September 03, 2010 Affordable Mail Alliance: Don’t Allow the USPS to Continue Costly Business Practices Businesses and Non-profits cannot afford to Pay for the Postal Service’s Excessive Costs Washington, DC – The Affordable Mail Alliance – a growing coalition of non-profits, Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, major trade associations, consumer groups, and citizens representing the […]
MURDER BY PROXY: HOW AMERICA WENT POSTAL Postal Workers in Florida Can See New Documentary Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal on a Big Screen Los Angeles, CA – August 30, 2010. A new documentary on violence in the USPS, Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal, will be screened at two Florida film […]
What: The U.S. Postal Service will pay tribute to Mother Teresa, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. Noted for her compassion toward the poor and suffering, Mother Teresa, a diminutive Roman Catholic nun and honorary U.S. citizen, served the sick and destitute of India and the world for nearly […]
LOS ALTOS, CA (KGO) — A USPS truck set on fire and melted after its driver turned on the ignition in Los Altos on Thursday afternoon. The letter carrier escaped not injured. Investigators are trying to determine if the truck was parked over a broken gas main along La Barranca Road. Read Full Story: Peninsula […]
Postal Service Ends Third Quarter with $3.5 Billion Loss Cash Shortfall Likely in 2011; Customer Service Scores Remain High WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service ended the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 (April 1 – June 30) with a net loss of $3.5 billion, compared with a net loss of $2.4 billion for the […]
The following is excerpts from DR. MICHAEL J. RILEY’s testimony before the PRC on behalf of the NALC. Dr. Riley was CFO of USPS from August 1993 to July 1998. PURPOSE OF TESTIMONY The purpose of my testimony is evaluate whether the Postal Service’s proposal to eliminate Saturday delivery is necessary and whether it is […]
OSHA has cited a Vermont processing center for safety violations and is seeking $420,000 in fines. USPS has 15 days to respond to the OSHA citations. White River Junction postal employees triggered the probe OSHA said Thursday. WBZ TV said “An inspection that began Jan. 30 found untrained or unqualified employees routinely performing troubleshooting, voltage […]
Self-proclaimed local white supremacist leader Brian Moudry apparently doesn’t care much for his mailman either. Federal postal inspectors paid Moudry, 33, a visit after he allegedly threatened to plant a bomb in a letter carrier’s truck on Saturday morning. According to a police report, Moudry’s postal problems stemmed from his having stopped his mail delivery […]
July 19, 2010 Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA) It’s Time to Fight Back It is time for poor and Middle-class workers to start fighting back. The corporate community has become increasingly prone to take shortcuts on safety, create hostile work environments, undercutting and even stealing wages from gainfully employed workers in the name of […]
Sunday Funnies Comic Strips Debut on Stamps COLUMBUS, OH — The U.S. Postal Service celebrated five newspaper comic strips by dedicating the Sunday Funnies stamps today. The 44-cent First-Class stamps honor comic strips: Archie, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes. The strips, as well as their characters, may have changed over […]