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COVINGTON, GA — A candlelight vigil was scheduled Wednesday night for the postal worker who died Saturday after her USPS truck was hit by another vehicle. The vigil for Hillary Adair Hicks, 59, of Decatur, a nine-year postal service employee, was set to be held at the Covington Carrier Annex on Covington Bypass Road. According … Read more
UPDATE: Georgia State Patrol is still investigating what caused the death of a postal employee on Highway 27 at Collard Valley Road on the Cedartown bypass earlier this afternoon. Polk County deputy coroner Marty Robinson said that officials are still investigating how postal employee Gina W. Jackson, 52, of a Cedartown address, was killed today … Read more
This case involves proper credit for mail containerized at the carrier’s case during a mail count. This case involved firm bundles and non-scanned parcels for a closed school. The parties agree the carrier has the option of handling odd-size articles either with flat mail or separately, regardless of how the piece is credited. Should the … Read more
Sheriff’s deputies investigating the shooting death of a U.S. Postal Service worker in rural Nevada say they don’t consider her husband a suspect in what he originally reported was an accident. Lyon County Sheriff Al McNeil has released few details about Tuesday’s death of 26-year-old Johnie Nichole Shadden at her home in Mason Valley, which … Read more
This case involved management requiring rural carriers during a snow storm to park their vehicle, dismount and deliver by walking to each box on portions of the route. The parties agree that rural carriers are not required to dismount and provide service on foot when roads or entire blocks, or equally large portions of the … Read more
This case involved management assigning rural carriers on limited duty to work in a different office without mileage reimbursement. The parties agree when rural carriers are required to travel to a temporary duty station within a 50-mile radius of their permanent duty station, the carriers are entitled to mileage reimbursement that exceeds the distance between … Read more
The Latest on the shooting death of a U.S. Postal Service delivery worker in rural northern Nevada (all times local): 4:15 p.m. A sheriff’s official says a U.S. Postal Service delivery worker who was killed on the job in northern Nevada was delivering mail to her own home, and her husband first reported her shooting … Read more
The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office reports that 26-year-old Johnie Shadden succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained around 11:30 a.m. on March 22, 2016 in Mason Valley. According to officials, Ms. Shadden was on-duty as a postal worker and had stopped at her home as part of her normal route at the time of the incident. … Read more
In the flier distributed this week, the postal worker wrote in part: “During the period of March 12- March 26, 2016, I would really appreciate your help. The USPS “counts” every piece of mail, parcels, etc. that I handle. The purpose of this 2- week sampling is to set my pay, paid time off, etc. … Read more
CRANBERRY TWP — The U.S. Postal Service in the township is being investigated by the National Labor Relations Board for unfair labor practices. An employee, whose name was withheld by the labor board, is accusing the Postal Service of two types of wrongdoings: changes in terms and conditions of employment and refusal to bargain/bad faith … Read more