The Trump administration has set its sights on the U.S. Postal Service and its 600,000 workers, 91 percent of whom are union members. The USPS is the nation’s largest unionized employer.
On July 26, 1775, about three months after the first clash between American Colonists and British soldiers in Massachusetts, Colonial leaders established a postal system and named Benjamin Franklin its leader — the postmaster general.
Newly published service standards will mean improved service reliability nationwide, with no changes to the current five-day service standard window for First-Class Mail.
The tiny outpost of Aladdin in northeast Wyoming is home to the state’s oldest general store, which has also served as a local post office since 1898.
High-tech criminals know they can make billions exploiting vulnerabilities inherent in a low-tech payment method.
A postmaster at a post office in Connecticut is serving a four-year prison sentence after he defrauded the Postal Service of over $930,000.
Social Security beneficiaries impacted by the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset may begin receiving their one-time retroactive payments as soon as this week.
Eventually he made his way to the United States Postal Service. He started as a clerk in the Skagway Post Office, moved to Haines to be the postmaster, and retired from the postal offices in Anchorage.
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) set at $416
BEMIDJI — Nationwide, postal carriers are demanding fair contracts, worker safety and a stop to the privatization of the United States Postal Service.