11/07/14 – A 72-year-old U.S. Postal Service worker was hospitalized after being struck by a car in Coral Gables Friday morning. According to the USPS, the man has worked for them for 41 years and had submitted paperwork to retire at the end of December. Read more
11/07/14 – Postal inspectors are investigating what caused a worker to fall to his death from the Beltway 8-North ramp at the North Freeway. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. Friday. Police said the man was in the process of delivering mail, and rescue crews found mail inside his SUV. Video will load below. Update: […]
November 05, 2014 President Rolando: After the midterms, letter carriers’ resolve remains strong It’s the day after the midterm election, and before I address what the results mean for letter carriers, I want to take the opportunity to publicly thank the active and retired members who took action before and on Nov. 4. Whether […]
11.04.2014 – A postal worker in Neenah, WI is under investigation – accused of failing to deliver political mailers. The United States Postal Service says it found nearly 900 pieces of campaign mail in a dumpster last week, and all of the flyers were connected to three Republican campaigns. There were no flyers found in […]
e-Team Report, Nov. 3, 2014 One Word: VOTE As Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4 draws near, APWU President Mark Dimondstein, the APWU National Executive Board, and all National Officers have one simple message for APWU members: exercise your right to vote. The Postal Service is dead set on slowing down the mail and dismantling America’s postal […]
11.01.2014 – Los Angeles area authorities say they’re looking for a motorist who crashed into three teenage girls trick-or-treating in Halloween costumes, leaving them with fatal injuries and fleeing the scene. The 13-year-old girls, including twin sisters, were in a crosswalk near an elementary school in Santa Ana when the SUV with two men inside […]
10/31/2014 – The APWU and USPS have agreed to extend a March 20 Memorandum of Understanding Re: Filling Residual Vacancies for employees in the Clerk Craft. The memo outlines a procedure for filling residual vacancies in the Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Crafts. The MOU was due to expire on Oct. 31 for employees Clerk Craft, but continue for […]
POSTAL PROTESTERS CHARGES DISMISSED More actions planned to stop the delay of mail The “postal defenders” won a reprieve today. County Judge Karin Immergut dismissed criminal charges in a civil disobedience protest case which was over two years old, saying the defendants’ constitutional right to a speedy trial had been violated. The protesters immediately […]