Help is here Indiana letter carrier aids woman who fell Posted 10/30/14 at 3:45 p.m. Churubusco, IN, Letter Carrier David Gatwood Churubusco, IN, Letter Carrier David Gatwood was delivering mail when he saw a woman lying on the ground. When he approached her, she told him she had fallen and couldn’t get up. Gatwood helped […]
10/30/2014 – The APWU and USPS have agreed to a set of Questions and Answers regarding the establishment of 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs that will be created as a result of a Sept. 5 arbitration award on the POStPlan and a Sept. 22 union-management agreement on implement of the ruling, Clerk Craft Director Clint Burelson has announced. Click here for more information about […]
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – When the U.S. Postal Service stopped delivering packages to a New Orleans high-rise, some residents had a tough time getting their medicine. Concerned about the elderly and disabled tenants, one woman turned to the FOX 8 Defenders for action. Two months ago, Elaine Brown shared her frustrations with the Defenders after […]
APWU: 10.30.2014 – “Postmaster General Donahoe is implementing one of the greatest threats to the public Postal Service to date,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein says in a new video. Standing in front of the National Postal Museum, Dimondstein adds, “This is where Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe would permanently put the public Postal Service.” Dimondstein urges […]
Oct. 30, 2014 – A nurse who returned from fighting Ebola in West Africa challenged demands that she remain quarantined by leaving her home this morning for a bike ride with her boyfriend. Kaci Hickox, 33, went on the bike ride in Fort Kent, Maine, after vowing last night she wasn’t willing to “stand here […]
MEDFORD, Ore. — It was an act of bravery and quick thinking at the Medford post office when a postal worker put an end to fake money orders circulating around the state. Mark Hawkins is a Sales Associate at the Medford post office on Riverside when he recognized a familiar problem in his own store […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 5 years or so, you’re aware that there are major problems going on at the post office. Saturday delivery seems to be continually on the chopping block. If you are anything like me, you may have thought to yourself, “If the Post Office goes under, […]
10/29/2014 – In accordance with Article 8 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, penalty overtime rules are not applicable for a four-week period each year during December. This year, the period begins with Week 2 of Pay Period 26-14 (Dec. 6, 2014) and ends at the conclusion of Week 1 of Pay Period 02-15 (Jan. 2, […]
10.29.2014 – A memo obtained by Fox News indicates the Obama administration has been considering allowing non-American Ebola patients into the U.S. for treatment – though a State Department official on Tuesday denied any such plans. The document was obtained by Fox News from a Capitol Hill source, who said it is a memo prepared […]
Plans Taking Shape for National Day of Action – Nov. 14 Tell PMG, Board of Governors: Stop Delaying America’s Mail! 10/29/2014 – Plans are taking shape for a National Day of Action on Nov. 14, when members of the four postal unions and supporters will send a powerful message to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS […]