ltd is introducing specially-trained mortgage specialists into its branches to take the next step in growing its mortgage business.
The company said the move will change the way mortgages are sold throughout its network, as it seeks to position itself as a “genuine alternative” to the major banks and become a top-ten mortgage provider.
Read more: Post Office bid to become mortgage heavyweight in UK | Post & Parcel.
PESHAWAR: The Postal Services of the Peshawar Division said on Friday an investigation had proved that no robbery had been committed at the Pabbi post office in Nowshera district.
Responding to a news item that appeared in a section of the press on August 3, a press release by the Superintendent of the Postal Services, Peshawar Division said an inquiry was launched after the news about the alleged robbery at the Pabbi post office was carried by some newspapers.
via No robbery was committed at post office: officials – thenews.com.pk.
CHENNAI: D’Light Solar Lanterns will be available in all head post offices in the city from 16 August. Customers can also avail the service using e-payment facility.
India Post has been selling lanterns through identified rural post offices in the Chennai city region on a pilot basis. "It was a huge success and now we are making it available in all the head post offices also," said a senior India Post official. The inaugural function will be held at Chennai General Post office, near Parry’s Corner on 16 August, the official added.
via Head post offices to sell solar lanterns – The Times of India.
NEW DELHI, India, August 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –
Infosys, a global leader in consulting and technology, today announced that it has been selected by the Department of Post, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India for a mission critical program that will enhance India Post’s financial services across 150,000 post offices in the country. This is part of the ‘India Post 2012′ modernization program that aims at bringing transparency, agility, flexibility and scalability to India Post’s operations. Read the rest of this entry »
In explaining why he gave up the title of APWU “President Emeritus”, Bill Burrus says he did it because some in the APWU leadership were preparing to rescind the honor in retaliation for Burrus’s scathing criticism of the contract the APWU negotiated with the postal service. Burrus now calls that contract “the worst contract in the history of collective bargaining”:
The contract was ratified by a vote exceeding 70% of the voting members and I continued to express the negatives that were intended to be shifted to the next generation of postal employees, but the agreement was so badly written that even the positives that were highly trumpeted were unenforceable. The employees who were expected to benefit on the backs of the next generation began to realize that the promised positive changes were smoke and mirrors and my criticism intensified. The apologists for the worst contract in the history of collective bargaining took offense and turned their anger at the source of the criticism in defense of their flawed decision to support a contract that reduced wages by 40% for nothing positive in return. The contract could not be renegotiated so they directed their wrath at my criticisms in an effort to punish me for serving as a rallying point for the growing number of unsatisfied members. With few options of retaliation, they proposed the withdrawal of Emeritus status.
via BurrusJournal.org.
Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled [PDF] on Aug. 1 that employees represented by the APWU who transfer to or are excessed into non-APWU crafts may not carry the protection against layoffs they have earned under the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement to their new crafts. Career employees in all crafts currently earn lifetime protection against layoffs after six years of “continuous service,” but all career employees represented by the APWU enjoy protection against layoffs, regardless of their length of service — provided they were on the rolls as of Nov. 21, 2010.
The dispute arose after the APWU and USPS concluded negotiations on the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement, which included a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that extended protection against layoffs to regular workforce employees — including those with less than six continuous years of service — provided they were on the rolls as of Nov. 20, 2006. The APWU negotiated a similar MOU during bargaining for the 2010-2015 contract, extending protection for the life of the contract to career employees who were on the rolls as of Nov. 21, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Canada Post is rolling out a new look and new set of features for its digital mailbox.
IT World Canada’s chief content officer, Dave Webb, speaks with the president of ePost, Kerry Munro.
via IT Business – Business Advantage through Technology – Security Recent News.
