OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) – Mail theft isn’t that uncommon, but thieves took it up a notch by stealing a collection box from an intersection in Oakland. Liz Chapman said she stepped outside her home at the corner of Chabot Road and Chabot Crest on Monday and noticed that the USPS mailbox that sits on the […]
By Paul Gereffi 1/23/2018 There’s an old adage about how we perceive danger. If you put a frog into hot water, it will immediately jump out. However, if you put the frog in cool water first, then slowly turn up the heat, it won’t notice how hot it’s getting until it’s too late and could […]
By Paul Gereffi ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and we stood out on the curb, there was no sign of the mailman, and that was absurd! The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of Christmas gifts in Amazon parcels danced in their heads. The stockings were hung on the mailbox with […]
11/10/2016 The following Christmas Holiday facts are for APWU members and the information contained in the article is from the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement. I would like to share with everyone some of the questions and my responses to many questions relating to the upcoming Christmas Holiday. When is my Holiday? This year Christmas Day, […]
A Monument to Victims is Unveiled 10/21/2016 – Fifteen years after their deaths from exposure to anthrax-laden mail, Joseph P. Curseen Jr. and Thomas L. Morris Jr. were remembered by their co-workers at a reflective and joyful ceremony on Oct. 21. A monument to the two APWU members was unveiled at the memorial outside the […]
From Forbes: US Postal Service (USPS) consumers are seeing declining service standards. They know their packages don’t arrive on time. What they may not realize, however, is that this may also cost them their vote. 38 states require absentee ballots to be received by election day. However, USPS rules have changed and that first class […]
From PostalReporter.com reader: Have you listened to this? Postal Service Health Benefits and the FEHBP All postal retirees and future postal retirees should. If the Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 5714) passes, a retired postal couple would be hit with an extra $4,000 per year in health insurance premiums for Medicare Part B and Part […]
Despite competition from Amazon.com, the package delivery giants are increasing prices. Here’s a look at why — and what it means for investors. Prices are going up. Around the time of the company’s first-quarter 2017 results in late September, FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX) followed rival United Parcel Service, Inc (NYSE:UPS) in hiking selected shipping rates by […]
By Attorney Robert R. McGill The golden days of yesteryear are gone. Time was, employment with the U.S. Postal Service was not merely another job, but a career that ensured job satisfaction, income security, and a sense of investment for the future. Then, technology and the promise of innovation arrived; “efficiency” was the word for […]
Americans spend $103 billion a year on predatory lenders. Postal banking could change that by Laura Clawson January 22, 2015 – Nearly 17 million American adults live in households where no one has a checking account; more than 50 million more have a checking account, but also have to rely on things like payday lenders […]