CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) – Dozens of Clovis families said they’re in fear of identity theft after thieves stole mail in an entire neighborhood. The latest rash of mail theft happened Tuesday according to neighbors near Shaw and Temperance. Nine community mailboxes that neighbors said are easily jimmied open– then they have access to everybody’s mail […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Police and a postal inspector visited the Summerscape Apartments on SE 44th and Bryant Wednesday night. They investigated after a woman reported seeing a mail man throw away an entire bucket of letters. “We were sitting in my office and we witnessed the postman pull up on property, go right over […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Jim Richter’s been selling his brooms at Indianapolis post offices for decades – until recently. In February, the 78-year-old was told by a postal official at the Nora branch that he’s no longer welcome on postal services properties. Richter, who is blind, says he’s been selling brooms at post offices since the 1950s. […]
BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) – Just about everyone in Boise, the Treasure Valley, probably the entire country has received a package in the mail via the United States Postal Service. Some of us have received a small yellow envelope with our package displaying a “Balance Due the Carrier” asking you to enclose the amount due and leave it […]
Monday April 4, 2016 – OTTAWA – In what postal workers say is a “cynical attempt to provoke a labour dispute,” Canada Post Corporation has filed for conciliation surprisingly early on in its negotiation process with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. “This is unprecedented in our history,” said Mike Palecek, national president of the […]
NALC News – Mar 31, 2016 – The U.S. Postal Service’s February 2016 and year-to-date 2016 results were posted earlier last week on the Postal Regulatory Commission’s website. They can be found here. For the month of February, the Postal Service had a $233 million operating profit. Year-to-date through February 2016 (the first 5 months of […]
APWU News – 03/31/2016 – According to the Postal Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) Annual Compliance Determination Report (ACD), the Postal Service failed to meet the majority of service performance targets in fiscal year 2015. Service performance remains “substantially below their targets,” the March 28 report found. The Postal Service lowered service standards in January 2015 – but failed to meet […]
HONOLULU – 3/29/16 – “I am worried about if they will copy my check. Make fraudulent checks and start writing their own checks.” Lorna Fan started using the blue collection box in her neighborhood in Aiea, because mail was stolen from her private mailbox on her street. She never expected this would happen. “On that day, actually […]
NALC – March 29, 2016 Public unions score victory with Supreme Court decision The Supreme Court deadlocked 4 to 4 on Tuesday in a case that had threatened to cripple the ability of public unions to collect fees from workers who chose to not join and did not want to pay for the unions’ collective […]
April 29 Deadline for Workers Who Weren’t Listed or Whose Listed Amounts Were Wrong APWU – 03/29/2016 – The Postal Service notified the APWU that management has almost completed the paperwork to correct payment amounts due to employees for the initial portion of a $56 million monetary settlement of grievances protesting managerial personnel performing Clerk Craft duties […]