HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. – When your package gets lost in the mail, the items inside don’t always go unused. A Denver-area man shipped nine boxes of his own book to be sold at a conference, but four of those boxes never made it. “Slight problem. 88 of the books did not arrive at the conference,” […]
Next Step: Win Support for House Resolution 54 News Service Bulletin 11-2015 (PDF: 74.09 KB) APWU – 06/30/2015 – The vote by a House Committee on June 17 approving an amendment that would restore postal service standards “is a big step forward for postal workers and our customers,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “If enacted, […]
It’s your mailbox, but thieves don’t know boundaries. Even if you get mail every day, would you know if there was a piece missing or stolen? Roland Solano and Jose Antigua were caught in ATM photos depositing checks not written to them. Postal Inspectors began tracking the duo after complaints from customers about not receiving […]
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – A disabled army veteran is upset because his prescription medication is sometimes delayed by the United States Postal Service. He says his medications, sent from Mountain Home Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Johnson City, have ended up in the wrong part of the state on multiple occasions. Read more
APWU – 06/29/2015 – The APWU has taken the Postal Regulatory Commission to court, challenging the commission’s decision to dismiss its complaint that the Postal Service is failing to meet service standards. The union filed the Petition for Review on May 29 in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals and submitted a Statement of Issues to be Raised on […]
OKLAHOMA CITY – Two drive-thru mailboxes were broken into overnight Sunday, Oklahoma City police reported. Sunday evening only trash bags and duct tape held the drop boxes together, and cones kept anyone from driving up to them. A post office employee called 911 after finding two drive-thru U.S. Postal Service mailboxes pried open about 7 […]
The sitter of 14-month-old Mason Hess was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his death. A New Jersey court ruled that the 46-year-old sitter, a mother of young twins, knowingly shook the toddler, resulting in his death. Despite being depicted as a monster deserving of hell by the parents of the toddler she was […]
NAPS joined with our partners in the Federal Postal Coalition to call on President Barack Obama to create a special task force charged with investigating the cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management and to create countermeasures to prevent future attacks. In the letter, the coalition called upon the President to “immediately appoint a […]
USPS results through May 2015 NALC – Jun 26, 2015 The U.S. Postal Service recently published its results for the month of May 2015 and its year-to-date results through May 2015. They can be found here. The Postal Service had a $126 million operating loss for the month of May, before the impacts of retiree health […]
APWU – 06/26/2015 – The APWU and the Mail Contractors of America (MCA) have reached a tentative contract agreement for private-sector drivers in terminals in Des Moines and Kansas City. Union members at those terminals will have the opportunity to vote to ratify or reject the agreement. “The terms of the agreement will vastly improve the disciplinary […]