Postal Workers Lawsuit Requesting Class Action Charging USPS With Labor Violations Is Denied

A federal judge in Texarkana denied a request to certify a civil suit filed by seven U.S. Postal Service mail carriers as a class action lawsuit.The suit alleged the carriers had been forced to work more than 40 hours per week without overtime compensation, had timecards altered to their detriment by a supervisor, been forced […]

Ohio Postal Employee Charged With Theft Of Mail

Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Brenda Moore, age 48, of East Cleveland, Ohio, with theft of mail by a postal employee and unauthorized opening of mail by a postal employee. The indictment charges that on June […]

Postal Worker Waited Too Late To Submit Doctor’s Note — Loses Job!

The Postal Service sent Taylor a directive informing him of the results of the medical assessment and ordered him to report to work or be considered absent without leave (“AWOL”) and face removal. Taylor never reported or responded to this directive. On April 8, 2008, the Postal Service issued a notice of proposed removal based […]

Former Texas Postal Employee Charged With Theft Of Mail Matter

United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas September 9, 2010 (LAREDO, Texas) – Raul Cavazos, 62, of Edinburgh, Texas, has been arrested as a result of the return of a sealed indictment which charges him with theft of mail matter by a U.S. Postal Service employee, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today.  […]

New York Postal Worker Gets Two Months For OWCP Fraud

Press Release from the United States Attorney Northern District of New York September 10, 2010 Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced today that JAMES IZYK, 49, of Oswego, New York was sentenced in federal court today in Syracuse, N.Y. by U.S. District Court Judge Norman A. Mordue, […]

Postal Employee Who Retired Under Early Retirement Is Challenging OPM Over FERS Annuity Supplement

My name is Lennis B. Reynolds I am a retired Postal employee who took a VER/Incentive offer in August 2009. I am taking OPM to MSPB about the FERS Annuity Supplement. The difference without the Supplement is $1000.00 per month in retirement income. To : Honorable Howard J. Ansorge Administrative Judge Central Regional Office 230 […]

NALC: USPS Rejected Our Proposal That Would Of Saved Several Hundred Million Dollars Annually

TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM H. YOUNG ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS, AFL-CIO submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission regarding USPS Five-Day Delivery Request: My name is William H. Young. I submit this testimony on behalf of Intervenor National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (“NALC”), which serves as the collective bargaining representative of […]

Appeals Court Uphold Removal of Postal Manager For Falsifying Timecard

Petitioner Jerry White (“White”) appeals from the final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“the Board”) upholding his removal for eight separate incidents of accepting pay for time not worked. We affirm. BACKGROUND White was employed by the United States Postal Service from December 11, 1993, until his removal on February 26, 2008. White […]

APWU To Appeal District Court Decision On Address Management System Work

Fr: Greg Bell, Director Industrial Relations Date: June 1, 2010 Re: Decision of Federal District Court on Address Management System Work Enclosed you will find a copy of a recent decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia regarding the enforceability of a 2003 award by Arbitrator Snow in which he ruled […]

Former Houston Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Use Of USPS Gas Credit Card

Press Release from The United States Attorney’s Office,Southern District of Texas (HOUSTON) – A former letter carrier has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the United States Postal Service (USPS) while on duty, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Indicted for theft of public money on March 4, 2010, Juan DeDios Vargas, 35, […]