Local APWU Officers Investigated by DOL For Possible Embezzlement On April 1, 2010, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, David M. Matthis, former Secretary Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 205 (located in Alexandria, La.), was sentenced to three years of supervised probation, 200 hours of community […]
US Labor Department’s OSHA proposes $77,500 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Portland, OR, mail processing facility SEATTLE – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for alleged willful and serious violations of safety standards at the Portland, Ore., Processing and Distribution […]
(HOUSTON) – The owners of three third-party mailing and presort companies and several of their employees have been charged by indictment with conspiracy to commit mail fraud by possessing and using counterfeit postage meter machines to affix counterfeit postage in large mailings resulting in lost revenue of more than $14 million to the U.S. Postal […]
Rural carriers in three districts now have easy and convenient access to automated job bidding. As of June 18, rural carriers in the Northland (Minnesota and Wisconsin), Central Illinois and Tennessee districts must use automated bidding. The online process will be extended to all rural carriers by the end of fiscal year 2010. Rural carriers […]
BENEATH THE SPIN • ERIC L. WATTREE Postal Service Employee Abuse Spur Call for Citizen Action Group Do you know the names of any of the 29 coal miners who died in Montcoal, West Virginia on April 5, 2010, or what has happened to their families since that needless tragedy? Can you tell me the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – from PostCom House and Senate Joint Hearing to Discuss USPS’ Future Financial Viability Hearing will examine proposed USPS operational strategies and reforms from the perspective of customers and employee/management groups WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. in room G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, the […]
Senators ask for field hearings in Hawaii and Alaska on proposal to reduce mail delivery to five days a week U.S. Senators Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) today urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to hold field hearings in Hawaii and Alaska on a Postal Service proposal to […]
June 10, 2010 Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that an information was filed charging Tim Prioleau, age 47, of Cleveland, Ohio, with delay of newspapers by a postal employee. The information charges that on January 13, 2010, Prioleau, a city letter carrier assigned to the Newburg […]
A CHALLENGING YEAR – USPS FOCUS REMAINS ON REDUCING WORKHOURS With the Postal Service facing another challenging year, employees must continue to focus on reducing workhours and operating expenses, according to DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe. And to help USPS achieve its FY 2010 budget, one of the primary goals is to cut 93 million […]
June 14, 2010 JERRY WHITE, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent Petitioner Jerry White (“White”) appeals from the final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“the Board”) upholding his removal for eight separate incidents of accepting pay for time not worked. We affirm. BACKGROUND White was employed by the United States Postal Service […]