The “See Mail in a New Light” video shows how mail and digital technology work together to help businesses serve their customers. USPS News Link – 7/29/19 – A series of new Postal Service videos show how mail works with digital technology to continually inspire customers to make purchases and engage with businesses. The series […]
Repeal WEP The WEP is Unfair – and Here’s Why Americans across the country pay into Social Security and expect to receive the benefits they have earned when they retire. Unfortunately, because of a well-intended but flawed policy known as the Windfall Elimination Provision, or the WEP, some workers — specifically teachers, firefighters, police officers […]
Carilla Hayden, a Chicago letter carrier, joined a special guest star in last year’s USPS holiday advertising campaign. USPS News Link – 7/26/19 – The Postal Service is giving employees more time to audition for this year’s holiday advertising campaign. The deadline to submit audition videos for the campaign, originally set for this week, has […]
APWU News – 7/25/19 – Thousands of APWU members joined our nationwide phone action on Tuesday, July 23 to tell Congress to fix a bad law that has put our public Postal Service in jeopardy. More than 5,000 postal workers, allies, and community supporters called their Representative in Washington, DC and asked them to cosponsor […]
TOPEKA, KAN. – 7/24/19 – A grand jury today returned indictments against two Kansas postal employees charged in separate cases with stealing mail, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Stacy A. Vasko, 31, Salina, Kan., was charged with two counts of theft by a postal employee. The indictment alleged she stole gift cards from the mail. […]
A tractor-trailer carrying mail crashed into several parked cars and a home on Preston Avenue in Meriden Thursday morning and the family is displaced until the home can be repaired. Officials said the tractor-trailer hit a van, an SUV and a truck before hitting a home and pushing a tree through a bedroom. The homeowner […]
USPS is continuing to expand its shipping and packages business, part of the organization’s efforts to grow revenue. USPS News Link – 7/24/19 – The Postal Service intends to deliver packages for United Parcel Service (UPS) on Sundays. The arrangement is part of the Postal Service’s broader efforts to expand its shipping and packages business, a […]
Enhancements Support UPS Revenue Quality and Growth Objectives UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the most extensive roll-out of new customer services and capabilities in the company’s recent history. The new solutions are designed to capture growth opportunities in strategic markets: small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), e-commerce, high-growth international countries, and healthcare and life sciences. These market […]
LOVE COUNTY, Okla. (KXII) – A postal worker was killed in a crash Tuesday afternoon in Love County. Troopers say Jennifer Ferdon, 62, of Ardmore, was on her daily route when her Jeep collided with a Love County road grader around 12:30 p.m. near the intersection of Scott and Legate roads about 20 miles northeast of […]
Hudson County Man Charged With Assault On Postal Worker DOJ – 7/23/19 – NEWARK, N.J. – A North Bergen man was arrested today on charges that he attacked a postal worker, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Eduardo Perez, 34, is charged by complaint with one count of assaulting a federal worker. He is scheduled to […]