A Braintree, Massachusetts Postal Worker crashed into a parked tractor trailer, pinning the driver of the postal truck underneath the 18-wheeler. New England Cable News
Press Release from GOP Congressman Tom Petri, representing Wisconsin’s 6th congressional district In a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, Rep. Tom Petri called on the U.S. Postal Service to immediately halt the transfer of processing and distribution work from Oshkosh to Green Bay. Concerned that the decision to close the Oshkosh facility was unjustified, […]
Default on Federal Payments Unavoidable Without Congressional Action WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service ended its third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2011 (April 1-June 30) with a net loss of $3.1 billion, compared to a net loss of $3.5 billion for the same period in FY 2010. Total mail volume declined to 39.8 billion […]
“Tea Party” groups are building public and congressional support for H.R. 2309, legislation sponsored in the U.S. House of Representative by Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Dennis Ross (R-FL) that APWU President Cliff Guffey has called “a reckless assault on postal workers and the Postal Service.”
The APWU has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) protesting the Postal Service’s refusal to provide the union with information regarding Area Mail Processing (AMP) feasibility studies. The union contends that management’s failure to provide the information constitutes a breach of its obligation to bargain in good faith.
As a result of a study begun on Feb. 10, 2011, the Postal Service has made the decision to move mail processing operations from the Worland, Gillette, RIVERTON and Sheridan Wyoming Customer Service Mail Processing Centers to the Casper, WY, Processing & Distribution Facility.
Postal Service to offer Special Commemorative Postmark SAN FRANCISCO — On Aug. 13 and 14, the U.S. Postal Service will join the 77-year anniversary celebration of the opening of U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz. A special commemorative postmark was created to honor the anniversary, and Postal employees will cancel letters and postcards in the Alcatraz gift shop […]
CAMDEN, N.J. – Nathaniel Johnson was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for stealing government funds in the form of checks from mailboxes and mail trucks in connection with an identity theft scheme that he ran with his wife, Lakisha Scanes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Johnson, 43, of Camden, previously pleaded guilty […]
APWU to Washington Post: Destroying Unions Won’t Fix USPS APWU President Cliff Guffey has a simple message for the Washington Post: Destroying unions and attacking workers’ rights won’t solve the Postal Service’s financial problems. In a letter to the editor published Aug. 1, the union president disputed a July 28 Washington Post editorial that endorsed […]
August 2, 2011 — In response to an editorial published July 28 by the Washington Post entitled, “A Better Route for USPS,” the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) comments: The editorial, “A Better Route for USPS,” supporting the postal legislation introduced by Representatives Issa and Ross, correctly highlights the financial situation facing the US Postal Service […]