According to the Houston Chronicle: Federal prosecutors have asked fraud investigators from the Labor Department and Postal Service to examine allegations that a former postal union official in Houston embezzled union funds. Ed Gallagher, deputy criminal chief for major offenders of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston, said he asked the two inspectors general to […]
Photo: Letter Carrier From Back In The Day. I wonder how old is this picture? Maybe 15 or 20 years old? source: Flickr Photos
Democratic Talk Radio announces our 1st Labor Hero of the Year Award for 2008 Democratic Talk Radio has given our 1st Annual Labor Hero of the Year Award to Fran Friel, President of the Pennsylvania Postal Workers for moving his union convention from the hotel in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania to honor a picket line by […]
From National League of Postmasters President Charles Mapa By now most of you have heard that NAPS President Ted Keating presented the Postal service a letter asking for the removal of Western Area Vice President Sylvester Black and Dakotas District Manager Clem Felchle for remarks made during telecoms with their subordinates. This is a good […]
Here is a brief background of the case taken from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision: Mr. Saunders held the position of PS-11 Electronic Technician [ET] at the USPS’s Roanoke, Virginia Processing and Distribution Center. The adverse action was based on an incident that occurred in April 2006. During the […]
note: I found this little nugget stuck in the middle of another EEOC case. A class action complaint for injured on duty postal employees was certified by an EEOC Administrative Judge (AJ) on May 30,2008. In the case of Sandra McConnell, et al. v. United States Postal Service an AJ decision certified the following class: All permanent rehabilitation employees and […]
From Michael J Hora, President, National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) Local #321 FMLA Coordinators Soliciting Release of Medical Information to USPS Law Dept. The Postal Service is soliciting medical releases for those employees that are required to partake in the 2nd and 3rd opinion process. In doing so, the FMLA Coordinators are requiring employees […]
Oops! Correction: In November 2008, Postalreporter reported that Postmaster General John Potter received $867,459 in compensation. Other Postal Executives such as USPS Deputy Postmaster General & COO Patrick Donohoe received $600,026. Now almost two months the right-wing leaning Washington Times has written a lengthy article on the same issue. My question is how in the world can the Washington […]
USPS found a new way to get rid of someone. Although the AJ agreed with him, Albert White lost his appeal for reinstatement. The MSPB is not friendly to workers. White should apply for a disability retirement before March 18, 2009. That’s when his one-year time limit expires. He was represented by Yolanda Elder, General […]
TRIBORO DISTRICT TO CONDUCT MAIL PROCESSING STUDY On February 10, 2009, the Postal Service will begin two concurrent Area Mail Processing (AMP) feasibility studies between the Staten Island, Queens and Brooklyn Processing and Distribution Facilities. The purpose of these studies is to see if it makes sense to consolidate some operations from Staten Island and […]