April 15, 2015 – A Florida rural carrier landed his gyrocopter on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol today. The postal employee was identified as Douglas M. Hughes a rural carrier in Riverview, FL. Washington Post – U.S. Capitol Police said that a small gyrocopter with one occupant landed on the West Lawn of […]
Ryan Angell knew something was wrong when he looked in his backyard and did not see two of his Pit Bulls. “I opened up the front door and that’s when the gentleman drove up and said your dogs bit my mail carrier,” Beaumont Animal Services says Angell’s dogs bit a mail carrier Tuesday afternoon in […]
Several residents of a Pittsburg community are up in arms after the United States Postal Service is requesting they pay for what vandals have done to the neighborhood’s mailbox. More
April 14, 2015 Google tells us… We were so excited to share this doodle that we asked a friend of the team, animator Nate Swinehart, to tell a bit more about the history of the Pony Express and document the doodle process. The notion of triumph through adversity is so inspirational. So when William H.Russell, Alexander […]
NALC News – April 13, 2015 – The National Labor Relations Board has formally charged the Postal Service with failing to bargain with the NALC over the potential impact on letter carriers of the September cyber-security breach that compromised Postal Service computers containing workers’ personal and employment information, including medical, injury compensation, banking, Social Security and other […]
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Wilkes-Barre, PA – A mail carrier led police to a toddler left home alone in Luzerne County. When police arrived they found a 2 to 3-year-old child crying inside the Wilkes-Barre home on Hazle Street. A letter carrier heard the child crying and called police. Investigators say they found a space heater left on inside […]
04/10/2015 – The APWU and USPS reached two pre-arbitration settlements on April 9, resolving disputes over the use of acting supervisors (204bs) in Bulk Mail Entry Units and in Office-in-Charge assignments, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced. According to the settlement involving Bulk Mail Entry Units (BMEUs), Section 2.D of the Clerk Craft Jobs Memo, which is part […]
Charoltte, NC – The U.S. Postal Service confirmed they are investigating the disappearance of mail intended for residents of some streets in Myers Park. The problem came to light in late March when residents of Queens Road West and Westfield Road noticed that some mail they were expecting never showed up. It happened while the […]