On January 26, 2016, in the United States District Court for South Dakota, Southern Division, Susan Haugen, former Treasurer of the South Dakota American Postal Workers of America (APWU) State Association (located in Huron, S.D.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $30,782, in violation of 29 U.S.C. […]
On January 19, 2016, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Jesus Gonzales, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 300 (formerly Local 488-489), located in Lansing, Mich., pled guilty to making false entries in financial records required to be kept by the LMRDA, in violation of 29 […]
Great shakes Former Alabama employee’s band wins Grammy Awards USPS News Link 2/18/16 Brittany Howard performs with Alabama Shakes. Image: KLRU-TV Before she became a rock star, Brittany Howard had a different gig: She delivered mail. Howard is lead singer and guitarist for Alabama Shakes, the group that won Grammy Awards this week for best […]
CORONA, Calif. (KABC) – Neither rain nor snow can stop the U.S. mail, but thieves, that’s another story. A community in Corona has found its postal delivery shut down after multiple reports of identity theft and letters being stolen from locked mailboxes. The residents of Sycamore Creek had complained to the U.S. Postal Service for […]
The greater Rochester area got blasted with snow Tuesday. The weather makes it tough for everyone — especially those working outside like postal service employees. On Wednesday, News10NBC’s Amanda Ciavarri went along with a postal worker as they made their routes. We also asked the worker what residents can do to make their jobs easier. […]
On the opening day of arbitration for a new contract, APWU President Mark Dimondstein stated the union’s case in an impassioned presentation to the arbitration panel. The text is below. “The interests of the 200,000 postal workers represented by the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, are contained in the preamble of the APWU National Constitution. […]
DALLAS – A Dallas homeowner says she’s glad for her home security cameras, otherwise she may not have known what her mailman was up to. She was bugged by what she saw so she called FOX 4’s Saul Garza for help. Read more
Chicago postal worker Darnell Hamilton championed his street smarts on “Survivor” but he needed some water smarts instead. Hamilton, 28, was the first contestant kicked off the 32nd season of “Survivor” after he accidentally dropped his team’s goggles during a challenge to pull paddles out of the ocean and place them in a boat. Hamilton’s teammates had […]
DURHAM, Calif. – Brandon Amundsen, 24, of Chico was arrested Thursday after Butte County deputies investigated what they called a suspicious black SUV driving in the area of Oro Chico Highway and Lott Road in Durham. Deputies said they found heroin and methamphetamine in Amundsen’s vehicle as well as several pieces of mail. Some of […]
NALC has received from the U.S. Postal Service this stand-up talk about the Zika virus (below) along with related information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the virus. Mandatory Stand-Up Talk Feb.11, 2016 Zika virus in the news You may have heard news reports about the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquito bites. The […]