On a day in which our union president has asked union members to show up on tax day to remind the public the PO gets no tax dollars and pass out info in general, and pathetically most members will not, Doug Hughes steps up big time. Great job Doug!!! See: FAA investigating Florida mailman’s landing…
Last week, management in the Suncoast District (Florida) placed mandates on Plant Managers to have Processing Plants install web cams in specific locations within each facility. Fort Myers, Manasota (Sarasota/Bradenton), Tampa and Orlando are four locations where management has placed web cams. These web cams can be viewed from any postal employee (management or Craft…
By Brian Ballou – February 17, 2015 The cavernous U.S. Postal Service distribution center here buzzed with activity for nearly two decades. Then the the Internet choked off business and the operation moved two years ago to Miami-Dade County as part of a nationwide cost-cutting effort. Now the 345,377 square-foot facility, more than double the…
(February 8, 2015) Earlier this week, the Postal Service announced that the historic post office on Reynolds Street In downtown Plant City, Florida, is being discontinued. It’s the first such discontinuance in over 16 months. The Plant City post office has been closed since June 2013, when the Postal Service shut down the 1935 facility…
(January 8, 2015) Early last fall, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) filed a labor grievance against the Postal Service concerning who separates and sorts the mail brought back to the post office by rural carriers. Now the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) has filed a lawsuit against the Postal Service and the APWU…
Rural Mail carrier, want to move. In need of a transfer before doing so.
Web News Article #: 170-2014 09/15/2014 – The National Executive Board selected Orlando, FL, as the site of the 2016 National Convention, Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell has announced. The board vote took place on Sept. 10. “We heard presentations from hotels in several cities,” Powell said. “One of our goals was to select a site that…
(July 3, 2014) GAINESVILLE – The U.S. Postal Service will transfer the remaining processing and distribution functions now handled at the 34th Street post office to Jacksonville next year as part of plans to close 82 processing facilities. The retail portion of the 34th Street site will remain open, according to spokeswoman Dionne Montague. Outgoing…
