{"id":29843,"date":"2020-12-17T10:36:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29843"},"modified":"2020-12-17T10:42:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:42:08","slug":"huge-backlog-at-usps-means-millions-of-holiday-packages-might-not-arrive-by-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/12\/17\/huge-backlog-at-usps-means-millions-of-holiday-packages-might-not-arrive-by-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge backlog at USPS means millions of holiday packages might not arrive by Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\" src=\"https:\/\/wwltv.com\/embeds\/video\/531-734bbcae-23c6-42ab-ace2-bbb87090300e\/iframe\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 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\u2019t arrive before Christmas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>13News has confirmed increased demand and chronic staffing shortages have created a massive backup that has hobbled the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s ability to deliver packages on time, and part of the backlog is at the USPS shipping hub in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The supervisors who spoke to 13News were blunt in their assessment of the current backlog impacting millions of packages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>&#8220;All priority mail is now running one-to-two weeks behind, but the post office won&#8217;t admit that. They won&#8217;t tell anybody anything,\u201d said one of the supervisors. \u201cAnd this isn&#8217;t just here in Indiana. It&#8217;s the entire country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The longtime postal service employee told 13News it is just package delivery that is backed up; letter delivery is running on schedule. 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