OAKLAND, CA — Edgardo Tablan thinks he may have walked around the world without ever leaving his neighborhood. If he had a Fitbit, he might discover that he had logged enough steps to circle the globe more than once. And he’s not about to stop walking now even after he makes his last delivery on […]
WALNUT CREEK (KPIX) – Hundreds of thousands of pieces of mail travel through the Walnut Creek office every day and one of the folks helping coordinate getting that to the right house, is leaving. Joe Bologna has been delivering mail in Walnut Creek for 38 years. Combined with his service in the Air Force, he […]
James Balluff was the last of his kind. Balluff retired this month after an almost 53-year career delivering mail — which he spent entirely at the Elmhurst, IL, Post Office. He was the office’s last employee to have the title “special delivery messenger.” The title was given to individuals who were hired for Special Delivery mail, […]
NALC: The industry has coalesced around the idea of full Medicare integration for health plans that cover postal employees and postal annuitants in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP)—that is implementing a requirement that postal annuitants enroll in Medicare Parts A and B when they reach age 65, and requiring FEHBP plans covering postal […]