LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Metro Police say a fatal accident in the Highlands may have been caused by a man deliberately walking in front of a truck. It happened just before 4 a.m. on Bardstown Road near Grinstead Drive. A postal worker headed to his job tells WDRB’s Kara Kirtley that the man “dove in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — New figures show the U.S. Postal Service has already lost billions of dollars so far this year. In the past three months, they’ve lost $586 million dollars. A new report by the Inspector General outlines a plan to have the mail man stop in to help the elderly, by assessing their health […]
DENVER – A military mom is heartbroken after she mailed her deployed son a family treasure, only to have it go missing the mail. Donna McNulty, a retired police officer, said she wanted her son, Grant, to have the American flag that belonged to his late grandfather, also a serviceman. “So he would have a […]
NALC President Fredric Rolando statement on USPS quarterly report From Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers: Today’s results show the impressive Postal Service financial turnaround continuing in full force. After three quarters, the operating profit for 2015 stands at $1.2 billion, compared to $1 billion for the first three quarters of […]
APWU -08/11/2015 – The Stop Staples campaign deserves straight As, according to one California professor. During a July protest outside a store in Cupertino, CA, APWU retiree Ernest Johnson spoke with a professor who had been given a Staples gift card by his students. The campaign must have had a huge impact on the educator, said Darla Gilgannon, a […]
8/8/15 – Today wasn’t just a regular day on the job for the USPS mail carriers in Bettendorf. All the the carriers for the day brought back an extra load to the post office. This load included pencils, notebook and rulers, all supplies that children in the Bettendorf School District will need when they head […]
An unexpected letter in the mail. Residents were geared up for mail delivery changes. The U.S. Postal Service sent out a letter by mistake to a north Lubbock neighborhood. Residents who live on Bates Street said they got the surprising news this week. The letter stated they had 14 days to set up a mailbox […]
APWU News – 08/07/2015 – The American Postal Workers has launched a petition drive calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block the merger of Staples and Office Depot. The merger would give Staples a monopoly in a key sector of the economy. “This monopoly is no game,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. ”A Staples takeover of Office Depot would […]
DETROIT (WXYZ) – A Detroit mother is thanking the people who saved her daughter’s life. Deanna Craddock’s daughter Whitney, a young postal worker, was outside her mail truck when she was hit by an impaired driver and pinned underneath the two vehicles. “I was just saying a prayer on the side of the bed for […]
USPS News Link – A new video offers a sneak peek at “The Inspectors,” the upcoming dramatic television series about the Postal Inspection Service. The 2-minute, 45-second trailer is posted above. It features brief scenes from the show and interviews with the actors, as well as creator Dave Morgan, who calls Postal Inspectors “a special […]