"...closed until further notice pending “an assessment of possible health and safety issues with the building,” according to a news release from the USPS. Details about the issues were not specified..."
This Article is From: whnt.com
Friday, August 10, 2018
Muscle Shoals (Alabama) Post Office building shut down over health, safety concerns
This Article is From: whnt.com
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Postal Task Force Has Recommendations Ready for the President
"...The executive order that created the task force, which Trump signed in April, gave the group four months to deliver its recommendations. That deadline was set for Aug. 10. The task force plans to deliver the report to the White House this week, a Treasury Department spokesperson told Government Executive, and will provide the president with a briefing next week when he is expected to return from New Jersey..."
This Article is From: www.govexec.com
Video: How Houston ranks with U.S. Postal Service
"...How is the USPS doing here in Houston? So far, 2018's been a tricky year. Houston is the third-worst area in the country for package delivery..."
This Article is From: www.khou.com
Friday, August 3, 2018
Amazon forms U.S. Postal Service lobby group with other companies
"...Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and other retail and logistics companies said on Wednesday they had started a new group to lobby to keep the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) package delivery services 'reliable and affordable...presidential task force, McHugh said. With the task force’s Aug. 10 report deadline looming..."
This Article is From: www.reuters.com
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Custodian discovers World War II letter at Elgin post office, returns keepsake to writer's family
"...Caulfield asked around and learned Gathman worked at the Elgin Post Office from 1940 to 1973. Caulfield and his wife then used Facebook to track down Gathman’s son, Bruce, who lives in South Carolina. Caulfield sent him the letter via priority mail..."
This Article is From: www.chicagotribune.com
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Birmingham brothers sentenced to federal prison in Mexican cartel drug distribution case
"...The investigation began when U.S. Postal inspectors and SBI agents began investigating mailings of dozens of packages from Phoenix, Arizona to the Birmingham area in December 2016, according to court documents. The investigation began after postal inspectors in Arizona contacted inspectors in Alabama about a package they had intercepted and found to contain more than three pounds of methamphetamine. The package was addressed to a Birmingham-area home...the person who mailed that package as Deron Lee Green, a former Alabama resident with family in Birmingham..."
This Article is From: www.al.com
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Postal worker dies. May have succumbed to heat
Postal worker, nearing retirement, dies in record-setting CA heat
"...A dedicated employee with 28 years of service, and close to retirement, Peggy Frank had just returned to work from medical leave...Tragedy struck Friday, her first day of work in months after suffering a broken ankle, according to family. The 63-year-old was found unresponsive in her mail delivery truck as temperatures topped more than 115 degrees"
This Article is From: www.tucsonnewsnow.com
Monday, July 2, 2018
Fired Up and Ready to Go! Contract Negotiations Begin Between the APWU and USPS
"...Dimondstein discussed the union’s general goals for bargaining: fair compensation, safe workplaces free of harassment, job security and opportunity to enjoy secure and dignified retirements. “Our members want an end to the divisive unfair three-tier wage and benefit structure,” he said. “We want an end to the situation where new hires do not, or barely make, a living wage, and where full-time career work has been undermined..."
This Article is From: www.apwu.org
Sunday, July 1, 2018
President Trump, Jeff Bezos And The Solution For The United States Postal Service
"...Amazon today announced a new program designed to encourage entrepreneurs to enter into an agreement with Amazon to open their own Amazon-backed delivery service. In exchange for a $10,000 investment, Amazon will provide up to 40 vans and allow drivers to wear Amazon-branded uniforms. Entrepreneurs can earn up to $300,000 annually according to Amazon..."
This Article is From: www.forbes.com
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Amazon Drives Deeper Into Package Delivery
"...Amazon says it has to build out its own services simply to handle the surging number of online orders that UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service can’t. More than $4 of every $10 spent online in the U.S. is on Amazon.com, and the number of its deliveries topped more than a billion last year, according to analyst estimates..."
This Article is From: www.wsj.com
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Job Losses, Relocations Could Result from Reorganization Plan
"...The Trump administration’s blueprint for reorganizing a host of federal agencies and programs, released Thursday, contains no specific projections on the impact of federal employees working in them, although if carried out the plans could result in the loss of many federal jobs and the relocation of others. The “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century” document..."
This Article is From: www.fedweek.com
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
UPS, Teamsters May Be Headed Toward America’s Biggest Labor Strike in Decades
"...the nation’s largest strike in decades. On Tuesday, the union announced members voted more than 90% in favor of going on strike...One proposal on the negotiating table is to create a two-tier wage system that would take part-time workers who earn $15 an hour and make them full-time at the same wage. Existing full-time drivers now earn an average of $36 an hour, or roughly $75,000 a year. The Teamsters are divided on this proposal, which makes it harder to reach a deal and avoid a strike..."
This Article is From: ktla.com
Monday, May 21, 2018
Remembering President Emeritus William Burrus
"...William Burrus served as elected National President of the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO from 2001-2010. He was the first African-American to be elected president of any national union in direct balloting by the membership. Prior to his assuming the presidency, William Burrus served as APWU Executive Vice-President for 21 years, from 1980 to 2001, working alongside APWU President Moe Biller. As a top national APWU officer, Brother Burrus helped negotiate substantial gains for the members with improved wages, and benefits, rightfully earning his reputation as a skilled negotiator and powerful advocate for postal workers..."
This Article is From: www.apwu.org
Friday, April 20, 2018
USPS: Prattville Alabama Post Office remains closed as ATF investigation continues
"...front lobby and postal box area of the post office remain closed as agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) continue to..."
This Article is From: WSFA via Postal eDaily
Saturday, April 14, 2018
President Issues Executive Order on USPS
"...The Executive Order calls for a full report within 120 days to provide a “thorough evaluation of the operations and finance” of the USPS to include:
The task force will potentially develop recommendations on administrative and legislative reforms regarding the U.S. Postal Service..."
This Article is From: American Postal Workers Union
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Senate bill would force Postal Service retirees onto Medicare
"...A retiree may have to pay another $1,600 or more per year in Medicare premiums, according to Thissen. “A Postal Service Medicare eligible annuitant subject to this section may not continue coverage under the Postal Service Health Benefits Program unless the Postal Service Medicare eligible annuitant enrolls in Medicare part A, Medicare part B and Medicare part D,” the bill said..."
This Article is From: www.federaltimes.com
Saturday, March 24, 2018
USPS Files Patent To Use Blockchain Tech In User Identity Verification
"...The United States Postal Service (USPS) had filed a patent last September for a system with public and private keys and a “block chain [sic] component” for authenticating user information, according to a patent filing released yesterday, March 22, by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, titled “Methods and Systems for a Digital Trust Architecture..."
This Article is From: cointelegraph.com
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
1 injured as package bound for Austin explodes at FedEx facility
"...A package bomb blew up at a FedEx Corp distribution center near San Antonio on Tuesday, officials said, and the FBI was investigating whether it was linked to a series of four homemade bombs that hit the Texas capital of Austin this month..."
This Article is From: www.msn.com
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Man Arrested in White Powder Mailings to Donald Trump Jr., Antonio Sabato Jr., Other Public Figures: Feds
"...Authorities say they've arrested the man who sent an envelope of white powder to the Manhattan apartment of Donald Trump Jr. and his wife Vanessa last month. Federal prosecutors in Boston said Thursday morning the 24-year-old man, Daniel Frisiello, mailed five envelopes filled with powder to..."
This Article is From: www.nbcnewyork.com
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Huntsville mail processing center may relocate to Birmingham
"...Postal workers voiced their concerns at Wednesday night's meeting. Postal worker and Huntsville resident Ray Dunavant said if the measure passes, Huntsville will lose its historic postmark; something that Dunavant says is an emblem of a community.
Dunavant also worried about medications being sent without an overnight delivery option.
"Basically it will be slowed where you will not have your next day delivery for first class mail in particular. This again, will have an impact on medication as far as diabetics...where mail is delivered in cool packs. Medication may end up melting and the medication may not end up being good," said Dunavant.
The Postal Service will ..."
This Article is From: www.waff.com
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