Postal News Archives December 2018

APWU and USPS at Impasse on Contract

12.24.2018 – APWU reports: “The Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee had some serious concerns with the tentative agreement and sent it back to the APWU National leadership to reopen negotiations with management and attempt to address their concerns. We did just that in two meetings on Wednesday December 19, 2018 and follow up discussions on Thursday December 20th. However, we were unable to reach any changes or new agreements with the Postal Service. The APWU and USPS are now at “impasse.” – Comments (Count)

Trump Administration Proposes Major Overhaul of USPS

12.04.2018 – Washington Examiner reports: “The Treasury Department issued a report Tuesday calling the U.S. Postal Service “unsustainable” financially and calling for extensive changes to its operations. The recommendations include eliminating certain delivery services, allowing the Postal Service to set prices without Congress’ consent, and eliminating collective bargaining over wages for USPS employees. The report suggests privatizing the USPS as a possible solution.” – Seeks to Remove USPS Compensation From Collective Bargaining – Could Inflame Tensions With Amazon – Postal Task Force Report – NALC Statement – APWU – Treasury Dept. Paid The MITRE Corporation $1.6 Million to Write Report? – Comments (Count)

12/31/18

Karen Rhodes concludes 32 years at Postal Service with fond memories | Striding into retirement, Beth Eilert hangs up her mailbag – Comments (Count)

Postal Inspector Sends Warning Letter to Hemp Seller – Comments (Count)

Rural carrier delivers mail in Scooby Doo ‘Mystery Machine’ – Comments (Count)

Many USPS workers had brushes with fame this year – Comments (Count)

Break-in, vandalism closes post office in Bridal Veil – Comments (Count)

Rio Rancho post office bursting at the seams due to lack of staffing – Comments (Count)

12/30/18

Stamp Price Increase January 2019 – Comments (Count)

Trump issues executive order freezing federal pay in 2019 – Comments (Count)

Embracing the cold weather, so you can get your mail – Comments (Count)

12/29/18

PHOTO: PMG Breenan and USPS Employees Ring the Closing Bell at NASDAQ – Comments (Count)

‘Tis the Season to Renew and Expand the Postal Service – Comments (Count)

Chicago: Postal worker with suspended license charged with DUI after crashing mail truck – Comments (Count)

12/28/18

Mail carrier killed in wreck remembered for friendly presence – Comments (Count)

Szafranski retires after 40 years with the Postal Service – Comments (Count)

Royal Mail uses photo from Dutch New Guinea for botched D-Day Stamp – Comments (Count)

Lake Tahoe postal worker grateful for support after car crash – Comments (Count)

US Mail carrier retires after nearly 50 years of service in Flint – Comments (Count)

This USPS veteran wants you to stop mailing lava rocks – Comments (Count)

12/27/18

PHOTO: APCs full of mail fall from postal truck – Comments (Count)

Chicago: 2 shot by suspect dressed as a postal worker – Comments (Count)

Mailman saves man’s life by performing CPR while delivering Christmas packages – Comments (Count)

Mailman dies after being hit and ejected from mail truck – Comments (Count)

The Baton Rouge postal service problem – Comments (Count)

Vehicle crashes into Chauncey Post Office – Comments (Count)

Postmaster Richard Kerschbaum open house and retirement celebration – Comments (Count)

12/26/18

Amazon serves up 1 billion items through Prime over holidays – Comments (Count)

Woman arrested on drug charges had hundreds of packages – Comments (Count)

12/25/18

A lot of packages: Along the route of a USPS mail carrier on Christmas Eve – Comments (Count)

Postal worker blames dyslexia for failed field sobriety test – Comments (Count)

Caught on video: Postal worker crashes into parked car and sign, speeds off – Comments (Count)

USPS worker happy to work on Christmas Eve, Wichitans grateful – Comments (Count)

USPS mailman takes shortcut through Florida woman’s lawn – Comments (Count)

Postal worker praised for saving kitten – Comments (Count)

12/24/18

NALC Branch 725 President’s Report – Comments (Count)

Getting millions of packages delivered before Christmas – Comments (Count)

Florida woman robs postal worker with a plastic gun – Comments (Count)

12/23/18

FedEx workers caught looting packages at Texas hub had 94 phones, cops say – Comments (Count)

As Christmas nears, Lincoln’s mail carriers adjust to additional shipments – Comments (Count)

USPS Adjusts Priority Mail Express Refund Policy – Comments (Count)

Postal workers busy as package deliveries skyrocket – Comments (Count)

San Diego USPS Inspectors on Lookout for Drugs Mailed in Packages – Comments (Count)

12/22/18

Union claims Rio Rancho post office is overwhelmed – Comments (Count)

Caught on cam: Postal worker fails field sobriety test – Comments (Count)

Ann Arbor Postal Worker Celebrates 50 Years on the Job – Comments (Count)

Cumberland man says postal worker left less-than-special delivery – Comments (Count)

Postal Service Prayer: Deliver Us From Fiscal Doom – Comments (Count)

12/21/18

Amazon Is Growing Its Air Fleet Again – Comments (Count)

Festive postal carrier spreads cheer – Comments (Count)

Post office returns package 364 days after it was mailed – Comments (Count)

USPS OIG: Fiscal Year 2018 Officers Travel and Representation Expenses – Comments (Count)

Why Political Mailings Are Booming – Comments (Count)

Rural carrier throws punch over blocked mailbox, gets punched in the face and dies – Comments (Count)

12/20/18

Another Postal Truck Burns – Comments (Count)

USPS Allegedly Canceled Personalized Stamps For Being Too Religious – Comments (Count)

Some postal workers say they falsify deliveries to make quotas, USPS disputes claims – Comments (Count)

Tallahassee residents outraged over poor mail delivery – Comments (Count)

USPS mail carriers working overtime to deliver packages – Comments (Count)

Hectic holidays pack punch at post office – Comments (Count)

Portland woman says USPS not delivering to community mailbox – Comments (Count)

12/19/18

Deliver Me Not: ‘Helpful’ postal workers toss junk mail in Ferguson dumpster – Comments (Count)

Jackson ex-postmaster arrested for trespass … at the post office – Comments (Count)

Federal Employees Get Christmas Eve Off (Post Office Remains Open) – Comments (Count)

USPS mail truck overturns after crash with fire truck – Comments (Count)

Woman says postal workers have been dumping mail into apartment dumpster – Comments (Count)

SF: USPS Facility Processes 300K Packages a Day as Christmas Nears – Comments (Count)

Family hit by drunk postal worker grateful crash wasn’t worse – Comments (Count)

12/18/18

Longtime postal employee keeps lines moving and spirits up – Comments (Count)

The Postal Worker’s Christmas – Comments (Count)

UPS dubbed ‘grinch’ after promising to shred letters to Santa – Comments (Count)

Northland couple disappointed after catching mailman tossing package onto porch – Comments (Count)

USPS Christmas Package Delivery Expected to Jump 20 Million Over Last Year – Comments (Count)

New Mexico: Postal worker arrested for DWI while delivering packages – Comments (Count)

Yelp ranks post offices in Portland – Comments (Count)

Busiest week of the holiday season is here – Comments (Count)

12/17/18

Postal worker charged with firing shots at Federal Reserve Bank to enter guilty plea – Comments (Count)

Postal workers dashing through packages to deliver Christmas – Comments (Count)

USPS: Busiest week of the year – Comments (Count)

12/16/18

Amazon is building an air hub in Texas – Comments (Count)

Post office ‘holiday’ sign was a mystery to customers – Comments (Count)

Postal carrier bitten on face by dog – Comments (Count)

Longtime Perry postmaster to step down – Comments (Count)

12/15/18

Line has reached epic lengths at Jackson Hole post office – Comments (Count)

Cremated remains of three people stolen from outside post office – Comments (Count)

Crooks using USPS Informed Delivery to help steal mail, identities – Comments (Count)

12/14/18

Grinch steals two pallets of Amazon packages from post office – Comments (Count)

Postal Service working extra hours during busiest delivery time of the year – Comments (Count)

New Telluride postmaster settles in, rankles some customers for enforcing regulations – Comments (Count)

USPS distribution facility in Nashua stays busy during holiday season – Comments (Count)

Postal inspectors looking for four robbers who struck post office – Comments (Count)

12/13/18

Postal Service carriers shoulder holiday package influx – Comments (Count)

Retired postal workers sending each other the same Christmas card for over 40 years – Comments (Count)

UPS CEO Wants Mailbox Access – Comments (Count)

Four suspected thieves arrested in Yakima during USPS sting operation – Comments (Count)

ANOTHER: Postal Truck Burns in Houston – Comments (Count)

12/12/18

Postal Service in Greensboro resumes operations after historic storm – Comments (Count)

Mail carriers in Baton Rouge fired for dumping mail in trash – Comments (Count)

Post office in Wheeling experiencing triple the packages from a year ago – Comments (Count)

New mailbox proposal would take a big bite out of your direct marketing budget – Comments (Count)

USPS working hard to make sure your packages arrive on time – Comments (Count)

More Wendell residents complain that post office won’t deliver packages – Comments (Count)

12/11/18

Woman charged with slashing postal worker – Comments (Count)

It’s getting heavy at USPS, and that may not be good – Comments (Count)

Proposal would let Postal Service sell access to your mailbox – Comments (Count)

Behind the scenes of Christmas packaging in the Lehigh Valley – Comments (Count)

NALC Election Committee Denies Appeal of David Noble – Comments (Count)

Mail truck crashes into garage after driver suffers medical issue – Comments (Count)

USPS Finally Delivers Mail to Bedridden Queens Man – Comments (Count)

12/09/18

Some fear holidays will exacerbate postal problems – Comments (Count)

12/08/18

Armed Robbery at the Richmond Heights Post Office – Comments (Count)

When will the delay to reform the Postal Service finally end? – Comments (Count)

APWU Will Make Announcement on Dec. 21st Regarding Collective Bargaining Agreement – Comments (Count)

Nobody wants to bank at the post office, not even postal credit unions – Comments (Count)

Mustang residents upset about mailboxes being left open – Comments (Count)

12/07/18

Is the postal privatization proposal dead? – Comments (Count)

Pet owner claims mailman maced dogs without cause – Comments (Count)

Manhattan Post Office Not Accepting Packages Due to “Elevator Inoperable” – Comments (Count)

Car crashes into Cottleville Post Office – Comments (Count)

Peekskill postal worker arraigned for stealing stamps, selling them online – Comments (Count)

Golden Gate Estates residents start petition due to mail delivery issues – Comments (Count)

Video shows hit-and-run postal delivery – Comments (Count)

USPS truck hits man head-on in motorized wheelchair, killing him – Comments (Count)

12/06/18

Police searching for man who stole handbag from USPS truck – Comments (Count)

USPS Workers Are Overpaid and Should Lose Collective Bargaining Rights, Trump Panel Says – Comments (Count)

President Trump: Amazon Should Run the Postal Service – Comments (Count)

Portland postal employee charged with 11 counts of mail theft – Comments (Count)

Salt Lake City: Postal workers claim managers force them to falsify package deliveries – Comments (Count)

Wednesday might be a national day of mourning, but you’ll still get that Amazon package – Comments (Count)

12/05/18

Postal worker discovers 2 dead outside of home – Comments (Count)

Postal worker who picked up shift to make extra money for the holidays killed in crash – Comments (Count)

Residents say mail hasn’t been delivered in months – Comments (Count)

Man arrested after assaulting letter carrier – Comments (Count)

12/05/18

Postal worker discovers 2 dead outside of home – Comments (Count)

Postal worker who picked up shift to make extra money for the holidays killed in crash – Comments (Count)

Residents say mail hasn’t been delivered in months – Comments (Count)

Man arrested after assaulting letter carrier – Comments (Count)

12/04/18

Congressman demands answers about Church Hill mail issues – Comments (Count)

Postal Worker Dies After Being Struck By Vehicle at Back of Truck Sorting Mail – Comments (Count)

Honoring President Bush: Delivery, Retail Services Suspended Dec. 5th | NALC | APWU | CNN: Postal Service to Suspend Most Deliveries, Close Offices – Comments (Count)

12/03/18

Postal worker’s retirement sealed with a kiss from his fans – Comments (Count)

Florida: Abandoned mail found in rural area – Comments (Count)

USPS and NRLCA Sign MOU Allowing Sunday Work for Regular Carriers During Peak Season – Comments (Count)

12/02/18

Israel’s postal service to open postal infrastructure to tech startups for modernization initiative – Comments (Count)

Man jumps counter, attacks postal workers – Comments (Count)

Mail service resumes in Anchorage – Comments (Count)

2007: Rare event when USPS closed for THREE days in a row; Sunday, New Year’s Day, Ford National Day of Mourning | Federal Agencies to Close Wednesday – Comments (Count)

USPS Board of Governors Appoint Inspector General (PDF) – Comments (Count)

12/01/18

Former President George H.W. Bush Dies at Age 94 | 2007: National Day of Mourning for President Ford | Wednesday, Dec. 5th National Day of Mourning – Comments (Count)

USPS OIG Fall 2018 Semiannual Report to Congress – Comments (Count)

How Cyber Monday Has Affected the Casper Post Office – Comments (Count)

84-year-old man crashes into post office – Comments (Count)

Owner facing 30 years for pointing gun at mailman who sprayed charging dog – Comments (Count)