Lissie, Texas, is a cluster of ranch-style homes lined with tractors, one church, and a post office. Just 200 people live there. Joyce Hodde is one. She says the post office is much more than just a place to buy stamps. “This is kind of a community center for us,” Hodde said. “We get our […]
During hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on the 21 Century Postal Service Act , Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) pushed to hold the Postmaster General more accountable for the Postal Service’s actions. “Tester said that public service is “an honor” and that public officials shouldn’t be receiving outlandish salaries and benefits for […]
You see your co-workers’ faces every morning, but what would you do if one day one of them wasn’t there, and there was no explanation? source: Postal Employee Saves Co-Worker’s Life | Video | wltx.com:
Norfolk USPS closure could cause pharmacy headaches – Folks in Norfolk, Nebraska will try to convince the United States Postal Service to keep their postal processing center open Monday night. The Postal Service will host a meeting to discuss its proposal to close the operation, just as it did with Sioux City’s processing center. The […]
Crooks and Liars: “Ed Schultz talked to USPS letter carrier and Rep. Joe Walsh constituent Melissa Rakestraw about her encounter with Walsh at a recent meeting he had where he basically melted down and started screaming at Rakestraw and some of the others who were unfortunate enough to be attending that event.”
Neither should yours. About one-quarter of letter carriers have served in the military. Your carrier might be one of them. Of the 280,000 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers, about 70,000 are veterans of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines or Coast Guard, including recent service in Iraq and Afghanistan. This Veterans Day, […]
CLIFTON HEIGHTS — Employees from a local U.S. post office set up shop outside of Acme Sunday in an effort to raise awareness about issues facing the financially strapped business. The employees from the Clifton Heights post office said they are concerned about a potential reduction of a workweek from six days to five days. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 news) – The busiest time of year for the U.S. Postal Service is just around the corner but there are some local Postal workers who are busy year round. Last year they processed more than a billion pieces of mail, and each was a puzzle. Postal workers in Salt Lake […]
From Wall Street Journal – “A man in Emden, Mo., recently mailed a letter that he had addressed, in a scribble, to somebody in “Shelhjreille, Mo.” That’s the way his handwriting made it look, anyhow. When the computers that sort mail for the U.S. Postal Service can’t read your handwriting, where does your letter go […]
Congressman Dennis Ross on Fox News trying to convince the American people of a “Taxpayer Bailout for the Post Office?” Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com