APWU – 02/12/2016 – The Clerk Craft recently settled four disputes as part of a pre-arbitration review process that was agreed upon by APWU President Mark Dimondstein and the Postal Service, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced. Clerk Craft Assistant Director Lamont Brooks negotiated the settlements. “The settlements should reduce tension and grievances on issues that […]
APWU – 02/15/2016 – With arbitration for a new contract set to begin on Wednesday, Feb. 17, the union’s negotiating team, attorneys, economists, workers and other experts are busy making last-minute preparations. “We’ve worked many long hours preparing to testify and present a strong case,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “We’re ready for the challenge.” As the […]
Harvey’s hero Talk show host honors postal employee USPS News Link 2/12/16 Rock Hill, SC, Letter Carrier Mark Pizzo appears on TV with Shaquitta and Kayden White and Steve Harvey this week. Photo: SteveHarveyTV.com Mark Pizzo isn’t just a hero to the Postal Service. The Rock Hill, SC, letter carrier who recently saved a 7-year-old girl from […]
NALC 2/12/16 – NALC has scored a significant victory in national arbitration involving the authority of regular panel arbitrators to provide a remedy when the Postal Service wrongfully causes a letter carrier to lose accrued annual leave. In an award issued Feb. 3, 2016, National Arbitrator Dennis Nolan has rejected the Postal Service’s attempt to […]
People who work outdoors are bracing themselves for bitterly cold temperatures this weekend, including Connecticut’s United States Postal Service letter carriers. Paul Crooks said he stays protected from the biting cold New England winter temperatures by layering his clothes every day. He typically wears four layers on top and two on the bottom, along with […]
Vivian “Missy” Tyler dons a pair of boots and trudges through recent Maryland flooding to open the post office in Ewell.
KINGSTON, Ohio (WCMH) — Icy roads may be a challenge for one postal worker, but they won’t keep her from delivering mail. From Circleville to Chillicothe, the southern parts of the region have been hit with the worst of the snow over the last few days. That area could be getting another inch of snow […]
SEVIERVILLE (WATE) – A disabled veteran in Sevierville is faced with a new hardship. He was told six days ago the mailbox in front of his home has to be moved half a mile away. The postmaster says there are pot holes in the road leading to the veteran’s house. While the U.S. Postal Service […]
BURLINGTON, N.C. — A United States Postal Service driver FOX8 profiled in 2013 for saving someone’s life is now in need of prayers himself. Mickey Wheeley suffered bruises and bleeding to the brain Tuesday from an injury on the job. Burlington Police Department officials said the 73-year-old was delivering mail on Hanford Road when a 2008 Mazda […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville Metro Police say a mail carrier was shot in the face Wednesday morning during a drive-by shooting. It took place in the 800 block of Dearborn Avenue, near Garland, at around 10:30 this morning. We’re told the regular mailman for the street was making his daily rounds. One witness says she […]