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Congressional issues in the news – 12/9/24

Postal News December 9, 2024

Mail service and Congressional issues are in the news every day. Below are the latest articles I found.

USPS mail thefts and robberies – 12/9/24

Postal News December 9, 2024

Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.

California Postal Truck Fire

2024 Mail Truck Fires December 9, 2024

Another postal truck fire, this one in California

‘Cracked under the pressure’: Alarm sounded as postal worker suicides quadruple

Postal News December 6, 2024

The latest annual report for the United States Postal Inspection Service, the law enforcement branch of the Postal Service, revealed that 201 suicides were reported in its fiscal year 2023.

The Fed15: Navigating PSHB & Retirement

Postal News December 6, 2024

Dan discusses the transition of Postal Service workers from the FEHB program to the PSHB program. He emphasizes Maximus's critical role in facilitating this change, focusing on its efforts to enhance employee experience during the process.

More mail being stolen from within the U.S. Postal Service

Postal News December 6, 2024

A federal oversight report shared this week shows more mail is being stolen from inside the postal service. The Office of the Inspector General says criminal organizations are targeting employees to move narcotics and steal checks.

‘Busier and busier’: How the USPS makes billions of holiday deliveries

Postal News December 6, 2024

The technical assist is crucial because the U.S. Postal Service anticipates delivering more than 10 billion letters, holiday cards and packages during the Christmas season.

Postal Service Head Says Aging Trucks Need Upgrades

Postal News December 6, 2024

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said the U.S. Postal Service needs to replace its aging mail trucks and he wasn’t aware of an effort by the incoming presidential administration to cancel plans to buy electric vehicles.

GOP senator to DeJoy: I will ‘kill’ your plan to reform USPS

Postal News December 6, 2024

A Republican senator told the head of the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday that he would do everything he could to prevent the agency leader from instituting one of his key reforms, setting up a key divide between Congress and USPS.

Trump may cancel U.S. Postal Service electric mail truck contract

Postal News December 6, 2024

Donald Trump’s transition team is considering canceling the United States Postal Service’s contracts to electrify its delivery fleet, as part of a broader suite of executive orders targeting electric vehicles,

Department of Labor seeks back wages, damages from US Postal Service for allegedly firing a worker who raised safety...

Postal News December 6, 2024

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against the U.S. Postal Service and two of its managers for wrongly terminating a contracted employee who raised safety concerns about loading dock equipment at the Charleroi Post Office.

The USPS historian is interviewed

Postal News December 6, 2024

Stephen Kochersperger, the USPS historian, recently appeared on the “Real Virginia” TV show to discuss New Deal murals in the Petersburg and Strasburg Post Offices.

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