The Nationwide Trucker Shortage Has Hit the Postal Service
The ongoing national truck driver shortage is…hugely consequential to postal operations,” the Postal Service inspector general’s office recently reported. USPS has ...
VIDEO – MAIL CARRIER’S ROUTE BLOCKED BY CURIOUS DEER
A mail carrier in Duluth was doing her normal route when she was blocked by an unusual suspect. Fanjie Nelson ...
USPS Violates Provisions of Postal Service Reorganization Act
As opposed to clerks and carriers, supervisory and managerial personnel are expressly excluded from representation in collective bargaining units. Instead, ...
Postal Facts website gets an update
USPS has updated Postal Facts, a website that features data about Postal Service operations, stamps and other topics. New additions ...
List of Residual Vacancies Made Available for PTF Clerks’ One-Time Reassignment Opportunity
In accordance with the MOU, Re: PTF One-Time Voluntary Reassignment Opportunity, the Postal Service provided a list of available residual duty ...
USPS Needs Years to Meet the Standards It Just Lowered
In a filing today the USPS says it intends to “transition” to an on-time performance score of 95% “over several ...
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Asks Postal Service to Drop Rate Hikes in Light of Reform Act Relief
NRECA and other nonprofits are asking the U.S. Postal Service to abandon an unprecedented postage rate hike now that Congress ...
Postal Reform Close, But Prices To Rise
Postal reform legislation gained U.S. Senate approval by a wide margin last week, setting up President Joe Biden to quickly ...
Grassley Calls On Biden To Embrace American-Made Liquid Fuels Over China-Dependent Electric Vehicles
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led several of his colleagues in urging President Joe Biden to continue utilizing ...
Post offices losing master keys, audit finds; one stolen in Baton Rouge aids crime wave
The recent nationwide rise in mail thefts comes two years after a federal audit criticized the U.S. Postal Service for ...
USPS Moves to Loosen Some Ethics Rules for Employees
The USPS has moved to loosened some of the ethical restrictions on outside activities its employees, saying that it has ...
Live scorpions found in package labeled ‘chocolates’; ‘scorpion enthusiast’ pleads guilty
The illegal smuggling occurred between September 2017 and March 21, 2018, without a required import-export license from the U.S. Fish ...
NALC releases new COVID-19 guide
NALC strives to keep letter carriers informed and as safe as possible. To help letter carriers navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
USPS efforts to find tractor-trailer operators continues
The Postal Service is continuing a pilot program to add more tractor-trailer operators, who play an important role in the ...
Thomas J. Blum named acting USPS Labor Relations vice president
Thomas J. Blum has been named acting Labor Relations vice president. He will report to Doug A. Tulino, deputy postmaster ...
Audio – AWOL employees, absent without leave, is a vexing problem for the Postal Service
It’s bad enough when employees don’t show up for work. For the Postal Service, it’s a perpetual problem. Managers can ...
U.S. lawmakers seek review of USPS next-generation delivery vehicle contract
A group of five House Democratic lawmakers on Monday asked a federal watchdog to review if the U.S. Postal Service ...
Beautiful Mountain Flowers Featured on New Stamps
Each stamp features a different flower: a purple pasqueflower, an orange-red wood lily, a bright yellow alpine buttercup and a ...
Port St. Lucie police reviewing investigation into death of mail carrier amid concerns from family
STUART, Fla. —The family and friends of a man who police said died in an accidental drowning are calling for ...
Columbus man pleads guilty to assaulting mail carriers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A 20-year-old Columbus man pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting and robbing two mail carriers ...
