A Kite, GA Postmaster has pleaded guilty to misappropriating $112,000 in postal funds, federal officials said. Grayson Carter, 55, of Wrightsville, Ga., entered the plea Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Augusta, Ga., according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia. Carter also pleaded guilty to illegally issuing […]
APWU President William Burrus announced that the union had prevailed in its efforts to gain admittance to the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee, a panel composed of large mailers that meets secretly with postal officials to develop long-term plans for the Postal Service. He called the agreement a “major accomplishment for the union.” Every piece of […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet in Washington, DC, at Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, on Nov. 14-15, 2007. The public is welcome to observe the Board’s open session, scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 15 in the Ben Franklin Room on the […]
William H. Young, president of the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers, today issued the following statement regarding the shooting death today in Pompano Beach, Florida of retired letter carrier Paul Rein. Rein, who became a sheriff’s deputy for the Broward County Sheriff’s Department, was slain while transporting a prisoner to court: “It is shocking […]
“Don’t you dare let them take this election away from you,” Bill Clinton told more than 3,000 APWU members in a spirited, wide-ranging speech to the union’s All-Craft Conference Nov. 5 in Las Vegas. The former president urged postal workers to help choose leaders who will tackle our biggest problems at home and abroad, and […]
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For decades, Customer Service Supervisor “Donna Lewis has stood out in a sea of blue uniformity — she adorned herself almost daily with bright colors such as lime green and sunshine yellow, complete with a sparkly pin or an appliqué sweater. So what did she wear on her last day on Friday at Midland, Michigan […]
A new, self-serve postal facility is being built in Saxony in Fishers. Located near the intersection of 131st Street and Olio Road, the facility will be one of a few of its kind and the first in Indiana. Located in a free-standing building, the totally self-serve facility will offer 24-hour access to customers, two Automated […]
On Tuesday, November 6, the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy will conduct a hearing entitled, “GPO and WEP: Policies Affecting Pensions from Work Not Covered by Social Security.” Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) chairs the subcommittee and Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) is the Ranking Republican. As retired Postmasters know all too […]
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