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 […]
BALTIMORE – 12/14/20 – The main post office downtown is still struggling to sort and deliver mail, and that means your packages may not arrive in a timely way. The 11 News I-Team first reported the problems on Friday and on Monday learned nothing has changed. People want to know why packages is sitting for […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Liz Bailly thought her Christmas shopping was finished. And it was, until Thursday night’s special delivery. “I saw it around 10 something and I said what the …? How can he throw my package?,” Bailly said. The Fort Lauderdale resident thought the noise that she heard was a neighbor banging until she […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — COVID-19 is forcing delays for the U.S. Postal Service this holiday season and Nashville resident Ben Cunningham says it’s costing him thousands. Customers began calling Cunningham in the past couple of weeks asking why it took seven days to get a tracking number on their end. In 12 years, shipping almost […]
The Clark Jewelers owner said he sent put 5,000 promotional flyers in the mail, but so far, they have not been delivered. BARDSTOWN, Ky. — Clark Jewelers in Bardstown, Kentucky is preparing to close its doors permanently, but promotions put in the mail were never sent to customers and it’s costing the business thousands of […]