Video: Tireless Columbus, OH Postal Worker Retiring After 58 Years on the Job
COLUMBUS (Dawn Faugl) — After more than half a century, a tireless postal worker is finally ready to take a break and retire. Moses Jamison has worked with the US Postal Service in Columbus for 58...
View ArticleVideo: Oregon postal worker takes action to put crooks behind bars
MEDFORD, Ore. — It was an act of bravery and quick thinking at the Medford post office when a postal worker put an end to fake money orders circulating around the state. Mark Hawkins is a Sales...
View ArticleAPWU, USPS Extend Memo on Filling Clerk Craft Residual Vacancies
10/31/2014 – The APWU and USPS have agreed to extend a March 20 Memorandum of Understanding Re: Filling Residual Vacancies for employees in the Clerk Craft. The memo outlines a procedure for filling...
View ArticleUSPS Central Massachusetts Processing and Distribution Center is ‘safe for now’
(November 1, 2014) SHREWSBURY, MA — No layoffs are planned when the USPS consolidates some of the services at the Central Massachusetts Processing and Distribution Center in January, but the more than...
View ArticlePostal Worker planning to retire next month after 41 years hit by car near work
CORAL GABLES (CBSMiami) — A postal clerk headed to work was hit by an oncoming car on a Coral Gables street on Friday morning. The 72-year old victim has just put in his notice to retire at the end of...
View ArticleMail Handlers Union Prevails against USPS in Lead Clerk National Arbitration
November 7, 2014- We are extremely pleased to announce that the NPMHU has prevailed in its National arbitration against the Postal Service over the ability of the Postal Service to allow Lead Clerks to...
View ArticleUSPS National Plan to change Postal Employees work schedules starting in...
Several months ago Postal Reporter contributor Don Cheney reported: The Future of USPS mail delivery: “The First-Class Mail and Standard Mail streams are being combined at the remaining plants. David...
View ArticleAPWU-represented postal employees to receive 1-2.5 per cent pay raise Nov. 15
11/10/2014 – APWU-represented postal employees will receive an increase in their annual salaries effective Nov. 15, which will be reflected in paychecks dated Dec. 5. The increase will apply to all...
View ArticleWatford City, ND Post Office overwhelmed and understaffed leading into holidays
(November 18, 2014) Watford City, North Dakota – With the holidays fast approaching, the local Watford City Post Office is feeling the pressure of trying to adequately meet the needs of their...
View ArticleVideo: How to protect your holiday package-deliveries from being stolen
The holiday season is officially here and that means lots of package deliveries. That also means it’s the perfect time for thieves on the prowl, but there are some ways to protect yourself and your...
View ArticleVideo: Union Questions USPS Over Controversial 911 Policy
After an NBC Bay Area investigation uncovered a policy that prevents most postal service employees from dialing 911 in an emergency, the union representing those employees has gotten involved. The...
View ArticlePostal Heroes – November 2014
Postal Employees without any fanfare go above and beyond in helping customers. People don’t realize postal employees do a lot more than just sell stamps, sort mail or deliver mail. Postal Employees...
View ArticleUSPS National Plan to Eliminate Tour 1 starting in January 2015: Oakland, CA
This is a National Plan The “Realignment” deals with three parts, changing service standards to end overnight and add a day for most first class mail, closing 82 more plants, and changing times and...
View ArticlePhiladelphia City Council Adopts ‘Stop Staples’ Resolution
The Philadelphia City Council voted unanimously on Dec. 11 to adopt a resolution to support the APWU’s efforts “to protect living-wage jobs and its insistence on the highest possible standards of...
View ArticleUSPS Phase 2 Network Rationalization FAQs includes some answers to service...
As previously reported USPS is moving ahead with Phase 2 Network Rationalization starting in January 2015. USPS quietly made this announcement last week. USPS estimates that approximately 20% of First...
View ArticleVideo: APWU Mark Dimondstein talks USPS changes scheduled for 2015
APWU ‘Mark Dimondstein’ on Washington Journal Mark Dimondstein, President American Postal Workers Union AFL-CIO, talked about U.S. Postal Service changes scheduled for 2015 which would not only affect...
View ArticleWe Got This! Postal Workers have a handle on sorting packages
12.23.2014 This time of year, the U.S. Postal Service sorting facility in Scarborough, Maine is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The facility has nearly 500 employees, and in the last few days...
View ArticleUSPS Re-Issues Policy on Oakland Postal Employees Calling 911 in Emergency
USPS EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT/CALLING-911 policy 1/5/2015 – In November 2014 a NBC Bay Area investigation exposed the USPS 911 policy that some say may have contributed to critical time delays in...
View ArticleAPWU: USPS Service Cuts Disrupt Postal Workers’ Lives
01/13/2015 – USPS Service Cuts Disrupt Postal Workers’ Lives When postal officials lowered “service standards” on Jan. 5, they didn’t just slow down America’s mail: They set in motion a process that...
View ArticleUSPS seeking supplier to provide Parcel Dimensional Scanner (PDS)
1.8.2015 – USPS is pursuing an initiative to identity revenue discrepancies for shortpaid and underpaid packages. This sounds like a potential new clerk position. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION – PARCEL...
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