April 1, 2014 The postal provisions in the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on April 1 are a “thinly-veiled attempt to plunder the Postal Service — to slash service, cut workers’ benefits, and render our great national treasure ripe for privatization,” said APWU President Mark Dimondstein. They’re also based on a fallacy, Dimondstein […]
April 1, 2014 The APWU has reached a Tentative Agreement with the USPS on a Collective Bargaining Agreement covering postal nurses. “The tentative contract resolves all the articles that were in dispute,” said Support Services Craft Director Steve Brooks. “It will provide new benefits and will clarify working conditions for postal nurses represented by the […]
HOUSTON (KTRK) – April 01, 2014 — Officials say at least one person died yesterday in a fiery accident on the southbound lanes of the Southwest Freeway. Houston police say the driver of a red SUV was driving erratically and collided with an 18-wheeler bearing the USPS logo. Both vehicles then caught fire. Read more
An investigation is underway into who’s breaking into United State Postal Service mail trucks on the South Side. At least seven trucks have been robbed over the last three months. Two of them were broken into on Monday. Read more
APWU: March 29, 2014 A March 28 agreement with the USPS [PDF] outlines the procedure for the conversion of Maintenance Craft Postal Support Employees to career, Maintenance Craft Director Steve Raymer has announced. The Memorandum of Understanding is a follow-up to an agreement signed by President Mark Dimondstein on March 20 that outlines the procedure […]
The U.S. Post Office should get into banking. With that assertion, agency Inspector General David Williams created quite a stir a few months ago. Behind the proposal are dueling postal officials with very different policy positions and agendas. Plus a murmur of momentum on Capitol Hill. American Banker reporter Kevin Wack explains. More Source: American […]
[Video is below] In a White House ceremony on March 18, 2014, President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to twenty-four American military heroes. Each of these Soldiers’ bravery was previously recognized by award of the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second highest award; that award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. Twenty-one of […]
The Postal Service has announced the deployment of a new Mobile Delivery Device (MDD) to be used by letter carriers. The device, from Honeywell, will transmit scan data in real time and will replace the current Intelligent Mail Device (IMD) and paired cell phone. For detailed information on the new MDD, read an advance copy […]
Check out the USPS guy dropping off a package. Prior to the video I went out to receive the mail, which was a couple of envelopes, and he notifies me that there is a package as well. So I tell him to just honk or whistle so I can come out and receive it. […]
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