January 10, 2011
APWU: Despite Mounting Frustration, Contract Talks Continue
Although the union is “increasingly frustrated” at the slow pace of contract negotiations, bargaining is continuing, APWU President Cliff Guffey has announced. After briefing the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee on Jan. 4 and 5, members of the union’s negotiating team held discussions with their management counterparts on Jan. 6 and 7.
January 05, 2011
Suspended Bangor Postmaster rejected for first-offender program
A Northampton County judge rejected an application for a first-time offender program from the Bangor postmaster accused of harassing women and girls while drunk.
(Greg) Schlegel initially faced charges of harassment and luring a child into a motor vehicle after a day of reported bizarre behavior on Oct. 21, 2009.
But prosecutors withdrew the most serious charges after they said interviews with witnesses and victims revealed Schlegel’s alleged antics were more about drunken behavior than a sex offense.
(Greg) Schlegel initially faced charges of harassment and luring a child into a motor vehicle after a day of reported bizarre behavior on Oct. 21, 2009.
But prosecutors withdrew the most serious charges after they said interviews with witnesses and victims revealed Schlegel’s alleged antics were more about drunken behavior than a sex offense.
USPS May Close Part Of Petaluma Mail Center
USPS May Close Part Of Petaluma Mail Center : PostalReporter News Blog: "A Postal Service study recommends closing part of its Petaluma (Csalifofrnia) mail processing center and moving some of the jobs to Oakland, the service said Tuesday."
Postal Supervisor arrested for allegedly hitting worker during argument
Postal Supervisor arrested for allegedly hitting worker during argument : PostalReporter News Blog: "A 38-year-old U.S. Postal Worker is scheduled to appear in Cook County Court on Feb. 9 after allegedly hitting another postal employee in the face during an argument at work."
OIG: USPS Fails to Justify 19 Types of ‘Worksharing’ Discounts for Big Mailers
OIG: USPS Fails to Justify 19 Types of ‘Worksharing’ Discounts for Big Mailers : PostalReporter News Blog: "In a report issued Dec. 23, 2010, the USPS Inspector General’s Office (OIG) echoed what the APWU has been saying for years: Worksharing discounts for large mailers mail are too high."
USPS To Sell ‘Gift Cards’ At Post Offices
USPS To Sell ‘Gift Cards’ At Post Offices : PostalReporter News Blog: "The Postal Service has given notice to the Postal Regulatory Commission it intends to conduct a test of an experimental product: Gift Cards. This product will provide postal customers with the ability to purchase a card loaded with a specified sum of money, which can be sent as a gift through the mail. The test will begin on or after May 1, 2011"
Tennessee mail carrier under investigation for theft of VA mail
Marshall County and federal law enforcement officers are investigating what appears to be theft of medicine mailed by a Veterans Administration pharmacy to a patient who's a resident along a Petersburg mail route.
"The search warrant pertained to the theft of mail," Sheriff Norman Dalton said in a prepared statement issued Tuesday morning, some 12 hours after Chancellor J.B. Cox signed the warrant. "It is not known whether charges will be brought ... by the Eastern U.S. District Court [in Chattanooga] or whether there will be state charges."
"Apparently the Postal Service received complaints over time that things were missing from the mail, medicine being mailed to the VA patient," Bragg said.
"They got a box [of medicine that was to be mailed] and treated the box with clue spray. It's invisible but under fluorescent light, it fluoresces," the experienced detective said. "Apparently, they contacted the person who was to receive the package asking that he contact them when it was delivered.
When it was, "they inspected it and determined that it had been tampered with," Bragg continued. "It was found to have been opened and there was a substitution made."
Shortly thereafter, "They traffic stopped him," Bragg said of Michael Murdock, the letter carrier who delivers from the Post Office on the Petersburg public square. "After he was stopped and they identified themselves as federal agents... he and his vehicle ended up in Petersburg" at the Post Office.
"The search warrant pertained to the theft of mail," Sheriff Norman Dalton said in a prepared statement issued Tuesday morning, some 12 hours after Chancellor J.B. Cox signed the warrant. "It is not known whether charges will be brought ... by the Eastern U.S. District Court [in Chattanooga] or whether there will be state charges."
"Apparently the Postal Service received complaints over time that things were missing from the mail, medicine being mailed to the VA patient," Bragg said.
"They got a box [of medicine that was to be mailed] and treated the box with clue spray. It's invisible but under fluorescent light, it fluoresces," the experienced detective said. "Apparently, they contacted the person who was to receive the package asking that he contact them when it was delivered.
When it was, "they inspected it and determined that it had been tampered with," Bragg continued. "It was found to have been opened and there was a substitution made."
Shortly thereafter, "They traffic stopped him," Bragg said of Michael Murdock, the letter carrier who delivers from the Post Office on the Petersburg public square. "After he was stopped and they identified themselves as federal agents... he and his vehicle ended up in Petersburg" at the Post Office.
January 01, 2011
Postmaster Decides not to Move Mailboxes
Postmaster Decides not to Move Mailboxes: "Two weeks after the local postmaster made the decision residents should move their mailboxes from their home to the street in one local neighborhood, she changed her mind."
A Hidden World Inside New York's Great Post Office
A Hidden World Inside New York's Great Post Office : NPR: "Across the street from Penn Station, in the heart of midtown Manhattan, is the enormous and imposing Farley Post Office.
Designed in 1912 by the famous architecture firm of McKim, Mead and White, the Farley building covers two square city blocks. You can still climb up its marble staircase to mail a letter, but there's very little left behind that grand facade."
Designed in 1912 by the famous architecture firm of McKim, Mead and White, the Farley building covers two square city blocks. You can still climb up its marble staircase to mail a letter, but there's very little left behind that grand facade."
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