APWU news – 08/18/2015 – A hearing on charges that the Postal Service illegally subcontracted work to Staples was dominated by procedural wrangling on Aug. 17 and 18. The hearing before Administrative Law Judge Paul Bogas of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will resume on Nov. 2. Region 5 of the NLRB issued a complaint against […]
DALLAS – Over the last three decades, the job title — mail carrier, mailman, and postal carrier, to name a few — has changed. In 2015, it’s “letter carrier” and Donald Williamson is one of the best. “I realized that my future was ahead of me and the post office was giving me the opportunity […]
North Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — Residents in a North Las Vegas neighborhood are taking to social media in hopes of finding one or more people they say have been stealing their mail. “We’ve been missing mail now off and on now for about a month,” Kevin Scott said. That’s why Scott says he decided […]
APWU News 8/17/15 Myles Hoenig A Baltimore teacher took it upon himself to make a “Boycott Staples” sign and protest in front of the York Road location on Aug. 15. “I was out there in solidarity with postal workers who are seeing their jobs transferred to for-profit corporations,” explained Myles Hoenig, who is also a […]
HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Holyoke Police Narcotics Vice Unit arrested two men Friday afternoon after they allegedly received cocaine through the mail. The two suspects were arrested at the U.S. Post Office on Dwight Street after they allegedly received two kilos of cocaine delivered through the US Postal Service police said. Read more
Yesterday, August 14, 2015, social security turned 80 years old President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935. His signing statement read: We can never insure one hundred percent of the population against one hundred percent of the hazards and vicissitudes of life but we have tried to […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Members of the American Postal Workers Union protested outside of the Gateway Post Office Thursday in Springfield. Braden Pelky, the local president of the APWU, says that his friend and co-worker, who wishes to remain anonymous, was terminated after being on active military duty for too long. The anonymous postal worker is […]
Four postal workers in th Atlanta area and hundreds nationwide have been accused of cheating on time sheets and are still getting paid, an investigation by Channel 2 Action News uncovered. Thirty-six postmasters are on the list of employees investigated for time and attendance fraud, including one postmaster in the Atlanta metro area. Read more
NALC – 8/13/15 – On Monday, the U.S. Postal Service released its financial results for the fiscal third quarter of, and the first nine months of, 2015. So far, things are looking good for fiscal 2015. While the Postal Service posted a small operating loss of $197 million for the third quarter, on a year-to-date […]
It seems everyone is talking about mailbox burglaries in West Hollywood except for the U.S. Postal Service. As WEHOville has reported, there have been a number of burglaries in recent weeks in which thieves apparently use a “master key” or “arrow key” from the local Post Office to enter lobbies of apartment and condo buildings […]