11/22/2016 – Consistent with the requirements of the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015, the Postal Service allows veteran employees who meet the eligibility requirements to take Wounded Warrior Leave. This is a specific type of leave, which provides veteran employees with no loss in pay, for undergoing medical treatment for a service-related disability […]
Postal Service employees who served in the military during the Vietnam War are invited to attend the Memorial Day dedication of the Medal of Honor: Vietnam War stamps in Washington, DC. The ceremony will be held Monday, May 25, from 1-2 p.m. at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall. The event is free […]
3/30/2015 – Memphis, Tenn – Two Verbena residents have been arrested and charged in a federal indictment that accuses them of conspiring to steal packages of prescription pharmaceuticals intended for military veterans. Kevin Cochrane, 34, and Carmen Cochrane, 36, both of Verbena, were named in a four-count indictment charging the couple with conspiracy to possess […]
March 14, 2015 FAIRBANKS, AK — Over a period of six years, hundreds of prescriptions mailed by Alaska pharmacies to veterans and villagers disappeared while in the custody of the U.S. Postal Service in Fairbanks. Patients waiting for morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and other drugs often found themselves in agony because their pain medications failed to show up in the mail, […]
As previously reported USPS is moving ahead with Phase 2 Network Rationalization starting in January 2015. USPS quietly made this announcement last week. USPS estimates that approximately 20% of First Class Mail volumes will be delivered overnight and 80% in 2 or 3 days. In August, , USPS Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Postmaster General […]
12.18.14 The Mail Handlers Union reported: In a new development on the earlier data breach at the Postal Service, USPS has now sent individual letters to another group of employees who may have had personal information compromised. USPS informed us that a large number of Workers Compensation records were “possibly” compromised, in some cases including […]
The United States Postal Services hires the largest numbers of veterans, yet their future of these jobs could be in jeopardy due to Republican policy. Ed Schultz and President of the American Postal Workers Union, Mark Dimondstein discuss.
The Veterans Day Free Meals 2014 list you’ll find below includes many of the popular and nationwide restaurants and other retailers that are giving away free meals and discounts to veterans on Veterans Day (Tuesday, November 11, 2014). Outback Steakhouse on November 11, a free Bloomin’ Onion and beverage. This offer is for veterans as […]
Portland Communities & Postal Workers United More actions planned to stop the delay of mail (October 31, 2014) The “postal defenders” won a reprieve today. County Judge Karin Immergut dismissed criminal charges in a civil disobedience protest case which was over two years old, saying the defendants’ constitutional right to a speedy trial had been […]
(October 28, 2014) A grand jury in Indiana has indicted a Manager of District Operations (MDO) at the Evansville, Indiana Mail Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF) on charges of stealing prescription pain medication addressed to veterans in Indiana and Kentucky. According to a news release issued by (Acting) U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of […]