MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The United States Postal Service says it hired a record number of seasonal employees to handle a record number of packages coming through this year. Debra Fetterly, the USPS Spokesperson for the Alabama District, said in a statement, “We no longer have a backlog of holiday packages in the Alabama mail processing […]
CLEVELAND (WJW)– So many of you are asking if you’ll get any money back from the postal service because of big delays with the mail, so the I-Team is investigating. Many viewers have told us they paid extra money to send holiday packages through express mail, but those packages didn’t show up as promised. Others said they’ve been […]
CROWN POINT, Ind. (CBS) — Chances are Christmas is coming a little later than usual for some in the Chicago area, as gifts sent through the U.S. Postal Service were still in limbo a day after Christmas for many people. That includes one local grandma whom CBS 2’s Steven Graves spoke to. She sent packages weeks […]
AKRON, Ohio (WJW)– The city of Akron is calling on the U.S. Postal Service to revive sorting operations in the city amid continued delivery delays. Mayor Dan Horrigan said he’s formally asking U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to begin planning to reopen a fully operational processing center at the USPS postal facility in Akron in 2021. […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — We may all at times feel the stress of the holiday season but Christmas Eve is really “the game day” for postal workers around this area. Then toss COVID in on top of it for the perfect storm, as they say. National Association of Letter Carriers Association Branch 3 President David Grosskopf, […]
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – With only days until Christmas, the United States Postal Service is struggling to keep up with demand. A spokesperson of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) told CBS 11 News their on-time delivery score is sitting at 75%. That number would normally be in the 90s, which means that one in every four […]
HINTON, Iowa (KCAU) – These days, package deliveries are almost a daily occurrence at the Garrett household. “I know how these delivery drivers are just working crazy hours to get everything delivered and a lot of times you don’t get appreciated for all the work for having to haul all of these packages.” That’s why […]
There are a lot of reasons behind delays at the post office this year, from post office workers in quarantine to limits on overtime for postal service staff to fewer sorting machines. However, one longtime local United States Postal Service manager has another theory: the huge amount of stuff being shipped. “No one has experienced anything like this, […]
12/16/20 – “Here in Central Florida, we’re keeping up, we’re seeing volumes double what they were last year especially here at the Lake Mary Plant that I work out of, and we’re able to process that mail seamlessly,” David Walton said. Walton says the secret for the Postal Service was the ability to add staff […]
INDIANAPOLIS — If you are sending or waiting to receive a package for the holidays, you might be waiting a while longer. In fact, it is possible millions of packages won’t arrive before Christmas. 13News has confirmed increased demand and chronic staffing shortages have created a massive backup that has hobbled the U.S. Postal Service’s […]