Should a carrier deviate
from his or her designated geographic zone during street
delivery, an alert is sent to the supervisor in an email
or text message. Comments
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USPS mail carriers are
getting a “panic button” The unofficial U.S. postal
creed says neither rain, nor sleet, nor heat, nor gloom
of night will keep carriers from their rounds. Thieves
and vicious dogs, however, may be another matter. So
the Post Office is delivering a solution. Comments
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GOP Oversight and Government
Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz seeks information
from USPS about competitive product assets, revenue,
service performance and other materials.
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Many of the most significant
changes that have negatively affected the Clerk Craft
and the Postal Service are the result of recommendations
made by a little-known group that operates behind the
scenes at USPS headquarters – the Mailers Technical
Advisory Committee, or MTAC (5/17/15)
Comments (Count).
USPS made last minute “public”
changes some facilities; some facilities move dates
that were changed just last week has changed again.
Approximately TWENTY-ONE (21) facilities have
had their move dates changed to “To Be Determined” (TBD)
or “Not Applicable” (N/A) and four (4) facilities move
dates changed to an earlier or later date.(4/4/15)
Comments (Count)
In 2012, the U.S. Department
of Labor (DOL) sued the United States Postal Service
(USPS) for retaliating against a Safety Specialist at
the Seattle, Washington Processing & Distribution Center
(P&DC) (2/26/15)
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APWU Oakland (CA) Local
#78 filed a grievance over USPS failing to staff
or work all of required workhours at the Oakland
P & DC and Vehicle Maintenance Facility (VMF) as
required by the MS-47 Handbook. Comments
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Effective November 26, 2015, the Postal Service
is revising Handbook M-41, City Delivery Carriers
Duties and Responsibilities, to update policies
and procedures related to carrier duties.
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On the roads across South Florida, postal carriers
are keeping a tight schedule. Their trucks are loaded
with more deliveries as the holiday season kicks
off. Sadly, it's also the time the odds increase
they can be targeted by those looking to steal.
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Here is another pregnancy discrimination case regarding
a PSE Permanently Separated on her 360th Day due
to pregnancy and the complications thereof.
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I’m
not crazy, I work in the post office” — but hearing
voices in April“
I’m not crazy, I work in the post office,” Postal
Worker told his victim after he threatened to burn
the Muslim woman’s mosque down during the Friday
evening hate crime. Back in April, cops showed up
at his home and treated him as an emotionally disturbed
person after he began drinking heavily and claimed
to hear voices. The city letter carrier was hired
in 2014
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USPS
OIG agents will be getting Internet Reconnaissance
Training next June on methods to find target individual's
social media and Internet footprint.
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A transport driver
for the USPS in Lubbock was traveling southbound
thru Ropesville, Texas when his vehicle was struck
by a metal object that penetrated the front windshield
The USPS FY 2015 annual
report released on November 13, 2015 contained several
interesting issues which has not been covered by
mainstream media. One issue was the Postal Executive
pay raises, bonuses and perk(s) that PostalReporter.com
covered a few days ago. Another issue is the number
of career postal employees. The size of the USPS
career workforce.
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The Postal Service’s
shipping revenue has increased almost 50 percent
during the past five years, Chief Financial Officer
Joe Corbett reports in his latest “Dollars and Change”
video. USPS employees deserve much credit for this
success, Corbett says. Comments
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Investigators said
a local U.S. Post Office mail carrier was shot at
while on the job. The accused shooter told investigators
he only wanted to scare the mailman.
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Earlier this year ABM filed a bid protest (business
disagreement) with the USPS contracting officer.
This press release FROM Command Security Corporation
is an update of what happened TO ABM Security Services
protest:
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Although USPS financials
were widely reported in mainstream media and postal
related news websites –nothing was reported about
USPS executive’s pay or the new policy for PMG and
DPMG.
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Benson's papers, which are delivered by the US Postal
Service, face delayed delivery times and pushed
up deadlines which he says have cost him subscribers.
Some customers in Jackson WY notice mail delivery
delays
The payroll stubs were stamped Oct. 26, shipped
as U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail. But the envelope,
sent from a sister store in Seattle, didn’t reach
Jackson until Nov. 11
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The PostalReporter.com reader found three more EAS
jobs posted and (again) career postal employees
are ineligible to apply. Is USPS having difficulty
in finding career postal employees interested in
being promoted?
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In a weird twist, the court viewed Postal Supervisor
as merely a “co-worker” rather than her boss, which
reduced the Postal Service’s potential liability.
Comments
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Nine U.S. Postal Workers Indicted on Charges they
Stole Nearly $50,000 by Fraudulently Collecting
Unemployment Benefits While Employed
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The coming changes
to the U.S. Postal Service will affect millions
of citizens, not to mention thousands of federal
employees. Now, regular Americans are weighing in
on USPS reform. Comments
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The criminal felony
Information filed today charges 21 claimants, four
doctors or medical providers, a senior claims examiner
at DOL, a claims representative, and a medical provider’s
employee in the scheme.
The Postal Service’s
latest financial report, which showed an operating
profit of $1.2 billion, is good news, said APWU
President Mark Dimondstein. The Postal Service continues
to show a net loss of $5.1 billion, “but that’s
essentially a fraud,” Dimondstein said.
The Postal Service
has notified APWU Clerk Craft officers that employees
who are eligible for a portion of a $56 million
monetary settlement are expected to receive payment
prior to Christmas. However, our message is:
Don’t spend
it before you get it!
The appellant was a
San Juan, Puerto Rican postal clerk complaining
about his restoration benefits after being on OWCP
compensation for many years. The court said
that the time spent receiving OWCP benefits does
not earn retirement annuity credit.
The APWU National Executive Board voted on Nov.
5 to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. “Politics
as usual has not worked,” said President Mark Dimondstein.
“Enough is enough!”
Comments (Count)
In June 2015 OSHA issued ‘A Guide to Restroom Access
for Transgender Workers’ with little fanfare.
This issue should have received wide media coverage
so workers nationwide would know of the new policy
on use of restroom facilities.
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he
postal service moved mail processing from the facility
on W. Michigan Street in Duluth, MN to St. Paul,
MN earlier this year. However, according to
media reports the move added several days to mail
delivery times.
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A postal worker will spend a day in jail after pleading
guilty to using a government credit card to put
gas in her personal car
(11/10/15)
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Sanders’s crusade to save the struggling U.S. Postal
Service from extinction, which long predates his
campaign for the Democratic nomination, is a powerful
emblem of what he says can work in government as
he fights against big banks, for a higher minimum
wage and for more taxes on wealthy households and
corporations.
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The American Postal Workers Union has filed an unfair
labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB) in response to the “Stay Survey
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he
APWU won an important legal victory on Nov. 4 when
the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled
unanimously that Staples cannot intervene in hearings
on charges that the USPS illegally subcontracted
work to the office-supply chain. Comments
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Lodged in his body
for 49 years, it was a grim souvenir of the combat
wound he suffered in South Vietnam. The bullet itself
has never caused health problems. But when he scheduled
back surgery, the doctor asked him if he wanted
to keep it following removal.
Haynes died Oct. 17 at the Care Meridian facility
in Fairfax from injuries he suffered on the job
with the U.S. Postal Service in 2004.
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After months of refusing to provide documents subpoenaed
by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and
the APWU, the USPS and Staples produced a mound
of paperwork on Oct. 20, less than two weeks before
a hearing scheduled for Nov. 2.
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Political campaigns across the nation will learn
how to better use the mail under a new partnership
between a top trade association and USPS.
Comments
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A Jacksonville, Florida postal customer shares
with
PostalReporter.com
the treatment she received from Postal Supervisor
while picking up an express mail package at the
post office.
Comments
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Representatives
from the Letter Carriers union and the U.S. Postal
Service have agreed on a proposal to fund health
care for workers and retirees, National Association
of Letter Carriers President Fredric Rolando says
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