October 10, 2014 – A federal jury has found a former Lafayette postal worker guilty of taking gift cards from the U.S Mail. The jury found 41-year-old Crystal Boutte guilty on two counts of mail theft after a three day trial. Boutte stole four Walmart gift cards from the mail while working for the U.S. […]
PEN Editor – 10.10.14: The Huffington Post ran an article today written by Christopher A. Brown who is President of the National Fatherhood Initiative. I encourage you to read Mr. Brown’s article – “How Your Vote in November Could Harm or Help Children.” The older I get the more I think about my daughters future, and, […]
10/10/2014 – APWU As the one-year anniversary of the Postal Service’s no-bid deal with Staples approaches, the ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ movement is continuing to grow. The USPS and Staples are upping the ante as well: On Oct. 7 management notified the APWU that it plans to expand the program to all 1,500 Staples stores in the U.S. “It’s […]
October 2014 – A federal U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent who works on the front lines at Newark International Airport says customs officers at the tri-state hub lack appropriate training and equipment to handle potential Ebola cases. Video will load below. Read more
10/09/2014 – The APWU and USPS have agreed on a “pecking order” for filling newly created positions in POStPlan Installations. A recent arbitration award will result in the creation of 9,000 new Clerk Craft jobs in six-hour and four-hour offices affected by the POStPlan. The pecking order is based on the arbitration award and the subsequent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). “The […]
10/09/2014 – The APWU and USPS have settled a dispute over the proper remedy for violations of contractual limits on the number of PSEs that can be on the rolls at any given time. Under the terms of the Oct. 3 agreement, any future violations in the Clerk and Motor Vehicle crafts will result in the conversion of PSEs […]
MIAMI (CBS Miami) – 10.08.14 – A reward of up to $50,000 is being offered for information which leads to the arrest of two people who robbed a postal carrier of her mailbox key earlier this week. Video will load below. Read more
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A viewer sent KFOX14 photos of a U.S. Postal Service vehicle parked in a handicap spot outside a bank in Las Cruces. Ruben Holguin told KFOX14 this isn’t the first time it’s happened. Read more
Police in Schenectady are investigating after a postal worker was attacked by two dogs. Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – October 07, 2014 – Friends and family of a 13-year-old boy who died Saturday morning when a U.S. Post Service Mack tractor-trailer crashed into the car he was riding in held a candlelight vigil Monday night in his honor. Video will load below. Read more