USPS – 3/17/20 – The United States Postal Service is closely monitoring the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation and continues to follow strategies and measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health departments. The CDC has information available on its website at https://www.coronavirus.gov that provides the latest information about COVID-19. We […]
Two employees at a United States Postal Service facility in White Plains have tested positive for coronavirus. One of the employees is in the hospital, while the other is recovering at home. Many employees within the facility say they are concerned for their health and safety and are not looking forward to returning. “People have […]
DOL – On February 28, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Janet Pilcher, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 536 (located in Rome, Ga.), was indicted for embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $65,033, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The charge […]
The first version of the Cremated Remains Animal Kit includes a roll of Priority Mail Express adhesive tape. The Postal Service has introduced a kit to ship cremated remains for pets and other animals. Two versions of the Cremated Remains Animal Kit — which must be shipped through Priority Mail Express — are available: • […]
St. Louis, MO – DOJ – 3/11/20 – Aaron Hiner, 55, Ferguson, MO, was sentenced to a five year term of probation and six months home confinement for stealing prescription medicine from the United States Mail. Hiner appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Henry A. Autrey. According to court records, Hiner was an employee of […]
The big news is in – 200,000 postal workers represented by the APWU have a new union contract! Neutral Arbitrator and Interest Arbitration Panel Chair Stephen Goldberg issued his binding decision on the terms of the new union contract between the American Postal Workers Union and the United States Postal Service. The Award was the product of […]
BOSTON – DOJ – 3/10/20 – A Springfield man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield for theft of United States mail and destruction of government property. Jose Luis Sanchez, 45, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni who scheduled sentencing for June 11, 2020. Luis Sanchez admitted that on Aug. […]
From GAO What GAO Found In 2018, U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) retail facilities, such as post offices, generated about $10.5 billion in revenue and cost approximately $5 billion to operate, making them profitable overall. While such facilities accounted for about 15 percent of USPS’s total fiscal year 2018 revenues, and about 7 percent of its […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A North Austin woman told KVUE her community mailbox was broken into Saturday. Valeri Rodi moved to the Wells Branch community and her greeting was not ideal. “This happens every week, but this is the first time this mailbox has been hit,” said Rodi. Rodi’s mailbox and everyone else’s in the cluster […]
DOJ – 3/6/20 – OKLAHOMA CITY – JAMES BRYAN BARNES, 53, of Norman, has been sentenced to a 24-month term of probation for embezzling postal funds and making false postal record entries, announced United States Attorney Timothy J. Downing. As a condition of his probation, Barnes will be required to serve 72 days in prison. According to […]