APWU News – 08/27/2015 – In a sharply worded letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called the Postal Service’s decision to close mail processing centers and eliminate overnight delivery “a disaster” and urged her to “re-instate overnight delivery standards and speed up the delivery of mail as soon as possible.” “It is abundantly […]
Police have started an investigation after a mail carrier was recorded on video using pepper spray on a small dog that was enclosed in its front yard. Read more
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – The US Postal Service is warning neighbors in south Charlotte and Matthews about mail thefts. Packages from delivery trucks are also being stolen as soon as they are dropped off. The USPS says zip codes affected include: 28210, 28211, 28270, 28277, and 28105. Police believe the thieves are targeting gift cards, […]
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Dozens of neighbors are very upset in one DeKalb County subdivision. They say the United States Postal Service stopped delivering mail to the Wyndham Falls development off River Road. “I need my gun permit, I am going on a cruise, I need my passport. None of that showed up, because I […]
PECOS, Texas – A group of U.S. Postal Service mail carriers accused a Pecos postmaster of racial discrimination, civil rights advocates and union leaders said. According to grievances filed with LULAC, the League of United Latin American Citizens, postmaster David Neilon allegedly instructed Pecos Post Office employees not to speak Spanish and made derogatory comments […]
MATTHEWS, N.C. — Officials are investigating a recent string of mail thefts in south Charlotte and Matthews areas. In a letter NBC Charlotte obtained from a victim of mail theft, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service wrote that southeast Charlotte zip codes 28210, 28211, 28270 or 28277 were all areas where mail may have been taken, […]
KURTEN, Texas – Kurten residents are frustrated after their Post Officewas closed down without warning last week. The U.S. Postal Service says the building has flood damage from spring rains and is not safe for employees or customers to be inside. News 3 looks at where customers have to go now and why this isn’t […]
HOUSTON (KTRK) — Ginger the Chihuahua may be small, but she’s causing big problems between her owner, Jessica Rocha, and the Post Office. “My dog is defenseless, she’s very nice,” Rocha said. “She likes people.” In June, Rocha received a notice from the Post Office requesting she confine her dog or keep it on a […]
(APWU: This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU and USPS agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding re: Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Training for Automotive Mechanics and Technicians on Aug 18, Motor Vehicle Service Craft Director Michael O. Foster has announced. The dispute arose in 2001, when the […]
Postal veteran helps shield families of the fallen USPS News Link 8/21/15 Doug Lehman, who recently retired as a data collection technician in Kansas, honors fallen soldiers and their families. Doug Lehman is still moved when he recalls how he and more than 100 fellow Kansas Patriot Guard members, riding U.S. flag-decked motorcycles, led a […]