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NRLCA – Cost-of-Living Raises Effective September 6, 2025

Pursuant to the release of the July 2025 Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the third COLA adjustment of the 2024-2027 National Agreement will result in a $790.00 increase for eligible rural carriers

OIG Audits Find Over 2.5M Delayed Mailpieces in the St. Louis, MO, Area

We identified deficiencies in all of the areas we reviewed that affected the efficiency of operations at the St. Louis P&DC and NDC. We also identified other issues related to the security of registry items at the P&DC and safety and security at the NDC.

Government responds to defense motions in letter carrier murder case

Federal prosecutors said Wednesday the defense for one of two men accused of murdering a letter carrier in Warren has not met the burden for disclosure of the identity of a cooperating witness — if there is one.

NPMHU – Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) set at $790

Effective September 6, 2025 (PP 20-2025) all career Mail Handler craft employees are scheduled to receive a cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment as outlined in Article 9.3 of the 2022 National Agreement

Mailwoman claims Ocala apartment complex’s mail bank fell on top of her

A United States Postal Service employee claims she sustained “severe, significant, and permanent injuries” after a mailbox cluster at an Ocala apartment complex fell on top of her while she was delivering mail.

APWU President Mark Dimondstein: The U.S. Postal Service Is Not for Sale

Older than the country itself and enshrined in the Constitution, the Postal Service reflected a then-radical commitment to the free exchange of ideas and information

A new USPS-licensed product is now available

The Postal Service recently collaborated with toymaker Flybar to release a licensed USPS mail truck ride-on toy.

New PMG Calls Delivering for America Plan the ‘Right Path’ for USPS

New Postmaster General David Steiner has indicated that he plans to continue his predecessor Louis DeJoy’s Delivering for American reorganization initiative

After 40 years and a million accident-free miles, Glendora’s post office letter carrier retires

After four decades behind the wheel and a million miles driven without crashing, Glendora’s post office letter carrier is calling it quits.  

Mail thefts, robberies, fraud and other postal crimes – 08/13/25

Postal crimes are almost a daily event.  These are the ones we found today

NALC and APWU announce COLA adjustments

On August 12, 2025, the July Consumer Price Index (CPI-W 1967=100) was released. This is the index that sets the Cost-of-Living Allowances (COLAs)

Our American Stories podcast – People Sent Their Children Through the Mail?

Christopher Warren shares one of the strangest chapters in U.S. Postal Service history: the time when Americans actually sent children through the mail. In the early 1900s, families, especially in rural areas, took advantage of parcel post rules to ship their kids across towns, counties, and even state lines
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