USPS News Link A letter purporting to offer USPS employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) an early out or a buyout by December 2008 is bogus. Someone cleverly copied sections from a legitimate offer by another government agency to its CSRS employees, substituted “USPS” at key points, and sent it to USPS employees. […]
According to district court records former letter carrier and union steward Stephen Millard was arrested May 2, 2006. A few months ago Millard pleaded guilty to: willfully receiving a gratuity in consideration of defendant’s assistance in prosecution of a claim against the United States, or with receiving a share or interest in such a claim […]
Planned automation changes at the Peoria Post office downtown is sparking protests from some of the workers. The Postal service will move the processing of priority mail from Peoria to Champaign. Several workers gathered outside the post office’s downtown branch for an informational picket today. Members of the American Postal Workers union 854 say they […]
From PostalReporter.com reader: BROOKLYN, NY —Beginning in November, the Brownsville Station Post Office, located at 167 Bristol St., and The Metropolitan Station Post Office at 47 Debevoise Street, –both in Brooklyn, NY –will offer dedicated lines for senior citizen customers. At the Brownsville Station, the line will offer special access to seniors and be in operation […]
Submitted by ” Postal Pete ” In Hodgenville, Kentucky , local officials investigate an accident in which a rural carrier backed into a couples living room. The carrier who had delivered a parcel used the front yard to turn around and struck the accelerator instead of the brake while in reverse. Postmaster Bob Hummer stated that […]
Post Office: Stump Creek, PA. Photos
USPS Linkextra PMG Jack Potter met with more than 700 USPS executives this week in Dallas to recognize FY 2007 performances and to prepare for the challenges of FY 2008. The recap included milestone achievements in operations — Capital Metro and Western Areas earned 97 percent overnight EXFC scores, Western Area surpassed the 85 percent […]
Lounge chairs, free WiFi and plasma TVs are featured at the renovated Woodfield Station post office on Mall Drive in Schaumburg, Illinois The facility at 651 Mall Drive has just unveiled a cutting-edge renovation that couples customer friendliness with state-of-the-art technology and is the first of its kind in the U.S. The timing and location […]
Post Office Built in 1830s Photos
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today issued an opinion in CARLSON v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE: Douglas F. Carlson, an attorney and self-professed postal watchdog appealed the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States Postal Service (USPS) in Carlson’s action under […]