WASHINGTON, D.C. – 3/12/26 – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) sent a letter to the Omaha Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC), calling on an improvement to operations based on an audit by the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (USPS OIG). The letter was addressed to Director Daniel Hirai, senior processing operations leader for the […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. – 3.10.26 – U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Melissa Olson, 47, of Randolph, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to theft of mail by postal employee, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright, […]
Grand Jury Also Indicts Co-conspirator for Threatening the Victim at Gunpoint CLEVELAND – 3/10/26 – A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to his role in robbing a postal carrier of the key used to open U.S. Mail collection boxes. The robbery was part of a larger conspiracy to steal checks and later cash them for […]
3/5/26 – Today NAPS President Ivan Butts addressed the recent Memorandum of Understanding between the USPS and UPMA over the scope of UPMA representation. In a letter to Michael Elston, USPS Vice President, Labor Relations, President Butts said: USPS purports to “voluntarily” recognize UPMA as “the representative of non-supervisory, non-managerial employees” in the Postal Service. […]
March 7, 2026 Mr. Ivan Butts National President UPMA United Postmasters and Managers of America National Association of Postal Supervisors 1727 King Street, Suite 400 Alexandria, VA 22314 Dear Mr. Butts, I am writing to express my profound disappointment regarding the characterization of our organization contained in your March 5th public statement. In that statement […]
SANTA ANA, California – 3/7/26 – A United States Postal Service (USPS) supervisor pleaded guilty today to stealing approximately $284,000 in checks and up to $40,000 in other items – including gold and collector-type currency such as a Confederate $10 bill – from the U.S. mail. Joivian Tjuana Hayes, 36, of Compton, who was a […]
Thank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts with this congressional panel. I speak on behalf of the approximately 47,000 postal supervisors, managers, and postmasters represented by the National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS). NAPS will promote several supervisory- and managerial-specific bills during our upcoming legislative conference in less than two weeks. These include […]
3/6/26 – Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Congressman Jack Bergman (MI-01), and Congressman Andrew Garbarino (NY-02), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Postal Service Caucus, convened a roundtable with leaders from postal unions to discuss how the caucus can support them in protecting postal workers and improving mail delivery for constituents. “Prompt and reliable mail and package […]
3/6/206 – APWU President Jonathan Smith attended a Congressional Postal Service Caucus Roundtable discussion with postal union leaders on Thursday, March 5, at the U.S. Capitol. Postal labor leaders briefed members of Congress on the pressing issues they are facing and discussed ways to improve the Postal Service. The Congressional Postal Service Caucus is a […]
What: An event 250 years in the making. The U.S. Postal Service will release commemorative stamps honoring 25 individuals whose actions helped shape the outcome of the American Revolution. The pane of 25 Forever stamps includes portraits of individuals arranged in five rows of five. Ethel Kessler, an art director and designer for USPS, and […]