05/11/2016 – The Postal Service earned $1.83 billion in operating profits in the first half of Fiscal Year 2016, according to financial results released on May 10. This marks the fourth year in a row the USPS is in the black – excluding the mandate that requires the agency to pre-fund healthcare benefits for future retirees. The Postal Service […]
05/10/2016 – The following statement is from Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union: “U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan made the right call today, upholding the Federal Trade Commission’s decision to block a deeply flawed merger between Staples and Office Depot. “Starting the day this bad deal was unveiled, our union has said it […]
WESTCHESTER (CBSLA.com) — Lisa Gaines, a victim of mail thefts, said such crimes are well-planned, well-executed and happen in her Westchester neighborhood all the time. Video footage shot from her neighbor’s house showed two men working their way down the street, going from mailbox to mailbox and stealing everything inside. “There’s been two people, one […]
SAN ANTONIO – The United States Postal Service is investigating a bizarre twist on a crime. The Postal Inspector said someone stole an entire cluster of mailboxes from a Northside neighborhood off Evans Road and Bulverde Road. “Disbelief at first,” Chris Bazany said. “Myself and a few others went out there to check it out […]
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FL – A Charlotte County mail carrier caught on video driving on the wrong side of the road has caused many to ask: Why is this happening and is it even legal? Several videos show a Placida mail carrier driving a personal car on the route, and driving on the left side. Neighbors […]
The U.S. government says it has finally put an end to what investigators call one of the longest running mail frauds in history. For more than a decade, the scheme has preyed on sick, elderly and vulnerable Americans. Here’s how it worked: Millions of people received letters promising that psychic guidance and talismans from the […]
CHICAGO (WLS) — A 26-year-old woman was shot in the chest Thursday afternoon when three men forced their way into her basement apartment in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side. The incident happened at about 4 p.m. in the 5900-block of South Kenneth Avenue near Midway Airport. The woman seriously injured and […]
DEEP ELLUM (CBSDFW.COM) – Hundreds of people in Deep Ellum are without their mail after a postal center abruptly closed its doors this week. Deep Ellum Postal and Grocery was locked up on Wednesday after the property owner claimed he had not received rent since October. Customer after customer on Friday arrived at the location […]
Decision Expected in 30 to 60 Days 05/06/2016 – Arbitration hearings on the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Postal Service have concluded and the union expects a decision in 30 to 60 days, President Mark Dimondstein has announced. During 18 days of hearings that focused primarily on the economic provisions on the new contract, the union […]
WASHINGTON TWP., MI (WJBK) – A Washington Township man is accused of scamming the US Postal Service out of more than $400,000 – using a scheme to underpay for postage. He is accused of stealing nearly half a million dollars from the postal service by underpaying for postage. According to the complaint, the Riveras’ business […]