Video: APWU demands answers after 5 workers die at Pontiac facility in 14 months March 10, 2016

American Postal Workers Union leaders are demanding more answers and further investigation after five US Postal Workers at the mail center in Pontiac have died on the job. These deaths happened in a 14-month time frame, the latest occurring in October of 2015. Area Local 480-481 Union President Roscoe Woods

Video: Postal employee deaths at Pontiac facility raise questions March 10, 2016

More details on Methane Detection System problems at Pontiac mail center March 9, 2016 By Roscoe Woods, President, 480-481 Area Local Recently there was a report posted on the internet that dealt with a concern raised by the APWU regarding issues associated with the Methane Detection System in place at the Pontiac MI. Metroplex.

APWU: Expect More Attacks on Injured Postal, Federal Workers

March 08, 2016  Over the last decade, attacks on injured federal employees and postal workers, led primarily by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) , have been relentless. But she isn’t the only one who has tried to dismantle the comprehensive coverage provided by the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA).

Donald Trump bumper sticker lands postal worker in hot water

The 23-year-old Quarryville resident Tomas Strouhal put a Trump bumper sticker on his 2003 Chrysler Sebring and hung up a newspaper clipping inside his locker at the Leola post office, where he works. But Strouhal’s employer took issue with them. Citing the Hatch Act, which governs political activity by federal employees

Dallas: Have You Seen This Stolen USPS Truck? March 10, 2016

85-year-old arrested for hitting, spitting on postal worker March 10, 2016

2 injured after USPS contract truck slams into south LA burger restaurant March 13, 2016

OIG audit finds security problems with some of USPS Active Directory Domains March 12, 2016

Two Postal Worker brothers have accumulated over 4,500 hours of sick leave March 11, 2016

APWU: Contract Arbitration Update March 11, 2016

Starship Technologies introduces delivery robots to United Kingdom March 11, 2016

Video: Idaho congressman says USPS does not realize just how slow mail has become in Pocatello March 11, 2016

Video: California Postal Worker on “The Voice” March 9, 2016 Maya Smith, a 10-year Mail Handler made her first appearance on “The Voice” singing Do Right Woman. Maya Smith’s blind audition of “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” by Aretha Franklin earned her a comparison to Beyoncé as well as a place on Team Pharrell.

Video: Possible closure of Cherrybell mail center has Tucson voters concerned March 9, 2016

Senator McCaskill questions USPS on increased costs after plant consolidations March 9, 2016  Senator Claire McCaskill has sent a letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan requesting documents related to the Phase II Network Rationalization Plan. The letter in part:  I write to request information on the costs incurred and savings realized from Phase II of the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) Network Rationalization Plan.

Bipartisan group of 33 lawmakers call on USPS for updated plant consolidation plans

Video: USPS apologizes after rural carrier leaves letter asking residents to boost mail volume during route count March 9, 2016 – The USPS is apologizing to a group of its customers in Highlands Ranch after a postal carrier left fliers in homeowner’s mailboxes, asking for them to artificially increase their mail volume so she could earn

Large rock falls from Portland overpass onto mail truck driver

Video: USPS may finally resolve neighborhood’s 5-year mailbox problem after TV station gets involved

Maryland man gets 3 years in prison for bribing postal worker to distribute marijuana via U.S. Mail