Most Popular Postal Articles this week – May 12th, 2024
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Month: May 2024
Appeals court upholds demotion of postmaster over false delivery scans
A postmaster was demoted when the USPS OIG found that his staff improperly scanned more than 1,000 packages showing them delivered when they hadn’t been.
A customized version of Canoo’s electric delivery van for the USPS has been spotted in the wild
Commercial EV startup Canoo looks to have delivered at least one electric delivery van to one of its newest customers, the United States Postal Service (USPS). The recently posted images show a customized Canoo LDV 190 donning USPS badging and a design slightly different from the original renderings
USPS recommends new prices for Parcel Select
USPS has notified the Postal Regulatory Commission of Parcel Select price changes to take effect Sunday, July 14. The proposed adjustments were approved by the USPS governors this week.
Postal hiring reform helped, but there’s more work to do
The Postal Service managed to cut hiring times thanks to some reforms back in 2019. But for thousands of job postings, it gets no applicants.
Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy’s Remarks During May 9, 2024, Postal Service Board of Governors Meeting
The below remarks are as prepared for delivery by Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy during the open session meeting of the Postal Service Board of Governors on May 9, 2024.
Mail Handlers to Receive Night Shift Differential Increase
The increase is applicable for time worked between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. This is the second of three Night Shift Differential increases negotiated in the 2022 National Agreement.
Postal supervisors tell postal leadership, Don’t blame us for DFA failures
The National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) has now added its voice to the growing resistance to the network transformation, or at least to the way it’s being implemented.
USPS board member urges agency to slow network changes over persistent mail delays
A key member of the Postal Service’s leadership board is calling on the agency to slow down its network modernization plans, citing persistent mail delays in regions going through these changes.
Bloomington Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison for Receiving and Distributing Drugs Through the Postal Service
A Bloomington, Illinois husband and wife, Wesley Noonan, 50, and Christina Noonan, 44, of the 1900 block of East Taylor, were sentenced on May 8, 2024, to federal prison for conspiring to distribute, and possessing with intent to distribute, the fentanyl analogue, para-Fluorofentanyl.