Stamp Out Hunger is set for May 11
Stamp Out Hunger, the annual drive that allows Postal Service employees to collect food donations for their communities, will be held Saturday, May 11.
Month: April 2024
Postal manager stole drugs from mail, let coworker snort cocaine off his desk, feds say
While in the privacy of his office, he emptied the packages of the drugs, then placed the parcels back into the mail stream and brought the substances to his home in Rochester, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York.
Mail service issues in the news – 04/25/24
Mail service issues are in the news every day. Below are the latest articles I found.
USPS credits higher salaries, new leadership, increased staffing for delivery improvements
The agency also increased starting salaries to attract and retain employees. A letter carrier in the city now earns $22.13 per hour, and rural carriers start out earning $20.38.
USPS OIG – An Expensive Drive to Nowhere
Our special agents found the retiree had filed about 1,440 false claims, with over 530 of them reflecting inflated mileage to go to medical appointments. They also found over 910 claims didn’t coincide with actual medical appointments and claims submitted by the providers to the DOL for services rendered.
USPS mail thefts and robberies – 04/25/24
Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.
Senators call on postal board to abandon DeJoy’s USPS reforms
The overhaul is harming the Postal Service, Democrats say, though postal leadership says it just needs more time.
A postal employee successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver on a choking co-worker
Mail Processing Clerk Kharalyn Ford was recently in the break room of the Memphis, TN, Network Distribution Center when a co-worker dining near her began to choke and gasp for air.
US Postal Service to migrate air cargo to UPS during summer
The U.S. Postal Service plans to shift daily air cargo volumes to UPS before the contract with FedEx expires in September to ensure no service interruption for customers heading into the busy holiday shipping season, the agency and company officials said Tuesday.
USPS reminds postal workers that ethics rules apply both during and after USPS employment
The Postal Service wants employees to follow its ethics rules about contracts, both during and after their tenure with the organization.