Visit the 'Alabama District Postmarks Online'

Alabama District Postmarks Online
"...news, announcements, and information that might be helpful to Alabama USPS employees. This blog will also be an extension of our quarterly newsletter, where articles and pictures that can't fit into the limited space of a print publication can be shared. This is not* an official blog of the US Postal Service...."
Reference: www.postmarksal.com

 

Business Mail Acceptance (BMA) and Plant-Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) training

Business Mail Acceptance (BMA) and Plant-Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) training
"...That’s the key focus of recent Business Mail Acceptance (BMA) and Plant-Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) training for more than 13,000 employees (Link, 2/19). And it’s the same message on two new USPS posters — one for employees and one for customers..."
Reference: liteblue.usps.gov

 

Alleged Al. shooter linked to mail bomb attempt

  Alleged Ala. shooter linked to mail bomb attempt
"...the University of Alabama professor accused of shooting three colleagues and an attempted mail bombing of a Harvard professor. Officials said Amy Bishop..."
Reference: whdh.com

 

United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) plans to furlough at least 300 pilots

 
United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) plans to furlough at least 300 pilots
"...UPS, which employs about 2,800 pilots, said Monday it is working with the pilots union, the Independent Pilots Association, to find solutions to avert or mitigate the layoffs before they take effect...."
Reference: online.wsj.com
RELATED REFERENCE: UPS, PILOTS REACH AGREEMENT TO AVOID FURLOUGHS, LOUISVILLE, Independent Pilots Association, June 8, 2009, "...Using a variety of voluntary steps, the IPA to date has identified savings totaling approximately $90 million dollars, pending final calculations. Although the full three year goal was not reached by last week’s original June 2 deadline, UPS and the union have agreed there will be no furloughs through April 1, 2010, and that the IPA will have another opportunity later this year to produce additional savings. Voluntary pilot savings generated later this year could eliminate the proposed layoffs entirely...."