While walking her route on Sept. 19 at 12:10 p.m. in the area of New and Rutgers avenues, a mailwoman was accosted by a woman who took from packages from her satchel and then walked away, Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. Police responded to reports that a mail carrier was being assaulted and were […]
This settlement (M-01893) lifts the hold in place instituted by USPS. The carriers affected by the hold in place will receive their step increases as scheduled prior to being held. These carriers will receive any retroactive pay owed back to the time they should have received their step increase(s). After the November 24, 2018 pay […]
Portland, Ore. — Some 6,000 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers at their annual convention in Detroit during the third week of July protested the brutal killing of Jason Washington by Portland State University campus police. The union is also addressing the recent increase in the number of racist murders of letter carriers […]
JACKSON, MO (KFVS) -There was a final send-off for a mail carrier in Jackson, Missouri on Tuesday, July 24. Mary Loos, 62, passed away on Friday after a battle with brain cancer. Lowes worked for the post office in Jackson for 26 years. Several mail trucks took part in her funeral procession. in addition to […]
In the age of online ordering, one Lowcountry man tells News 2 package after package arrived at his home broken. He says he formally complained to USPS, but when they didn’t take him seriously, he installed a motion activated video camera at his front door. Orf says over the last year he’s received dozens of […]
WOODLAND HILLS, CA (FOX 11) – The US Postal Service is talking about the hot weather and its policies for postal workers after a long-time postal carrier was found dead in her truck during the extreme heat in Woodland Hills Friday. It didn’t matter if it was one of the hottest days of the year. Peggy […]
A former Petersburg postal carrier, who was convicted earlier this year of dumping mail, was sentenced Thursday to 10 weekends in jail and 18 months of probation for discarding another 32 tubs’ worth. Ryan L. Hooker, 36, was sentenced by a fed-up U.S. Magistrate Judge David J. Novak, who had sentenced Hooker in February to […]
6/18/2018 HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Neighbors in northwest Harris County might be waiting for mail for a while after a USPS mail truck was found engulfed in flames. Authorities were called to 10700 Heather Hill Drive around 5:45 p.m. Monday for reports of lightning striking a U.S. Postal Service truck. Deputies say the vehicle actually […]
6/14/2018 BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – A Boynton Beach homeowner is upset after a United State Postal Worker threw his package at his house and onto his driveway. The whole thing was caught on Don Ledsworth’s security camera. He said the package contained cancer medicine for his dog. In the video you see a postal worker […]
6/14/2018 A United States Postal Service worker was rescued by fire crews in Ames after the carrier truck was overcome by flood waters Thursday afternoon, according to a tweet by the Ames Tribune. Emergency responders paddled a raft to rescue the employee and a range of packages at the Grand Avenue overpass, as seen in […]