Two Brothers Get Prison for Attempted Murder of North Carolina Mail Carrier

12/11/2019 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that two brothers convicted of shooting a U.S. Postal Carrier were sentenced to prison today. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. sentenced Rashawn Donnell Williams, 31, of Charlotte to 28 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay […]

USPS Graphic: City letter carriers returning after 5 p.m. in FY 2014

(September 7, 2014) In July 2014 the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an audit report on “City Letter Carriers Returning After 5.P.M.” in the Capital District.” Although the report addressed a growing problem of city carriers returning after 5 p.m. in USPS’ Capital District–it included the percentage of city letter carriers returning after […]

NALC: COLAs total $1,227 annually

August 20, 2014 – Following the Aug. 19 release of the July Consumer Price Index (CPI), the fourth cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for letter carriers under the 2011-2016 National Agreement is $686 annually. This COLA was based on the increase in the CPI between January 2014 and July 2014. It amounts to 33 cents per hour. […]

GAO: USPS conversion from door-to- door to less costly delivery could yield large savings

The following are excerpts from a United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report requested by Chairman [Congressman] Darrell Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives on “U S Postal Service: Delivery Mode Conversions Could Yield Large Savings, but More Current Data Are Needed.” {note: some paragraphs may be out of sequence} The […]

City Carrier Work Years and Workhours, by Employee Type FY 2009

The Postal Regulatory Commision requested that USPS provide the following: For each of the city carrier employee types indicated in Attachment 1 of USPS-T-7, please provide the distribution of total city carrier work years, indicated in the third column of the first table, by day of the week, for FY 2009. Here are the charts: […]