The rural mail crisis is taking a major toll on the quality of life in communities across southeast and south-central Missouri,” said Smith. “Seniors are struggling to make ends meet because Social Security checks aren’t arriving on time.
On September 11, NASED President Mandy Vigil, NASED Incoming President Bryan Caskey, NASS President Steve Simon, NASS President-Elect Michael Watson, and the presidents of 29 local election official associations sent a joint letter to US Postal Service Postmaster Louis DeJoy
It’s been 14 months since Montpelier has had a fully functional post office following the historic floods of July 2023, and local officials are outraged at how the U.S. Postal Service has responded to the needs of the capital city.
Therefore, based on the August 2024 CPI-W release, the Equipment Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for rural carriers will decrease 1.5¢ to 97.0¢ per mile. This EMA rate will be effective October 5, 2024
NALC and USPS have agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) allowing the Postal Service to employ Holiday Carrier Assistants (HCAs) prior to the start of the four-week December period (November 30 – December 27, 2024) solely for the purpose of training.
Under the solid leadership of Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash, who serves as our chief spokesperson, we’ve worked tirelessly to strategize and formulate proposals. We’ve had main table with meetings with postal management about once a week.
State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies.
The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will no longer offer discounted rates for packages entered by consolidators, part of a wide ranging effort to modernize its network.
Representatives wrote Postmaster General Louis DeJoy today requesting the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit the Hazelwood, MO, Sorting and Distribution Center, explain failures to deliver election mail on time, and provide clarity on a new USPS proposal to further delay mail in rural America.
On September 9, President Biden nominated former director of the Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) Gordon Hartogensis, to succeed Ramon Martinez IV on the U.S. Postal Board of Governors.