Video: FOX25 Investigates fraud within the US Postal Service

Video: FOX25 Investigates fraud within the US Postal Service

BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) — The U.S. Postal Service is billions of dollars in debt, and FOX25 Investigates has uncovered fraud inside the agency. Hundreds of employees are accused of cheating the system. Documents obtained from the USPS Inspector General show hundreds of postal workers are accused of committing fraud by cheating on time sheets and still […]

Postmaster General and CFO Host Web Call on U.S. Postal Service End of Fiscal Year Results

Postmaster General and CFO Host Web Call on U.S. Postal Service End of Fiscal Year Results

What: Telephone/Web Conference on U.S. Postal Service Fiscal 2015 End-of-Year Results Who: Postmaster General and CEO Megan J. Brennan; CFO and Executive Vice President Joseph Corbett When: Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at 11 a.m. ET Background: Postmaster General & CEO Megan J. Brennan and Chief Financial Officer Joseph Corbett will host a telephone/Web conference call to discuss the financial […]

APWU Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge in Response to ‘Stay Survey’

APWU Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge in Response to ‘Stay Survey’

PSEs Urged Not to Participate APWU News – 11/06/2015 – The American Postal Workers Union has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in response to the “Stay Survey,” in which the Postal Service asks newly hired non-career employees about their job satisfaction and the quality of their working conditions. The APWU is […]

U.S. Postal Service Expects to Deliver More than 15 Billion Pieces of Holiday Mail and Packages This Year

U.S. Postal Service Expects to Deliver More than 15 Billion Pieces of Holiday Mail and Packages This Year

USPS to handle more than half a billion packages this season – 10.5 percent volume increase WASHINGTON — The Postal Service expects to deliver a total of approximately 15.5 billion cards, letters, flats, and packages during the 2015 holiday season. In addition, they are projecting approximately 600 million packages will be delivered between Thanksgiving and New […]

Video: Absentee voters miss mark: Why the mail may be to blame

Video: Absentee voters miss mark: Why the mail may be to blame

LUCAS COUNTY, OH (WTOL) – Nearly 200 potential Lucas County voters who sent in an application to vote absentee in Tuesday’s election won’t get the chance after missing the deadline. LaVera Scott, the Deputy Director of the Lucas County Board of Elections, says they received 198 absentee applications in Monday’s mail, missing the Saturday deadline. […]

APWU: NLRB Calls Interference on Staples

APWU: NLRB Calls Interference on Staples

11/04/2015 – The APWU won an important legal victory on Nov. 4 when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled unanimously that Staples cannot intervene in hearings on charges that the USPS illegally subcontracted work to the office-supply chain. “The ruling is very significant,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. If Staples had been allowed to intervene, it could appeal […]

Ex-Postal Service Employee Pleads Guilty to Workers Compensation Fraud

Ex-Postal Service Employee Pleads Guilty to Workers Compensation Fraud

Ashton Luck, 29, from South Roxana, Illinois, pled guilty to a six-count Indictment that charged one count of workers compensation fraud and five additional counts of making false statements, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Luck faces up to thirty years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and […]