06/02/2015 – In a precedent-setting agreement approved by the National Labor Relations Board, the APWU and its sister postal unions won the right to bargain with the Postal Service over a massive data security breach that took place in 2014. The historic May 19 settlement marks a win for unions in a new area of […]
WARRENSBURG, Mo. – A Warrensburg postal worker who pleaded guilty to federal charges of drinking on the job and dumping mail in the trash said he never meant to hurt anyone. “I just had some problems,” said David Thompson. In an interview with KMBC 9 News, Thompson was apologetic and remorseful, saying that he worked […]
Grievances Due June 5, If Necessary APWU – 06/01/2015 – A key feature of the Global Settlement Remedy Agreement, which was signed on Dec. 5, 2014, were provisions making it easier for union representatives to monitor when postmasters and supervisors perform bargaining unit work in excess of the hours allowed under the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The USPS […]
ROANOKE, Va. – We’re learning more about the postal service decision to delay closing the Roanoke Mail Processing Facility. The U.S. Postal Service cited “operational considerations,” and the need to ensure “prompt, reliable and predictable service,” when it announced it will delay its consolidation plan. A local union leader says the facility in Greensboro that […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Thousands of pieces of missing mail delivered years later. The 22News I-Team first reported this story in April. Now they’ve dug deeper and discovered new information. The U.S. Postal service has been delivering mail to people in western Massachusetts that was originally sent back in 2007. The mail came with a […]
USPS worker delivers my box by throwing over a 12 foot fence. Had that package contained anything fragile, there would’ve been a claim but luckily it was a GoPro camera that is built to take a beating. This just shows the willful carelessness USPS employees have with our packages. Video from Stone’s Beverage Center in […]
A 25 year old Watertown man faces numerous charges, including drunk driving, after he crashed his vehicle into the post office in Felts Mills. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department arrested Michael Hotis of 206 Franklin Street. Officials said Hotis was driving on Main Street in the village when his vehicle left the road, went onto […]
HAMILTON, Mich. – Where did the mail go? That’s the question several people in Hamilton are asking after the postage they sent out, never got to it’s destination. Several residents said that the mail sent out on April 28, 2015 is still missing. Community members tell FOX 17, they didn’t realize anything out of the […]
A Charlotte, NC man says he had a post office for two decades. Then, one day, he found out the post office had given his box to someone else by mistake. Juan Whipple started different businesses and moved often over the years. He got tired of constantly updating his address for family, friends, customers and […]
From NALC – May 28, 2015 The Postal Service continues to see delivery point growth. The number of delivery points has increased since 2005 by 10 million, or about 1.1 million per year over the nine-year period. Delivery points continued to be added even through the worst of the recession years, albeit at a slower […]