1.8.2015 – USPS is pursuing an initiative to identity revenue discrepancies for shortpaid and underpaid packages. This sounds like a potential new clerk position. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION – PARCEL DIMENSIONAL SCANNER (PDS) TO ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is performing a market survey to evaluate obtaining the supplies and/or services which […]
USPS has updated notifications to APWU and NPMHU of its intent to involuntarily reassign Clerks, Maintenance, Motor Vehicle Service (MVS) and Mail Handlers in the Pacific Area covering California and Hawaii. There is very little impact to management employees. note: This summary created by PostalReporter.com and compiled from letters sent to the unions named above […]
The United States Postal Service changed its 911 policy at the Oakland mail processing facility after an NBC Bay Area investigation exposed the rules that may have caused critical delays in a life and death situation. Vicky Nguyen reports in a story that aired February 25, 2015 USPS EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT/CALLING-911 policy 1/5/2015 – In […]
12.23.2014 This time of year, the U.S. Postal Service sorting facility in Scarborough, Maine is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The facility has nearly 500 employees, and in the last few days before Christmas, 120,000 to 130,000 items will pass through each night. A domed mirror reflects packages moving along a […]
Posted Thursday, December 18, 2014 All the mail for south central and southwestern Wisconsin goes through the United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in Madison before making its way to its final destination. This week things are busier than any other time of the year. “On an average day, we may cancel about […]
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Despite pressure from the USPS to retire, that wasn’t an option for Frank Facio, a 29 -year San Diego, CA Postal Employee and Delivery Bar Code Sorter (DBCS) machine clerk: It is a challenge for every postal employee to run mail-processing machines safely and efficiently on a daily basis. For San Diego Area Local member […]
The Postal Service notified the APWU on Dec. 23, 2010 [PDF], of plans to remove bullet-resistant glazing from some retail lobbies “in order to improve the customer experience” when a risk analysis supports removal. The APWU opposes these plans, as we outlined in correspondence with the Postal Service dated Jan. 7, 2011 [PDF], and Jan. […]
Three Postal Employees from the Post Office in Locust Valley, New York have been arrested and charged with stealing money while on the job. According to the press release: MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said that three United States Postal employees from the Locust Valley Post Office have been arrested and charged […]
A $9,000 Rolex watch among items stolen from customers A Homosassa Post Office worker was arrested on Jan. 27 following complaints from several postal patrons their property had been stolen or was missing. The arrest wrapped up the investigation of three separate incidents reported to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office. In one incident, a Sheriff’s […]