Video: Surveillance Effort By Postal Service Helps Catch Mail Carrier Red Handed
DENVER (CBS4) – A mail carrier who worked out of a post office in Golden was sentenced for stealing mail from his customers this week. Video will load below. Read More.
AFL-CIO Endorses Staples Boycott
APWU – May 30, 2014 The ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign got a significant boost on May 30, when the AFL-CIO notified the APWU [PDF] it would support the boycott of the office-supply chain. The labor federation is comprised of 56 unions representing 12.5 million members. “Our brothers and sisters in the labor movement are key allies […]
GOP’s latest attempt to destroy the postal service
Ed Schultz and Sen. Bernie Sanders discuss the Republicans latest attack on the U.S. Postal Service. USPS portion starts at 1:30. MSNBC
Clerk Craft Negotiates New Customer Care Center
APWU – May 28, 2014 An agreement between the APWU and USPS [PDF] establishes a new Customer Care Center (CCC) in Wichita KS. The new CCC will be located at the Remote Encoding Center (REC) site, which is scheduled to close no later than November 14. The Wichita REC site images will be transitioned to the Salt […]
Video: Ohio Valley Residents Speak Out on Proposed Mail Delivery Changes
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Postal service tries to ditch door delivery, letter carriers fight back
Despite telling local KATU news that it’s “just an idea.. we’re not really pushing for it…it’s just a discussion… they’re just talking about in Congress” (http://www.katu.com/news/local/Mail-delivery-to-your-front-door-may-go-away–260417771.html?tab=video&c=y), the Portland District of the US Postal Service is indeed soliciting property owners and managers to “convert” from at-the-door to at-the-corner “cluster box” mail delivery. And the local letter […]
Issa Delivery Bill Approved on Party-Line Vote
NAPUS – May 21, 2014 On Wednesday afternoon, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved H.R. 4670, the “Secure Delivery for America Act,” by a 18-13 party-line vote. The legislation, which Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) introduced on Monday, would require the Postal Service to convert 14 million door deliveries to either centralized, curbside or […]
Senator McCaskill Meets With Missouri Rural Letter Carriers Association
Senator discusses her fight to protect rural post offices May 20, 2014 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today met with representatives from the Missouri Rural Letter Carriers Association to discuss their joint effort to fight for rural post offices and maintain postal delivery standards. “Rural postal service is the lifeblood for communities all across […]
Video: Postal Innovation Hearing – May 22, 2014
Rolando: Lawmakers should fix what they broke, not break what’s working
May 21, 2014—Statement of Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, following the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s approval of H.R. 4670, the Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014: This irresponsible bill, H.R. 4670, is bad for the American public, bad for businesses, bad for the economy and bad for […]