The U.S. mail is slowing down. In January, the Postal Service eliminated overnight delivery for local first-class letters that used to arrive the next day. Anywhere from 20 percent to half of the rest of the first-class mail sent every day now takes an extra day of delivery time. Service standards have been relaxing since 2012, when the volume […]
April 21, 2015 The National Association of Letter Carriers 23rd annual national food drive to “Stamp Out Hunger” is Saturday, May 9. Held each year on the second Saturday in May, this year’s drive will take place on Saturday, May 9, in more than 10,000 cities across America. Place a bag of non-perishable food items next […]
By Don Cheney April 26, 2015 A National Labor Relations Board decision issued April 16, 2015, in United States Postal Service (10-CA-134589, et al.) out of Alabama is similar to one last year from Roswell, Georgia (10-CA-120885). The NLRB must be getting tired of USPS scofflaws. It includes the same language as before: “Supervisors or […]
On March 25, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, Henry Mayer, former Financial Secretary of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Local 852 (located in Yakima, Wash.), was indicted on one count of embezzlement from a labor union, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The indictment follows an […]
Former Chesapeake VA NALC branch president and treasurer sentenced on embezzlement charges Former president and former treasurer of the Chesapeake, VA National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch #6066 separately stole over $18,000 from the organization, according to court documents On March 25, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of […]
Theft of over $10 million in United States Treasury checks from a United States Postal Facility in Atlanta Eight Individuals Arrested, Five in Custody, Sixteen Indicted April 23, 2015 ATLANTA, GA – Sixteen defendants have been indicted for stealing over $10 million in U.S. Treasury checks from the mail and then cashing them at Walmart, […]
To provide for the upgrade of the vehicle fleet of the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes. April 24, 2015 Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) introduced the “Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2015” to address the urgent need to make American transportation more efficient. FLEET Act: The Federal Leadership in […]
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) – A man is wanted for stealing thousands of dollars of checks from United States Postal Service drop mailboxes. He was caught on surveillance video and now a warrant is out for his arrest. Darrell Sargent is seen in several undercover videos captured by the U.S Postal Inspection Service. In the video, […]
ENSALEM, Pa. – It was in some freshly fallen February snow that Amethyst Bush first found unexpected tire tracks outside her home. The Bensalem Township woman wanted to know who was riding off of the stone driveway that leads to her cedar-shingled cottage in the midst of an old Methodist church retreat camp. There were […]
The United States Postal Service confirmed to Eyewitness News it has an “ongoing internal investigation” at its Arsenal branch post office in San Antonio, involving payroll discrepancies. A spokesperson for the service would not give any other statement but the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers Alamo Branch 421 gave a little more […]