12/14/2014 – Arbitrator Shyam Das has ordered the Postal Service to pay Maintenance Craft employees $8.64 million for improperly subcontracting work that could have been performed by bargaining unit employees, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The decision, issued on Dec. 11, concludes four rounds of hearings on management’s decision to subcontract the wiring of more than […]
ABC 13 – HOUSTON (KTRK) – 12.12.14 – Earlier this week we first told you about a customer from Bryan who says his packages are not being delivered on time. Since then we have heard from several more people who say the exact same thing is happening with their packages. When our investigation into Post […]
NALC – 12.11.14 – The Postal Service remains vital to the American economy and to American society. Six-days a week, year-round, homes and businesses in every American town, city and county depend on the Postal Service. And the holiday season is no different. This holiday season, U.S. employees will be working seven days a week […]
APWU – 12.12.14 – The Philadelphia City Council voted unanimously on Dec. 11 to adopt a resolution to support the APWU’s efforts “to protect living-wage jobs and its insistence on the highest possible standards of customer services, opposes efforts to privatize postal operations, and calls upon Philadelphians to consider this issue when deciding whether to […]
12/12/2014 – APWU The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has charged the USPS with illegally spying on postal employees while they protested outside a Staples store in Atlanta on March 4 and 9, 2014. “Respondent has been interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed” in Section 7 of the National Labor […]
12.11.14 – U.S. postal inspectors are warning people around Southern California about an increase in mail thefts this holiday season. In some cases, the thieves are likely linked to organized crime, authorities say. “Organizations that are doing it now are those old gangs that have been around for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years,” said […]
The Postal Service’s Operation Santa program is featured in “The Secret Santa,” a cable movie that will debut this weekend. The film follows the trail of a mystery figure associated with a string of Christmas “miracles” across the nation. It includes first-person accounts and extraordinary home video of his exploits that simply cannot be explained — […]
GREENFIELD, Ind. — Sometimes mail carriers run from dogs. But in Indiana, one postal worker ran toward them. A mail carrier in Indianapolis is being hailed as a hero for saving a batch of puppies from a burning shed. More
BELLWOOD, Ill. (WLS) — A west suburban woman is demanding a refund that she says adds up to about $50,000 in overpaid insurance deductions. The I-Team investigation may leave you examining your own paycheck. At this point it’s unclear if anyone is responsible for refunding a retired post office worker, but she believes she overpaid […]