April 13, 2016
NRLCA membership approves new 3-year contract with
USPS
The National Rural
Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) membership
has ratified a new three-year labor contract with
the Postal Service. .
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Updated: Postal Worker arrested after bomb threats,
carrying grenade while on mail route
A rural carrier who has been working for USPS
since May 1979 has been identified. A
postal worker is behind bars Wednesday after allegedly
making terroristic threats at the Baxter Post Office
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Senator Tester urges PMG to abandon USPS consolidation
plan
Senator Jon Tester
is urging the Postmaster General to abandon the
U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) consolidation plan
that would shutter mail processing facilities across
the nation and likely cost the Postal Service millions
of dollars.
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Video: USPS mail truck stolen in Oakland recovered,
mail gone
Someone stole a mail
truck in Oakland, and all the mail that was in it,
about to be delivered, was also gone. Victims will
have to see if anything important never got delivered.
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USPS Responds to article by Taxpayers Protection
Alliance
Other points in Mr.
Williams’ column warrant further clarification.
For instance, Mr. Williams worries that taxpayers
will be called upon to provide a bailout to return
the Postal Service to financial stability. Such
an outcome is totally preventable through passage
of key legislative reforms and ongoing postal leadership
initiatives that will put the Postal Service back
on a sustainable financial path.
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Missouri Postal Worker sentenced for redirecting
mail to personal addresses
Mail truck catches fire in downtown Jackson TN
Former 30 year Colorado postal worker faces workers
comp fraud charges
Will Publishers Be Ready for the USPS's Data Deluge?
USPS is still working to resolve a situation with
lead contamination
The high price of suddenly cheaper postal stamps
Sue Johnson, Longtime Duvall Postal Clerk, Retires
After 33 Years
Former South Dakota APWU State Treasurer Who Stole
$30,000 Gets One Year Federal Probation
April 12, 2016
Georgia Postal Employee killed in wreck with logging
truck
Georgia State Patrol
is still investigating what caused the death of
a postal employee on Highway 27 at Collard Valley
Road on the Cedartown bypass earlier this afternoon.
Log Truck Ran Red Light
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Postal police evict Berkeley Post Office occupiers
Connecticut mail carrier accused of trafficking
marijuana on route
Seventh National Parks centennial stamp features
Glacier Bay National Park
NY State Police, US Postal Inspection Service arrest
22, seize drugs, weapons and cash in ‘Operation
Pandora’s Box’
Senator Carper Reiterates Need for Congress to Pass
Postal Reform
April 11, 2016
OSHA proposes $88,000 in penalties at USPS Urbandale,
Iowa mail facility
The U.S. Department
of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
said in a news release Monday that the citations
follow an October 2015 OSHA investigation of a complaint.
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Indiana Postal Employee accused of using heroin
at work
Beginning in early
March, 2016 the United States Postal Inspector General’s
Office began an investigation into the suspected
drug use of a postal employee, while on duty.
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An 80-year-old woman threatens to blow up the Chagrin
Falls, OH Post Office
USPS Previews 6th of 16 Stamps Celebrating National
Park Service Centennial
Can USPS Price Increase Rollback Get EDDM Moving
Again?
Houstonians offer their 2 cents on stamp price decrease
Editorial: Another blow to USPS
Germans to build own unique electric vans for postal
service
April 10, 2016
Hands, heads and robots work in sync at Amazon warehouses
April 9, 2016
Video: Army veteran wins lawsuit against USPS to
get career status back
A Marietta, GA
Army veteran says she was forced to go to court
to get her job back when she returned from serving
her country.
Video: Wanted suspect accused of ‘fishing’ $23,000
worth of checks from U.S. mailboxes
Same-day service: How does Amazon do that?
Postal Views Podcast #36 (USPS: Open Mic)
Broom Guy welcomed back to post offices
April 8, 2016
Kristin Seaver named USPS CIO, Kevin L. McAdams
Acting Capital Metro Area VP
USPS announced two
key officer appointments this week to fill critical
roles with the organization.
Man sentenced for assaulting and robbing South Carolina
mail carrier
USPS: Carlsbad Caverns is 5th stamp celebrated in
National Parks series
Forced USPS Price Reduction Begins This Weekend
Car in Ohio crash filled with USPS mailbags, packages,
IDs, debit cards
Video: Victims of mail theft say broken boxes aren’t
getting fixed
New York letter carrier pleads guilty in mail theft
case
Inspectors Look Into Possible Mail Theft At South
Tulsa Post Office
Video: Postal inspectors seize large amount of stolen
mail in Albuquerque hotel
April 7, 2016
Former postal workers blame Congress for collapse
of service
As a former insider,
Bunch has a more informed perspective on mail delivery
issues than many. For some good reasons, he places
the blame for current delivery problems squarely
on Congress..
Video: Apartment manager – I caught mail man throwing
letters in the trash
Pitney Bowes: US Businesses to Benefit from Historic
Postal Rate Reduction
Robots set to aid postal workers with parcel deliveries
in Germany
Albuquerque: Postal inspectors seize large amount
of stolen mail
Edgartown selectmen tackle 'horrific' post office
closure
Osage Postmaster living her dream
April 6, 2016
USPS Previews 3rd of 16 Stamps Celebrating National
Park Service’s Centennial
APWU: Legislative Director John Marcotte Appointed
Health Plan Director
DOL investigating Richmond VA local postal union
election
Vehicle crashes into Arkansas PO
FedEx May Not Lose To Amazon, The Competitor; But
Has Surely Lost Amazon, The Customer
April 5, 2016
Illinois postal worker needs your help
George Williams a postal
worker at the USPS Cardiss Collins PEDC in Chicago,
IL. went in for knee surgery in 2015. However due
to unknown causes he developed a spinal condition
that has left him paralyzed from the waist down.
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Kansas City letter carrier charged with conspiracy
to distribute PCP through the mail
Mail carriers are paying for your mail
Former postal worker accused of dumping mail, too
"overwhelmed" to deliver
Unhappy Edgartown postal customers trek to Vineyard
Haven
Postal Worker Assaulted in Colorado Springs
Buying stamps can be an ordeal at San Antonio post
office
Postage Rates to Decrease April 10
OIG: Modernizing the Postal Money Order
OIG: Time for a Money Order Reboot
OIG: Delayed Mail Data in the Enterprise Data
April 4, 2016
Wyoming letter carrier sentenced for selling heroin
while on workers comp
The letter carrier
will no longer receive federal workers’ compensation
benefits as a result of this felony conviction.
Indianapolis post office boots blind 'Broom Guy'
after 60 years
Principled Leadership Needed at the US Postal Service
NALC: April 2016 transfer opportunities under M-01856
April 3, 2016
Drunk driver critically injured in crash with caravan
of USPS trucks
The Nissan Maxima collided
with a westbound United States Postal Service truck
that was being delivered and was one of seven that
was traveling in a caravan
The disappearing post offices of the rural south
April 2, 2016
Plainclothes NY cop arrests letter carrier for pot
after routine traffic stop
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A routine traffic stop in the Bronx led to the arrest
of a postal worker caught with marijuana in his
car and brass knuckles in his pocket, cops said.About
9 p.m., Friday, plainclothes anti-crime officers
pulled over a 2002 Jeep with a defective brake light
When the officers approached the car to get more
information, they detected a strong smell of pot,
officials said.The city letter carrier, who wearing
his postal uniform, was charged with possession
of a weapon, the brass knuckles, as well as possessing
pot
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Postage Rates Decreasing? April Fools!
April 1, 2016
National Park Service’s 100th Anniversary to be
Celebrated on Forever Stamps
Springfield OH postal worker pleads not guilty to
stealing mail
Death Halts Knights Ferry Mail Service
Stamping Out Mail Fishing in S. Queens
Penn State's Mike the Mailman calls it quits after
48 years
Northbrook mail carrier is a commercial success
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