Statement on the FBI’s Investigation of Suspicious Packages Between October 22 and 24, 2018, suspicious packages were received at multiple locations in the New York and Washington, D.C., areas and Florida. The packages are being sent for analysis at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. “This investigation is of the highest priority for the FBI. […]
The following is a press release from Postal Notice concerning a patent issue with the U.S. Postal Service: # # # The U.S. Postal Service stands to gain significant revenues, and postal patrons will receive a new secure way to tell when mail is delivered with the application of an online subscription service called Postal […]
As referenced in Article 8, sections 4 and 5, of the USPS-NALC and USPS-APWU national agreements, the December period (during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable) consists of 4 consecutive service weeks. This year, the December period begins Pay Period 25-18, Week 2 (December 1, 2018) and ends Pay Period 01-19, Week 1 (December […]
Postal workers in Portland, Oregon participated in a rally on October 8th, 2018 to protest postal privatization. Members from all four postal labor unions were in attendance. (Photos courtesy of Communities and Postal Workers United.) Photos
Presidential Memorandum on Universal Postal Union Chairman Robert Taub’s Statement Washington, DC – On August 23, 2018, President Donald J. Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-secretary-state-secretary-treasury-secretary-homeland-security-postmaster-general-chairman-postal-regulatory-commission/) detailing his direction to modernizing the monetary reimbursement model for the delivery of goods through the international postal system and enhancing the security and safety of international mail. The […]
A PostalMag.com reader has sent this photo of yet another USPS LLV burning in dramatic fashion. The reader reports that while out delivering mail, the postal truck caught on fire in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Fortunately, the carrier got out safely and the mail was saved, reports the reader. During the last decade, hundreds of USPS […]
Facebook Event Page What: Rally with speakers, music, picketing, Ben Franklin (actor), birthday cake Confirmed speakers: American Postal Workers Union – John Marcotte & Joe Cogan, National Association of Letter Carriers – Dave Norton, OR AFL-CIO – Tom Chamberlain, Jobs with Justice – Alyssa Pagan, American Federation of Government Employees – Marcia Blaine, and “Ben […]
Trending on Instagram and other social media sites are photos of mail collection boxes with knitted monster feet. The feet have been spotted on mail collection boxes in California, New York and elsewhere. The trend, which is being spread by sites such as Pinterest and Reddit, is known as Yarnbombing, part of a wider trend […]
Dillon Smith is the son of Dallas letter carrier Kurt Smith. Dillon has been selected to represent Team USA at the 2019 Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi. A GoFundMe fundraising page has been set up to help with the expenses involved in the trip. Dillon’s family is asking for your generosity to help […]
Dozens of postal workers and customers picketed in front of the Waterfront Post Office in downtown Portland on June 18th, 2018 to protest job cuts that will cause further reductions in service to the public, including longer lines and phone calls unanswered at retail locations, and delay of mail delivery. Postal management plans to eliminate […]
A new feature rolled out on the Postal Service’s delivery scanner on Saturday, June 9th, 2018, warning letter and rural carriers if the delivery scan for a package is being made away from the actual physical location. The new feature will certainly be useful for increasing the integrity of scans and warning carriers about potential […]
PostalMag.com has received information that alleges a NALC union vice president in Pennsylvania has been arranging “kickbacks” from awarded grievance money. Allegedly, the vice president distributes grievance money to individuals, including a shop steward, on the condition they give some of the money back to the vice president. Reportedly, the vice president has stated the […]
April 12, 2018 – President Trump has issued an executive order demanding an evaluation of the Postal Service’s finances. Below is the text of the order. (We will provide a version that is easier to read once it is available.)
CargoGlide has debuted a prototype postal delivery vehicle at USPS headquarters with shelves that roll out. With the setup, carriers would not have to climb into the back of their delivery vehicles. The system is said to be faster and more efficient for retrieving parcels and to significantly reduce the risk of injuries. CargoGlide is […]
April 5, 2018 – The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has released its Financial Analysis report which analyzes the overall financial position of the United States Postal Service in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. In FY 2017, the Postal Service recorded its first net loss from operations since FY 2013, of $1.3 billion, largely due to declining […]
The EEOC entered a final decision finding that the U.S. Postal Service discriminated against the Class of approximately 130,000 USPS employees when it subjected them to the National Reassessment Process (NRP) between May 5, 2006 and July 1, 2011. The USPS employees who were reviewed under the NRP had suffered workplace injuries, and were working […]
City and Rural Carriers on workroom floors and in online forums are expressing much displeasure about a new time-wasting parcel scanning and loading program that has carriers scanning all parcels while loading in order to determine where to place the parcels in the vehicle. The micromanagement routing program divides the back of carrier vehicles (such […]
At the end of the first video and the beginning of the second video you can see the man who carjacked a USPS carrier in Las Vegas. The video shows the man ditching the USPS truck at an apartment complex in central Las Vegas, then going back to get a tray of mail.
This ought to be rich! According to a flyer mailed along with the March 9th, 2018 USPS pay stub, the next Postal Pulse Survey coming in May 2018 will include a comment box. The comment box was added based on employee feedback, according to the flyer. Small print at the bottom of the flyer indicates […]
The viral video of Boston Dynamic’s SpotMini robot dog has many people worried the Skynet apocalypse is just around the corner. But one of the possible future applications mentioned for the robot dog is package delivery. Imagine a suburban street in the near future. An Amazon package delivery truck pulls up and parks. The dogs […]
