NPMHU – 2/16/17 – With ratification of the 2016 National Agreement now complete, the National Office has been notified that the Postal Service will be implementing the prospective application of the November 2016 general wage increases during Pay Period 5 of 2017, which starts this Saturday, February 18, 2017. Also expected to be implemented in […]
Phoenix Council Rejects Sanctuary City Proposal PHOENIX (Courthouse News) – 2/16/17 – Phoenix will not become a sanctuary city, after its City Council voted 7-2 against the measure Wednesday in a raucous and contentious meeting. The vote came two weeks after a petition was submitted to the City Council by Rick Robinson, a two-time Republican […]
Boeing South Carolina Workers Say Resounding No to Unionization (Courthouse News) – 2/16/17 – Workers at Boeing’s South Carolina plant in North Charleston overwhelmingly rejected an effort to unionize the plant on Wednesday, voting 2,097 to 731 to preserve the status quo at the facility that turns out the aerospace giant’s 787 Dreamliner. A total […]
WASHINGTON (Courthouse News) – Seventeen Oregon counties have challenged President Obama’s 48,000-acre expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southern Oregon, claiming the executive order prohibits logging the counties desperately need. President Bill Clinton designated the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument of 52,000 acres straddling the California and Oregon border on June 6, 2000. Eight days before he left […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio – 2/15/17 -Two former Cleveland mail carriers accused of delivering marijuana to a drug dealer while on their routes were placed on electronic monitoring Tuesday. Devon Blake, 25, was sentenced to eight months on electronic monitoring and three years’ probation after pleading guilty to accepting bribes as a public official. Rashon Blake, 25, was […]
TULSA, Oklahoma – A Tulsa family says someone put their mail delivery on hold, and when the mail finally arrived, they realize someone stole their identity. The Irvin family said it took them three days to realize someone was hijacking their mail, and identities, to apply for credit cards. Rebecca and Richard Irvin knew something […]
LUETOWN – People residing in Bluetown are wondering if their mail service will continue after their mailboxes were destroyed. People have had their mailboxes destroyed twice in the past nine months. Resident Robert Martinez said he didn’t expect for it to happen again. He said he’s worried about his mail and the information inside them. […]
Bottles of alcohol were found in a postal worker’s vehicle in Vernon on Tuesday, police said. Vernon Police were called about a postal employee delivering mail in the Olsen Drive/Valerie Drive neighborhood who appeared to be drunk at 1 p.m. When police located the driver, Shawn DuPerry, 55, he was given a sobriety test but […]
APWU News – 02/15/2017 – Career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 16 cent per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective March 4, in accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement (Postal Support Employees are not eligible for cost-of-living increases, but they receive five general wage increases under the 2015-2018 contract). The increase is the result of an […]
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