USPS News Link – 7/16/20 – The Postal Service has a new resource to help ensure compliance with its face covering policy in states and cities across the nation. USPS requires all employees to wear face coverings when there is a state or local face covering order or directive in place or when an employee — including […]
APWU 7/13/20 – Over the recent weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has raged across the country. Overall cases across the US have increased. The percentage of positives tests are increasing, and it was recently announced the overall COVID-19 caused death rate has increased. In many areas, COVID-19 cases are spiking to all-time highs—higher than even the […]
Austin M. Thomas, age 29, is charged with theft of mail matter by postal employee on or about September, 2019 and continuing through January, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
PEN – 7/12/20 – We have read media reports claiming that mail-in voting is the way to go in current and future elections. You may or may not agree with this philosophy – we do not agree with this train of thought. Voting by mail could ‘possibly’ lead to opening the flood gates for fraudulent […]
DOJ – 7/10/20 – A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned on indictment charging Brittany Freeman, 27, of Johnston City, Illinois (Williamson County), with four counts of theft of mail by a postal service employee. Freeman worked as a mail carrier for the Goreville post office. The indictment charges that […]
USPS News Link – 7/9/20 – In his first letter to USPS employees, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expresses his pride in their service to the American people and his eagerness to work with them to secure the organization’s future. “I commit to working with you to create a long-term, viable operating model for the Postal […]
7/9/20 – From the National Postal Mail Handlers Union USPS Issues Mandatory Stand Up Talk July 8, 2020 (pdf) Please find linked above, a copy of the above reference document from the Postal Service regarding COVID-19 test kits in the mail. According to the Postal Service, they have partnered with several manufacturers, vendors, and laboratories to […]
Inconsistent deliveries, mail missing for weeks – CBS 2’s Tara Molina continued Thursday night to dig into U.S. Postal Service issues across Chicago. On Thursday, she asked our congressional representatives what can be done to help. CBS Chicago
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – DOJ 7/9/20 – Thomas Cooper, a mail carrier in Pendleton County, has admitted to attempted election fraud, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Cooper, age 47, of Dry Fork, West Virginia, pled guilty to one count of “Attempt to Defraud the Residents of West Virginia of a Fair Election” and one count […]
CHICAGO (CBS) — No mail for weeks – we’ve learned it’s not just one Chicago neighborhood waiting. CBS 2’s Tara Molina first exposed the issue Tuesday night in Hyde Park. But now, she has learned Chicago’s Association of Letter Carriers confirms what USPS denies – there are problems. With more and more people ordering online during […]