{"id":29969,"date":"2021-01-10T11:54:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29969"},"modified":"2021-01-10T11:54:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T16:54:38","slug":"philadelphia-apwu-president-blames-hiring-freeze-no-allotted-overtime-for-usps-delivery-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2021\/01\/10\/philadelphia-apwu-president-blames-hiring-freeze-no-allotted-overtime-for-usps-delivery-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia APWU President Blames Hiring Freeze, No Allotted Overtime For USPS Delivery Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiY2JzIiwidiI6IjUxODUyNDYiLCJhbnZhY2siOiI1VkQ2RXlkNmRqZXdiQ21Od0JGbnNKajE3WUF2R1J3bCIsInNoYXJlTGluayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2JzbG9jLmFsLzM4d1E3VmIiLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImNvbXNjb3JlIjp7ImNsaWVudElkIjoiMzAwMDAyMyIsImMzIjoicGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLmNic2xvY2FsLmNvbSJ9LCJkZnAiOnsiY2xpZW50U2lkZSI6eyJhZFRhZ1VybCI6Imh0dHA6Ly9wdWJhZHMuZy5kb3VibGVjbGljay5uZXQvZ2FtcGFkL2Fkcz9zej0yeDImaXU9LzQxMjgvQ0JTLlBISUxMWSZjaXVfc3pzJmltcGw9cyZnZGZwX3JlcT0xJmVudj12cCZvdXRwdXQ9eG1sX3Zhc3QyJnVudmlld2VkX3Bvc2l0aW9uX3N0YXJ0PTEmdXJsPVtyZWZlcnJlcl91cmxdJmRlc2NyaXB0aW9uX3VybD1bZGVzY3JpcHRpb25fdXJsXSZjb3JyZWxhdG9yPVt0aW1lc3RhbXBdIiwia2V5VmFsdWVzIjp7ImNhdGVnb3JpZXMiOiJbW0NBVEVHT1JJRVNdXSIsInByb2dyYW0iOiJbW1BST0dSQU1fTkFNRV1dIiwic2l0ZVNlY3Rpb24iOiJmZWF0dXJlZCJ9fX0sIm1vYXQiOnsiY2xpZW50U2lkZSI6eyJwYXJ0bmVyQ29kZSI6ImNic2xvY2FsYW52YXRvdmlkZW8xODE3MzI2MDk0MzEifX0sImhlYXJ0YmVhdEJldGEiOnsiYWNjb3VudCI6ImNic2xvY2FsLWdsb2JhbC11bmlmaWVkIiwicHVibGlzaGVySWQiOiJjYnNsb2NhbCIsImpvYklkIjoic2NfdmEiLCJtYXJrZXRpbmdDbG91ZElkIjoiODIzQkEwMzM1NTY3NDk3RjdGMDAwMTAxQEFkb2JlT3JnIiwidHJhY2tpbmdTZXJ2ZXIiOiJjYnNkaWdpdGFsbWVkaWEuaGIub210cmRjLm5ldCIsImN1c3RvbVRyYWNraW5nU2VydmVyIjoiY2JzZGlnaXRhbG1lZGlhLmQxLnNjLm9tdHJkYy5uZXQiLCJjaGFwdGVyVHJhY2tpbmciOmZhbHNlLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoiMS41IiwicGFyZW50UGFnZVVSTCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLmNic2xvY2FsLmNvbS8yMDIxLzAxLzA5L3VzcHMtcG9zdC1vZmZpY2UtZGVsaXZlcnktZGVsYXlzLWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLXBoaWxhZGVscGhpYS8iLCJwYXJlbnRUaXRsZSI6IlBoaWxhZGVscGhpYSBQb3N0YWwgV29ya2VycyBVbmlvbiBQcmVzaWRlbnQgQmxhbWVzIEhpcmluZyBGcmVlemUsIE5vIEFsbG90dGVkIE92ZXJ0aW1lIEZvciBVU1BTIERlbGl2ZXJ5IERlbGF5cyDigJMgQ0JTIFBoaWxseSIsInBJbnN0YW5jZSI6InAwIiwicHJvZmlsZSI6ImNicyIsImN1c3RvbVRyYWNraW5nU2VydmVyU2VjdXJlIjoiY2JzZGlnaXRhbG1lZGlhLmQxLnNjLm9tdHJkYy5uZXQifSwiaGVhbHRoQW5hbHl0aWNzIjp7fX0sImh0bWw1Ijp0cnVlLCJ0b2tlbiI6ImRlZmF1bHQifQ%3D%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA (CBS) \u2014 It\u2019s been two weeks since Christmas and yet some are still waiting on Santa to deliver their packages. The holidays are over, but some are still waiting for packages from the USPS. It\u2019s getting to the point where they\u2019re starting to lose their patience.<\/p>\n<p>The post office is turning packages left and right, yet the load doesn\u2019t seem to get any lighter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMail backed up to the ceilings,\u201d Nick Casselli, the local American Postal Workers Union president, said.<\/p>\n<p>Casselli says postal workers are doing the best they can, but with a hiring freeze and no allotted overtime, packages are simply backed up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI looked into one of the containers, two-day priority mail, and the dates were Dec. 1, Dec. 5, Dec. 10,\u201d Casselli said.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a huge complaint by many, paying for a service that doesn\u2019t deliver.<\/p>\n<p>On its website, the USPS has an alert stating unprecedented volume increases and limited employee availability due to the impacts of COVID-19. More at <a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\/2021\/01\/09\/usps-post-office-delivery-delays-coronavirus-philadelphia\/\">CBS Philly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29970\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Philly-NBC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Philly-NBC.jpg 456w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Philly-NBC-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Philly-NBC-86x54.jpg 86w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Philly-NBC-122x74.jpg 122w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Philly-NBC-120x74.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA (CBS) \u2014 It\u2019s been two weeks since Christmas and yet some are still waiting on Santa to deliver their packages. The holidays are over, but some are still waiting for packages from the USPS. It\u2019s getting to the point where they\u2019re starting to lose their patience. The post office is turning packages left and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29971,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29969\/revisions\/29971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}