The Senate committee with oversight over the Postal Service spent nearly three hours on Jan. 29 debating amendments to a postal bill that all four postal unions oppose, but recessed before taking a final vote. There is no word on when — or if — the committee will reconvene to finish consideration of the legislation, […]
” March in the Dark ” to USPS Headquarters, L’Enfant Plaza, Washington D.C. from the MLK Memorial. Martin Luther King’s Birthday 1/20/2014 “A Funeral Wreath to Honor ” Fallen Postal Workers “. those injured, hurt or killed on the job, was delivered to Post Master General Patrick R. Donahoe at Postal Headquarters, demanding an end […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After 29 years, Susan Rebholz has a strategy to make it through her postal route and the frigid temperatures. She opened the door of her postal van and lifted a large black bag, thumbing through extra hooded sweatshirts, socks, pants, a rain coat and hats—components of her survival kid that she […]
Is Staples guilty of chronically cheating its employees out of their hard-earned wages? According to 2010 report by the National Employment Law Project [PDF]: “Our nation’s workers too often are cheated out of their hard-earned wages. In a growing number of industries, employers have institutionalized the practice of flouting basic workplace protections like the minimum […]
A mailman’s careless delivery to a northwest Houston home was caught on camera Saturday. In the video, the postal worker can be seen rolling up in the driveway, walks a few steps and then tosses the box towards the porch. This is on De Lange Lane near Antoine Drive.\ Read More
Nearly two dozen indictments were handed out following a yearlong federal investigation into mail theft. Operation Broken Mailbox is an ongoing effort involving a surge of postal inspectors and analysts working with local law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute stolen mail offenses. Operation Mailbox was initiated following postal customer complaints about mail thieves who […]
A bipartisan omnibus spending bill released on Jan. 13 retained the language calling for six-day mail delivery service, language that has been part of such bills for more than 30 years. “We are grateful that Congress recognizes the value of Saturday delivery to millions of American businesses that rely on the most efficient last-mile delivery […]
Some Chicago residents say the U.S. Postal Service is delaying delivery of their packages. Postal officials say there is a reason they have been slowed down. Call it the polar vortex pileup. Read More