(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) At the end of the summer, the clerk division announced the criteria for distributing the $56 million monetary portion of the settlement that resolved a decades-long dispute over postmasters and supervisors in small offices performing Clerk Craft work. The Dec. 5, 2014, […]
APWU News – 11/16/2015 – The Postal Service has notified APWU Clerk Craft officers that employees who are eligible for a portion of a $56 million monetary settlement are expected to receive payment prior to Christmas. However, our message is: Don’t spend it before you get it! The money will be included in employees’ paychecks and taxes will […]
HOUSTON (KTRK) — It’s a story we’ve been working on for months, and affects almost everyone in the Houston area. After being contacted by many of you about Post Office delays and lost shipments, we started digging. Mitchell Robinson earns a living with his online store. He tells us “We send things out through the […]
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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) – A postal worker died in a crash Saturday afternoon in the eastern part of the valley. The three-car crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. in the 6200 block of East Owens Avenue, near Mount Hood Street. One of the vehicles involved was a U.S. Postal Service truck, which overturned. Authorities say the […]
The U.S. Postal Service today released its financial report for Fiscal Year 2015, covering the period from Oct. 1, 2014, through Sept. 30, 2015. Here is a statement from National Association of Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando: The $1.2 billion in annual operating profits reported today by the Postal Service is terrific news that augurs […]
TULSA – The U.S. Postal Service confirmed that mail delivery will begin again Friday for a neighborhood in north Tulsa. The USPS temporarily stopped delivering mail to homes in the 200 and 300 blocks of North Tacoma Avenue after an aggressive dog kept getting loose. More
Bernie Sanders picked up a major union endorsement Thursday from the American Postal Workers Union, or APWU. The announcement is huge for Sanders, as his rival Hillary Clinton is being supported by the first- and third-largest unions in the nation: the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees […]
KTNV – We have an update on a story you asked us to investigate last month. The post office on North Tenaya near Smoke Ranch is still having problems getting people in and out quickly. Some customers Tuesday waited more than two hours for registered or held mail. One man waited nearly three and a […]