Parker, Florida Post Office Moving Letter Carriers To Another Facility

PARKER — Letter carriers will stop working out of the Parker Post Office location sometime in March, postal officials confirmed Thursday. The president of the American Postal Workers Union 1414, Dee Carr, said the Parker facility, officially referred to as the Eastside Station, will lose its letter carriers to the Sherman Avenue location in March. […]

OIG: USPS Northern Virginia District Used More Workhours Than Necessary To Deliver Mail

Highlights from the USPS OIG Audit Report – City Delivery Efficiency Review – Northern Virginia District   Background Delivery operations are the Postal Service’s largest operational function, accounting for approximately 45 percent of salary expenses and workhours. Despite an annual increase of approximately 1 million delivery points, delivery operations used 36.5 million fewer workhours in […]

Florida Letter Carrier Featured On “This American Life”

“In the prologue of this weekend’s “This American Life” radio show, host Ira Glass talks to Paul Gereffi, a letter carrier from Ft. Lauderdale Branch 2550, who helped save the life of a stabbing victim who saw Gereffi’s mail truck and flagged him down. Because of Gereffi’s intervention, he was later named the 2008 Eastern […]

Postal Worker Fired After Customer’s Racist Rant And Assault?

Postal customer in Hingham, Mass. goes on racist rant after a Black letter carrier refused to take back a certified letter she had signed. The Postal customer later slapped the letter carrier. The letter carrier had secretly videotaped the entire episode on his cell phone and uploaded it to Youtube. This woman is outrageous — […]

Texas Letter Carrier Sues Homeowner Over Dog Attack

A U.S. Postal Service worker has filed suit against the homeowner who allegedly allowed her dog to attack the letter carrier. Kelly Tillerson claims she was attacked by a dog as she was delivering mail…. Because of the incident, Tillerson experienced physical pain, suffering and mental anguish and lost earnings, according to the complaint … […]

Michigan Letter Carriers Protest Pressure To Work Faster

About 370 postal workers petition [Senator Carl] Levin about ‘hostile work environment. Postal employees say the pressure to deliver mail and return to the office by 5 p.m. is mounting and the “unwritten rule” is creating a hostile work environment. About 370 letter carriers in seven cities signed petitions asking U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, […]