SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — A meeting was held Tuesday to talk about the safety of postal workers. It comes after a mail carrier was attacked in Springfield last month. Police say the postal worker was sitting in his mail truck, while waiting at a red light at the corner of Belmont and Oakland Streets when […]
GREEN, Ohio – A crash between a United States Postal Service truck and a small SUV closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 77 around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday morning. The SUV was torn open from the front seat all the way to rear door and appeared to have hit the rear of the mail truck. Debris […]
The Postal Service released its first quarter financial results today, and despite what you may hear in the news, the results demonstrate strong financial performance during the first quarter of FY 2015. USPS started off its financial year with a handful of clear successes, including growth in operating revenue, letter mail revenue, and shipping and […]
APWU News – The Postal Service’s operating profit for the first fiscal quarter of 2015 was $1.1 billion, with cash at hand increasing to $7 billion, according to the unaudited financial report released on Feb. 6. Revenues have increased 4.3 percent to $18.8 billion, compared to the same time last year. Although the Postal Service’s […]
DETROIT (WITI) — They promise big dollars for very little work, but what appears to be an attractive business opportunity is a costly scam. Express Mail packages are at the heart of the scam and the key to unraveling the costly crime. “We were getting reports that there were large stacks of Express Mail envelopes […]
NALC ECONOMICS BLOG: $1.1 billion operating profit in first quarter NALC – Feb 09, 2015 The U.S. Postal Service had a $1.1 billion operating profit in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2015, up from $765 million in the same period last year and $144 million two years ago. (See pg. 17 of the Quarter […]
LEXINGTON, Mass. (WHDH) – The snow banks are piled high, presenting challenges for mail carriers in the form of blocked sidewalks and pathways. “This is the worst winter I’ve ever seen. This is the worst. Yes,” said Lang Conteh, a U.S. Postal Service carrier. He has been delivering mail for 10 years and said his […]
SUGAR LAND, Texas – Police are looking for a man seen on home surveillance video stealing packages from a house in the River Park East subdivision earlier this year. According to the Sugar Land Police Department, it happened in Jan. 15 and 16 at a home in the 5900 block of Oak Place Drive. The […]
Watch as Linn’s Stamp News senior editor Denise McCarty discusses new discoveries related to classic and modern U.S. stamps and shows some foreign stamps issued for Valentine’s Day.
Town Hall Conference Call Feb. 17; Register by Feb. 16 APWU Web News Article With contract negotiations set to begin on Feb. 19, APWU members across the country are busy preparing. At the national level, officers have been studying data, weighing input from union members, plotting strategy, and honing contract proposals. “But to win […]