KOSCIUSKO, Miss. (WTVA) – A postal worker died more than a week after being shot in the head. Sherry Ingold died Friday night, Postal Inspector Tony Robinson confirmed. Mugshot of Roland Dampeer released on January 17, 2020. The man charged with shooting her, Roland Dampeer, remains in federal custody. The shooting happened on Jan. 16. […]
1/24/2020 The Interest Arbitration Award for our new union contract is expected within the next 4-6 weeks. Once Neutral Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg and the Arbitration Panel issues the Award the APWU national leadership will immediately share the outcome with the members. In addition, as soon as possible after the Award is received the APWU will […]
Former postal worker also admits embezzling from the mail 1/22/2020 – Seattle –A 39-year-old Tacoma resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and embezzlement of mail by a postal employee. ILIGANOA THERESA LAUOFO illegally collected more than $267,000 over the course of a fraud scheme that […]
1/16/2020 The woman was delivering mail along Highway 35 North when she was shot. JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Attala County’s sheriff said a man shot a rural postal worker in the head Thursday. Sheriff Tim Nail said the man first tried to kidnap a woman from the Sunflower Grocery Store near Kosciusko, but that woman […]
1/16/2020 St. Louis, MO –Dywane Upchurch, 39, of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 60 months for his role in robbing the Richmond Heights Post Office and assaulting a Postal employee while committing robbery. Upchurch appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry. According to court documents, on December 6, […]
The Postal Service will celebrate its lead-sharing program for rural carriers by designating Friday, Jan. 24, as Rural Reach Day. Across the nation, USPS districts will hold events to thank rural carriers for contributing to the program, which has generated more than $640 million in estimated annualized revenue since it began in 2008. “On Rural […]
The Postal Service will also continue to squeeze costs out of its workforce, pledging to reach new collective bargaining agreements with employee unions that provide more favorable terms to the agency. It will enhance its pay-for-performance for non-union workers to better reward top employees. In the last decade, USPS has slashed 84,000 career positions in […]
1/15/2020 NEWARK, N.J. – A Bergen County, New Jersey, woman today admitted participating in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Estela Blaustein, 55, of Mahwah, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court to an information charging her with one count […]
New initiative would also seek to reduce workplace injuries to decrease “the financial burden of injury on taxpayers.” 1/10/2020 The White House is calling on federal agencies to develop new strategies to reduce injuries in the federal workersfederal workplace and to help those who are hurt to get back to work more quickly, creating a […]
1/7/2020 USPS is requiring employees, contractors and others to demonstrate increased cybersecurity vigilance amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. Email spearphishing campaigns targeting U.S. government agencies are intensifying, the Postal Service Corporate Information Security Office reports. Cyberthreat actors are aggressively attempting to steal sensitive information, including account credentials and financial information, using targeted information […]