Procession for Ohio postal carrier who died of cancer just after his retirement

Procession for Ohio postal carrier who died of cancer just after his retirement

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio (WJW) – The North Royalton Post Office and North Royalton Police Department will be honoring city carrier Matthew Nawal Wednesday morning. Nawal retired from the North Royalton Post Office last month, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Postal truck and police will have a procession in front of Matthew’s home Wednesday. Fox 8 News

USPS distributing face coverings to all employees

USPS distributing face coverings to all employees

USPS News Link 7/6/20 – The Postal Service is providing all employees with new face coverings, part of the organization’s effort to ensure their safety and well-being during the coronavirus pandemic. Hot-weather cloth face coverings are being distributed and are available for mail carriers, vehicle maintenance facility employees and others who work outside in districts […]

Collins, Feinstein Introduce Bill to Provide Up to $25 Billion in Emergency Financial Relief for U.S. Postal Service

Collins, Feinstein Introduce Bill to Provide Up to $25 Billion in Emergency Financial Relief for U.S. Postal Service

Washington, D.C. – 7/2/20 – In a bipartisan effort to support the U.S. Postal Service, which has experienced significant declines in first-class and marketing mail volume due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced legislation today that would help shore up the agency’s finances to ensure it survives […]

Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) Fights to Support the Postal Service – Introduces bipartisan bill to provide $25 billion in relief due to COVID-19

Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) Fights to Support the Postal Service – Introduces bipartisan bill to provide $25 billion in relief due to COVID-19

U.S. SENATE – 7/2/20 – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced a bipartisan bill to provide the United States Postal Service (USPS) with $25 billion in funding to keep their operations afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic and procure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect Postal workers. “The postal service supports Montana jobs and provides critical […]

Nebraska postal employee convicted for opening U.S. Mail

Nebraska postal employee convicted for opening U.S. Mail

6/30/20 – United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Renee L. Coats, 58, of Hastings, NE, was sentenced today in Lincoln by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for opening and destroying U.S. mail as postal employee. Coats was sentenced for a term of 3 years’ probation with special conditions, and an additional […]

Former New Jersey APWU Secretary-Treasurer That Pleaded Guilty To Embezzling $34,500 In Union Funds Sentenced

Former New Jersey APWU Secretary-Treasurer That Pleaded Guilty To Embezzling $34,500 In Union Funds Sentenced

DOL – On June 17, 2020, in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Camden), Robert Peter, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 526 (located in Blackwood, N.J.), was sentenced to six months of home detention and three years of probation. Peter was also ordered to pay $34,500 […]

Former Ohio postal employee sentenced to prison for drug trafficking, mail theft

Former Ohio postal employee sentenced to prison for drug trafficking, mail theft

COLUMBUS, Ohio – DOJ – 6/26/20 – Laquise O. Johnson, 31, of Columbus was sentenced to 36 months in prison for receiving shipments of marijuana and methamphetamine from California at a post office box he rented where he worked and for stealing items from the mail. According to court documents, Postal Inspectors began investigating reports […]