Missouri Postal Worker pleads guilty to stealing over $5,000

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former employee at the North Kansas City, Mo., post office pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing money from a cash drawer. Jacob Crisp, 24, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge […]

Two West Virginia Postmaster Reliefs charged with stealing funds from USPS

November 3, 2015 Two Postmaster Reliefs  (PMRs) were charged with stealing  from USPS. Here is the press release from the United States Attorney’s office Northern District of West Virginia: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging Ceressa B. Patterson, 29, of Fairview, West Virginia, and Rose Munro, 53, of Wana, […]

California Letter Carrier dies from injuries suffered on the job in 2004

Randall Paul Haynes fit a lot into his life. He was the Windsor school district’s first music director. He brewed award-winning India pale ale (and a beer he named Lawnmower). He sang competitively in Europe. He umpired the first Sonoma County Crushers baseball game. He booted the mascot from that game. He delivered mail throughout […]

APWU: USPS, Staples Produce a Mound of Documents

After months of refusing to provide documents subpoenaed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the APWU, the USPS and Staples produced a mound of paperwork on Oct. 20, less than two weeks before a hearing scheduled for Nov. 2. Rather than address the core of the complaint – that the Postal Service illegally […]

How a USPS customer should NOT be treated

A  Jacksonville, Florida postal customer shares with PostalReporter.com the treatment she received from Postal Supervisor while picking up an express mail package at the post office. * I tried calling the Post Office to see where my Express mail was and found out they changed the phone number to two Jacksonville, Florida Post Offices without […]

NALC, USPS supports health care funding proposal moving postal retirees to Medicare

Update: According to a NALC Representative there is no agreement between NALC and USPS However, according to an article in the September edition of the Postal Record –NALC does support moving retirees to Medicare Parts A and B: Although work remains to be done on key issues, such as adjusting postage rates and service standards,there […]

USPS: 2015 Christmas pay procedures for Rural Carriers

The 2015 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 5, 2015 (Week 2, Pay Period (PP) 26-2015), and ends Friday, December 25, 2015, end of Pay Period 27-2015. During this period, certain timekeeping and pay rules apply. Timekeepers, including Postmasters, supervisors, and other employees responsible for rural carrier time and attendance recording, should become […]

New York Postal Worker pleads guilty in Operation Santa case

October 27, 2015 One of the workers charged in June with ripping off the postal service’s Operation Santa program to provide needy kids with Christmas gifts has been allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of 30 days in jail. Mahogany Strickland, 23, of Manhattan, pleaded guilty Friday to carrying letters […]