Postal News Archives August 2022

USPS Lists Hundreds of Post Offices and Other Facilities Where it Will Consolidate Operations
8.26.2022 – GovExec.com reports: “The changes will mean letter carriers no longer go to their local facility to pick up mail for their route, instead traveling farther distances after starting at a consolidated location. The impacted post offices will still conduct their retail operations, but many of the back-end functions will be stripped away and relocated. They are connected to an initial 10 buildings that USPS previously announced it was standing up in previously closed facilities, as well as an additional 11 centers.” – Sites for Conversion (PDF) | Sorting & Delivery Center – Comments (Count)

Postal unions demand USPS ramp up hiring to address understaffing
8.12.2022 – Federal News Network reports: “The Postal Service’s two largest unions are weighing in, more than a year into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year agency reform plan. The National Association of Letter Carriers and the American Postal Workers Union are calling for USPS to increase hiring, adding that long-term understaffing is taking a toll on employee morale.” – Comments (Count)

As Pressure Ramps Up Against USPS Reforms, DeJoy Asks Stakeholders to Fall in Line
8.10.2022 – GovExec.com reports: “Initiatives by stakeholders to delay the simplest of our operational changes to integrate our network, improve our service and reduce our cost are relics of our failed strategies of the past,” DeJoy said. “These actions have led to the near financial ruin of the Postal Service and I ask all stakeholders – mailers, shippers, legislators, and regulators – to support this management team and board of governors in what I believe should be our collective efforts to move swiftly with our plans to save the post office and ensure a vibrant organization that provides the excellent service which our customers and country deserve.” – Comments (Count)

Postal Employees Voice Major Concerns About Delivery Consolidation Plan
8.05.2022 – GovExec.com reports: “Instead, he is looking to open sorting and delivery centers around the country, as well as larger mega-centers, that can take on more work in less space. Letter carriers will have to travel farther to take mail to its final destination, but DeJoy said it will save costs on the contracted trucks that USPS hires to bring mail between various facilities.” – Comments (Count)

8/31/22

Save the Post Office: Introducing the New USPS Sorting & Delivery Centers – Comments (Count)

Royal Mail and BT strike sees 150,000 workers walk out – Comments (Count)

Brooklyn swears in new postmaster – Comments (Count)

Postal Service looks to fill 400 Valley job openings with Phoenix event – Comments (Count)

Update on USPS situation in Deary – Comments (Count)

A Warning as USPS Restructures Network Without Review – Comments (Count)

8/30/22

Castle Pines fights for its own ZIP Code, but USPS disagrees – Comments (Count)

Lexington: International Shipping Reform – Comments (Count)

Live Oak postal carrier pleads guilty to stealing Verizon wireless cash deposits – Comments (Count)

As war drags on, Ukraine’s postal service perseveres – Comments (Count)

USPS workers find $2.57 million of unused equipment waste – Comments (Count)

USPS looking to hire automotive technicians in Buffalo – Comments (Count)

8/29/22

Police: Indiana mail carrier arrested again for DUI after falling out of mail truck – Comments (Count)

Swartz Creek mail carrier honored with Million Mile Award – Comments (Count)

The Biden Administration and USPS Offer a First Glimpse of Postal Only Health Benefits System – Comments (Count)

During staff shortages and missing mail, the USPS is hiring positions at $21 an hour – Comments (Count)

UK strike action continues: Record profits, 400 million to shareholders, but only 2% pay increase for postal workers – Comments (Count)

What is PIN Code? India’s Postal Index Number – Comments (Count)

Free COVID tests by mail to be suspended Sept. 2nd without additional funding – Comments (Count)

8/28/22

UK postal workers speak during national strike – Comments (Count)

USPS mail truck and two sheds destroyed in accident | Mailman continues delivery route – Comments (Count)

‘A true danger to the public post office’: Louis DeJoy moves to consolidate USPS facilities – Comments (Count)

8/27/22

Torrington postal worker saves woman who was attacked – Comments (Count)

Analysis challenges USPS electric vehicle environmental study – Comments (Count)

Caught on camera: Mailbox thieves repeatedly hit business park in NW Harris County – Comments (Count)

8/26/22

Eastern Kentucky football player charged with robbing postal carrier – Comments (Count)

USPS & BAPE Sneaker Collaboration – Comments (Count)

Sen. Cory Booker sends out petition to get rid of PMG DeJoy – Comments (Count)

Two Maine towns are sharing one mail carrier – Comments (Count)

Postal worker who died in dog attack loved her church group, gardening and Gators football – Comments (Count)

8/25/22

Cedar Springs: Meet the new postmaster – Comments (Count)

Postal Service is chasing freight brokers as the agency scrambles to cut costs – Comments (Count)

USPS Needs Workers in Northern Utah – Comments (Count)

Montpelier former box holders want answers on post office closure – Comments (Count)

USPS hopes to tackle delivery issues by hiring more employees – Comments (Count)

Vermont postal problems persist – Comments (Count)

8/24/22

Can Biden fire PMG DeJoy? – Comments (Count)

PMG DeJoy makes USPS workspaces a priority – Comments (Count)

Ex-USPS Worker Asks Justices to Rethink Religious Bias Test – Comments (Count)

Update: Florida postal carrier dead after mauling by 5 dogs; postal vehicle had broken down | Why were they not locked up? | Video: Niece interviewed – Comments (Count)

Change of address fraud jumped 167% in 2021; report cites weak security on USPS website – Comments (Count)

8/23/22

Update: USPS mail carrier dies after being mauled by dogs | Photo of dogs – Comments (Count)

‘Ridiculous’ stress on USPS contractors closed a Colorado post office – Comments (Count)

Mail-in ballots from 2020 discovered in Baltimore USPS facility – Comments (Count)

Coloradans targeted by change of address fraud – Comments (Count)

Why USPS is Disproportionately Impacted by High Inflation – Comments (Count)

Hazleton residents still suffering from mail delays – Comments (Count)

8/22/22

Mailman Problems: When your supervisor tells you to come back for Express Mail – Comments (Count)

USPS OIG: Tightening USPS Wireless Security – Comments (Count)

Postal worker in critical condition after being mauled by 5 dogs – Comments (Count)

$355,000 settlement for 97-year-old woman struck by mail truck – Comments (Count)

Post office workers ensure special message from 5-year-old makes it to local woman – Comments (Count)

8/21/22

UPS Drivers Say ‘Brutal’ Heat is Endangering Their Lives – Comments (Count)

Stolen mail results in Mattapoisett police chase – Comments (Count)

Mailman robbed and assaulted in Salt Lake City by people with handguns – Comments (Count)

USPS Service Performance Consistent Across All Mail Categories – Comments (Count)

8/20/22

A conversation with Grand Island postmaster Joshua Stewart – Comments (Count)

Former mail carrier charged with bank fraud, ID theft for allegedly stealing $200,000 via the theft of debit cards – Comments (Count)

The questionable financial basis for the Postal Service’s receipt of $10B from taxpayers – Comments (Count)

8/19/22

Shop owner says mail carrier is marking her packages delivered, but not bringing them – Comments (Count)

Pennsylvania man arrested for buying human body parts through the mail – Comments (Count)

States with the most post offices per person – Comments (Count)

Ukraine mail carriers keep delivering during war – Comments (Count)

East Charlotte woman laments mail delivery issues – Comments (Count)

Master key to Covington’s mail boxes stolen from USPS mail carrier – Comments (Count)

Westport Post Office gets new postmaster – Comments (Count)

Postal Service no longer looking at shuttering Tucson’s P&DC – Comments (Count)

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8/18/22

Mail carrier saves letters from burning postal vehicle in Melville – Comments (Count)

Deary residents angry over loss of postal office – Comments (Count)

Drone delivers commercial package to smart USPS mailbox – Comments (Count)

Colorado Springs letter carrier receives Hero Award for saving young girl – Comments (Count)

USPS driver tears up after person she helped gives her $400 – Comments (Count)

Fatality accident involving postal worker – Comments (Count)

New Prague presses USPS for new post office – Comments (Count)

8/17/22

$6,490 in COLAs since Feb. 2020! – Comments (Count)

USPS OIG: Inflation and the Postal Service – Comments (Count)

Lower-Performing Postal Facilities Share Common Personnel Issues, IG Says – Comments (Count)

APWU National Convention: Dimondstein Delivers State of the Union – Comments (Count)

The Smallest Post Office In The US Is In Florida & It Still Operates – Comments (Count)

8/16/22

Citing hostile environment, USPS will no longer deliver to luxury apartment complex – Comments (Count)

USPS mail carrier robbed at knifepoint in Chevy Chase – Comments (Count)

USPS weighs in on Montpelier Station post office closure – Comments (Count)

U.S. states urge Postal Service to halt gas vehicle purchases – Comments (Count)

High-speed Detroit police chase ends in crash with USPS semi truck – Comments (Count)

CBS 8 reporter becomes a mail carrier for a day – Comments (Count)

Louisville police investigating multiple armed robberies of mail carriers – Comments (Count)

Stolen mail cache at motel exposed COVID scam – Comments (Count)

Mail thief leaves homeowners in NW Harris County subdivision frustrated – Comments (Count)

Amazon workers walk off job at major West Coast air hub – Comments (Count)

8/15/22

USPS OIG: Understanding Poor Plant Performance – Comments (Count)

Pennsylvania Postal Worker Assaulted Coworkers – Comments (Count)

USPS pulls plug on prior impact studies as latest consolidation plan comes into focus | USPS News Release – Comments (Count)

USPS Holding One-Day Hiring Event Across San Diego County – Comments (Count)

8/14/22

Monument to victims of Edmond Post Office massacre in disrepair – Comments (Count)

Postal Service shuts Montpelier Station office over racial segregation exhibit | Photos – Comments (Count)

Mailing it in? Experts Doubt USPS Can Get a Handle on Election Mail – Comments (Count)

Bus service taking people from Colorado City to Pueblo to get mail after post office closure (50-mile round trip, limit 10 per trip) – Comments (Count)

8/13/22

USPS Projects $1 Billion Inflationary Hit in Costs – Comments (Count)

USPS worker robbed of keys in Louisville neighborhood – Comments (Count)

Inflation Reduction Act includes $3B for USPS electric vehicle funding – Comments (Count)

NRLCA: National Step 4 Grievance Filed Over Postal Service’s Continued Delay in Paying Retroactive Salary Adjustments – Comments (Count)

8/12/22

Thieves break into post office, steal automated postal machine believing it was an ATM – Comments (Count)

British Postal Workers Reject Below-Inflation Contract Offer and Announce Upcoming Strike – Comments (Count)

York Man Indicted for Assaulting Fellow Postal Employees – Comments (Count)

USPS Reports Strong Increase in Marketing Mail Revenue in Q3 Financial Results – Comments (Count)

8/11/22

Postal Service Nixes Safety Inspections, So OSHA Seeks Warrants – Comments (Count)

Assaults on mail carriers skyrocket as crime rates rise – Comments (Count)

Lynn postal carrier admits he stole iPads and cash from the mail – Comments (Count)

Lexington: A Discussion With USPS Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb Hull – Comments (Count)

USPS Announces Proposed Temporary Rate Adjustments for 2022 Peak Holiday Season – Comments (Count)

Feds continue to investigate Little Rock mail thefts – Comments (Count)

Letter Carriers’ Rolando spells out Amazon threat to postal workers – Comments (Count)

Gun-toting, cocaine-using CT USPS worker pleads guilty to stealing mail – Comments (Count)

8/10/22

NALC: Sixth contract COLA set at $2,455, effective Aug. 27 – Comments (Count)

USPS can’t lick inflation, seeks to hike stamp prices again in January – Comments (Count)

Chicago police investigate after man hit by US Postal Service van – Comments (Count)

USPS expects to raise mail rates again next year, warns it remains in ‘financial hole’ – Comments (Count)

PMG DeJoy remarks during Aug. 9 Board of Governors meeting – Comments (Count)

USPS Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Results – Comments (Count)

APWU Dimondstein Statement Regarding Recent Remarks by PMG DeJoy on Future Postal Staffing – Comments (Count)

NALC President Rolando Keynote Address at 2022 Convention (Part 1) | Part 2 – Comments (Count)

8/09/22

Postal worker ran drug trafficking scheme during disability leave in Georgia, feds say – Comments (Count)

How the Postal Service reads terrible handwriting – Comments (Count)

Postal inspectors in Ohio on lookout for suspicious packages to intercept – Comments (Count)

USPS working through damage in eastern Kentucky – Comments (Count)

USPS Workers Are Very Concerned About This Newly Announced Change – Comments (Count)

8/08/22

Appalachia Post Office mural carries history from FDR administration – Comments (Count)

Some Portland residents concerned with mail delivery delays – Comments (Count)

8/07/22

Postal Service said to have ‘abandoned’ entire Colorado town – Comments (Count)

Huntington far behind on mail truck maintenance – Comments (Count)

UPS drivers say heat levels in their trucks without AC are reaching as high as 121 degrees – Comments (Count)

8/06/22

Chicago: Thieves using postal master keys to swipe mail; union backing ordinance to ban cluster boxes – Comments (Count)

Adventures in Mailing: Annals of Improbable Research – Comments (Count)

How often do they change the tires on a USPS mail truck? – Comments (Count)

8/05/22

DJ Love Dinero, postal worker charged in California-to-NY cocaine and fentanyl trafficking scheme – Comments (Count)

New postmaster looks forward to connecting with community – Comments (Count)

Dayton postal worker delivers mail with home in limbo – Comments (Count)

8/04/22

USPS Reports Steady Service Performance Across All Categories – Comments (Count)

Senator Presses USPS for Answers on Missing and Delayed Mail in Minnesota – Comments (Count)

NALC and USPS agree to convert CCAs to career status and to directly hire career letter carriers in 43 more installations – Comments (Count)

COVID is surging, but COVID MOUs expired in May – Comments (Count)

Shreveport man sentenced to 40 years for killing postal worker – Comments (Count)

The Great American Mail Race board game review – Comments (Count)

Colorado City postman says USPS abandoned community, post office remains closed – Comments (Count)

PMG DeJoy Aggressively Pushes His Agenda for USPS – Comments (Count)

8/03/22

UPS Teamsters Kick Off Contract Fight | Ready to Strike – Comments (Count)

Operation ‘snacks to delivery drivers’ is underway in Pelion – Comments (Count)

Man Shares Unbelievable Way USPS Delivered His Package – Comments (Count)

Postal Service job fair attracts fewer candidates than hoped, but nondelivery days are ending – Comments (Count)

USPS Suspends Operations at 20 Kentucky Post Offices Due to Flooding – Comments (Count)

8/02/22

Postal Worker Maliciously Complies With Rude Customer’s Demand – Comments (Count)

Amazon Gets Caught With Hand in USPS Cookie Jar – Comments (Count)

USPS Worker Charged in Huge Costco Reward Checks Scheme in Long Island – Comments (Count)

Mountain of undelivered packages pile up in North Sound post office parking lot | Washington representatives want answers – Comments (Count)

Blue USPS mailboxes in Virginia Beach closed over mail theft concerns – Comments (Count)

USPS veteran Cheri Haider hired as new Victorville postmaster – Comments (Count)

8/01/22

Forbes: How Amazon Could Speed Up By Dumping USPS – Comments (Count)

Elizabeth mail issue remains unresolved – Comments (Count)

States Reach Settlement With USPS to End Unlawful Cigarette Shipments – Comments (Count)

USPS to expand next-day delivery options for businesses in Arkansas – Comments (Count)

USPS ride-on toy marks first year of success | Kid Trax USPS Mail Carrier Toy at Amazon – Comments (Count)

USPS Runs DMV Pilot Program to Boost Revenue – Comments (Count)