NALC – New pay rate implementation
Effective April 19 (date is tentative), all city letter carriers will begin earning new pay rates that include the following increases pursuant to the terms of the 2023 National Agreement
Month: April 2025
First Class: Postman retires after 30 years
Mark Miller wasn’t sure what he would do after he delivered his last piece of mail on March 28, but he was confident about one thing: “Whatever I do, it will be in air conditioning.”
Goodnight Moon Stamps to be Unveiled at The Rabbit hOle
The U.S. Postal Service will unveil its Goodnight Moon stamps at The Rabbit hOle in North Kansas City, MO, on May 2 as part of an event leading up to Children’s Book Week (May 5-11).
NALC Steward: “Ultimately this arbitration award is a huge slap in the face to letter carriers”
But while NALC President Brian Renfroe has issued a statement largely praising this outcome, not all postal workers are pleased, and in fact many feel that it is a step in the wrong direction and ultimately oppositional to the union and the workers.
LeDoux named Southern Area VP
Chenise LeDoux has been named Southern Area vice president, a role she’s held on an acting basis since January.
New U.S. mail trucks hitting Tri-Cities routes look like a platypus. Take a look
As area motorists have already noticed, old-school mail trucks are giving way to modern, sometimes awkward-looking delivery vehicles.
Community Celebrates Beloved Mail Carrier’s Final Day with a Gathering that Makes Her ‘Tear Up’
When Agustin’s final day arrived, Harris and her neighbors all gathered in one of the front yards and waited for her to walk her final route.
Mail thefts and postal robberies and fraud – 04/03/25
Mail thefts and robberies and fraud are almost a daily event. These are the ones we found today
USPS OIG – Pre-Career Retention Initiatives
The Postal Service’s 10-year strategic plan identified “unacceptably high rates of pre‑career employee turnover” as a key challenge and created a goal of stabilizing and empowering the workforce
Driver tries to kill postal worker who waved at him on Christmas Eve in Oregon, feds say
A federal judge rejected an Oregon man’s insanity defense and found him guilty of trying to kill a postal carrier on Christmas Eve in 2022, prosecutors said.