Video: Senator Elizabeth Warren Discusses Proposal for Financial Services at the Post Office
Staples, USPS Use Trickery to Try to Derail Boycott
July 17, 2014 – When the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) voted to join the ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ movement on July 12, it struck fear into the hearts of Staples bosses and USPS management. So much so that just two days later Staples and the USPS resorted to trickery to try to derail the boycott. […]
Six-day mail clears major hurdle
NALC – July 16, 2014 The full House of Representatives voted Wednesday to preserve six-day mail delivery appropriations language by passing H.R. 5016, the Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill. The base bill was introduced last month without the six-day provision, which has been part of appropriations bills for decades. […]
Video: Postal Workers trying to keep cool during summer
Video: PMG State of the Business – July 15, 2014
Mail Thief Caught On Camera
LUFKIN, TEXAS — July 15, 2014 – Crime Stoppers of Lufkin wants your help identifying a man who was recently caught on camera stealing mail. Read more
Video – VA Whistleblower Says Disability Claim Dates Were Also Altered
July 15, 2014 – Whistleblower Kristen Ruell says that VA employees in the Philadelphia office were instructed to change the application dates veterans applied for disability benefits. Video will load below.
Customer and employee rights when USPS solicits customers to change the mode of mail delivery
July 15, 2014—NALC is aware of an effort by the Postal Service in different parts of the country to convince customers to agree to change their mode of mail delivery to cluster box or centralized delivery. This page contains the latest information detailing the rights of both postal customers and letter carriers, and we […]
Staples Terminates Deal With USPS
July 14, 2014 – A Staples announcement on July 14 indicating that the company is terminating its no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service and replacing it with an “approved shipper” program is a ruse. Staples and the USPS are changing the name of the program, without addressing the fundamental concerns of postal workers and postal customers. If […]
Florida Letter Carrier Saves Stroke Victim
USPS – July 14, 2014 When Oakland Park, FL, Letter Carrier Mark Gereffi saw a woman on the ground in front of her home, he rushed to her side. The woman told him she thought she was having a heart attack and asked him to call 911. Gereffi followed the 911 operator’s instructions and talked […]