postal workers

Dec 21st

Ex-Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to Obtain Up to $62,690 in Disability Compensation

While Claiming Disability, Postal Carrier Received Compensation for Variety of Jobs, Including as a Snow Plow Driver, Plumber, and Field Supervisor for a Home Improvement Company 12/21/2020 Greenbelt, Maryland – Ronald S. Repass, age 57, of Poolesville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of making false statements or fraud to obtain federal employees’ […]

Dec 21st

COVID puts more pressure on USPS during holiday rush, offices add extra hours

WASHINGTON TWP., Ohio (WDTN) – Post offices in Beavercreek and Washington Township opened Sunday for four hours to offer customers an extra opportunity to mail holiday packages. “People are afraid to go into places when its a crazy, busy time. So we’re trying to give them another option to do what they need to do […]

Dec 21st

Postal Workers next in line for COVID-19 vaccine – EEOC ruling: Yes, employers can require the COVID-19 vaccine

People over 75, essential workers next in line for vaccine NEW YORK — A federal advisory panel recommended Sunday that people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers should be next in line for COVID-19 shots, while a second vaccine began rolling out to hospitals as the nation works […]

Dec 20th

It’s Been a Long Nightmare Before Christmas for UPS and Postal Workers

Every year, workers at the Postal Service and UPS expect to work long hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas. “This is like our Super Bowl,” said Kimberly Karol, president of the Iowa Postal Workers (APWU). “Employees really do rally together.” But this year has been like no other. Workers were still catching their breath from last […]

Dec 20th

Court reverses guilty verdicts against Indiana Postal Worker sentenced for conspiring to rob post office

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed guilty verdicts against a former Merrillville postal worker convicted in a robbery scheme, finding that a holdout juror at the woman’s trial was subjected to “impermissible coercion.” Tanisha Banks, a former U.S. Postal Service employee from Merrillville, was convicted of plotting a 2017 armed robbery at a […]

Dec 17th

Former Georgia Postal Worker pleads guilty to stealing cash and gift cards from the mail

12/17/2020 ATLANTA – Former Postal employee Markeyta McAllister pleaded guilty to Obstruction of United States Mail for stealing cash and gift cards from more than 15 letters. “While most U.S. Postal Service employees serve Americans with integrity and honesty – McAllister did not,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak.  “By opening peoples’ mail to […]