"...The U.S. Justice Department said American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) has agreed to pay a $22.1 million civil penalty to resolve allegations that it falsely reported the times it transferred U.S. mail to foreign postal services..."
"...the aircraft controversy is what really cemented our interest. Lehman, who worked in aviation for 33 years, is pretty confident that the T-shirt shows a Soviet Tu-114, a renowned airliner from the late 1950s until 1976 and the civilian counterpart to the Tu-95, a bomber. That would mean, according to the Washington Post, that the USPS..."
"...USPS has defaulted on more than $43 billion in scheduled payments to that fund over the past decade. Administration officials, however, have recommended keeping the pre-funding mandate in place, and have instead suggested rolling back postal unions’ collective bargaining rights on compensation. The White House’s postal task force report also recommends further defining the agency’s universal service obligation, which outlines how many days a week the agency must make deliveries..."
"...Postal Supervisors filed its lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for D.C. on behalf of the 45,000 supervisors, managers, postmasters and technical specialists that make up its members. NAPS is seeking pay increases that would be mostly retroactive, covering the period from 2016 through 2019..."
"...Last November the Postal Service announced that it planned to sell the historic post office in Prescott, Ariz., and relocate retail services elsewhere. This week the building went on the market..."
"...one player in New York last year purchased a Pokemon card for $60,000. That was almost a year ago but he still hasn't received it. The card was lost in the mail. "Recently one of the most valuable cards in the hobby was lost or stolen in the mail," explains YouTuber smpratte, a trading card aficionado, in a video Tuesday..."
"...warehouse in suburban Minneapolis said Monday they’ll hit the online retail and entertainment giant with a brief strike next Monday — its heavily touted “Prime Day” — in a continuing push to improve pay and working conditions for the facility’s heavily East African workforce. The strike and rally in Shakopee are being organized by the Awood Center, a group that advocates for Somali and other East African workers..."
"...Brennan conceded at the April hearing that the plan will include a proposal to reduce mail delivery to five days per week, rather than the current six-day requirement. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., told the postmaster general to “quit wasting our time,” noting Congress has repeatedly blocked any effort to cut delivery frequency. USPS also told stakeholders it would look to further cut hours at post offices and continue to build its cadre of non-career employees who earn less pay and fewer benefits..."
"...The front desk receptionist at the home, Jeanne Waters, said she asked the postal service for an extra tub just to sort Frey’s cards every day. “These have been overfilled with letters and packages and everything for him,” Waters said. “It’s been fun, it really has.” Waters said it was fun to flip through the cards..."
"...pled guilty to possession of more than 5,000 grams of cannabis, a felony that carries a prison term of four to 15 years and a fine of up to $25,000, according to court records. In February 2014, postal workers noticed a pattern of suspicious packages being delivered to Franzen's home in Montgomery, Illinois..."
"...More than a dozen postal facilities in New Mexico’s largest city fell short when it came to consistently meeting building maintenance, safety and security standards, according to independent auditors with the U.S. Postal Service. The agency’s inspector general recently...Filling staff vacancies and maintaining safe, secure facilities must be a top priority for USPS leadership going forward..."
"...UPS already delivers a considerable percentage of Amazon’s Prime two-day and one-day orders. The United States Postal Service also delivers a growing share of Amazon’s brown boxes and packages..."
"...One day you're just heading to work at the post office and hours later you're celebrating $1 million lottery win. Meet U.S. Postal Service worker ..."
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"...The company plans to step up the shift away from the U.S. Postal Service this fall and handle the "vast majority" of SmartPost deliveries itself..."
"...The APWU implores you once again: Do not participate in the 2019 Postal Pulse Survey. You are probably being flooded with emails, postcards to your home, stand-up talks, posters on time clocks, and other tactics to try to get you to take the survey. So, what has the Postal Service done in the last year? Have things improved since the survey was first put out and found that the USPS ranked low in every category? The reality is, the steps the Postal Service took to make the workplace “more engaging” are meaningless. You still have difficult supervisors and you are having more demanded of you, putting your health and safety at risk. Staff is being reduced, people are being excessed and morale is being decimated. And now, in 2019, the survey is being pushed immediately before the APWU will begin interest arbitration with the Postal Service to establish a contract. There is more than a good chance that the results of this survey will be utilized, as has been done previously, in interest arbitration against you. The Postal Pulse and any initiatives to get you to participate are not in your best interest..."
"...The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday started a two-week test transporting mail across three Southwestern states using self-driving trucks, a step forward in the effort to commercialize autonomous vehicle technology for hauling freight..."
"...The justices, without comment Monday, left intact an appeals court decision upholding the government’s method for determining how much the Postal Service can charge for parcels. The rebuff is a victory for online retailer Amazon.com Inc., which relies on the Postal Service for deliveries and backed it in the court case. UPS, which competes with the Postal Service in the package-delivery business, says its rival has an unfair advantage because the pricing method doesn’t track the true cost of delivering packages...."
"...A spokesperson with the United States Postal Service confirms the man shot and killed on Monday in a southwest Albuquerque neighborhood was a mail carrier..."
"...But someone else at the post office will have to start handing out the candy. After 25 years of service, Whiting has retired from the place where his kindness to everyone who walked through the doors—and to his coworkers—was his trademark..."