CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) – A letter which landed in the hands of one postal worker provided for a very special Christmas. A family’s prayers were answered after a postal worker decided to help play Santa. A little girl wrote to Jesus asking not to forget her this Christmas. The Wallace family was preparing their daughter […]
BOSTON (CBS) — FedEx stores around the country are open on Christmas as the shipping company tries to make up for the fact that it couldn’t make all of its scheduled deliveries in time for the holiday. A few unhappy customers spent part of their Christmas morning at the local FedEx in South Boston, wanting […]
December 21, 2015 FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – It may be just four days until Christmas, but December 21st is also an important date for the United States Postal Service. It’s officially considered the busiest mailing day of the year. With some 30 million packages going out worldwide Monday, postal service leaders said the sheer volume of packages […]
Postal Service Ready to Deliver on Busiest Day of 2015 More than 30 million packages to be delivered across U.S. WASHINGTON — The Postal Service is prepared to deliver more than 30 million packages across the United States today on the busiest delivery day of the year. “We’re seeing 15 percent growth in package volume […]
President Barack Obama has issued an Executive order excusing executive branch non-Postal Service employees from duty for half-day on Thursday, December 24, 2015, with pay and without a charge to leave, except those who, in the judgment of the head of the agency, cannot be excused for reasons of national security, defense, or other essential […]
2015 Christmas Holiday Fact The following Christmas Holiday facts are for APWU members of the Trenton Metro Area Local and the information contained in the article is from the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement. I would like to share with everyone the questions and my responses to many questions relating to the upcoming Christmas Holiday. When […]
APWU: Disbursement Schedule for $56 Million global settlement regarding Postmasters performing clerk work 11/16/2015 – The Postal Service has notified APWU Clerk Craft officers that employees who are eligible for a portion of a $56 million monetary settlement are expected to receive payment prior to Christmas. However, our message is: Don’t spend it before you […]
The Sept. 10 article, “Is the Postal Service Declaring War on Religion?” is incorrect and misleads readers into thinking Post Offices will not be offering religious-themed holiday stamps this year. Nothing could be further from the truth. Allow me to set the record straight. We have more than a half billion religious-themed holiday stamps in […]
12.26.14 EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) – Although Christmas is now over, the spirit of giving is continuing on. Bryan Knicely got a surprise in his mailbox on Christmas Eve from U. S. Postal Service worker, Donna. Knicely told 14 News Donna is also his mail carrier where he works, at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History and […]
12.24.14 In October the president of U.S. operations for UPS, Myron Gray, said that if retailers exceed their shipping quotas, UPS might “mute what they are giving to us.” The company’s chief commercial officer, Alan Gershenhorn, said there could be surcharges. Asked to clarify the remarks, UPS officials said they would first work with retailers […]