Video: FSU gunman sent 10 packages before shooting, postal inspectors say

Video: FSU gunman sent 10 packages before shooting, postal inspectors say

The man identified as the gunman who wounded three people at a Florida State University library mailed 10 packages before the shooting, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service said Friday. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service said the packages sent by Myron May have been collected by investigators. The service determined the contents weren’t […]

Video: SC Postal Carrier Saves Woman’s Life

Video: SC Postal Carrier Saves Woman’s Life

IRMO, SC – 11.21.14 – Kendra Miller is a US Postal worker in Lexington County. She says she’s never noticed anything abnormal on her route, until last Friday when she drove up on a woman slumped over in her car. “I was kind of nervous because she was on the wrong side of the road […]

Video: Drug traffickers target the post office

Video: Drug traffickers target the post office

OMAHA, Neb. – 11.21.14 – It’s about to get even busier at the post office. Thousands of holiday packages are moving through the postal service and inspectors know some of them will contain pot. “We’ve seen more marijuana packages lately because of the legalization in states such as Colorado,” said Dave Margritz, a U.S. Postal […]

Dimondstein Joins Board of Civil Rights Museum

Dimondstein Joins Board of Civil Rights Museum

11.20.14 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum (ICRCM) in his adopted home town of Greensboro, NC, on Sept. 15. The centerpiece of the museum commemorates the historic sit-in by four North Carolina A&T College students at the “whites only” Woolworth lunch […]

Follow-Up Statement to APWU Members from President Mark Dimondstein Regarding USPS Cyber Security Breach

Follow-Up Statement to APWU Members from President Mark Dimondstein Regarding USPS Cyber Security Breach

11/20/2014 – New revelations about the security breach in the Postal Service’s data systems are raising additional concerns about this very troubling incident. The APWU remains fully committed to protecting the rights of our members and demanding information from the USPS about what management knew and when they knew it. Unfortunately, it appears the breach was worse than originally […]

Video: Gallup Says USPS Is America’s Highest Rated Gov’t Agency

Video: Gallup Says USPS Is America’s Highest Rated Gov’t Agency

Gallup gives USPS high marks Politico – 11.21.14 – The United States Postal Service is enjoying its highest approval ratings among Americans, especially young Americans, according to a new poll. In the Gallup poll on Friday, the USPS received the highest rating among 13 “high-profile government agencies,” which included the FBI and NASA. Story Continued […]

Video: Audit says the San Francisco Processing and Distribution Center is inefficient and overstaffed

Video: Audit says the San Francisco Processing and Distribution Center  is inefficient and overstaffed

11.21.14 – A new audit from the US Postal Service Office of Inspector General says the San Francisco Processing and Distribution Center is inefficient and overstaffed. The report, released Thursday, calls for the center to drastically reduce work hours for hundreds of employees to save millions of dollars. Despite the report’s findings, the sign outside […]

Video: Former OIC Postmaster Sentenced For Theft

Video: Former OIC Postmaster Sentenced For Theft

A former postal worker from Clinton County was sentenced Wednesday for stealing thousands from the post office where she worked. A judge sentenced Macey Geyer, 42, to two years on probation. She was also ordered to pay over $9,000 in restitution. Video will load below. Read more

Alaskan Bookstore Relies on a Local Postal Service Presence

Alaskan Bookstore Relies on a Local Postal Service Presence

Delivering for America – Nov. 2014 – In 1977, Observatory Books opened its doors and became the first used bookstore in Southeast Alaska. Originally located in Sitka, the store became a reality when Dee Longenbaugh, the shop’s proprietor and member of the Antiquarian Bookseller’s Association of America, decided to turn her hobby of collecting books on Alaska […]