Video: Widow Of Postal Worker Killed On Duty Wants Justice, Policy Changes
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A Lawndale widow Wednesday night demanded justice for her husband, who was killed while delivering U.S. mail by a man driving a “bandit” taxi without a driver’s license.
“I miss him so much. I can’t be in my room no more. I say when I go home I start crying, can’t sleep in my bed,” said a distraught Janell Dunn, who lost her husband, Anthony nearly two months ago.
She said her and Anthony had planned on starting a family.
“This year was the year we were going to start a family, buy a house. You know we worked so hard for this and now all of a sudden our dreams got taken away from us,” Dunn said.
The 31-year old was killed while doing his job delivering the mail, working as a carrier for the United States Postal Service.
He was sorting mail behind his truck when an unlicensed driver plowed into him, severing his legs.
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Video: Gone Postal Documentary
Uncover what brought America’s most trusted institution to its knees. Get the truth behind the headlines from the men and women on the front lines. Your charitable donation will support the completion and release of a 4 year cross-country investigation of the United States Postal Service.
Video: What’s Bugging You? Not getting your mail
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Most of us still receive a lot of mail every day. Some of it you don’t even want, but Lenora Pride did want her mail and wondered why she wasn’t getting it.
She said her P.O. Box was always empty. Then she started getting notices from people that her mail was being returned, so she asked what was going on. She was stunned to hear her mail was going to a different address in a different city.
The post office told Pride that she had requested a change of address, but she said she did not. As it turns out, someone allegedly filled out a change of address form, which the post office does not require any identification to do. You just need to fill out the card and drop it in a mailbox.
Video: So, how many postal jobs are leaving Tulsa again?
TULSA – Since the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to cut jobs at its Tulsa mail processing center, there has been confusion about the number of jobs that would be lost and if any would remain.
In February, USPS announced it was consolidating its Tulsa processing and distribution center with one in Oklahoma City.
Since about 600 people work at the Tulsa facility, many thought that 600 was the number of employees who would lose their jobs completely. In actuality, it’s significantly less than that.
Video: They’re Trying to Privatize the Post Office
“NALC 82 (Portland, Oregon) organizing committee members Willie Groshell, Brad Melland, and Tom Richardson defend our postal service on local cable access show.”
“Portland Oregon Public Access program, “A Growing Concern,” featuring a discussion about the current attempts to privatize the US Postal Service. Three guests, two letter carriers and one retired letter carrier, speak at length about the positive community contributions of the Postal Service and potential future additional upgrades that could enhance their already necessary functions.”
Video: Arizona woman blames post office for losing 10 packages
MARICOPA, AZ – Victoria DiFranco flew to Cleveland last October to be by her sister’s side before she died of cancer.
“I spent her last couple of weeks with her. She passed on November 5th,” DiFranco said.
After the funeral, DiFranco mailed several packages from Ohio to her home in Maricopa filled with irreplaceable memories.
“Family pictures, family heirlooms. It’s stuff that was important to my family,” DiFranco said.
But DiFranco said 10 of the boxes she sent never got delivered. She called the U.S. Postal Service office to find out what happened.
Read more: Valley woman blames post office for losing 10 packages
Video: Postal Worker’s Bone Marrow Saved Life Of British Cancer Patient
New York Postal Clerk meets British cancer patient for the first time:
New York, NY – When Audrey Pollard joined the national bone marrow registry in 2003, she didn’t think she would be contacted, or that she would be anyone’s ‘exact’ match.
Mark Worrall is glad Pollard was wrong.
Worrall, who’s from Birmingham, England, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in September of 2003, and was told by doctors he had four to six months left to live without treatment. He underwent chemotherapy and radiation for about a month before he was notified there was an exact match thousands of miles away in New York City.
That exact match was from postal worker Audrey Pollard. Her bone marrow saved Worrall’s life.
This week, Worrall had the chance to meet Pollard for the first time at a New York post office
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APWU TV Ad: USPS Provides Critical Services to All Americans
This ad, “Walt Gale, ” features a 22-year veteran of the Colorado Springs mail processing plant who speaks about the critical services the Postal Service provides to all Americans.
The spot is one of three new television spots that highlight the critical ways America depends on the Postal Service — and the devastating effect closing post offices and mail processing plants would have on our nation. Each of the three 30-second spots illustrates the significant dangers associated with cutting both services and jobs. The three spots will begin airing March 14 on national cable networks and the NBC Nightly News. The ad will run through mid-May, when massive cuts to America’s postal infrastructure will begin to take affect — unless Congress takes action.
This ad, “Voices,” features a wide array of Americans who rely on the Postal Service, whether for their small business or for delivery of their cancer medications. It shows the how the proposed cuts will damage the US economy while reducing the quality of service on which Americans rely on.
APWU TV Ad: Small Business Owner Speaks Out about impact of reduced postal services
This ad, “Michael Bazinet, ” tells the story of a small business owner in Bangor, Maine. Bazinet’s company — Creative Digital Imaging — relies on the critical services of the Eastern Maine processing plant. Bazinet speaks about the impact of reduced services, which would result in lost clients and potential layoffs.
This ad is one of three new television spots that highlight the critical ways America depends on the Postal Service — and the devastating effect closing post offices and mail processing plants would have on our nation. Each of the three 30-second spots illustrates the significant dangers associated with cutting both services and jobs. The three spots will begin airing March 14 on national cable networks and the NBC Nightly News. The ad will run through mid-May, when massive cuts to America’s postal infrastructure will begin to take affect — unless Congress takes action.
Video: Postal Worker Dies After Legs Severed In Freak Fatal Accident
A 31-year-old postal worker died Wednesday after his legs were severed in a freak accident Tuesday in Boyle Heights, police said.
The worker, identified Wednesday evening as Anthony Dunn Jr., was standing near the rear of his van around noon Tuesday in the 1100 block of Prado Street when he was struck by another vehicle and pinned, according to Los Angeles police Officer Karen Rayner.
She said the driver who struck the man remained at the scene. That driver had a suspended license.
Postal Worker Dies After Legs Severed In Freak Fatal Accident