The U.S. Postal Service and its internal watchdog plan to review whether or not some of the agency’s employees may have violated federal policies by using their government email on the infidelity website Ashley Madison. “We are looking into this matter and will follow our existing administrative process if misconduct is identified,” U.S. Postal Service […]
GOLDEN GATE, Fla.- Neighbors say their mailboxes are getting raided and mail stolen. It’s happening on 5th Avenue Northwest and at least five mailboxes have been hit multiple times. “They are helping themselves to the mail, opening it and throwing it on the ground,” says one neighbor who didn’t want to share her name. Neighbors […]
A man dressed as if he was ready to go fishing held up a Northeast Philadelphia post office Thursday afternoon. The man – described by postal workers as being in his 50s or 60s with a bushy gray beard – wore a bucket hat, striped shirt and tan cargo shorts when he walked into the […]
This week’s first winner is the U.S. Postal Service, which delivers an estimated 40% of Amazon packages annually. While Amazon pays the USPS only half of what it pays UPS and FedEx, all packages are delivered pre-sorted and tailored for delivery routes. Plus, USPS needs all the help it can get, having lost $46 billion […]
The crash on an emergency lane on U.S. 62 is a reminder for drivers to use caution when approaching a postal worker. Paula Brown of Fredonia, Kentucky was killed while delivering mail. A Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling east bound and hit the back of Brown’s Jeep Cherokee. Her SUV went into a nearby ditch. Read more […]
The U.S. Postal Service loses hundreds of millions of dollars per year, in part because of competition from email and social media. People simply don’t send letters anymore. Several ideas have surfaced to improve the postal service’s bottom line, but the board which oversees its operations is essentially paralyzed. The problem is political. It turns […]
NEW YORK (CBS New York) — A driver in Jamaica, Queens witnessed danger on the road during rush hour on Monday morning. CBS2’s Valerie Castro spoke exclusively with the man who recorded the incident involving a U.S. Postal driver. “This guy is texting while driving a truck. Doesn’t even appear that he has his head […]
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Several residents who live in the Glendale section of the city said they often have trouble getting their mail from the nearby post office because of limited – and inconvenient – hours. Glendale Post Office, the only nearby post office, does not provide home delivery because the area was once rural and […]
WEST UNIVERSITY, TX (KTRK) — Detectives are investigating after a man impersonating a postal worker and two accomplices invaded a West University home Wednesday and terrorized a family. Police say a mother was inside the house in the 3900 block of Amherst with her three young children and her nanny when she got a knock […]
NALC – 8/19/15 – Based on the Aug. 19 release of the July 2015 Consumer Price Index (CPI), the sixth cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for letter carriers under the 2011-2016 National Agreement will be $0.