Christmas Eve package rush worse than ever for USPS

Christmas Eve package rush worse than ever for USPS

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, […]

Siouxlander sets up ‘thank you’ station for postal workers

Siouxlander sets up ‘thank you’ station for postal workers

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 […]

USPS manager: ‘I don’t know if we’re going to get it there by the holidays’

USPS manager: ‘I don’t know if we’re going to get it there by the holidays’

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, […]

Pressure on for holiday shipping

Pressure on for holiday shipping

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 […]

Huge backlog at USPS means millions of holiday packages might not arrive by Christmas

Huge backlog at USPS means millions of holiday packages might not arrive by Christmas

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 […]

Florida Letter Carriers Parcel Toss Caught On Camera

Florida Letter Carriers Parcel Toss Caught On Camera

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 […]

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