USPS news Release: Getting Ready for the Most Wonderful Time of Year

U.S. Postal Service Delivers the Holidays WASHINGTON — Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom of night will keep the Postal Service from doing what it does best — delivering the holidays. Between now and Christmas Eve, the Postal Service will deliver 15.8 billion cards, letters and packages across the country and around the […]

Former APWU National Officer Found Guilty For Theft Of Union Funds

Former APWU Southern RegionCoodinator was a candidate in the recent National Elections Thirteen false hotel receipts submitted for travel reimbursement (HOUSTON) – After less than half an hour of deliberation, a federal jury has convicted a former postal union officer for submitting false travel receipts seeking and obtaining more than $10,000 in union funds in […]

Texas Letter Carrier Pleads Guilty To Stealing Mail

Press Release from the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas (HOUSTON) – Former letter carrier Johnnie Harden Jr., 46, of Houston, has pleaded guilty to mail theft, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Harden was convicted today of mail theft by United States District Judge Nancy F. Atlas after pleading guilty […]

NALC: USPS News Release On Contract Negotiations Full Of Spin And Distortions

The NALC responds to a USPS press release regarding its contract negotiations with two unions A press release put out Sunday by the United States Postal Service is full of spin and distortions aimed at influencing public opinion. The National Association of Letter Carriers wants its members to know that we are responding to press […]

Season’s Greenings from the U.S. Postal Service

WASHINGTON — The Postal Service is the top choice for customers who want to go green and save green this holiday season. “We want customers to know they can trust their holiday cards and packages to USPS. We’re one of the greenest mailing and shipping companies in the world,” said Sam Pulcrano, vice president, Sustainability. […]

Netflix Adds Streaming-Only Plan, Raises Prices For DVDs Sent Through USPS

Company is Increasing, by One Dollar a Month to $9.99, the Price of Popular Subscription Plan LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — With its members now watching more content streamed over the Internet than on discs delivered by mail, Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today introduced a $7.99 streaming-only subscription plan in the United […]

USPS, Rural Carriers Union Contract Talks Reach Impasse

USPS Press Release WASHINGTON — Contract negotiations with the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (APWU) and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) expired at midnight Sat., Nov. 20. While negotiations with the NRLCA resulted in an impasse, the Postal Service and the APWU agreed to extend the negotiation deadline until Tue., Nov. 23 at […]

Pennsylvania Postal Worker Indicted On Charges Of Obstructing and Delaying Mail

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Grand Jury in Scranton has indicted Denise Miller, age 49, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, on two counts of intentionally obstructing and delaying mail coming into her possession as a postal employee in May 2010. According to United States Attorney Peter J. […]

OSHA proposes $287,000 in fines against USPS in Bluefield, W.Va.,for exposing workers to electrical hazards

US Labor Department Press release BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for workplace safety violations found at a mail processing facility located at 3010 East Cumberland Road in Bluefield. Proposed penalties total $287,000. “These citations and sizable fines reflect the Postal Service’s […]

USPS Revamps ‘How-To’ Direct Mail Website

delivermagazine.com Now Includes More Content and Smart Phone Interface U.S. Postal Service Revamps ‘How-To’ Direct Mail Website delivermagazine.com Now Includes More Content and Smart Phone Interface WASHINGTON — Embracing electronic technology to promote the use of direct mail, the U.S. Postal Service recently revamped the companion website to Deliver, its magazine for marketers. The new […]