Video: Postal Worker Delivered Drugs on Route, Police Say
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Video: Mail Stops Showing Up In Santa Clara Neighborhood; Post Office Overtime Fears
SANTA CLARA (KPIX 5) – Oct. 31, 2014 – The U.S. Postal Service goes by the creed “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” but one KPIX 5 viewer said that’s not the case in Santa Clara. On the Circle Drive […]
Video: Delivery problems at New Orleans high-rise resolved after FOX 8 Intervenes
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – When the U.S. Postal Service stopped delivering packages to a New Orleans high-rise, some residents had a tough time getting their medicine. Concerned about the elderly and disabled tenants, one woman turned to the FOX 8 Defenders for action. Two months ago, Elaine Brown shared her frustrations with the Defenders after […]
USPS: Penalty Overtime Exclusion
As referenced in Article 8, sections 4 and 5, of the USPS-NALC and USPS-APWU national agreements, the December period (during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable) consists of four consecutive service weeks. This year, the December period begins Pay Period 26-14 — Week 2 (December 6, 2014) — and ends Pay Period 02-15 — […]
Innovation ‘starting to pay off’ for Postal Service
Tech and tradition Williamson: Innovation ‘starting to pay off’ for Postal Service CHRO Jeff Williamson The Postal Service is continuing to innovate in an effort to make mail more valuable, CHRO Jeff Williamson told theWisconsin State Journal in a recent interview. “We’re blending what we’ve always done well, which is the delivery of mail and packages, with […]
Video: Frenemies: UPS, FedEx & the Post Office
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 5 years or so, you’re aware that there are major problems going on at the post office. Saturday delivery seems to be continually on the chopping block. If you are anything like me, you may have thought to yourself, “If the Post Office goes under, […]
Video: How the Postal Service is helping law enforcement monitor snail mail
PBS – 10.28.2014 – An internal audit of the U.S. Postal Service found that it approved nearly 50,000 requests from law enforcement to monitor personal mail. Gwen Ifill sits down with Ron Nixon of The New York Times, who has been investigating this story for more than a year. Read more
Feds investigating theft of Dayton mail by contracted truck driver
October 28, 2014 – An unnamed truck driver is being investigated in connection with the theft of mail she was contracted to take from the Dayton Post Office to Postal Service operations in Pittsburgh. The suspect is an independent contractor with Rose-marie Zajac’s Mail Transportation Co. of Yatesboro. Zajac said the driver has been suspended […]
USPS Owned Bolger Center Laying Off 261 Employees
Oct. 27, 2014 – USPS purchased the Bolget Center in 1980 to use as a meeting and training facility. The Center has 430 guest rooms and 75 meeting rooms. The Center completed fiscal year 2012 more than $3 million in the red. Dolce International, the company that manages the Bolger Center, filed notice that they […]
GAO: Information on Recent Changes to Delivery Standards, Operations, and Performance
What GAO Found The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) revised its delivery standards, which has generally increased delivery time for some First-Class Mail and Periodicals from 1 day to 2 days, notably by reducing mail with a 1-day standard.USPS also revised its delivery standards for 2-day delivery. Mail must now be within a 6-hour drive between […]