6/25/224 – The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO welcomes this opportunity to represent approximately 200,000 postal workers in these important negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between our union and the United States Postal Service. For generations postal workers were denied our right to negotiate over wages, benefits, and conditions of employment. Instead, workers […]
NALC: On May 16, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the Protect Our Letter Carriers Act (H.R. 7629/S. 4356). The Senate companion bill comes after Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Greg Landsman (D-OH) introduced the bill in the House in March, which currently has 71 cosponsors. The bipartisan legislation, which mirrors H.R. […]
NORTH HIGHLANDS — 7/24/23 – A 73-year-old mail carrier is in recovery Monday after he was attacked by a dog in North Highlands while on the job last week. The man typically delivered mail to the dog’s owner from the street, the owner told CBS13 on Monday, but would not share his name and did […]
7/20/23 – A former U.S. Postal Service employee faces federal charges of embezzling from the union that represents Scottsbluff-area postal carriers. A federal grand jury for the District of Nebraska indicted Jacob Wilkins, 42, on three counts, according to information released by the U.S. attorney for the District of Nebraska. Wilkins is charged with one […]
6/24/23 – NALC – America’s letter carriers often work in dangerous environments. There are numerous factors that pose threats to our safety and health on the job. Recently, violent crime has increased and resulted in injuries to letter carriers and, unfortunately, even loss of life. As we continue to utilize every possible avenue to stop […]
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Letter carriers who protected a woman being pursued by an assailant, pulled residents from a burning home, found a missing child or saved a man having a health crisis are among those to be honored on May 11. Christine Cambizaca of Torrington, CT, just a month into her job, risked her own safety by […]
ST. LOUIS – 6/28/22 – U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Tuesday sentenced the former president of a local postal workers union to five years of probation and six months of house arrest for embezzling $80,000. Scott E. Rodgers, 51, was also ordered to repay the money. Rodgers embezzled a total of $80,756. From […]
The article below comes to us from the APWU – we do not agree with this proposal and have many questions regarding this issue. Two of our questions are would ONLY legitimate and legal USA citizens be eligible for this proposed Medicare coverage? And who is going to pay for the massive increase in the cost […]
Video Courtesy of Cop Watch @Cop Watch obtained body camera footage of an incident that happened in Las Vegas, New Mexico that involved a retired cop and a United States Postal mailman. Retired Las Vegas Police officer Robert Gutierrez told police he got physical with a postal worker and officers told Gutierrez they didn’t think […]
PEN – 12/17/21 – There is no question that our nation is in deep trouble both economically and politically. Gasoline prices are through the roof (we all know why). Food prices are way up and, in many areas, there are shortages of food and household items. Also, guess what…most workers paychecks are not keeping up […]