[maxgallery id=”42104″]Web News Article #: 206-2015 10/30/2015 – Two MVS tractor-trailer operators have been issued awards in recognition of their safe driving records. Jimmy Ellis of the Greater Seattle Area Local and Charles Pettus of the Oakland Local received Joseph M. Kaplan Safe Driver Awards from the National Safety Council. Ellis, who was recognized for…
The Postal Service is conducting its annual survey on employee commuting patterns. Employees will receive an email from commutersurvey@gsa.gov Nov. 2 with a link to the survey. The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Responses are confidential and due Nov. 6. The Postal Service uses the survey to complete reporting documents…
Web News Article #: 205-2015 10/29/2015 – Last year, more than 36,000 postal workers were injured or sickened at work and at least 10 suffered fatalities. “Here’s the simple truth,” APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Industrial Relations Director Tony D. McKinnon Sr. wrote in a letter to local and state presidents and national officers. “If…
Special agents of the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) are contracted to “safeguard postal revenue” and are supposed to “operate with integrity, be a model of ethical behavior, and treat people in a fair and respectful manner.” When it comes to workers compensation fraud, however, these law enforcement officers often employ questionable…
By Ashley Bowen-Murphy – October 28, 2015 The “dead” mail arrived constantly, black bags filled with almost 30,000 letters and parcels each day. These high casualties caused only a general sense of alarm among late 19th and early 20th century Americans. Postal clerks in Washington, D.C. sorted through all letters pronounced dead, separating the truly…
