Weekly Overview – Top Postal News this week – 05/31/25

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1. VIDEO: Brevard County USPS worker arrested for drinking on the job
   A Brevard County U.S. Postal Service employee has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence. She was placed in handcuffs after being pulled over in her mail truck during her delivery route in April.
2. White House releases FY2026 budget details, calls for eliminating steward time at Postal Service
   The White House budget calls for eliminating “official time,” and more specifically, “steward time” at the United States Postal Service.
3. APWU Announcement – Big News!! APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Union Contract!
   The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement, announced APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein
4. USPS Workers Divided Over New Deal on Pay, Layoffs
   The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining contract, covering employees nationwide.
5. 10th Circuit Affirms Toss of USPS Contractor $500M Lawsuit
   The 10th Circuit affirms toss USPS contractor $500M lawsuit, rejecting Express One’s allegations that USPS misappropriated confidential business information and wrongfully terminated a longstanding business agreement.
6. Audit: 100K+ pieces of delayed mail sitting in Louisville USPS branches
   Auditors discovered over 100,000 mail pieces awaiting delivery, per the report. Some have been there since January 2025.
7. Postal employees argument escalates into felony charge
   The manager told officers that one member of a group of employees at a Sandy Springs post office became upset with the cost of his bill, attempted to leave but eventually paid.
8. USPS confirms death of Palmetto facility employee
   The postal worker was employed as an electronic technician at the Palmetto Regional Processing and Distribution Center.
9. Unanswered questions as postal carrier in Grand Junction, Colorado discovered dead on the job two hours after collapsing
   Dan Workman, a 59-year-old postal carrier, died while on the job on May 30. He was a nine-year veteran of the Postal Service working in Grand Junction, Colorado. 
10. Report Details Fed Retirement, MSPB, FEHB Changes in Tax and Spending Bill
    Following is a Congressional Research Service explanation of the provisions in the House-passed tax and spending bill affecting federal employee retirement benefits