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Sep 19, ’23 –
Richmond(VA) mail carrier still fighting for life after getting struck after Highland Springs fights
Sep 16, ’23 –
USPS OIG reports on Sorting & Delivery Centers
Sep 15, ’23 –
USPS rural carriers ‘still waiting to get paid’ as payroll errors hit another paycheck
Sep 14, ’23 –
Returning a lost wallet in a mailbox? Don’t, USPS says
Sep 13, ’23 –
USPS trying to keep ‘job-hopping’ new hires to hold jobs for longer term
Sep 12, ’23 –
The Postal Service has provided a small budget increase to its regulatory commission, but extends its feud with the watchdog by declining to provide the funds it says it needs to meet demands.
Sep 11, ’23 –
‘Monumental task’ for USPS employees to recover from payroll glitch, rural carrier union says
Sep 11, ’23 –
After Hefty Algorithmic Pay Cut, Rural Mail Carriers Are Getting ‘a Huge Slap In the Face’ From Union
Sep 7, ’23 –
USPS regulator defends probe into ‘far-reaching’ network shakeup
Sep 6, ’23 –
Postal Service Must Immediately Fund Employee Pension Obligations
Sep 5, ’23 –
Postal Inspection Service outlines steps to address ‘alarming’ rise in letter carrier robberies
Sep 5, ’23 –
WSU Study: Efficient postal service can boost voter turnout
Sep 1, ’23 –
USPS notifies NRLCA of payroll errors affecting over 45,000 rural carriers; ALL affected carriers will be entitled to salary advances on Friday
Aug 31, ’23 –
Arbitrator cancels excessing of clerks at spoke offices of Utica S&DC
Aug 30, ’23 –
How the new USPS network discriminates against some users of the mail
Aug 27, ’23 –
Two-vehicle crash flips USPS truck in west Abilene
Aug 26, ’23 –
California Post office supervisor stabbed in head by employee
Aug 23 –
Automation underperforming for US Postal Service, watchdog says
Aug 22, ’23 –
DeJoy’s USPS overhaul plan might not be carried out well, watchdog finds
Aug 21, ’23 –
USPS rural carriers seek to decertify union after most members see pay cuts
Aug 18, ’23 –
Postal service contractor cutting 660 jobs
Aug 17, ’23 –
Postal Worker Sentenced to More than 3 Years in Federal Prison in Multi-Million-Dollar PPP Fraud Ring
Aug 15, ’23 –
Postal service officials don’t answer federal lawmakers questions
Aug 14, ’23 –
Mapping RPDC Regions
Aug 14, ’23 –
EDITORIAL: Postal Service chief Louis DeJoy fails to deliver promised reforms
Aug 14, ’23 –
USPS to offer discounts in hopes of boosting mail usage
Aug 11, ’23 –
Postal service truck catches fire while on route
Aug 10, ’23 –
Mississippi NALC official pleads guilty to financial crimes
Aug 10, ’23 –
San Antonio congressmen call on USPS to provide relief to mail carriers during heat wave
Aug 9, ’23 –
Durbin Demands Answers On Actions USPS And DOJ Will Take To Protect Letter Carriers From Attacks While On Mail Routes
Aug 9, ’23 –
24-Year-Old Admits Killing Postal Worker In Albany Shooting
Aug 9, ’23 –
DeJoy pledges to trim workforce costs as USPS continues to lose more money than expected
Aug 8, ’23 –
U.S. Postal Service Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Results
Aug 7, ’23 –
DeJoy’s 10-Year Plan Could Gut USPS. He Doesn’t Want You to Know the Details.
Aug 6, ’23 –
USPS shares cost savings and job cuts for first four plant consolidations
Aug 4, ’23 –
USPS shares cost savings and job cuts for first four plant consolidations
Aug 3, ’23 –
As mail theft rises, postal police say they can do little to prevent it
Aug 3, ’23 –
USPS faces bipartisan pushback as it ramps up consolidation efforts
Aug 2, ’23 –
USPS Network Plan Includes Insourcing of Linehaul Work
Aug 1, ’23 –
USPS mail carrier shot during robbery attempt on Chicago’s NW Side, officials say
Jul 31, ’23 –
DFA implementation update on facility consolidations and new S&DCs
Jul 31, ’23 –
Amazon Doubles Down on Delivery Speed Ahead of Earnings
Jul 29, ’23 –
U.S. Postal Service sees decline in customers after recent mail thefts, postage price increases
Jul 29, ’23 –
America Is Drowning in Packages
Jul 28, ’23 –
Thousands of mail theft reports, but few arrests, according to postal data
Jul 27, ’23 –
Complaint Alleges U.S. Postal Service Mistreats Breastfeeding Mothers
Jul 26, ’23 –
DeJoy Is Still Dragging His Feet at Every Step on Electrifying the Postal Fleet
Jul 26, ’23 –
‘She’s going to faint’: Homeowner helps pregnant mail carrier working in sweltering heat
Jul 26, ’23 –
Richmond KY postal service worker accused of having relationship with minor
Jul 25, ’23 –
FedEx Pilots Reject Tentative Agreement
Jul 25, ’23 –
UPS union calls off strike threat after securing pay raises for workers
Jul 25, ’23 –
A jump in robberies of USPS carriers is prompting agency to expand safety measures
Jul 25, ’23 –
USPS No Longer Backs Priority Mail Express Dates to AK, HI with Postage Refunds
Jul 25, ’23 –
‘My plan is about growth’: DeJoy charts path for USPS to thrive, not just survive
Jul 24, ’23 –
U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet August 8
Jul 24, ’23 –
Despite Potential to Electrify 90 Percent of Routes, USPS Still Plans to Deliver Pollution with the Mail
Jul 23, ’23 –
Can You Mail Weed? THC Postal Laws Explained
Jul 23, ’23 –
USPS responds to PRC’s public inquiry on DFA with nonpublic filings
Jul 22, ’23 –
United Parcel Service, Teamsters union to resume labor talks on Tuesday
Jul 22, ’23 –
73 year old mailman attacked by pit bull in California
Jul 21, ’23 –
South Toledo Letter Carrier robbed at gunpoint
Jul 20, ’23 –
Second former Scottsbluff(NE) NALC officer accused of embezzling from union
Jul 19, ’23 –
UPS pilots won’t fly if Teamsters strike
Jul 19, ’23 –
Witness, suspect exchange gunfire in Chicago suburb after postal worker targeted in armed robbery
Jul 19, ’23 –
USPS rural letter carrier whose wages were cut by $20,000 speaks out on slashed pay, harsh working conditions
Jul 18, ’23 –
Kettering postal thefts: Man caught by GPS-tagged mail gets 2 years in prison
Jul 17, ’23 –
USPS initiates consolidation studies for P&DCs in Georgia and Oregon with more to come
Jul 16, ’23 –
Fraudulent activity in LiteBlue targeting multifactor authentication
Jul 15, ’23 –
Here’s why you should stop using paper checks
Jul 14, ’23 –
Biden Administration Derelict on Postal Nominations
Jul 14, ’23 –
Postal carriers ‘struggling’ in extreme South Florida heat
Jul 14, ’23 –
UPS strike could be the most expensive in 100 years
Jul 13, ’23 –
USPS Rejects eBay Payments in Denying Insurance Claim
Jul 12, ’23 –
UPS strike: What happens to packages if a strike happens?
Jul 11, ’23 –
‘They don’t care about my life’: Lawmakers, employees raise concerns about heat after USPS mail carrier’s death
Jul 11, ’23 –
With a new shipping service, USPS says it could handle extra demand sparked by UPS strike
Jul 10, ’23 –
U.S. Postal Service Wants More Packages to Wrest Business From UPS, FedEx
Jul 9, ’23 –
Looming UPS Strike Spurs Some Companies to Rethink Supply Chains
Jul 8, ’23 –
MAGA-Hat-Wearing White Postal Employee Loses Race Bias Lawsuit
Jul 7, ’23 –
US labor secretary sees no need for now to step into talks between UPS, Teamsters
Jul 6, ’23 –
Pressure builds on UPS and Teamsters as contract talks break down
Jul 5, ’23 –
Teamsters say UPS contract negotiations have collapsed
Jul 5, ’23 –
Six Triple Eight: The battalion of black women postal workers erased from history
Jul 4, ’23 –
USPS previews ‘massive-scale’ changes, but regulator demands more details
Jul 3, ’23 –
UPS Agrees to Ax Two-Tier Wage System in Win for Teamsters
Jul 2, ’23 –
The debate over Sunday postal work dates to 19th century
Jul 1, ’23 –
Teamsters hold off on strike to continue negotiations with UPS
Jul 1, ’23 –
Dallas USPS carrier was sent disciplinary letter before death
Jul 1, ’23 –
Here’s how your mail will change in July
Jun 30, ’23 –
Alabama sheriff investigating postal worker accused of asking people on her route for money
Jun 30, ’23 –
UPS strike “inevitable,” says union leader
Jun 29, ’23 –
USPS wants to be the backbone of the e-commerce economy. That means it will soon cost more to send mail
Jun 29, ’23 –
The Supreme Court rules against USPS in Sunday work case
Jun 29, ’23 –
Corpus Christi postal worker collapses from heat
Jun 29, ’23 –
Congressman Requests Chinese shipment data from USPS Postmaster General
Jun 29, ’23 –
US Postal Service weathers ‘unprecedented decline’ in international volume
Jun 28, ’23 –
Three Bank Services You Can Get From Your Post Office
Jun 27, ’23-
USPS: New start time for Texas mail carriers
Jun 27, ’23 –
Dallas mail carrier’s widow awaits answers after he died on hot day
Jun 27, ’23 –
Regulators OK Postal Service’s Ground Advantage product
Jun 26, ’23 –
Topeka(KS) will be a leader on a new US Postal Service model. Not everyone is happy about it.
Jun 24, ’23 –
USPS letter carrier death creates concern over work conditions
Jun 24, ’23 –
Utah attorney general urges Biden to stop ‘reckless’ opioid mail-back program
Jun 23, ’23 –
Wife Speaks Out After Letter Carrier Husband Dies on Texas Route
Jun 23, ’23 –
Man sentenced to life in prison for killing mail carrier who refused to deliver package of marijuana
Jun 23, ’23 –
USPS says sending checks through the mail is secure
Jun 21, ’23 –
Letter Carrier collapses, dies on the job in Dallas
Jun 21, ’23 –
PRC rejects USPS effort to shut down public inquiry into Delivering for America
Jun 20, ’23 –
The site looked real. But it wasn’t. Now, Wichita woman warns of package tracking scam
Jun 20, ’23 –
Mystery powder letters sent to Kansas Republicans, Trump, Clarence Thomas
Jun 19, ’23 –
Disabled couple allowed to move mailbox after months of struggle
Jun 18, ’23 –
Residents of Minnesota neighborhood frustrated over USPS demands
Sounds like an overzealous Postmaster. Once delivery has been established, it can’t be unilaterally changed.
Jun 18, ’23 –
Canadian Man Convicted in Multimillion-Dollar Psychic Mass-Mailing Fraud Scheme
Jun 17, ’23 –
What the potential UPS strike could mean for your packages
Jun 16, ’23 –
Postal Service is Closed on Monday, June 19; No Mail Delivery for Juneteenth Holiday
Jun 15, ’23 –
UPS and Teamsters reach agreement on new heat safety measures
Jun 14, ’23 –
Postal carrier had a ‘gut feeling’ after seeing mail pile up for three days. It saved a life.
Jun 13, ’23 –
Postal Service introduces RPDC Regions
Jun13, ’23 –
Postal FEHB enrollees feel ‘angst’ as OPM builds USPS-only health insurance marketplace
Jun 12, ’23 –
Mailman federally charged with delivering marijuana on assigned route
Jun 11, ’23 –
Postal worker who authorities say brought 3 guns to NY post office now charged
Jun 10, ’23 –
Fact Check: Postal Service Report Did NOT Confirm Driver’s Claims Of Missing Ballots
Jun 9, ’23 –
Massachusetts postal worker arrested, charged with OUI after officers find damaged mail truck
Jun 8, ’23 –
Confusing new blue mailboxes
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