BRYAN, Texas — The Texas heat is unavoidable, especially when your profession requires you work outside all day. Jay Bates has served as a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS) for 10 years. Working six days a week and close to 300 days out of the year, the job can be demanding. […]
07/18/2016 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein congratulates union members for their role in winning a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in a five-minute video. http://www.apwu.org/
Nineteen-year-old nursing student Jody Valenti had just spent a night dancing at a disco in New Rochelle with her friend Donna Lauria, 18, when, back in The Bronx, their car suddenly exploded with gunfire. Donna, in training to be a New York City medic, was killed instantly — shot once in the back — and […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — Many of you order items on Prime Day from Amazon last Wednesday and the Des Moines’ Post Office was ready to get those new items to you on-time. ”It gets pretty busy, but you know, they usually get them done pretty quick,” said Anthony Perdue, a carrier for the USPS in […]
SAN ANTONIO — Seven months after a mailman accidentally destroyed her family’s mailbox, Jeannette Guerra-Moya is still waiting for the United States Postal Service to buy her a new one. “They should hold their employees accountable for what they do. We pay our taxes too, we want to have nice looking things for our home,” […]
ARVADA, Colo. — Residents in west Arvada asked the FOX31 Denver Problem Solvers for help in an ongoing problem with the U.S. Postal Service. Neighbors who live in the Leyden Rock community said packages have been lost, and personal mail and bills have been delivered to the wrong people. They said it has been an […]
WHEATON, Ill. (WLS) — A U.S. Postal Service worker is recovering after she was stung dozens of times by hornets along her route in west suburban Wheaton. A postal service spokesperson said the female carrier was stung 30-50 times on her head and neck while delivering mail Tuesday afternoon in the 900-block of Dartmouth Drive. […]
The Postal Service’s ability to deliver for businesses is the focus of a new TV commercial narrated by PMG Megan J. Brennan. The 30-second spot highlights the shipping cycle from the time customers order merchandise until the moment USPS delivers their packages. “Americans are buying more and more of everything online — and so many […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — After dozens of mailbox thefts, many Bakersfield neighbors say they’re frustrated that more isn’t being done to stop the break-ins. A U.S. Postal Service inspector said his department is working on better security, but that effort takes time. He also said the problem is bad and getting worse. Postal Inspector Jeff Fitch […]
Frank Loose was close to leaving work for the day when a co-worker operating a forklift ran over his foot, crushing three toes, 10 years ago. The operator put the machine in reserve and rolled over his foot a second time. The incident followed a dispute at the U.S. Postal Service plant on Lyell Avenue […]