NALC - The PSHBP/FEHBP transition and your Jan. 17 paycheck

NALC – The PSHBP/FEHBP transition and your Jan. 17 paycheck

NALC active members should note that today’s (Jan. 17) paycheck will feature prorated health insurance deductions since it covers workdays ...
Removing Bound Printed Matter From the Market Dominant Product List and Raising USPS Marketing Mail Weight Limits

Removing Bound Printed Matter From the Market Dominant Product List and Raising USPS Marketing Mail Weight Limits

Effective no earlier than July 2025, the Postal Service proposes to remove two products, Bound Printed Matter Flats (BPM Flats) ...
U.S. Postal Service rates to increase on Jan. 19. Here’s how much more you will pay

U.S. Postal Service rates to increase on Jan. 19. Here’s how much more you will pay

Just two weeks into the new year, and things are about to get a little pricier when dealing with the ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan. 20

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan. 20

The Postal Service has issued several stamps honoring King and his work, including a 1979 Black Heritage stamp and a ...
Reps. Graves, Cleaver, Alford Reintroduce Pony Up Act to Hold USPS Accountable for Late Bills

Reps. Graves, Cleaver, Alford Reintroduce Pony Up Act to Hold USPS Accountable for Late Bills

U.S. Representatives Sam Graves (R-MO), Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), and Mark Alford (R-MO) re-introduced the Pony Up Act this week, which would ...
Bad apples in the postal service - 01/16/25.

Bad apples in the postal service – 01/16/25.

Sentencing and arrests and other articles I found today about postal workers committing postal crimes ...
Springfield Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Assaulting United States Postal Worker

Springfield Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Assaulting United States Postal Worker

At the sentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless, the government presented evidence that on May 15, 2024, French ...
Postal union awaits word on consolidation, possible privatization

Postal union awaits word on consolidation, possible privatization

Springfield postal workers are bracing for bad news as federal officials ponder moving some functions of Springfield's packaging and distribution ...
Little-known USPS rule leaves entire neighborhood without mail for 3 months

Little-known USPS rule leaves entire neighborhood without mail for 3 months

AN ENTIRE neighborhood had to waste time fetching residents' mail for three months because of a strict rule ...
Opelousas mailwoman dies from injuries suffered in crash on January 5

Opelousas mailwoman dies from injuries suffered in crash on January 5

Pitre, who was unrestrained, was ejected from the Chevrolet and transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. The driver ...