An app for that New mobile app aims to make letter writing easier USPS – 3/3/15 The Lettrs app aims to make letter writing easier. Photo: Lettrs A new mobile app is blurring the line between digital and paper letters. The Lettrs app allows users to compose messages online and have them transferred to paper and mailed to […]
APWU – 3.3.15 – The APWU and USPS are facing off over management’s latest scheme: The Postal Pulse, a new employee opinion survey. “The APWU vehemently opposes Postal Pulse – and any other employee opinion survey – despite management notices that say otherwise,” said President Mark Dimondstein. A Feb. 19 USPS announcement says the APWU, […]
Glade Spring’s Assistant Fire Chief Ricky Stumbo gave News Channel 11 more information. He said, “our understanding is that the ceiling of that facility is full of asbestos.” Asbestos that might have contaminated the people of Glade Spring’s mail. More [wait for video to load] WJHL.com
Nashville, TN – A viewer contacted Channel 4 after receiving an email that he believed to be suspicious. The email told the recipient that if they had recently mailed their property tax payment, they might need to send another check. The email claimed to be from the city of Belle Meade. It said a mail […]
From NALC – March 02, 2015 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.
Police say an arrest warrant was issued for a Viola, Illinois man in connection with an armed robbery at the Taylor Ridge Post Office that took place in January. According to a statement from Rock Island County Sheriff Gerry Bustos, an arrest warrant for 39-year-old Walker L. Hampton of Viola was issued Friday, February 27, […]
Points of origin Airmail markers remembered USPS News – 2/27/15 An airmail beacon in St. George, UT. What’s more surprising: discovering the United States is dotted with giant concrete arrows — or learning the markers helped move the mail? The Atlantic news site recently gave readers a bird’s eye view of the arrows, which were used in the […]
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 – The FCC voted Wednesday to approve net neutrality and regulate the Internet as a public utility, similar to landline telephone service. The rules are designed to make sure that Internet companies treat all content providers equally. CBS News Link: CNET Article On Net Neutrality
SPOKANE, Wash. — A mailman working on the lower South Hill was attacked Tuesday night while on his delivery route. The mail carrier was on his regular route on 5th Avenue when he came to a building to deliver the mail. He went inside to go to the mailboxes when someone came out of an […]
ROANOKE, Va. – American Postal Workers Union President Carlton Cooper has had April 18th circled on his calendar for a while. Back in August, he told WDBJ7 that was the date the USPS had planned to consolidate its mail distribution facilities into Greensboro, North Carolina. The hope all along was that Congress would intervene before […]