SAN TAN VALLEY, AZ – Residents are reporting possible postal problems in a San Tan Valley neighborhood again. It’s nothing new for the residents who’ve been dealing with USPS problems for months–this time in a neighborhood near Gantzel and Combs roads. “It steadily has gotten worse,” neighbor Chris Bethel says. He says just six weeks […]
SOUTH LA (CBSLA.com) — At least two people were hospitalized after a big rig crashed into a Tom’s Jr. Burger restaurant in South LA early Saturday morning, investigators said. Read more
APWU – 03/11/2016 – Over the past 14 months, five workers at Michigan’s Metroplex Processing and Distribution Center have died, and 480-481 Area Local President Roscoe Woods is demanding answers. The facility, located in Pontiac, sits on the site of a toxic former car manufacturing plant. A gas-venting system was installed in mail processing center to stop […]
APWU – 03/11/2016 – Three more days of hearings in the arbitration for a new contract wrapped up on March 10. In testimony that lasted most of the day on March 8, union economist Kathryn Kobe reviewed a series of graphs and charts illustrating the current state of the workforce and supporting the union’s proposals for wages […]
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID 2nd District) visited Pocatello Thursday, where his first stop was to meet with Bannock County commissioners about current issues. The biggest complaint commissioners had was the recent closure of the mail processing facility in Pocatello. Their concerns were not only the slow mail, but that important mail […]
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Tom Bennett is home on sick leave after a terrifying night on the job. Tom drives a semi-truck for the U.S. Postal Service and he was on his regular route late Monday night. Just as he passed under the NE 33rd Avenue overpass on I-84, Tom says he heard a loud noise […]
PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) – American Postal Workers Union leaders are demanding more answers and further investigation after five US postal workers at the mail center in Pontiac have died on the job. These deaths happened in a 14-month time frame, the latest occurring in October of 2015. Area Local 480-481 Union President Roscoe Woods tells […]
In the flier distributed this week, the postal worker wrote in part: “During the period of March 12- March 25, 2016, I would really appreciate your help. The USPS “counts” every piece of mail, parcels, etc. that I handle. The purpose of this 2- week sampling is to set my pay, paid time off, etc. […]
Tucson News Now via PEN TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) – Many Tucson residents are concerned their votes in the upcoming Arizona presidential primary election will not be counted if the Cherrybell mail center, located near East 22nd Street and South Kino Parkway, closes. The center has kept their doors open despite budget issues that […]
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — The first thing you notice about SW 9th Terrace in Blue Springs is the less-than-attractive mailbox in front most of the homes. The boxes, stuck on stakes, are propped up in big plastic buckets like the kind you get from Home Depot for painting. Neighbors here say they’ve been living with […]