A locked mailbox is supposed to offer security, but for potentially hundreds of people in Albuquerque, that security up in the air. The United States Postal Service Wednesday night confirms there is a counterfeit master mailbox key in someone’s possession right now, and it’s being used. Albuquerque’s own area postal inspector says workers are trying […]
Calumet City’s Darnell Hamilton said working at the postal service has prepared him for the upcoming season of “Survivor: Kaoh Rong.” “I’m going to tell you right now that the postal service lives up to its reputation of ‘postal’ so I’ve been playing this ‘Survivor’ game well before I even got out here,” Hamilton said in a […]
01/20/16 – NALC President Fredric Rolando is scheduled to testify on Thursday, Jan. 21, before the Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee during a hearing titled, “Laying Out the Reality of the Postal Service.” The hearing should begin at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. President Rolando’s testimony is set for the hearing’s second panel. You […]
1/20/16 – NALC The NALC and the U.S. Postal Service have settled two national-level cases. The parties have settled national-level case Q06N-4Q-C-09106125 (M-01868) concerning the excessing rules when employees from other crafts are excessed into the letter carrier craft outside of their original installation. NALC and USPS also have settled national-level case Q11N-4Q-C 15037141 (M-01867) […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A San Francisco woman did all she could to safeguard a gift she was mailing. But when her gift went missing, her claim went nowhere. Luckily Rita Viale had sent it by registered mail and insured it for $500. She filed a claim with the post office. “And I said ‘this […]
From PEN Editor: If you want your mail stolen – have it sent to a USPS cluster box. All they have to do is pop it open with a screwdriver…in seconds your mail is in their hands. Rural type box? add a lock to it. CHICO, Calif. – 1/17/16 – Vandals broke into a Chico […]
Talking Grievances – An online series of successful grievance ideas by Bill Lewis – President: TMAL Time after time I see good arguments lost by the steward by failing to raise the argument during the grievance process. I am sharing some experience to help the steward to be successful in the defending the grievant. Certain […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The United States Postal Inspection Service is offering $25,000 to anyone who can help them find the person who threw acid on a postal worker Friday afternoon. The federal worker assaulted is recovering at home. “I thought he was in a big rush to be chasing her,” neighbor Iris Webb said. Friday […]
01/15/2016 – The Postal Service has informed the APWU that initial payments of a $56 million grievance settlement were included in paychecks dated Jan. 15, reports Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson. Eligible retirees have been receiving their settlements and that process should be completed with the last of the retirees expected to receive their payments in […]
NALC news – January 14, 2016 NALC Veterans Group: 7,000 members (so far) The National Association of Letter Carriers is made up of approximately 277,000 active and retired members, of which almost a third are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. To date, more than 7,000 NALC members have joined the NALC Veterans Group, which […]