Fiery speakers made their voices heard in Detroit where members of the American Postal Workers Union rallied for a better contract.

Terell Taylor, 40, pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a U.S. Postal Service employee and has been sentenced to 20 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a July 12 news release.

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

While the introduction of Ground Advantage simplified the flow of packages through the Postal Service network, service performance goals were not met for Ground Advantage, Priority Mail Express, or Priority Mail from July 2023 to March 2024.

There are many examples of our innovation and commitment to meeting our mission, but I think one of our lesser-known successes — the Highway Post Office (HPO) — provides valuable insight into how America’s postal service is always looking to improve its performance, reliability and reach.

To streamline the process for individuals to appeal firearm purchase denials from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the FBI recently partnered with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to assist individuals who have registered with the Identity History Summary Check (IdHSC) program.

The price of a first-class stamp is cheaper in the U.S. than many other developed countries, according to a recent ranking by the USPS Office of the Inspector General, or OIG.

The hundreds of ballots appear to have been lost while the U.S. Postal Service was moving them from the printer’s offices in Seattle to a mail facility in Albuquerque, according to state officials. There is no evidence or indication that any of the ballots were stolen or that anyone attempted to vote with them. 

The NALC and the USPS have agreed to a moratorium on the time limits for the processing of all grievances at the local, regional, and national levels due to NALC’s 73rd Biennial National Convention

The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgement from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Tacoma that includes a landmark injunction that permanently prevents the U.S. Postal Service from retaliating against employees at up to 59 locations in the State of Washington. 

On Monday, APWU President Mark Dimondstein delivered his ‘State of the Union’ address. He observed that we are living in dangerous and promising times, and addressed both the union’s successes over the past two years and the challenges that lie ahead.

The card focuses on the importance of change throughout USPS, such as reducing the organization’s financial losses and making many other improvements that are putting it on a path to thrive.