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 […]
CLEVELAND (WJW) – The FOX 8 I-Team has uncovered new video showing a postal carrier confronted when he turned away from a customer without delivering the mail. The showdown took place in the same neighborhood where we’ve revealed many other complaints. Pete Paiscik recorded video of a mail carrier turning and leaving just before he got to […]
Former Local Union Vice President Pleads Guilty to Operating Overtime Kickback Scheme in the Allentown Post Office PHILADELPHIA – 11/03/21 – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Joseph Whitbeck, 56, of Tamaqua, PA, pleaded guilty to multiple fraud charges before United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith stemming from his operation […]
“When I looked at the papers, I noticed it was mail. It was tons of mail,” one resident said. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — 10/13/21 – United States Postal Service inspectors said they are working to determine who is responsible for dumping dozens of pieces of personal mail in Philadelphia’s Eastwick section. “It’s crazy, it’s crazy,” said […]
A beloved postal worker who was shot and killed on the job is being remembered as a hard worker who loved his family; KDKA’s Jessica Guay reports. A federal investigation is underway after a man shot and killed a poster worker in Collier Township because he believed the postal worker was poisoning him and his […]