Thursday, March 28, 2024

APWU Contract Negotiations | Union Contract Survey: Open Now through April 16, 2024

"The current contract expires on Sept. 20, 2024, and preparations are already underway with the official negotiation period beginning this June. ...APWU has opened our contract survey so that you can let us know what your priorities are for a new union contract. Please fill out the survey by visiting apwu.org/survey. Alternatively, you can text the word “SURVEY” to 91990 to receive a link to participate in the survey on a mobile device. ..."    


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Monday, March 25, 2024

Madison, Alabama | Get a Postal Job in an Alabama Fast Growing Tech City


"Livescan fingerprints will be available 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the Huntsville Main Post Office, 3408 Wall Triana Hwy, Huntsville, AL 35813 Enter the gate to the right of the main building and go to the rear building (Training Annex). You must stop at the gate. Call 256-464-0462 for assistance. ... Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) – At $20.38 per hour, an RCA will have to be able to work a flexible schedule and be available to work throughout the week (Sunday through Saturday). This position could be ideal if one is looking for steady employment with career advancement opportunities. "    


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Sunday, March 24, 2024

Postal Carrier Caught In Workers' Comp Fraud On 'Price Is Right'

"...former North Carolina postal worker Cathy Wrench Cashwell has admitted to doing. On Monday, Cashwell pled guilty to fraud in connection with a workers' compensation claim that she filed in 2004. Cashwell had claimed that a shoulder injury prevented her from lifting mail trays into trucks for the United States Postal Service and, as a result, was collecting benefits since 2005. Then in 2009 she appeared on the game show "The Price is Right," where she used her whole upper body -- shoulders included -- to spin the show's famous "big wheel," twice. ..."    


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Friday, March 22, 2024

3 men indicted in Cleveland for postal carrier robbery

"...The indictment charges Devin Sims, Michael Williams and Teontaey Thomas with aiding and abetting each other in the robbery of mail or property of the United States and stealing keys adopted by the Post Office. Sims and Williams are also charged with brandishing a firearm during a crime and mail theft.

The three men were arrested after a joint investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service, FBI and South Euclid Police Department...."    


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Postal Heroes | RCA Rodrick Clayton Sr. aided a boy after a kitchen mishap

"City Carrier Assistant Rodrick Clayton Sr. was making deliveries recently in Hubbard, TX, when he saw a 12-year-old boy run out of a residence, screaming. Clayton rushed to..."    


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Thursday, March 21, 2024

USPS is asking customers to choose your favorites | USPS Stamp Showdown 2024

USPS Stamp Showdown 2024
"...The USPS social media team has created Stamp Showdown, a bit of fun for customers modeled on the bracket system popularized by the NCAA basketball tournament.

Eight 2024 stamps will vie for the top spot, which will be determined by rounds of voting.

The stamps vying for bragging rights are..."

The showdown began March 19. Customers can vote in each round using the “stories” feature on the USPS Instagram page.    


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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Dozens of high-security collection boxes deployed in Birmingham area

"The U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Postal Inspection Service provided an update on Project Safe Delivery which includes the installation of high-security blue collection boxes. Dozens of the boxes have been deployed in the Birmingham area. ..."    


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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Shawnee Post Office sees second attack in one month

"SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) – Shawnee community members may be looking over their shoulders now as they enter the post office, following the second attack and robbery in the last month. Some people were shocked to hear what had happened..."    


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'It's the worst we've ever seen': USPS Union speaks out about dire Wichita mail backlog

"...Christine Pruitt, Vice President of the local American Postal Workers Union, decided to visit the Wichita mail distribution center after receiving endless complaints from the 250-plus workers she represents there. "I wanted to see it for myself. ...Pruitt says she found the warehouse packed with pallets of mail stacked to the ceiling, overflowing into walkways, untouched for days, sometimes weeks at a time. She says she was particularly disturbed when she heard a weird sound coming from one of the aisles. "There were live chicks in this container in the aisle," said Pruitt. "If we hold them the extra day, they die. They can't survive without being delivered.""    


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Monday, March 18, 2024

USPS Asset Accountability | Have surplus wooden pallets? Here’s proper procedure for recycling

Have surplus wooden pallets? Here’s what to do

"The USPS Asset Accountability team is reminding Postal Service facility managers of the proper procedure for recycling wooden pallets. Stack unbroken pallets of similar sizes together, no more than 25 feet high, and store them away from buildings. Facility managers should..."    


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Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPMHU News | Uniform and Work Clothes Annual Allowance Carry Over

"Effective March 13, 2024 the following provision of Article 26, Section 26.3 of the 2022 National Agreement will be implemented:

Unused portions of an eligible employee’s annual allowance for uniform and work clothing will be carried over and available for use beginning twelve (12) months after the end of each anniversary year. An eligible employee’s uniform and work clothing allowance balance may not exceed the sum of two (2) years of the employee’s annual allowance entitlement. This uniform and work clothing program adjustment will be ..."    


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APWU News | Maintenance Craft In-Service Open Season March 1-31, 2024

"Once a year, during the month of March (March 1-31), ALL career employees may request to be tested for Maintenance Craft eligibility ratings and placement on In-Service Registers. ...Also, during March, those career employees already on the In-Service Register have the right to submit a written request to remain on those registers and avoid the annual purge that occurs on April 1. ..."    


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Monday, March 11, 2024

Stamp Collecting | Cool Stamps | Inverted Jenny souvenir sheet features a new version of perhaps the most famous error in the history of U.S. stamps

Inverted Jenny souvenir sheet
"This souvenir sheet features a new version of perhaps the most famous error in the history of U.S. stamps: the Inverted Jenny, a 1918 misprint that highlights the ways a single stamp can turn history upside down. ..."    


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Gardena, California | Mail carrier attacked while on the job, police say

"The mail carrier tries to defend himself, dropping his mailbag with all the mail falling out....The mail carrier said he’s OK and wants justice.

No word yet if the United States Postal Service has filed charges against the suspect. ..."

   


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