USPS OIG: What Can the Postal Service Do to Retain Noncareer Employees?

June 10, 2016 Employee turnover costs the Postal Service thousands of dollars per employee. Retaining employees within the organization eliminates the administrative costs of hiring new employees, training, and the impacts on performance associated with learning a new job. Although turnover cannot always be avoided, the Postal Service can reduce it by doing the right […]

Postal Mail Handlers 2011 National Negotiations: Official Call For Bargaining Proposals

From the National Postal Mail Handlers Union: With preparations underway for negotiations over the terms of the 2011 National Agreement between the NPMHU and the Postal Service, the National Office has issued its official call for bargaining proposals from all members and Local Unions. To be fully considered prior to the onset of negotiations, proposals […]

Postal Worker Indicted For Falsifying Eligibility To Run In NALC Local Election

On August 18, 2010, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Sharron Dixon Haynes, aka Sharron A. Haynes, former election candidate of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 217 (located in Jackson, Miss.), was indicted on three counts of making and causing to be made, and using and causing […]

Mail Handler and Letter Carrier Charged With Mail Theft

Press Releases from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas : (HOUSTON) –  A mail handler for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been indicted for mail theft, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Johnny McCoy, 49, of Spring, Texas, has been charged in a one-count indictment with theft of mail […]