August 31, 2023
- Average Time to Deliver Across Postal Network Remains at 2.5 Days – PEN
- Missouri Letter Carrier Struck, Killed By Train – Circumstantial evidence indicates the man took his own life – A nearby U.S. Postal Service van had been left locked and unattended for hours
- District Court Rules that NAPS is Entitled to Discovery in Pay Lawsuit Against USPS – PEN
- USPS preps pay workaround for 45,000 rural carriers impacted by payroll error
- NALC: Update to Article 10 charges
- USPS confirms mold found at Tennessee branch
- USPS Defeats Disability Discrimination Appeal Over FMLA Leave – Requires registration
- USPS notifies NRLCA of payroll errors affecting over 45,000 rural carriers; ALL affected carriers will be entitled to salary advances on Friday | Also see: Payroll error impacting some Houston postal workers – 65% of pay available Friday
- VIDEO: Postal worker tosses packages from mail truck in Collierville, TN
- Cincinnati mail carriers want ‘protection, prosecution, justice’ amid worker assaults
- USPS delivery and post office concerns being investigated in Texas
- UPS delivery driver who collapsed in North Texas heat dies at the hospital, company says
August 30, 2023
- Operations at the following Florida and Georgia Post Offices are suspended due to Hurricane Idalia: Florida | Georgia
- Senator Ernst (R-IA) Wants Thorough Investigation of Federal Telework – PEN
- The Postal Service’s experiment with automated vehicles sort of fizzled
- Can You Use Your Life Insurance While You Are Alive?
- Letter Carriers Will Now Be Able to Get Needed Water – PEN
- ‘Enough is enough!’ Ohio postal carriers to protest criminal attacks
- Company withdraws its challenge over the $175 million award to build a health benefits system for the USPS
- 6 people charged after postal carrier robberies in Cabarrus County, NC
- Employee Can Go Forward with Claim of Racial Bias by USPS
- USPS worker accused of racking up merchandise with credit cards allegedly stolen from residents along her delivery route
August 29, 2023
- USPS Mail Contractor Charged for Colorado I-25 crash that killed family of five – PEN
- Florida Resident Found Guilty of Mail Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft – PEN
- Louisiana mailman arrested on charges of delivering package with narcotics
- USPS improves on GAO’s High Risk List, but ‘not there yet’ fixing long-term finances
- DeJoy meets employees in MN, IA
- Sticky substance thought to be intended for theft is reported on inside of La Jolla mailbox
- Protest to protect Imperial Beach’s lone post office
- NY woman honored with fitting tribute for mail delivery service in Europe in World War II
August 28, 2023
- New Haven Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison – Shipped via USPS – PEN
- USPS eyes expansion of a potentially major insourcing initiative
- Job loss, poor service. Why two congressmen are protesting downsize of Macon mail center
- Rep. Ryan calls on USPS to reopen Westbrookville, NY Post Office – PEN
- Lance Armstrong, the former USPS cycling team’s alleged doper, sells Aspen home for $17.5 million
- USPS and the DOJ are conducting a pilot program that allows unemployment insurance claimants to confirm their identities at select Post Offices
- Video: Beloved postal delivery man retires
August 27, 2023
- Video: RFK, Jr. Promises to Direct USPS to Issue Free Passport Cards to Every American Who Can Not Afford One
- Pennsylvania Man Found Guilty Of Mail Fraud, Identity Theft In Florida
- Porch pirate steals package directly from FedEx driver, video shows: ‘Never seen anything like that’
- The World’s First Official Airmail Was Delivered Over 100 Years Ago
- Two-vehicle crash flips USPS truck in west Abilene
August 26, 2023
- USPS supervisor slashed by USPS employee outside of post office in North County
- USPS rural carriers union says members have more to lose than gain in decertification push
- UPDATE: No layoffs in Augusta after USPS review of operations
- Powell woman accused of receiving 10,000 fentanyl pills in the mail reaches plea agreement
August 25, 2023
- Traffic Jams, Other Issues Hamper Use of Automated Vehicles in USPS Facilities, Says Report
- NPMHU: Retroactive Salary Adjustments Delayed
- Man arrested, charged with robbery of postal carrier in Ohio
- Average Time to Deliver Across Postal Network Steady at 2.5 Days
- Former post office supervisor breaks into tears as he learns he’s going to prison for stealing checks from Indy post office
- Displaced Lahaina residents offered free PO Boxes at any Maui Post Office
- Stolen mail has Astoria, Queens residents calling for action
- Two Georgia Congressmen call on USPS to not scale back the Macon Post Office’s Processing Center
- Text scam impersonating UPS, FedEx, Amazon and USPS involves a package you never ordered
- Concord residents concerned after mail carrier robbed at gunpoint
- GAO to USPS: Strategic Plan Could Be Managed Better
- The post offices working hard for displaced residents to get mail
August 24, 2023
- NALC: Sept. 13 event in Washington, DC to repeal the WEP and GPO – PEN
- West Sacramento Woman Sentenced to over 4 Years in Prison for Mail Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft – PEN
- After rescuing a helpless kitten later named Peaches, Joseph Waldherr, a postal employee, from Tacoma felt inspired and decided to play the state lottery game -he wins $717,500
- Stockton postal employee accused of stealing narcotics from mail, re-packaging them
- East Nashville post office throws out woman’s bridal dress
- USPS retirees can now submit leads
- OIG: Service Performance Dashboard Quarterly Update
- Four Illinois Individuals Charged in Major Mail Theft and Bank Fraud Scheme – PEN
- Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program – USPS Reminder of Pending Doom – PEN
- OIG: Billing Data Caught the Eye of Our Analyst
- OIG: Tennessee District: Delivery Unit Operations
August 23, 2023
- Former Indiana USPS Customer Service Manager Sentenced to Over Three Years in Federal Prison for Mail Theft and Bank Fraud Conspiracy – PEN
- Second Providence Man Admits to Assaulting U.S. Postal Carrier – PEN
- Three South Carolina men sentenced to prison after Columbia postal carrier armed robbery – PEN
- Dog attacks Grand Island postal worker
- $50K reward offered for information on Eugene post office robbery
- Stratford letter carrier celebrates 50 years of service
- Postal workers fed up with working conditions
- Automation underperforming for US Postal Service, watchdog says
- USPS video focuses on workforce, finances
- USPS keeps losing money, potentially putting people who depend on mail delivery at risk
August 22, 2023
- GAO: U.S. Postal Service Faces More Financial Losses—How Can It Stem the Tide?
- U.S. Postal Inspection Service is Accepting Applications for Postal Police Officers – PEN
- Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years for Role in a Conspiracy that Trafficked Dozens of Kilos of Cocaine – PEN
- ‘He’s disrespecting the uniform.’ Bay Shore homeowners say mail carrier caught throwing packages
- Federal Register: Establishment of the Postal Service Health Benefits Program – if you have hours to read and lots of patience you may want to read this regarding the stab to your health insurance
- OIG: Postal Service’s Use of Automated Guided Vehicles
- Burlison (R-MO) Introduces Bill to Stop Automatic Payroll Deductions for Federal Unions – PEN
- USPS rural carriers seek to decertify union after most members see pay cuts
- Lancaster teen says someone pranked her by ordering 100s of USPS boxes sent to her home
- Video: Explosion destroys mailbox, rattles Hollister neighborhood
- Watchdog says USPS doesn’t have a system to identify lessons learned
- Refund ‘in the mail’ for Ono residents charged for Jonestown post office boxes
- EEOC’s Proposed Rule to Implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Key Provisions Recap
August 21, 2023
- GAO: Better Incorporating Leading Practices for Project Management Could Benefit USPS Strategic Plan Implementation – PEN
- OIG: An Ounce of Prevention
- Former Montana Mail Handlers Union President Pleads Guilty to Theft – Must Pay $6,175 in Restitution – PEN
- I was a USPS letter carrier for 44 years. To protect us from extreme heat, the postal service needs to provide more training and air-conditioned trucks
- ‘It’s hotter than firecrackers’: San Antonio postal workers rally for better working conditions
- Post Office closed in Lahaina, HI
- How Much Do I Need to Retire?
- Amazon relaunches shipping service that competes with FedEx and UPS
August 20, 2023
- New York Woman, a Former USPS Employee, Sentenced for Making False Statements to Receive Workers’ Compensation – PEN
- Hawaii official concerned with ‘equity’ delayed releasing water for more than 5 hours as wildfires raged – 7 postal employees lost their homes in the fire
- Mail thief caught on camera using postal master key in Chicago condo building
- Tight labor market puts the squeeze on local mail delivery – PEN: and, many people don’t want to work
- More than a mailman: Fresno High neighborhood loses a friend with an unexpected death
- OIG: Louisiana District: Delivery Operations
August 19, 2023
- Man, dog camp in mail truck, half-mile from home lost in Maui wildfire
- Two Delaware men – one who worked for USPS – charged following stolen mail probe
- Puget Sound-area mail carriers are being targeted with violence
- Postal service contractor cutting 660 jobs
- NPMHU: USPS Issues Craft Determination, High Output Parcel Sorter (HOPS)
- Castor Calls on USPS to Quickly Address Lack of Air Conditioning During Extreme Heat and Electrify Delivery Fleet in Tampa Bay Area
- OIG: Postal Service’s Use of Automated Guided Vehicles
- APWU: Postal Support Employees now eligible for dental and vision benefits
- Netflix to send customers up to 10 mystery discs in one last shipment as DVD-by-mail service shutters
August 18, 2023
- Canadian woman who mailed ricin to Trump in 2020 jailed for 22 years – PEN
- Great Falls woman admits possessing stolen mail, wire fraud crimes – PEN
- Average Time to Deliver Across Postal Network Steady at 2.5 Days – PEN
- US Postal Service looking to hire thousands
- San Antonio Postal workers plan rally to improve working conditions
August 17, 2023
- OPM Authorizes Emergency Leave Transfer Program for Federal Employees Impacted by the 2023 Hawaii Fires – PEN
- South Carolina USPS Employee Sentenced to More than 3 Years in Federal Prison in Multi-Million-Dollar Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Ring – PEN
- Iowa man convicted in postage fraud is banned from exporting – PEN
- USPS Outlines Plans for Renovation of Facilities
- Federal Employees and Union Dues Withholding: The Controversy Continues
- Bill to ban agencies from deducting union dues from feds’ paychecks pushed in House
- Hundreds of federal employees deploy to Hawaii to assist in wildfire response – Duke Gonzalez, a postal spokesman, confirmed that all USPS employees in Maui are accounted for, but seven of them lost their homes in the fires.
- Meng, Joined By USPS Inspection Service and NYPD’s 104th Precinct, Provide Tips on Preventing Mail Theft – PEN
- Officials sound alarm on growing mail theft ‘epidemic’ plaguing New York City
- Federal Employees and Union Dues Withholding: The Controversy Continues
- Pitney Bowes letter seeks to woo clients away from rival Stamps.com
- Postal carrier honored for 50 years of service
- Cleveland postal inspectors watching for illegal drugs in U.S. mail after recent bust
- Loss-making USPS slashes reliance on air to cut costs and ‘go greener’
August 16, 2023
- USPS Third Quarter: the Good, Bad, and the To-Be-Determined
- Two Berkeley, CA USPS clerks accused of stealing cannabis from mail – selling it through third person
- Woman, who identifies as male, sentenced for mailing faeces, urine to Hollywood stars
- Postal workers have the blues
- Mail collection boxes at Rancho Bernardo’s U.S. postal annex ‘compromised’ with sticky substance
- Colorado man: ‘The post office thinks I’m dead’
- USPS Inspector General investigating social media post of alleged mail in Lima, OH dumpster
- USPS: Do your part to protect the mail
August 15, 2023
- Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) Introduces Legislation to Defund USPIS’ “Internet Covert Operations Program” – PEN
- Letter carrier robbed at gunpoint in Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood
- USPS: Know the rules on use of time
- Huge oak tree falls on U.S. Post Office delivery truck in Athens – carrier not hurt
- USPS Proposes 30% Mail Growth Incentive for Marketing Mail, 1st Class
- Ohio: New details uncovered in recent armed robbery of mail carrier
- Postal service officials don’t answer federal lawmakers questions
- Letter carrier loses postal service keys in armed robbery
- Hawaii USPS Service Disruptions – PEN
August 14, 2023
- USPS to offer discounts in hopes of boosting mail usage
- USPS to Establish Mail Growth Incentives
- OIG: Repair and Maintenance of Package Sorting Machines at Delivery Units
- DeJoy meets with employees in Richmond
- USPS Files With PRC to Establish Mail Growth Incentives
- Report on Postal Service Smartphones Dials Up Familiar Themes
- Too Hot to Work? America’s Next Big Labor Battle
- Klobuchar Urges USPS to Address Burden on Local Newspapers Created by New Mail Policy
August 13, 2023
- Louis DeJoy: From Trump villain to Biden’s clean energy buddy
- USPS refuses to explain water bottle policy after congressmen say they stopped providing water to carriers last week
- USPS continues to bleed money with quarterly loss adding to more than $87 billion in losses
- Louis DeJoy’s ambitious plans for America’s postal service [requires registration]
- Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms
- Maricopa County Dems refer mailer issue to Arizona attorney general, US Postal Service to investigate
- Trouble brewing at Royal Mail as six postal workers are sacked in a row over tea breaks
August 12, 2023
- Grand jury indicts 2 more Central Ohio men for 4 new armed robberies of Postal carriers – PEN
- Kern County California Man Indicted for Assaulting a Postal Carrier – PEN
- Former California Letter Carrier Sentenced for Stealing Mail from Customers in Santee – PEN
- Postal worker accused of striking three customers at USPS in Orange County still on the job
- Caught on camera: Mail carrier robbed in North Austin days after 2 USPS workers targeted on NW Side
- USPS Files with PRC to Establish Mail Growth Incentives – PEN
- Video shows postal carrier robbed at gunpoint on West Side Chicago
- NC Postal service truck catches fire while on route
- OIG: Capping Report – Ohio 2 District: Controls Over Retail Transactions
August 11, 2023
- Former Wisconsin Letter Carrier Convicted of Mail Theft & Sentenced to Four Years of Probation – PEN
- Photos of person of interest in Chicago USPS armed robberies released, $100K reward offered
- NPMHU: Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) set at $978
- Thousands of Marysville mailboxes jeopardized due to stolen postal service master key
- USPS Ethics Awareness Week begins – Do the right things
- Full-time UPS drivers will earn $170,000 a year, on average, in new contract, CEO says
- Dog greeted mail carrier before biting worker’s leg, police say
- USPS Reports Sustained Service Performance – PEN
- St. Louis County Man Caught with Checks Stolen from the Mail Sentenced to Prison – PEN
- Postal Service Celebrates Wonders of the Microscopic World
- GoFundMe set up for postal worker killed in Bloomington crash
- Man bought checks stolen from mail, then was caught selling them in the road, feds say
- USPS Pressured to Provide Water for All Mail Carriers
- APWU: Fourth COLA announced – Pay will increase by $0.48 an hour for career workers
August 10, 2023
- Mississippi NALC Financial Secretary Sentenced and Ordered to Pay $32,936 Restitution – PEN
- Texas Man Sentenced for Stealing Checks and Identity Theft in Troy, Alabama – PEN
- Former Mail Carrier and Co-Conspirator Sentenced to Federal Prison for Quarter-Million Dollar Identity Theft and Fraud Scheme Using Stolen Mail – PEN
- Twenty-One-Year-Old Memphis Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for String of Robberies Against Postal Employees – PEN
- SUV driver charged with meth possession after crash that killed postal carrier
- 24-Year-Old Admits Killing Postal Worker In Albany Shooting
- Postal workers, residents frustrated with USPS proposed service consolidation in Medford
- Senator calls for answers from DOJ, USPS about response to mail carrier attacks
- OIG: Compensation, Benefit, and Bonus Authority in Calendar Year 2022
- OIG: Rags to Riches at the Post Office? It Could Be Fraud
- DeJoy pledges to trim workforce costs as USPS continues to lose more money than expected
August 09, 2023
- PMG DeJoy’s Remarks During Aug. 8, 2023, Postal Service Board of Governors Meeting – PEN
- PMG DeJoy’s latest employee video message focuses on the Postal Service’s efforts to communicate effectively
- DeJoy: USPS needs ‘long overdue’ network changes to keep up with reform goals
- South Texas legislators to USPS: Take better care of your letter carriers dealing with the intense heat
- Postal Service reduces air cargo by 90% over 2 years as part of cost-cutting effort
- Postal worker killed after vehicle struck by SUV in Bloomington
- Attacks on Postal Routes — An Inside Look
- Frustrated victims set up cameras to catch mail thieves. But did it work?
- USPS to offer retirement planning webinar
August 08, 2023
- Boston Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery of Postal Worker – PEN
- USPS Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Results – PEN
- Video Chicago: Calls for action amplify as violence targeting postal workers surges in Chicago
- Nearly 100 incidents reported so far this years against Chicago area letter carriers
- USPS says consolidations won’t affect customers
- USPS: Complying with the Privacy Act
- Pittsburgh police, Postal Inspectors investigate reported robbery of postal worker
- Postal Service Mail Truck Catches Fire In Mechanicsville, MD
- Senate Dems press feds to act on crimes against postal workers
- Additional defendant charged in case involving armed robbery of Ohio mail carrier – PEN
- USPS withholds mail in Neenah, WI subdivision during mailbox dispute
- No mail for two months: Hoover neighborhood asks I-Team for help getting mail delivered
- Domestic violence incident leads police to man who robbed mail truck in Cleveland Heights, Ohio
- Postal worker from Pontiac identified as man killed in traffic crash
- Another Bay Area postal carrier targeted in armed robbery
- Feds warn of ‘surge’ in check washing scams
August 07, 2023
- How Can Mail-In Voting Be ‘Secure’ When Postal Theft Is Rampant? We agree
- Search continues for another postal carrier robber in Toledo
- Robbers stole postal master key in Garfield, PA
- OIG: Management of the Postal Service’s Smartphones
- OIG: Who Ya Gonna Call?
- No, NALC, DeSantis Did Not Threaten Postal Employees – PEN
- Chicago, IL: ROBBERIES, SHOOTING OF A USPS LETTER CARRIER – PEN
- Delays in federal workers’ comp can stall medical care, turning injuries into disabilities
- 20 Chilling Facts You Never Knew About The Unsettling Alien Abduction Of Postal Employee Barney Hill and His Wife Betty
August 06, 2023
- California Man Sentenced for Distributing Meth, Heroin through Mail – PEN
- USPS workers say agency’s productivity tracking and inconsistent training is life-threatening amid extreme heat
- Arrest made in connection to USPS worker robbed at gunpoint in Toledo
- Chula Vista eyed as location for new USPS sorting and delivery center
August 05, 2023
- USPS told to tighten up procedures for shipping urns full of human ashes
- Arizona man sentenced: mailed 2.2 pounds of fentanyl, shaped as counterfeit pills – PEN
- USPS is renting a four-wheel drive to deliver mail to Windsor after multiple complaints
- Bay Area postal carrier dies in Sacramento County drowning along the American River
- Texas man is arrested after a letter carrier allegedly catches him stealing mail
- The USPS needs to stop delivering financial losses
- Man accused of armed robbery, theft of U.S. Mail pleads not guilty
- NALC: Two additional installations added to all-career model
August 04, 2023
- Craig Delivers Feedback from Eagan and Prior Lake Residents Directly to USPS Management – PEN
- As mail theft rises, postal police say they can do little to prevent it – PEN: we knew that
- Suspect in armed robbery of SC mail carrier was on probation for previous carjacking
- Man accused of driving at a fast rate of speed and crashing into a USPS truck
- USPS ‘heading in the right direction’ with electric vehicles, but advocates press for more – PEN: just wait until those lithium-ion batteries start exploding in carrier vehicles
- Friends Raising Funds For Brick Postal Carrier After Fatal Lacey Fire
- Name and photo of Florida serial mail thief released
August 03, 2023
- Two New York men sentenced in $90 million mass mailing fraud schemes that targeted the elderly – PEN
- Service Performance Remains Stable Across All Mail Categories – PEN
- Search on for whoever shot, killed off duty USPS employee in Chicago area
- 2 $50,000 rewards offered after 3 Chicago mail carriers robbed at gunpoint in 2 days
- More United States Postal letter carriers are getting robbed while trying to deliver your mail
- 4 Bay Area mail carriers targeted by thieves in less than a week
- USPS offers Hatch Act training reminder
August 02, 2023
- Suspects caught red-handed while sifting through community mailbox in Katy, TX
- U-Haul truck found loaded with stolen mail and packages in Plantation, FL
- USPS Network Plan Includes Insourcing of Linehaul Work
- House Subcommittee Launches Investigation Into COVID Vaccine Mandates
- Former Sacramento USPS Employee Sentenced for Theft of Mail and Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana – PEN
- Three Bay Area Mail Carrier Robberies in One Week Leaves Mail of Thousands at Risk
- Chicago shooting: 2 USPS mail carriers robbed at gunpoint, 1 shot, within 15 minutes on NW Side
- Chicago Shooting Video
- Man pleads not guilty to murder after girlfriend’s body found in rental car trunk – she was a postal employee
- Eagle-eye view – Here’s how USPS will move mail, packages
- NY Postal Worker Quits in Epic Fashion! Sends Cake 2 Days Later
- USPS faces bipartisan pushback as it ramps up consolidation efforts
August 01, 2023
- 10th Circuit finds no discrimination against Denver postal worker
- USPS mail carrier shot during robbery attempt on Chicago’s NW Side, officials say
- Postal inspectors release image suspect in robbery of mail carrier in River Grove
- NALC : discussion on Medicare integration
- Buffalo man accused of stealing mail from Postal Service collection boxes
- Bill Would Allow Suing Federal Employees Who Restrict Free Speech
- Representatives Send Complaint to PMG DeJoy and PRC Regarding Post Office Box Rates – PEN
- Video shows driver repeatedly ram mail truck, sending postal worker to the hospital
- A mail truck caught fire in Great Barrington recently, but it wasn’t the first time a USPS truck erupted in flames
- Sunfield, MI postal clerk who stole gift cards from mail sentenced to probation, restitution
- USPS tells North Houston residents they must cleanup, replace demolished community mailbox themselves
- Blue mailboxes cut open, vandalized near post offices in IL
- Letter Carrier Robbed San Francisco District May Put Entire Zip Code’s Mail Keys at Risk; Carrier Allegedly Quits
- Landlord sues USPS for allegedly refusing to vacate Hillcrest post office
- Mail carrier credited with saving life of 90-year-old woman
- UK Launches First Postal Deliveries By Drone
- USPS employees sought for holiday ads