WASHINGTON — USPS – 12/12/17 – With a new year just around the corner, the U.S. Postal Service is raising the curtain to provide a sneak peek at a portion of its 2018 stamp program. Icons such as Lena Horne, John Lennon and Sally Ride and will be immortalized on Forever stamps next year. Stunning […]
Arbitrator Das sides with union for arbitration victory APWU News – 12/12/2017 – Arbitrator Shyam Das found in favor of the APWU again in the union’s on-going efforts to enforce the Global Settlement Memorandum of Understanding (GSMOU) and the Global Settlement Remedy Agreement (GSRA) for implementing the GSMOU. In an award issued December 8, 2017, Das found that the “End of […]
12/11/17 – Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the following statement on the attempted terrorist attack in New York City: “The President is exactly correct about the changes we need to our immigration system. We have now seen two terrorist attacks in New York City in less than two months that were carried out by […]
(GREENSBORO, N.C.) — WFMY News 2 takes a look inside the Greensboro USPS distribution center as we get ever closer to Christmas. With Christmas cards and online shopping for gifts and sending those presents, the U.S. Postal Service is very busy, right now. “It’s an opportunity to shine. To show what we’ve got, and to […]
ATLANTA (CBS46) – We’re learning some things have changed at the post office, while others remain the same. You may remember, when CBS46 first started investigating why mail delivery seems to always be behind schedule in Metro Atlanta, we tried tracking down Atlanta postmaster, Omar Coleman, at his office. Instead of answering our questions, he […]
Former Postal Employee Sentenced to over 6 Years in Federal Prison for Selling at Least 6,240 Credit Cards Stolen from the U.S. Mail SANTA ANA, California – A Garden Grove man who worked for the United States Postal Service for more than two decades was sentenced today to 75 months in federal prison for stealing thousands […]
On November 14, 2017, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Brenda Schaefer, former Treasurer of National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) Local 39 (located in Chesterfield, Mich.), was sentenced to one year of probation and was ordered to pay $11,570 in restitution and a $25 special assessment. On July […]
? UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio – The Postal Service says you might be seeing delays in mail arrival because they are bombarded with packages. It’s projecting a 10 percent increase in package volume this holiday season, compared to last year. That means mail carriers are working extra hours to deliver, and the mail might get there […]
QUEENS — When the traffic gets bottlenecked during rush hour on Northern Boulevard and 55th Road in Woodside, NYPD Inspector Tom Conforti hopes drivers will notice the huge billboard attached to the Long Island Railroad trestle. “Learn about Mail Fishing and Check Washing,” the billboard tells all who pass by. It’s a campaign that was […]
ANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A U.S. postal worker was caught on camera after literally throwing a package on the front porch of a Lansing home. Vince Vincent has lived in his home that’s just south of Lansing’s downtown for nearly 6 years. He says in the entire time he’s lived there, he’s never seen a […]