APWU news – 03/13/15 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein presents an update for union members on contract negotiations. The bargaining report is available to APWU members only. To read the summary, click here. For those who are new to the APWU website — or to the Members Only section — log-in instructions can be found here.
The NALC and USPS have agreed to extend the ongoing Article 8 equitability test until June 30, 2015, in the 22 districts currently participating (M-01855). The test was established by a June 3, 2013 agreement (M-01820) resulting from the National Article 8 Task Force. The test was previously extended until December 31, 2014 (M-01848) and […]
MIDLAND, TX – It looks like something done by vandals, but according to residents in Hollandale Heights it’s actually their mailman. Multiple people sent photos to NewsWest 9 of their cluster mailboxes. You can see that every slot is wide open and mail still sitting in some of them. One person says the mailman told […]
APWU Executive Assistant to the President Rich Shelley; Johnny Martin, associate office director, APWU Baltimore Area Local 181; Councilmember Curran; Courtney Jenkins, editor/recording secretary, Local 181; Ernie Greco, president Metropolitan Baltimore AFL-CIO APWU News – On Monday, March 9, members of the Baltimore City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution opposing privatization of the Postal […]
According to police, around 3:00 P.M., a 21-year-old Post Office worker was shot in the ear while delivering mail near the intersection of East 25th and German street. At the scene, the victim said he was walking down steps of a home and heard a loud pop, then felt something running down his neck. The […]
More than a dozen Waterbury postal workers have been hurt since January thanks to winter weather, which has made for slippery conditions, blocked-off mailboxes and rambunctious dogs. According to a spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service, 15 mail carriers in Waterbury have suffered on-the-job injuries over the past three months. Although most of those injuries […]
TYLER, TX (KLTV) – In January, we first told you about a group of East Texans who had to cross a 65-mile an hour highway, just to get their mail. Two senior citizens with health issues were among the residents that had to cross at the 10000 block of Highway 110, north of Tyler. Well, […]
DENVER — Within an hour of FOX31 Denver discovering a hidden camera, which was positioned to capture and record the license plates and facial features of customers leaving a Golden Post Office, the device was ripped from the ground and disappeared. FOX31 Denver investigative reporter Chris Halsne confirmed the hidden camera and recorder is owned […]
March transfer list available The March 2015 list of city letter carrier positions available for transfer under the provisions of M-01834 is now available. Click here to review the list. Click here to find out more about M-01834.
CHESTERFIELD, Va. – In broad daylight, with customers inside, two men attempted to rob a post office. The crime happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday, at the Ampthill Branch in Chesterfield, off Meadowdale. The U.S postal inspector said the men had a semi-automatic weapon when they demanded cash from clerks inside. More