Up to 1000 children using Facebook and Bebo may be unknown victims of the advances of a sexual predator in the south west of the United Kingdom, according to police reports. Michael Williams, a 28-year-old postal worker, used his routes as a postman to meet children and engage in innocent conversation, whereby he would learn […]
Remember those mail bags that went missing last winter? Montana farm workers found them. The two bright orange priority mail bags apparently fell from the open hatch of a mail plane. At first, the Postal Service thought they might be in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, but later figured they were probably closer to Great Falls. […]
The United States Postal Service announced Wednesday night that it will close its processing center in Lima, OH. Its district representative said the post office will save $2.2 million annually but cannot substantiate the claim. “I don’t have a breakdown. You’d have to request that through the Freedom of Information Act because a lot of […]
Testimony of California State Association of Letter Carriers – Sacramento PRC Field Hearing — May 12, 2010 Good morning Commissioners Acton and Hammond. Thank you for inviting me to testify. My name is John Beaumont and I am the President of the California State Association of Letter Carriers, which is comprised of 40,000 city letter […]
Sentencing today for former postal employee charged with stealing Best Buy rewards certificates FORMER POSTAL EMPLOYEE ENTERS A PLEA OF GUILTY TO THEFT OF MAIL – Former postal employee charged with stealing Best Buy rewards certificates Louisville, KY – United States Attorney Candace G. Hill of the Western District of Kentucky announced today that Alice […]
Acting United States Attorney Robert S. Cessar announced today, May 12, 2010, that Rachel Schaar of Munhall, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of theft of mail by a postal employee. The one count indictment named Schaar, age 38, as the sole defendant. According to the indictment, on […]
Acting United States Attorney Robert S. Cessar announced today, May 12, 2010, that Lisa Strickland of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of destruction of mail by a postal employee. The one?count indictment named Strickland, age 33, as the sole defendant. According to the indictment, on […]
Sustainability Annual Report Released WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service released its 2009 annual report on sustainability performance in which Postmaster General John E. Potter credited postal employees for the agency’s environmental achievements. “Quite simply, we want to be the best — best neighbor, best business partner and the best place to work when it […]
APWU Web News Article May 11, 2010 Issuing its third set of citations in less than a week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) charged the USPS with five counts of “willful” safety violations [PDF] in Bedford Park, IL on May 5. The latest citations bring the Postal Service’s total fines for these violations […]
Measuring the Social Value of Postal Services to the Nation U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) Issued May 7, 2010 The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC or Commission) is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the federal government with regulatory oversight over the United States Postal Service (USPS or Postal Service). It […]