02/26/2015 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein has presented his first update for union members on the status of 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. Some […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brian Amick was working from his home in south Kansas City when a neighbor called him and told him to look outside. That’s when Amick saw the damage. A brick and stone pillar holding six mail boxes had been reduced to rubble by a postal truck. “Obviously he hit it at […]
KANSAS CITY — Homes in one South Kansas City neighborhood have not been receiving mail for about three weeks because of one neighbor’s dog. Delivery to the area had been suspended after a dog attacked the letter carrier on two separate occasions. More
The United States Postal Service (USPS) changed an outdated emergency policy in January following an NBC Bay Area investigation that exposed critical delays in a life and death situation at a mail processing facility in Oakland. The policy, dating back to the 1970s, advised postal service employees not to call 911 first when they witnessed […]
NALC – 02.25.15 – Due to a system error, the Postal Service did not increase approximately 30,000 NALC members’ bi-weekly dues for 2015 in their Pay Period 1 paychecks as reported in the November Secretary-Treasurer’s article in The Postal Record. The dues amounts for these members were to be corrected in Pay Period 3. As reported […]
HARTFORD – Whether it’s the bone-chilling cold we’re facing now or the scorching heat we sweat through in the summer, the letter carriers for the United States Postal Service brave the elements to make sure we get our mail. More
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio – Was a local postal carrier delivering more than just the mail? He faces charges, accusing him of using drugs on the job. Bennie James Motley III, 20, of Maple Heights was charged Tuesday with drug trafficking, theft and possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Police say he was a postal carrier, working […]
02/23/2015 – As contract negotiations got underway, APWU members across the country displayed union solidarity. Whether they wore stickers that said “Contract Now! Good Service! Good Jobs!”, headbands that said “Standing Up! Fighting Back!”, or other union gear, APWU members showed support for the campaign for a good contract. Click here to see photos.
SEATTLE, Wash. — There’s a troubling crime on the rise in King County, and residents in one North Seattle neighborhood have had enough. “It makes you really uncomfortable,” said Heather Campbell, who lives in Seattle’s Pinehurst neighborhood. “It’s one of those things that you don’t know how to protect against.” The postal inspector says mail […]
Some who live in Fern Creek haven’t seen their mail in a while with no explanation. A spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service acknowledges some people, largely in the Fern Creek area haven’t received regular mail delivery because the road are too dangerous. They say they’ve missed about 18,000 deliveries in the area – that’s […]