(Courthouse News) – 2/10/17 – Hit with a libel lawsuit over its publication of a dossier with unverified claims that a Russian tech guru executed cyber-attacks on the Democratic party, BuzzFeed apologized for releasing the man’s name but stood by its decision to publish the document. In a written statement provided to Courthouse News, the internet […]
CINCINNATI (Courthouse News) – 2/10/17 – Michigan’s elimination of payroll deductions to political candidates does not infringe on union employees’ First Amendment rights, but it cannot be implemented until current collective-bargaining agreements expire, the Sixth Circuit ruled. Argued last week, Michigan State AFL-CIO v. Schuette focused on changes made to the Michigan Campaign Finance Act, or MCFA, following the […]
SPRING BRANCH, TX – SPRING BRANCH, TX – A female postal worker is in the hospital after being shot in the leg Saturday morning. According to U.S. Postal Inspector Michael Martinez-Partida, the woman was shot and her vehicle was taken during a robbery along River Way Road in Spring Branch north of San Antonio around […]
MEMBERSHIP RATIFIES 2016 NATIONAL AGREEMENT The members of the NPMHU have overwhelmingly ratified the terms of the 2016 National Agreement with the Postal Service. The vote to ratify exceeded 93%, with the official certification still to be issued by the American Arbitration Association later this weekend. More details about the vote totals will be distributed […]
NALC – 2/11/17 – Congress returned to business in January to a transformed capitol city. We have a new president and one-party control of the federal government. Fortunately, postal reform has strong bipartisan support and our goals have not changed. Our strategy, of course, will have to change to reflect the new landscape. This week, […]
It was the last thing Susan Branson-Smith ever thought she’d see. “I thought I had just seen a ghost.” She mailed a care package to her dying father Larry, who lived in Las Vegas. She sent it seven years ago. “The postal date when it was shipped originally was January 5th, 2010,” she said. It […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two veterans are upset after they said they were not allowed inside a Kansas City post office location because they have service dogs. One veteran, who asked to not be named, was unable to pick up his package on Tuesday at the location inside Union Station. The employees told him he […]
2/9/17 – On his first official day serving as the 84th Attorney General of the United States, Jeff Sessions arrived at the Justice Department and met with top department leadership right after greeting department employees in person and through a video message. Following a visit on Capitol Hill with Luther Strange, who was appointed by […]
NALC President Fredric Rolando’s statement on the Feb. 9 release of the U.S. Postal Service’s financial statement for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2017, covering the months of October, November and December of 2016: Today’s Postal Service financial report shows a $522 million operating profit for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2017, demonstrating […]
WASHINGTON (CN) – The Senate on Wednesday approved Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general, bringing to a close one of the most contentious nomination fights of President Donald Trump’s young presidency. The 52-47 vote fell mostly along party lines, with the exception of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., who voted with all Republicans to […]