The National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service have reached tentative agreement on a national labor contract, covering 213,000 active city letter carriers across America. The tentative agreement includes provisions rewarding all letter carriers for their contributions to the Postal Service’s extraordinary comeback following the Great Recession; narrowing the compensation gap between […]
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) – A mail carrier was attacked while on the job in Memphis on Tuesday. Memphis Police Department said a man was assaulted around 11:30 a.m. at Highland Meadows Apartments off Airways Boulevard. U.S. Postal Service spokesperson confirmed the man assaulted was a mail carrier who was going about his daily duties. “That […]
5/11/2017 – Mailman Mike (Michael Martinez), a letter carrier from Long Island, was critically injured last month while on duty. Mike was loading his mail bag to start a delivery when he was struck by a car outside. Mike’s leg was completely severed. He remains in the ICU. You may read previous coverage and watch […]
LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) – Thieves looking for private information such as checks and credit card applications are willing to do anything. That includes hitting those drop boxes that are supposed to be a trusted place for your mail. For folks around central Ohio like Mary Szuter, they can no longer say the check is […]
A federal grand jury returned an eighteen-count superseding indictment against Anthony Shelton, 19; Nigel Garrett, 21; Chancler Encalade, 20; and Cameron Ajiduah, 18, charging them with conspiring to cause bodily injury to persons because of the sexual orientation of those persons, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District […]
Evaded More than $573,000 in Taxes over a 16-Year Period A former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revenue officer who is a resident of Greensboro, North Carolina, was sentenced to serve 43 months in prison today for tax evasion and corruptly endeavoring to impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws, announced Acting Deputy Assistant […]
On May 10, the U.S. Postal Service released a report on its financial performance for the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2017, covering January, February and March of 2017. Here is National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando’s statement about this report: Today’s financial report shows the underlying business strength of the U.S. Postal […]
Warren, MI, Letter Carrier Michael Hendren collects food donations during last year’s Stamp Out Hunger with help from his grandsons, Jason and Joshua Kozak. PMG Megan J. Brennan is thanking employees for their efforts to prepare for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive, to be held Saturday, May 13. The National Association of Letter Carriers […]
Background: The U.S. Postal Service provides pension and health insurance benefits to its retirees. Postal Service employees participate in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) pension programs. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administers these programs, including projecting future CSRS and FERS assets and liabilities for the federal government […]
Corpus Christi PD says postal customers should not put off checking their mailboxes. “We’ve been seeing a trend where mailboxes have been broken into here in Corpus Christi,” Lt. Michael Pena said. Thousands of tax return checks are now making their way through the postal service, so what better way for thieves to target you? […]