Postal Worker identified in fatal accident

Police ID Postal Worker Killed In Crash On The Job

"...mail truck was slowing down to make a left turn Saturday morning when it was clipped by a pickup truck whose driver was trying to pass the mail truck..."    

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Mail truck driver dies when truck hits home

Postal worker dies when truck hits home

"...truck went into a business Thursday afternoon in ..."    

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Postal Overnight Delivery Standards Need To Be Protected!

Rep. DeLauro Introduces Bill To Protect Overnight Delivery Standards

"...“Ending overnight delivery standards – and the subsequent consolidation of processing facilitates – will have a disastrous impact on unemployment. With unemployment high, this is a particularly bad time for the Postal Service to eliminate jobs...."    

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Postal Service should cut ties with contractor...

IG: Postal Service should consider cutting off Accenture work

"...Accenture “has demonstrated an absence of business ethics, a lack of transparency and insufficient internal controls in its business dealings with the Postal Service,” according to the audit, which also cited..."    

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Brooklyn postal employee killed

Employee Killed by Postal Service Truck

"...Brooklyn Center officers say a postal service employee was killed after being hit by a Post Office truck...."    

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Postal workers repainting Brooklyn Heights mailboxes after...

USPS only repaints 'defaced' mailboxes after anonymous 'Captain Cleanup' already covered up graffiti

"...The US Postal Service pays no attention when graffiti vandals deface its mailboxes — but when someone goes to tidy them up, they suddenly swoop in and take action, some Brooklyn residents are complaining. ..."    

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Rep. Darrell Issa again targets labor, proposing prevention of labor contract no-layoff agreements

Issa proposes new legislation to restructure Postal Service

"...back with new draft legislation that would allow the financially ailing agency to move to five-day delivery and ban it from entering no-layoff agreements with employees. The changes proposed by House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Thursday..."    

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Max Duty Assignment Tool (MDAT) goes live, says APWU

MDAT Computer Program To Win Good Jobs Goes Online

"...A new APWU computer program that will help win good jobs has gone live! The program, known as the Max Duty Assignment Tool (MDAT), will help local unions fight for jobs with better schedules, address excessing issues and retreat rights, and identify part-time flexible hours that justify full-time jobs, Clerk Craft Director Rob Strunk has announced...."    

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UPS and USPS package scanning leaves alot to be desired

When UPS Teams Up With USPS, Your Package Magically Travels To 29 States And Back-And-Forth Through Time

"...check on the shipping status of her Shutterfly order, only to find that UPS and the U.S. Postal Service had managed to fold space and time, somehow sending her package to 78 different locations in 29 states (and Washington, D.C.), all while going back and forth through time...."    

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Drug agents check mail to home of...

Drug agents check mail to home of Indians closer Chris Perez; updates with police news conference

"...At a news conference Wednesday, the chief said the operation likely originated with a package that appeared suspicious to postal employees. “They took it from there,” he said...."    

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Ricin investigated

New poison letters put ricin under microscope

"...At least 10 ricin-laced or suspected ricin-laced letters have been sent to government officials in recent weeks, including President Barack Obama...."    

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Birmingham, Alabama former postal employee pleaded guilty in 'package redirect' of guns

Former Birmingham postal worker pleads guilty to redirecting packages, including one that contained 11 handguns

"...entered his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and two counts of theft of mail by an officer or employee of the U.S. Postal Service..."    

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Greensboro / Raleigh North Carolina mail affected by truck fire

Mail truck wrecks, catches fire

"...The tractor-trailer was carrying 12 containers of First-Class and Priority Mail to Greensboro/Raleigh North Carolina. ..."    

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Retired postal worker slain

Warwick police: Slain man was retired postal worker

"...in Warwick City Park has been identified as John "Jack" Fay, 66, of Warwick, a retired postal worker who used the City Park bike path as a running trail..."    

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Retirement Incentive: First installment payment due May 24

First Installment of Retirement Incentive Due May 24

"...APWU President Cliff Guffey is congratulating APWU retirees and other former employees who will soon receive the first installment of the $15,000 incentive the APWU negotiated last year. The first payment of $10,000 (minus applicable taxes and withholdings) will be available on May 24, 2013. The second installment of $5,000 will be paid on May 23, 2014. ..."    

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Mail pot-smuggling scheme busted

Crime boss Vincent Basciano's son busted for alleged pot-smuggling scheme

"...The son of a notorious crime boss was busted Wednesday after an alleged scheme to smuggle $65,000 worth of weed through the U.S. Postal Service went up in smoke, officials said..."    

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Fourth lottery win for retired postal worker

America's luckiest man? Retired postal worker scoops fourth lottery win

"...Melvyn Wilson, a retired postal worker from Virginia, may just be really skilled at scratch-off games: He has won more than $2 million in less than 10 years...."    

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PMG wants more from mail handlers: reopen contract negotiations

NPMHU Responds to PMG Donahue's Request to Reopen Negotiations

"...President John Hegarty responds to Postmaster General Donahoe’s request to reopen contract negotiations. President Hegarty’s letter reads, in part; “While we are always willing to work with the Postal Service to achieve cost savings, and to find new revenue streams, we cannot accommodate your request to reopen contract negotiations. Mail handlers already have contributed to the recent financial restructuring of the Postal Service..."    

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What role did Postal Service play in the Amanda Berry story?

McDonalds' new spokesman: Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey talks to Anderson, interview

"...I was on my porch and the mailman put his mail in my mail. I looked at it like here's his mail when he come home. Couple of minutes later, he pulled up. He checked the mailbox, grabbed his paper. Before he went in the house, I said Ariel, here goes your mail. We just had the same conversation when I hand him the mail. He said, they can't get it right. I said, damn postal service. ..."    

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Postal Service Extends Health Care to Non-Career Workers

USPS Extends Health Care to Non-Career Workers to Comply With Reform Law

"...The contract -- awarded to UnitedHealthcare -- will last a minimum of three years and could stretch as many as nine years. It is worth an estimated $239 million annually, the Postal Service said...."    

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