Such frustration over mail delays and lost packages has persisted in Georgia for months, tied to the opening of the new regional processing and distribution center in Palmetto.
However, the U.S. Postal Service does have a $2.98 billion contract with a company reportedly far behind on delivering vehicles.
Some defenders of the status quo have gotten very good at influencing public opinion, and they are cranking up old narratives about how this popular institution knits together a far-flung nation.
Michael Mize, president of the Michigan Postal Service Union, said there is a shift taking place within the Postal Service that’s not in the best interest of the people it serves.
A group of 16 states led by California and environmental groups dropped a lawsuit filed in 2022 that sought to block the U.S. Postal Service’s plan to buy mostly gas-powered, next-generation delivery vehicles.
A mandate will also apply to New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day for some classes of employees.
President-elect Donald Trump has revived talk from his previous term of moving to privatize the United States Postal System. To be sure, such a process would be complicated and would likely require an act of Congress.
According to the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint, since July 2024, Hayes deposited more than 20 checks that had been stolen from the mail at the Costa Mesa Post Office into her bank accounts at various banks.
The professional development scholarship is designed to financially support nonbargaining employees who seek to enroll in training, college courses, degree programs or professional certification classes.
While safeguards were appropriately implemented to secure the mail held overnight at the LTO optimized offices, we found the LTO initiative negatively impacted service to customers.