WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Postal workers in Lycoming County help collect thousands of pounds of food for their community every year. Members of the nonprofits that receive support from that collection stopped by the post office on Thursday to say thank you. Most every morning, you’ll find dozens of mail carriers starting their day sorting through […]
A mail carrier’s compassion and quick thinking helped save a woman’s life after she noticed the woman hadn’t collected her mail in a couple of days. A good deed turned out to be the difference between life and death for one Phoenix woman. Mail carrier Kerry Farnham questioned something odd when one resident didn’t collect […]
A woman with a flower searches a sea of graves for a family member buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in 2013. USPS News Link – The United States will observe Memorial Day, a federal holiday to remember members of the armed forces who died while serving the nation, on Monday, May 27. […]
APWU – 05/21/2019 – It is that time of the year when the Postal Service wants to take your pulse! Like previous years, the 2018 Postal Pulse survey showed the USPS what we already knew: Your work environment is not good; your supervisors treat you poorly and morale is low. The mean score changed by […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The family of a U.S. Postal carrier continues to grieve the shocking loss of Pepe Hernandez. He was killed while delivering mail in southwest Albuquerque. “It’s been hard,” said Nikki Hernandez, who was married to Pepe. “We miss him, we are all grieving.” Nikki said she became worried on April 22 when Pepe […]
BOSTON – 5/21/19 – A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee has been sentenced in federal court in Boston with embezzling over $18,000. Rashayna Seney, 26, of Randolph, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to time served (one day) and three years of supervised release with the special condition that during […]
PEN – 5/19/19 – A former Postal Inspector filed a discrimination and wrongful termination Federal lawsuit (1:19-cv-652,see attached complaint) in the Eastern District of California (EDC) credibly alleging the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) supervisors Mack Gadsden Jr, Jennifer Vincent-Hiland, executive (California, Hawaii, Guam) Raphael Nunez, executive (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana) Anthony Galetti, […]
A Gallup survey released this week ranks USPS first among 13 government agencies in delivering excellent or good customer service. USPS News Link – 5/16/19 – Nearly three in four Americans say the Postal Service is their favorite federal agency, according to a Gallup poll released this week. USPS ranks first among 13 agencies measured […]
PEN Exclusive – 5/17/19 – A Stockton CA Postal Inspector, Daron Tarver, is scheduled to appear in Sacramento Federal Court on May 23, 2019, stemming from his arrest and indictment (USA v Tarver 2:18-cr-223 see attached complaint) late last year alleging that he had unlawfully opened a package not sent or addressed to him containing […]
As new neighborhoods and subdivisions are being built all over East Tennessee, Congressman Tim Burchett wants to give homeowners have a say in where their mail gets delivered. Rep. Burchett introduced a resolution last month that would let local groups work with the U.S. Postal Service to decide which type of mailboxes are wanted in […]