"...MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - Some mail for people in Tennessee seems to have reached the wrong address after being found in the dumpster of an Ace Hardware.
A manager at the chain’s East Memphis location says they saw a USPS postal worker dump bags of mail into their dumpster Friday at around 5 p.m. ..."
"A suspect was arrested in connection with the incident, the mayor said. ...Authorities have made an arrest have a number of ballots were damaged when a United States Post Office collection mailbox was lit on fire in Phoenix, police said.
An individual lit a fire inside a drive-up collection mailbox at a USPS station..."
"... CFC, the campaign represents thousands of charities under one umbrella. It began Sept. 1 and continues through Jan. 15, 2025. Employees can sign up at the givecfc.org website, on the CFC Giving mobile app or with a paper form. Donations can be made as monthly gifts, one-time pledges or via payroll deduction. The Postal Service’s fundraising goal this year is $3 million. ..."
"After nearly two years of talks, the union for city letter carriers announced a poverty-level tentative agreement ...According to a summary by National Association of Letter Carriers, the 42-month deal (2023 through 2026) contains pathetic 1.3 percent annual wage increases...After record-high inflation and other recent agreements for autoworkers, UPS and east coast dockworkers which all contained modest wage increases between 20 and 61 percent. Even these deals were sellouts, where wage increases acted as cover for mass, automation-driven job cuts. Under this contract, however, workers will get both a near-wage freeze and massive job cuts. In fact, rural carriers covered under a separate contract are being systematically cheated out of "
"...The law has prohibitions on clothing, bumper stickers and more..."
"...On October 10, the NALC Executive Council met in Washington, DC to consider a charge initiated by an NALC member against Region 9 National Business Agent Eddie Davidson. Pursuant to Article 10 of the NALC Constitution, NALC President Brian L. Renfroe appointed former Region 5 National Business Agent Michael Birkett to conduct an investigation and make a report on the charge.
After review of the charge and the investigative report, the Council voted and determined a substantial charge was not presented. ...
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"...As reported during the recent Maintenance Division Conference in Detroit, MI and the previous Conference in National Harbor, MD, the Postal Service notified the APWU of its intent to pilot the Eagle Clean (e4776) program on May 30, 2023. The Postal Service’s reasoning behind the pilot program was to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of completing and submitting the PS Form 4776 using a Mobile Delivery Device scanner (MDD). Custodians would utilize the MDD scanner daily to record the time spent working on various custodial tasks. Once completed, the data would be reviewed by the supervisor and uploaded to be stored on the Retail and Delivery Application Recording platform (RADAR). The pilot program officially began on July 1, 2023, in five facilities in Maryland, and expanded shortly thereafter to facilities in Lexington, KY and Tampa, FL..."
"...ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul police are investigating a shooting involving two postal workers on Sunday that left one with life-threatening injuries.
It happened at about 3:30 p.m. at the post office on West Seventh Avenue near Alaska Avenue, just a few blocks east of Highland National Golf Course. ..."
"...Columbus Day, a holiday that celebrates Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas, is Monday, Oct. 14.
The first Columbus Day celebration took place in 1792 ..."
"...Letter Carrier Jeremy King was assisting a co-worker recently with deliveries on her White Plains, NY, route, but he ended up helping in more ways than one.
King was in his vehicle when he saw a customer attempt to introduce a dog to Letter Carrier Amy Fowler, who was loading her vehicle. The dog suddenly turned aggressive and lunged at her. ..."
"...The American Postal Workers Union covers over 200,000 postal workers across four main crafts: Clerks, Maintenance, Motor Vehicle Services, and Support Services.
This means that three of the four postal unions are now working under expired contracts, even as USPS management is carrying out an historic attack on jobs and on postal services under the “Delivering for America” restructuring program. This seeks to transform the Postal Service into an automation-driven parcel delivery service—at the expense of vital mail services, lower-income and rural customers, and postal jobs—and ultimately to privatize it.
This underscores that rank-and-file postal workers are in a fight, not just against management, but sellout union bureaucrats. ...
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"...The Postal Service has recommended deadlines for the holiday mailing and shipping season.
The suggestions, released Tuesday, Oct. 8, are for expected delivery by Dec. 25.
Here are the deadlines for items being sent to addresses in the lower 48 states..."
"...The average monthly annuity payment for a Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) retiree in 2023 is ..."
"...Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, which granted unions the right to negotiate with management over their wages, benefits and working conditions. In lieu of the right to strike, a binding arbitration process was established for resolving contract disputes. ..."
"...tentative agreement was reached "on wages," according to the International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance. ...This represents a significant increase from the shipping industry group’s offer of a 50% wage increase earlier this week. The union had been pushing for a 77% pay hike over six years.
The tentative agreement would bring the hourly wage for a top dockworker to $63"
"...Teamsters President Sean O’Brien claiming Democrats are no longer for unions and beholden to big tech. ... “Democrats should start by saying people make mistakes and we need to earn back that trust.”"
"...Resources include a new landing page with details for PSHB enrollees; information about auto-enrollment where Postal employees will be automatically transitioned from their current plan to a comparable plan in the new PSHB program; and a page providing information on cost savings for enrollees who are also signed up for Medicare Part B or Medicare Advantage through PSHB. The Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, is a new, separate program within the FEHB program, the creation of which was directed by the Postal Service Reform Act. The PSHB program will be administered by OPM, and will provide health insurance to eligible Postal Service employees, Postal Service annuitants, and their eligible family members starting in 2025. PSHB coverage will replace FEHB Program coverage for these groups. ..."
"...While in custody for shoplifting at the store, police searched 39-year-old Amber Beard’s purse and car and found stolen merchandise, a multitude of checks, credit and debit cards, and Alabama drivers’ licenses not belonging to her, as well as U.S. mail addressed to several people in the Birmingham area.
While in custody, Beard told officers she works for USPS.
Police found that while Beard was employed as a postal worker, she opened mail not addressed to her and removed items like checks, debit and credit cards, and gift cards, and fraudulently used them. ...as well as U.S. mail addressed to several people in the Birmingham area.
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"...Police responded Sept. 21 to a battery call and found that the carrier had facial injuries, police spokesperson Juan Rebolledo said. The worker was chased by two dogs while delivering mail. After using pepper spray, he rushed back to his vehicle but then was followed for blocks by two men who assaulted him, Shade said. ..."
"...The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) allocated nearly $364 million in the fiscal year 2023 and $650 million for the 2024 fiscal year to the “Shelter and Services Program” “to provide humanitarian services to noncitizen migrants following their release from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),” according to the government’s website. ..."