Frank Loose was close to leaving work for the day when a co-worker operating a forklift ran over his foot, crushing three toes, 10 years ago. The operator put the machine in reserve and rolled over his foot a second time. The incident followed a dispute at the U.S. Postal Service plant on Lyell Avenue […]
APWU News – 07/06/2016 – In a supplemental decision issued on July 5, Arbitrator Ira Jaffe ruled in favor of the APWU on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMCs), also known as Network Distribution Centers (NDCs). The supplemental decision clarified an Oct. 19, 2015, award in which Arbitrator Jaffe ruled that the USPS violated Article 19 of the Collective […]
(WXYZ) – A local United States Postal Service worker admitted to stealing around $2,000 worth of gift cards from the mail since 2015, according to a criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court. The report indicates a customer made the initial call to the Postal Service in December to report four missing Visa gift […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More people in Woodbine are coming forward with postal problems. Last month, we told you how some neighbors are not getting their deliveries. Now neighbors say they’re having to do deliveries themselves. “There are government employees, I’m paying for this,” South Nashville resident Paul Jenson said. Those who lives in this South Nashville neighborhood […]
KAKE.com | Wichita, Kansas News, Weather, Sports via PEN WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) – A mail dropbox on the east side of Wichita is where people put in their mail, only to learn it wasn’t getting where it needed to go. Some of the checks were being washed and cashed, but KAKE News has since found out […]
Reuters July 06, 2016 – A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a former postal worker’s disability discrimination lawsuit against her union, ruling for the first time that bias claims against unions do not require proof that they violated their duty to represent workers. A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
Canada Post said it has issued a 72-hour lockout notice to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), raising the spectre of a work stoppage by Friday. The announcement came hours after Canada Post said its latest offer presented on June 25 was fair and reasonable and that it still hoped to negotiate a deal with the […]
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LINCOLN, Neb. – The City Fire Inspector said around midnight, vandals put a homemade explosive in a mailbox at a house next to the corner of Evergreen and Ponderosa. The people who live there told the inspector they heard an explosion around that time, but thought it was just neighbors setting off their fireworks. Inspector Donald […]
Indianapolis Letter Carrier Howard Stevenson is interviewed by a TV news crew this week. USPS News Link – TV news cameras were rolling at the Indianapolis Post Office’s Mapleton station this week when Letter Carrier Howard Stevenson retired after 56 years. “I love the Post Office and my job,” he told WRTV News. “I really like […]