"In accordance with the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a $0.17 per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective March 9, 2024.
The increase is the result of a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W), and will appear in paychecks dated..."
"...CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 133 were hoping to see a big turnout for a public meeting about the future of the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and that was the case Wednesday. Around 200 people were at the public meeting with more than 30 people who got up and spoke. Some speakers were just concerned citizens or supporters of the mail ..."
"...To save its post office, the tiny town of Hartville created a commemorative Valentine's Day stamp in 1996. The stamp has become so popular, collectors from around the world seek it out. The Pony Express joins in too with a Valentine's Day-themed ride to the town. ..."
"...Afton artist John Kaul remembers sending the first letters of his life to his paternal grandmother, Eva Kaul, in Faribault. The letters — “probably notes about school, or thank-you notes” — were the precursor of many to come. ...Kaul started collecting postage stamps when he was about 10. “My dad brought home from work envelopes with stamps coming from around the world,” he said. ...“I’ve always been someone who sent thank-you notes, and I always tried to dress up my letters to people with interesting stamps,” he said. “Sometimes there would be a theme. "
"...This shocking announcement made on Tuesday comes just six months after unionized UPS workers landed a “lucrative” new labor deal, which will see delivery drivers earning an average of $170,000 in annual pay and benefits by the end of the five years.
“2023 was a unique, and quite candidly, difficult and disappointing year,” said UPS CEO Carol Tomé during the company’s earnings call. “We experienced declines in volume, revenue and operating profits and all three of our business segments.”
She attributed the weak performance to increased labor costs..."
"...This is the second time in recent weeks a mail carrier was robbed in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. ..."
"Critically different from FEHB, the PSHBP requires verifying the Medicare enrollment of PSHBP enrollees – for example, if a postal annuitant who is required to be enrolled in Medicare Part B is not enrolled or disenrolls, they are no longer eligible to be enrolled in the PSHBP. ...The Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program is a new, separate program within the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) which will provide health insurance to eligible Postal Service employees, Postal Service annuitants, and their eligible family members starting in 2025. ..."
"The U.S. Postal Service has concluded that some of Casper’s mail processing should move to Billings, which means that along with a similar move in Cheyenne, Wyoming would be left without a major mail processing center. ..."
"U.S. Post Office workers in Missoula are extremely skeptical of a plan to possibly “modernize” the facility here because it may involve transferring outgoing mail-processing operations currently performed in Missoula to Spokane. ...“If you’re sending something from Missoula to Missoula, it’s gonna get driven to Spokane first... “We do a ton of Veterans Administration medications," he said. "Stuff like that’s gonna suffer. A lot of people rely on their physical Social Security checks. Things like that. A ton of local businesses take advantage of those flat-rate boxes. All their shipping could be delayed for two or more days.”"
"KINGSFORD, Mich. (WLUC) - The United States Postal Service has announced a review of its Processing and Distribution Center facility in Kingsford. Some postal workers have expressed concerns about the review. They believe changes to the facility will result in slower delivery speeds...."
"...MANCHESTER, N.H. — So many people wanted to weigh in Thursday about potential changes to a U.S. Postal Service facility in Manchester that the meeting had to move to a bigger room. Postal workers are concerned that shifting some mail processing operations from Manchester to Boston could affect jobs and employees' commutes. ..."
"...The Postal Service has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 (Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2023). Here are some highlights...• Revenue. Total operating revenue was $21.6 billion, an increase of 0.5 percent ...Marketing Mail revenue decreased 5.4 percent. ...• Volume. Total volume was..."
"...One recent example involves a message that appears to be from an internal source. However, the email is flagged as “[EXTERNAL]” and the message contains a pressing request such as “I require urgent help.”
Vendor invoice fraud is another phishing scam to avoid.
This occurs when an attacker takes..."
"...You know about stamp collectors, but did you know postmarks have their fans, too?
A local chapter of the Post Mark Collectors Club recently toured the Hartford, CT, Processing and Distribution Center, where John Aberg, a USPS electronic technician, gave them a firsthand look at a machine that cancels postage. ..."
"...MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The United States Postal Inspectors Office is searching for a man in connection to an ongoing fraud investigation.
The USPIO is asking for the public’s help identifying an unknown man who is wanted for questioning.
Investigators ask that anyone with information that could help identify the man please come forward. If you have information, please immediately call the Police or CrimeStoppers at 334-215-7867 or 1-833-251-7867 or submit a tip through the P3-tips app. Your information could lead to a cash reward. ..."
"...“The postal service is moving to an electronic key, basically where you would have to have a code with a scanner that can be turned off instantly if it’s stolen,” explains Montgomery. But until every postal carrier shifts to the new technology, U.S. Postal Inspectors continue to search for and find the robbers. A number of arrests have been made..."
"The hit TV drama based on the Post Office scandal really delivered for victims by raising awareness of their ongoing ordeal. And now a stage play is hoping to build on that success and carry on the fight against injustice. Plans for a theatre show are under way after ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office sparked a major public outcry and forced former chief executive Paula Vennells to hand back her CBE. The satire, called False Accounts in a nod to the dodgy Horizon IT system supplied by Fujitsu, was performed in 2022 – and seen by more than 40 sub-postmasters..."
"“I’ve seen a lot of stuff in my career as far as stealing mail,” O’Neil said. “This is my first time seeing suspects steal a crate of mail from the post office.” ..."
"...Marie Lim is the owner of the Happi Farm in Davie. Lim told Local 10 News that she is starting to gear up to head across parts of the state of Florida in February to support her program, Heroes on Stallions. The program aims to raise awareness for U.S. military veterans who are in need. Lim will begin...Click here to support"