APWU: OSHA Slams Postal Service with Five Citations, $16,000 in Fines

Posted on July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 by 21cpw

Web News Article #: 151-2015 07/30/2015 – After an onsite inspection, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) slammed the Postal Service with five citations for violating safety standards at a post office located in Kent, WA, on July 1. OSHA also imposed a total of $16,000 in fines. Four of the violations were labeled “serious:”…

CPWU: WA Postal customers, workers protest proposed changes

Posted on October 4, 2014October 4, 2014 by 21cpw

By Gordon Oliver, Columbian business editor Published: October 3, 2014, 7:13 PM Some 40 local residents didn’t bother using the U.S. Postal Service on Friday morning, choosing instead to personally deliver messages to local congressional staff members in support of Postal Service functions threatened by federal mandates to the Postal Service. The sign-carrying protesters organized…