video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player WICHITA, Kan. – Misty White is upset her mother is out $550. She wants to warn others. “I’m so upset,” White says. “I’ve had a headache all day.” White’s mom thought she was paying her rent with a money order. She dropped the envelope in one of two big blue […]
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — More than 100 care packages meant for troops serving in Afghanistan are just sitting at a postal office in DeKalb County. The packages were sent out months ago by the King’s Bridge Retirement Community Center on Briarcliff Drive. Read More
Feb. 20, 2014 – There will be no third cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for letter carriers under the 2011-2016 National Agreement because the Feb. 20 release of the January Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed no increase in the CPI between July 2013 and January 2014. This morning’s release of the January 2014 CPI-W (1967=100), 685.220, showed […]
GREENSBORO — A turkey attacked a mail carrier while she was on her route in a neighborhood in northwest Greensboro this week. Guilford County Animal Control says the turkey attacked her from behind when she was walking back to her truck after delivering a letter at a home on Tuesday. Read More
PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) — Postal Inspectors using fingerprint evidence arrested a 31-year-old man for mail theft and possession of a postal key in Hollywood Wednesday. The investigation began after surveillance video captured a man and a woman walking up to the front door of an apartment complex on the 7200 block of Franklin Avenue in […]
Union members are sure to breathe a sigh of relief following a recent notice from the Postal Service to the APWU. Excessing related to Area Mail Processing events has been placed on “indefinite hold,” according to a Feb. 14 letter [PDF] from Postal Service to the APWU. As a result, the Postal Service is now […]
More than 150 union members braved sub-zero degree winds on Feb. 17 to deliver an icy greeting to U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, the author of legislation (H.R. 2748) that would lead to the demise of the Postal Service. Issa (R-CA) was in New Hampshire to deliver the keynote speech to Republican donors at the New […]
Ten months after the APWU won an arbitration case protesting violations of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the USPS has provided the APWU with documentation — thousands and thousands of pages of documentation — necessary to determine the remedy, announced Director of Industrial Relations Tony McKinnon Sr. The documentation is in reference to violations of the […]
Over the past year, Americans have realized the hard truth that the Postal Service is on the verge of financial collapse. Although the situation is dire, it isn’t hopeless. With the right tools and quick action from Congress, the Postal Service can reform, right-size and modernize.” – U.S. Senator Tom Carper
The United States Postal Service has a serious dilemma: How can it survive in the age of email, online banking and a very competitive shipping industry? The Post Office recently raised the price of a first-class stamp to $0.49 from $0.46 but three extra pennies to send a letter in the mail will have little […]