Video: Rooftop fire shuts down south Vegas post office
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) – Access was limited to a post office in the south end of the Las Vegas Valley after a fire on its rooftop Sunday. Video will load below. More FOX5 Vegas – KVVU
Video: Linns Stamp News Brief for Monday July 7
AFSCME, UNITE HERE Join ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ Movement
APWU News – July 07, 2014 The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign got another big boost on July 2, when the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) endorsed the boycott. “We are asking our members, friends, family members and colleagues to take their business elsewhere,” AFSCME President Lee Saunders and Secretary-Treasurer Laura Reyes wrote […]
Video: Alabama USPS Worker Caught Throwing Packages Into Ravine
July 05, 2014 – This video was posted at You Tube – removed – and now posted again. A United States Postal Worker was caught on video in Alabama apparently throwing packages from his van down a ravine. The employee resigned after being caught. More
Friends shocked, town in mourning following shooting at post office
HALE, Mo. — The United States Postal Inspection Service is now investigating a shooting that happened Wednesday afternoon at a small town’s post office. Video will load below. Read more
NALC: Distribution of campaign literature by e-mail
July 2, 2014—NALC has arranged for its long-time election contractor, Peake-DeLancey, to handle requests by candidates for national office in the 2014 NALC election to distribute campaign literature by e-mail. Federal law requires national unions to comply with all reasonable requests by any bona fide candidate for union office to distribute, by mail or otherwise, […]
Arbitrator Rules: Excessed Employees Must Meet Minimum Qualifications Before Reassignment
July 1, 2014 – The APWU won an important arbitration award on June 24, when Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled that the Postal Service must determine – prior to excessing employees across craft lines – that the employees meet the minimum qualifications for the new position. The APWU filed a national-level dispute on July 24, […]
APWU: Arbitrator Denies Union’s Grievance Protesting PVS Conversion to Highway Contract Route
July 2, 2014 – Arbitrator Shyam Das has denied a national-level grievance that protested the subcontracting of Postal Vehicle Service (PVS) operations in Columbus, OH. In an award dated May 16, Das concluded that management’s decision to convert the entire Columbus PVS operation to a Highway Contract Route “did not rise to the level of […]
Neopost USA Receives Overwhelming Response from Americans Celebrating National Postal Worker Day
MILFORD, CT, July 2, 2014 – Neopost USA, an expert in the preparation, delivery and management of business communications, received more than 150 comments, likes and shares on Facebook from Americans who gratefully acknowledged their favorite postal workers as part of the run-up to National Postal Worker Day on July 1. Neopost USA encouraged Americans […]
Video: Postal Inspectors: New Site To Fight Mail Schemes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 01, 2014 – Mail fraud has become one of the most serious crimes targeting the elderly nationwide. US Postal Inspectors say, if you become a victim, you’re likely to lose your life savings. But there are ways to avoid that. Video will load below. Read more