Dominique C. Garrett, a 24 year-old Postal Support Employee (PSE) at the Saline, Michigan Post Office, has been charged with misappropriation of over $61,000 in postal funds.. The initial complaint ,filed back in January, contends Garrett stole the money between April-December 2014. In November 2014, postal officials noticed “irregularities” with bank deposits at the Saline […]
1.12.2015 EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A western Illinois postal worker will be sentenced next week after admitting in federal court that she stole mail including a debit card she used. Thirty-one-year-old Abra Albrecht’s was to have been sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, but a scheduling conflict pushed the […]
Gearing Up and Gettin’ Down (to Business) by Tony D. McKinnon Sr., APWU Industrial Relations Director Negotiations for the next collective bargaining agreement (CBA) are scheduled to begin in mid-February, and the Industrial Relations Department has been busy researching material and developing strategies for contract talks. Our goal will be to keep contract language that […]
10/31/2014 – The APWU and USPS have agreed to extend a March 20 Memorandum of Understanding Re: Filling Residual Vacancies for employees in the Clerk Craft. The memo outlines a procedure for filling residual vacancies in the Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Crafts. The MOU was due to expire on Oct. 31 for employees Clerk […]
USPS Hiring: City Carrier Assistants; Postal Support Employees; and Mail Handler Assistants The U.S. Postal Service is hiring for new non-career positions at various postal facilities in Washington State and northern Idaho. Positions available include – City Carrier Assistants that deliver mail from post offices; Postal Support Employees who work in post offices, and Mail […]
(October 17, 2014) Hanover police arrested a 28-year-old post office employee who allegedly stole more than $2,500 in cash and gift cards from sealed envelopes. Hanover police arrested Amber Lopresti, 28, of 13 Alger Way, Taunton on Wednesday, Oct. 8 following a joint investigation with U.S. Postal Service inspectors. Lopresti reportedly admitted to running the […]
by Stephen Lysaght, APWU President of East Bay Area Local #47, Walnut Creek, CA As most of our members are painfully aware, Clerk duty assignments are being abolished and reposted on an unprecedented level in the history of our Local. It has been happening in the majority of our offices and throughout the Bay-Valley District, […]
From the National League of Postmasters: LEAGUE Headquarters received copies of the letters sent to current PMRs and PMR annuitants regarding the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the APWU on the POStPlan arbitration. The notices let both the PMR and the PMR annuitants know that they could still be used in 2-hour offices if […]
JOSEPH HIGHTOWER says U.S. postal investigators agree he got ripped off last year when he bought a $600 money order to pay his rent. But no one in the Postal Service can tell Hightower when he’ll be refunded the cash he paid to a postal worker at the 30th near Chestnut Street branch on Nov. […]
10/09/2014 – The APWU and USPS have settled a dispute over the proper remedy for violations of contractual limits on the number of PSEs that can be on the rolls at any given time. Under the terms of the Oct. 3 agreement, any future violations in the Clerk and Motor Vehicle crafts will result in the […]