Nov. 25, 2014 – NALC – The Postal Service’s financial results for October 2014—the first month of Fiscal Year 2015—were posted on the Postal Regulatory Commission’s website last night. For October 2014, the Postal Service reported $633 million in operating income. This reflects a more than two-fold increase from the $274 million operating income reported […]
11.25.14 – NBC Bay Area – After an NBC Bay Area investigation uncovered a policy that prevents most postal service employees from dialing 911 in an emergency, the union representing those employees has gotten involved. The American Postal Workers union sent a letter to top postal service officials in Washington, DC, asking them to explain […]
11.25.14 – NBC Washington – It’s a story the U.S. Postal Service did not want us to tell you: Sexual assaults committed not just by customers and strangers, but by postal employees against other postal employees. Read more
An Unexpected Finding: Young People Love the Postal Service Best 11/25/2014 – APWU Few postal workers were surprised by a recent Gallup Poll that found that Americans rate the Postal Service highest among 13 government agencies – after all, the USPS routinely ranks at the top of such surveys. But many people were surprised to learn that […]
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911 Call Delayed Up to 50 Minutes; Employee Dies 11/24/2014 Oakland, CA. – Macasieb at a United Postal Service processing and distributiong center. Director of Industrial Relations Tony D. McKinnon Sr. has asked the Postal Service to explain its protocols for providing emergency medical assistance after learning that a Bay Area postal employee lay dying for as […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – 11/25/14 – For the first time in nearly a week, all of the postal carrier routes around Buffalo are back to delivering the mail. Some mail–in West Seneca for instance–went undelivered for 5 days last week because post office vehicles were affected by travel bans, just like everyone else. “There were […]
11/25/14 – On the anniversary of the murder of a local postal carrier, the News4 I-Team shows a never before released list of crimes committed against postal employees, including a dramatic increase in robberies. It started out like any other February day for a well-known D.C. postal carrier who delivered the mail on Webster Street […]
NALC Legislative Update for November 2014 Committee leadership taking shape for incoming Congress One of the first orders of business for lawmakers returning after the mid-term elections was voting on committee leadership posts for the 114th Congress. Those elections were held on Tuesday. With regard to committees of importance to the NALC, Rep. Darrell Issa […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Last week’s early blast of winter weather hampered mail delivery in hard hit areas and other parts of Western New York, but the postal service is working to get things back to normal. Staff worked this weekend to catch up on sorting, and there was even limited delivery Sunday in other areas […]