Postal employee makes it big with unofficial postal clothing line

Former Brooklyn postman makes it big with his unofficial postal service clothing line worn by 30,000 workers

Marty Grace [www.nydailynews.com]

From the article: "...Marty Grace, who quit his 22-year job as a mail carrier in 2007 at a Bedford-Stuyvesant post office, now designs T-shirts, hoodies and polos worn by over 30,000 postal workers around the country who rock “Designs by Marty Grace” on the job as opposed to the drab United States Postal Service uniforms. ..."

Article Reference: www.nydailynews.com
Designs by Marty Grace

Postal worker reports mailed marijuana

Sikeston man accused of receiving marijuana in mail

From the article: "...An observant postal employee led law enforcement to the arrest of a Sikeston man and the discovery of more than two pounds of marijuana. On July 11, a postal worker thought a package was suspicious and reported it to the SEMO Drug Task Force..."

Article Reference: www.semissourian.com

Deteriorating postal service has begun to affect magazines and other periodicals

Will Postal Service follow Pony Express route?

From the article: "...Deteriorating postal service has begun to affect magazines and other periodicals, even newspapers that depend on timely delivery to their customers. In a recent news report, the publisher of a small, rural weekly newspaper in South Dakota said her advertising business had been hurt because it sometimes was delivered a week late, arriving with a more recent edition. ..."

Article Reference: www.standard.net

FedEx Express to remove their drop boxes from Postal Service locations under expired agreement

FedEx Fights UPS to Keep $1 Billion Postal Service Deal

From the article: "...The FedEx Express unit also has around 5,000 drop boxes at Postal Service locations that will be removed under an agreement that expired in June, the company said in the filing. ..."

Article Reference: www.bloomberg.com
FedEx Dropbox

Newly hired rural letter carriers will make 10 percent to 20 percent less than current carriers

New rural carriers will get paid 10 percent to 20 percent less than others

From the article: "...Newly hired rural letter carriers will make 10 percent to 20 percent less than current carriers earn under a new labor pact that will affect 111,000 career and non-career U.S. Postal Service employees...."

Article Reference: www.federaltimes.com

APWU: Plan to replace Postmasters w/ Postmaster Reliefs direct violation of collective bargaining agreement

POStPlan in Direct Conflict With APWU National Agreement

From the article: "...The APWU has put the Postal Service on notice that their plan to replace Postmasters at small, rural post offices with Postmaster Reliefs (PMRs) is a direct violation of our 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement...."

Article Reference: www.apwu.org