Video: Count on USPS
Behind the scenes of the new USPS Television ads. USPS leaders and carriers discuss themes and key messages for the Holiday season.
Videos: Postal Service’s holiday TV ads debut
Postal Service’s holiday TV ads debut USPS News Link – 11/3/15 Fort Lauderdale, FL, City Carrier Assistant Yilly Ocasio scans a package in a new TV holiday commercial. The Postal Service’s first two TV commercials of the holiday season hit the airwaves this week. Each ad is 15 seconds long and highlights real-time delivery notifications, […]
Video: Georgia woman says postal worker damaged her package
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. – A homeowner says her United States Postal Service mailman damaged her packages worth $1,000 by tossing them over her gate. The homeowner told Channel 2’s Tom Jones what is worse the post office refuses to reimburse her. Kimberly Culp says the mail carrier also damaged her call box when he tried […]
USPS, Staples Produce a Mound of Documents
APWU News – 11/02/2015 The mound of documents produced by USPS and Staples After months of refusing to provide documents subpoenaed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the APWU, the USPS and Staples produced a mound of paperwork on Oct. 20, less than two weeks before a hearing scheduled for Nov. 2. Rather […]
Video: Best Buy Is Trying Out One-Day Delivery in San Francisco Area
NBC News – 11/02/15 – Best Buy is testing out a one-day delivery service option in the San Francisco area, the company confirmed to NBC News on Monday, as retailers fight to keep up with Amazon heading into the busy holiday season. Tech website Re/code first reported on the delivery option, which covers an area from San […]
Video: Company rethinks policy after refusing to print stamps to honor late veteran
(MyFoxBoston.com) — Her brother was killed in Afghanistan in 2009, while serving his 4th tour of duty and a local woman tried to order custom postage stamps to honor his memory with a foundation for wounded warriors. The reaction she got from the company was shocking, she said.. FOX25’s Sharman Sacchetti got in touch with […]
Video: Wyoming, MI Carrier Calls It Quits After 52 Years On The Job
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — A man who has worked as a letter carrier for more than five decades in West Michigan retired Friday at a Wyoming post office. Tom Nauta worked in both Grand Rapids and Wyoming for 52 years. “I started downtown in the post office there during urban renewal and the Hall of […]
Video: Thief steals packages with family steps away
A thief stole packages from the front of a Ranch home while the homeowners were a few steps away. Decked out for Halloween, Leslie Sullivan’s home is pretty scary, but she said, “Not scary enough.” Read more
Video: After 25 years of service, postmaster says mailboxes are now too short
HEPHZIBAH, GA (WRDW) – An entire neighborhood could soon lose mail service if they don’t change their mailboxes. The local post master claims nearly a hundred mailboxes in the Saddlebrook neighborhood are too short for mail delivery. The U.S. Post Office has been delivering mail to those homes for twenty-five years. Read more
APWU: Workers Comp Fraud Investigations – questionable tactics?
Special agents of the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are contracted to “safeguard postal revenue” and are supposed to “operate with integrity, be a model of ethical behavior, and treat people in a fair and respectful manner.” When it comes to workers compensation fraud, however, these law enforcement officers often employ questionable […]