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: The Ed Show- Postal Service A Political Target
this doesn’t get enough conversation. i want to talk about the republican mission, and that’s exactly what it is, to take down the post office. congressman darrell issa, congressman of the house oversight committee, is leading the charge. he says he’s trying to save the post office, but in reality, he is pushing a bill to absolutely destroy it. this is just the beginning. if darrell issa has his way, with more than 3,000 post office branches will be shut down across the country, most of them in rural communities where they need the service. and 200,000 post office jobs would be lost. yeah, they kind of like that too. and there really is no reason for any of this. republicans will tell you that the postal service is just in huge trouble because they’re losing money. about $20 billion over five years. but here’s the thing that they’re not telling you. the reason the post office is losing money is because of a 2006 law passed in the lame duck session of a republican congress. what the heck is this all about? this is what pays for the post office operations, right here. it’s these things called stamps. they still work in america, i use them damned near every day. here’s why republicans want to kill the post office. they want to privatize everything they can get their hands on. they want to privatize the postal service so their corporate boys down the street here can make more money. they want to destroy union infrastructure. they hate unions any way, shape, or form. because it’s a dues thing. and they want to destroy a voting bloc.
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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
Video: Miami Postal worker robbed of master key
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) — Another South Florida postal worker has been robbed while on the job.
The postal worker was trying to put mail into a set of mailboxes in the area when two suspects approached her from behind.
According to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the robbers snatched the victim’s master key, which is used to open mailboxes.
Tuesday’s incident is one in a recent string of postal worker robberies in South Florida. “At this time, I don’t know if it’s related to the attack of previous carriers,” said postal inspector Blanca Alvarez. “There have been attacks of previous carriers for their mail key because people are looking to steal mail, and there are many different things that they can steal from the mail, whether it’s cash or gift cards for fraud. We’re not sure at this time why the key was stolen.”
Read more: http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21006755641543/postal-worker-robbed-of-master-key
Video: Wisconsin Postal workers bowl to raise money for Children Hospitals
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Postal employees raised money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals by knocking pins down and with a raffle full of prize baskets they put together with donations. They are hoping to raise $5,000.
All proceeds will go to local CMN hospitals and will benefit local children like four-year-old Olivia Vogler, from La Crosse. Olivia was born premature which caused heart and vision complications.
via: WXOW19-TV – LaCrosse, Wisconsin