Postal Supervisor Loses Lawsuit on Hostile Work Environment

Postal Supervisor Claimed A Hostile Work Environment aggravated his medical condition and USPS failed to investigate. The following facts are based upon the allegations in John Pell’s amended complaint filed in the United States District Court and information from the EEOC case. Pell is a former employee of the USPS who worked at the Framingham, […]

Court: NALC Must Go To Arbitration To Enforce Grievance Settlements With USPS

The problem of USPS ignoring their settlement agreements is a big one. Courts, like the one below, are mandating that unions take their disputes to arbitration before asking for enforcement in court, even when the dispute has already been settled multiple times! Unions have to take their disputes all the way to arbitration or the […]

New York Postal Worker Indicted On Workers Comp Fraud

SYRACUSE, New York — A former U.S. Postal Service employee from Prospect was indicted Wednesday on federal worker’s compensation charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Syracuse said. Kimberly Morris, 36, allegedly falsely claimed that a work-related injury prevented her from performing any duties with the Postal Service between April 4 and June 3, 2010, when she […]

Kentucky Letter Carriers Branch President Charged With Embezzlement

Max Edwin Messamore, who was indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in London in late January for allegedly stealing more than $2,000 from a U.S. Postal Service labor organization (Somerset, KY), is slated to stand trial in the case on April 25, according to electronic court records accessed by the Commonwealth Journal. […]

Postal Worker Fired For Excessive Use Of Military Leave Wins Partial Court Victory…AGAIN!

Sidenote: Richard Erickson has “served in the military for over two decades, during which time he achieved the highest rank possible for a non-commissioned officer [Sergeant Major], and was awarded the Silver Star and the Army Commendation Medal for Valor.” source: Erickson v. U.S. Postal Service, MSPB Docket No. AT-3443-07-0016-I-2 (Initial Decision, Sept. 26, 2007). […]

Former Maryland Letter Carrier Convicted Of Destroying Mail

The following is a press release from U.S. Attorney’s Office, Maryland Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal jury convicted Warren Christopher Bradford, age 41, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, late yesterday of destroying mail he was entrusted to deliver as a Postal Service letter carrier. The conviction was announced by United States Attorney for the District of […]

Class Action EEO Pending For USPS Improperly Requiring “Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations”

Postal Employees: “Were You Mandated to Submit to a  “Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation” Before USPS Allowed You Back To Work?” The EEOC has pending before it a Petition for Class Certification over the Postal Service’s: (1) refusal to properly train their medical unit and management personnel regarding obligations under the Rehabilitation Act; as instructed to do […]

Postal Workers Class Action EEOC Cases Against USPS

The following are summaries of some class action EEOC cases pending and/or settled against USPS. John Cyncar vs USPS In the first class action case, complainant John Cyncar on April 30, 2001 filed a formal EEO complaint alleging that he was discriminated against in violation of Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as […]

Three New York Postal Employees Charged With Stealing Money

Three Postal Employees from the Post Office  in Locust Valley, New York  have been arrested and charged with stealing money while on the job. According to the press release: MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said that three United States Postal employees from the Locust Valley Post Office have been arrested and charged […]

Postal Workers Firing For Unauthorized Possession Of Mail Upheld By Appeals Court

The following is a santitized version of the a case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Tompkins vs U.S. Postal Service Kenneth Tompkins was employed at the Postal Service’s Atlanta Processing and Distribution Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He was removed from his position based upon the charge of “improper conduct: […]