Audio: APWU Philadelphia BMC Local President Tarducci discusses Staples/USPS privatization plan

APWU Philly BMC Local President Vince Tarducci reminds WWDB AM 860 listeners to not buy school supplies at Staples. Source: WWDB-AM – Today In Philly Labor  

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North Carolina Postal Workers Local President Sentenced

Submitted by Carl Horowitz – July 16, 2015 On May 26, Salvatore Mauro, former president of American Postal Workers Union Local 1236, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to three years of probation, and ordered to pay $8,831 in restitution plus a $25 assessment, for creating a false…

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Amazon Gets what Amazon Wants – Will the Real Postmaster General Please Stand Up?

By Mel Carriere – July 16, 2015 Do any of you out there getting kind of long in the tooth, like me, remember that 70s game show called To Tell the Truth? I used to watch that show every afternoon. For you youngsters in attendance, the program consisted of three contestants pretending to be the…

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USPS OIG: Mobile Delivery Device Deployment and Functionality

Background Mobile Delivery Devices (MDD) are new handheld scanners that allow U.S. Postal Service letter carriers to track package delivery in real-time.  Package visibility is essential for the Postal Service to be competitive and also to support package growth. MDDs replace the Intelligent Mail Device (IMD) and clamshell cell phones that letter carriers currently use…

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