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LYNDON TOWNSHIP, MI – A woman was pinned by a U.S. Postal Service vehicle against a handrail and died in Lyndon Township Wednesday, March 21, according to authorities. Authorities believe she may have been a postal worker delivering packages, but couldn’t confirm her identity Wednesday. The incident took place in front of a home that … Read more
These cases involve management not allowing carriers to sequence or mark parcels in the office if they will not make their leaving time for the route or if they would work over 10 hours for the day on their route. The parties agree that section 223.23 of the PO-603 allows the carriers to take parcels … Read more
Pursuant to the July 3, 2012 MOU on the Evaluated Compensation System Time Standards Project, the NRLCA and the Postal Service have an opportunity to evaluate and comment on the Industrial Engineering Panel’s Final Report on the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (“RRECS”), which it issued on October 31, 2017. Thus, on Wednesday, February 28, … Read more
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ind. (WDRB) — Officials in southern Indiana now confirm an accidental drowning killed a postal worker delivering mail in Madison. Teelah Kappeler, 31 died Saturday. Her husband, Mark Kappeler, said her car was found upside down, flipped on its top in a creek off Little Brushy Fork Road. It’s believed she was knocked … Read more
JEFFERSON COUNTY, IN (WAVE) – Family and friends are mourning a postal worker who died when her car went off the road Saturday night. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department identified her as 31-year-old Teelah Kappeler of Hanover, Indiana. Her car was found overturned in a creek along her postal route off East Little Brushy Fork Road in Jefferson County. … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Police in Jefferson County, Indiana, say a missing postal worker has been found dead. This is according to a post made Monday morning on the Jefferson County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department Facebook page. Police say a search began Saturday night for 31-year-old Hanover resident Teelah Kappeler after she did not return from … Read more
JJ: Joey Johnson JD: Jeanette Dwyer SB: Shirley Baffa RS: Ronnie Stutts Q: IF VOLUME DISAPPEARS DURING MAIL COUNT DOES THE UNION HAVE A PLAN? JD: ONLY IF WE CAN PROVE THEY DID IT DELIBERATELY Q: When we receive oversize parcels how do we handle team lift ? JD: you do not use team … Read more
The body of missing Snohomish man Henry Groenveld was found on January 30th around 10 a.m. in the lower Snohomish River at Dagmar’s Landing in Everett, WA. A citizen saw the body floating in the river and called police. Although the name hasn’t officially been released as Henry, his daughter Liz Dickson, who is the … Read more
A Cookeville woman lost her life in a single vehicle accident early Saturday afternoon. Deborah M. Spriggs, 58, of Cookeville, was declared dead at the scene. According to a report filed by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Spriggs was traveling southbound on Hwy. 96 in a 2002 Nissan Altima around 12:15 p.m. Saturday when she exited … Read more
This case involves management requiring carriers to maintain PS Form 4232 for each customer on the route even though the route has 911 addressing. The parties agree only rural carriers that provide service to customers that have Rural Route and box number style addressing are required to maintain a roster of customers. Handbook PO-603, section … Read more