Postal News Archives March 2022

USPS Applauds Senate Passage of Postal Service Reform Act
3.08.2022 – USPS reports: “The U.S. Postal Service today congratulated the leadership and members of the U.S. Senate for its bipartisan approval of the Postal Service Reform Act. The bill, which was approved by the House on Feb. 8, now goes to the White House to be signed into law by President Biden.” – USPS News Link – Workers hope new law becomes an economic lifeline for Postal Service – GovExec: Postal Reform Bill Will Finally Become Law – CNN – NALC – APWU – NPMHU – Postal Service Health Benefits Program to Replace FEHB (PDF) – Comments (Count)

3/31/22

Dallas postal worker pleads guilty to stealing stimulus checks – Comments (Count)

COVID-19 Test Giveaway a Potential Conflict of Interest for PMG DeJoy – Comments (Count)

House panel to grill USPS on plan to buy gas-guzzling trucks – Comments (Count)

PRC Directs Postal Service to Address Compliance Issues – Comments (Count)

Only Six People Used the Postal Banking Pilot Program – Comments (Count)

Atlanta: Mail carrier robbed in broad daylight at gated apartment complex – Comments (Count)

More than 120 mail carriers needed for greater Denver area, USPS says – Comments (Count)

What Progressives Won in the Fight to Save the USPS – Comments (Count)

SE DC residents say Postal Service unresponsive to concerns of erratic mail deliveries – Comments (Count)

Gillibrand renews push for postal banking – Comments (Count)

3/30/22

Postal Service’s new dimensional surcharges could pack a wallop – Comments (Count)

Postal inspectors’ digital intelligence team sometimes acted outside of legal authorities, report says | Report (PDF) – Comments (Count)

One hospitalized, USPS truck damaged during Hanover crash – Comments (Count)

FedEx Founder Fred Smith to Step Down as CEO in June – Comments (Count)

Over 40 cases of mail theft leave residents out $200,000 in Hamilton County – Comments (Count)

USPS audit finds nearly 40,000 pieces of undelivered mail at two Columbus post offices – Comments (Count)

Man says USPS lost Pokemon card worth $13,000, and he’s not alone – Comments (Count)

3/29/22

USPS Rescinds Face Covering Requirement (PDF) – Comments (Count)

Thieves use robbed Norwood postal worker’s key to steal $200k in checks from mailboxes – Comments (Count)

POSTAL MADNESS Delivered to the American Theatre of Actors – Comments (Count)

Mail bins hit once again at Millwood Drive postal office – Comments (Count)

Mail Issues Escalate in Stevens Point – Comments (Count)

USPS OIG: Efficiency of Operations at Columbus P&DC – Comments (Count)

3/28/22

Carriers will soon be clocking in on scanners | Electronic Badge Reader (EBR) company went out of business in 2018 (PDF) | NAPS: Draft Training Material (PDF) – Comments (Count)

NALC: Maximum Annual Leave Carryover Amount of 520 Hours Extended into Leave Year 2023 – Comments (Count)

Biden proposing $5 billion to USPS to expand delivery service in underserved areas and support vote by mail – Comments (Count)

USPS delivers talking points and reveals new supervisor training – Comments (Count)

Ridiculous! Royal Mail warns Britons of postal delays – Comments (Count)

Mail theft of checks is problem for Postal Service – Comments (Count)

3/27/22

Amazon tries to stave off union drive on two fronts – Comments (Count)

Postal Service Continues to Challenge President Biden – Comments (Count)

3/26/22

Huge Arrow on Minnesota Farm Was Modern Technology for Mail – Comments (Count)

Vermonters continue to cope with USPS delays – Comments (Count)

USPS Has Three Websites With Coronavirus Pandemic Information – Comments (Count)

Contributor: Personal Loans Are For More Than Just Emergencies

3/25/22

There is a lot to monitor at the USPS – Comments (Count)

USPS OIG Field Operation Reviews of Select Plant and Delivery Units in the Portland Area – Comments (Count)

3/24/22

What a 19th century post office reform teaches us about urban innovation – Comments (Count)

USPS worker shares items you shouldn’t post in letters – Comments (Count)

USPS doubling its initial order of electric mail trucks – Comments (Count)

USPS wants in on the fast-delivery wars. Can it compete? – Comments (Count)

Rock Center Post Office Closes as USPS Looks for Final Deliverance – Comments (Count)

Residents in Effort dealing with inconsistent mail – Comments (Count)

3/23/22

Postal worker hoarded thousands of pieces of mail in Pennsylvania, feds say – Comments (Count)

Postal Service driver arrested for DUI – Comments (Count)

Postal worker is victim of random assault in Annapolis – Comments (Count)

Postal Service Gets Into Banking, Again | Postal Banking Isn’t Done Yet – Comments (Count)

Can Congress Stop Louis DeJoy’s Plan to Buy a Fleet of Gas-Guzzling Trucks? – Comments (Count)

3/22/22

Postal Service Truck Destroyed in Fire, Letter Carrier Not Injured – Comments (Count)

USPS Could Serve Nearly All Its Mail Routes in Electric Vehicles, a Watchdog Says – Comments (Count)

New Teamsters Head Vows to Take on Amazon – Comments (Count)

UPS to pay $5.3 million to settle False Claims Act allegations for falsely reporting delivery times of U.S. Mail carried internationally – Comments (Count)

Snail mail: USPS delays blamed on staffing shortage – Comments (Count)

3/21/22

USPS booth at 2022 CES rated one of trade show’s best | Best of CES List – Comments (Count)

Georgia: USPS postmasters won’t respond to mail theft problems – Comments (Count)

USPS truck loses massive amount of its load on expressway – Comments (Count)

Ukraine: Mother delivers mail while daughter serves on front lines – Comments (Count)

Pending new USPS trucks remain contentious – Comments (Count)

3/20/22

NRLCA Approves New Contract – Comments (Count)

Postal Service: Great Model for Other Government Services? – Comments (Count)

China takes strict anti-COVID-19 measures for international mail – Comments (Count)

Easton’s new postmaster is a city native who delivered mail in the area for decades – Comments (Count)

3/19/22

Audit finds 74% of undelivered mail went unreported at one Columbus post office – Comments (Count)

Undercover informant in Whitmer kidnap case is a postal worker – Comments (Count)

3/18/22

Columbia postal carrier robbed of keys at gunpoint – Comments (Count)

Atlanta USPS Postmaster Delivers First Class Service – Comments (Count)

U.S. lawmakers ask Oshkosh for documents on USPS vehicle contract – Comments (Count)

Turkeys terrorize mail carriers – Comments (Count)

Houston: Yes, the USPS is removing blue collection boxes due to vandalism – Comments (Count)

USPS Has a Bentley Up For Auction – Comments (Count)

USPS delivery issues impact The Valley Reporter subscribers – Comments (Count)

3/17/22

USPS OIG: Electric Delivery Vehicles and the Postal Service – Comments (Count)

Postal contractor locks himself in vault during possible medical episode – Comments (Count)

Denver Area Postal Workers Protest As Postmaster General DeJoy Visits Mile High City – Comments (Count)

Amazon Warehouse Workers Stage Coordinated Strikes Demanding $3 Raises – Comments (Count)

3/16/22

Post office employee recognized for spreading kindness for 30+ years – Comments (Count)

The Nationwide Trucker Shortage Has Hit the Postal Service – Comments (Count)

USPS looking to add 300 delivery carriers in San Jose – Comments (Count)

Slayden tries to get its postal route restored – Comments (Count)

USPS scam victim wants others not to fall victim themselves – Comments (Count)

Lawmakers Are Ramping Up Pressure for the Postal Service to Go Electric – Comments (Count)

Online sellers feel the sting of rising costs – Comments (Count)

USPS Violates Provisions of Postal Service Reorganization Act – Comments (Count)

3/15/22

Linn’s: Large USPS postal rate increases might lie ahead – Comments (Count)

Local Omicron outbreak in China caused by internationally mailed letter: Study – Comments (Count)

Letter Carriers wanted updated modern uniforms with new polyester material, but what they’re getting is the ‘same old, same old’ – Comments (Count)

3/14/22

AWOL employees, absent without leave, is a vexing problem for the Postal Service – Comments (Count)

USPS Boasts Best Mail Delivery Performance Ever – Comments (Count)

House Dems seek probe of USPS plan for new mail truck fleet – Comments (Count)

Lost in Limbo: Post Offices Under Suspension – Comments (Count)

New Chico postmaster to be sworn in – Comments (Count)

Delivery contractors blame FedEx for bad holiday season – Comments (Count)

Mendota mailboxes demolished by vehicle – Comments (Count)

3/13/22

Will the real Modesto postmaster please stand up? – Comments (Count)

North Dakota postal workers see brighter future with reform law – Comments (Count)

USPS suspends package services to Russia – Comments (Count)

Greensboro USPS facility cited after worker injured by machinery, has arm amputated – Comments (Count)

Ukraine reveals ‘Russian warship go f yourself’ postage stamp – Comments (Count)

3/12/22

USPS cites lack of affordable housing for its Summit County staffing shortages – Comments (Count)

USPS Will Keep Saturday Delivery, Thanks to Congress – Comments (Count)

New Reform Bill Reinforces Authority for Postal Banking – Comments (Count)

UPS and FedEx will pick up returns through DoorDash – Comments (Count)

Reward offered for two men who assaulted mail carrier in Orlando – Comments (Count)

3/11/22

Postman saves Louisiana family asleep during fire – Comments (Count)

What it’s like as a USPS mailman delivering COVID tests – Comments (Count)

Postal worker hangs up satchel after long career – Comments (Count)

Thieves using master key to steal mail in Leander – Comments (Count)

Postal Reform Measure Could Affect All Federal Retirees’ Health Benefits – Comments (Count)

Colorado mountain communities ready for massive difference in mail service after passage of postal reform bill – Comments (Count)

3/10/22

Postal Worker Honored in Scranton – Comments (Count)

USPS needs to fill 250 jobs in Arizona – Comments (Count)

Is USPS Connect an e-commerce game-changer? – Comments (Count)

Amazon Stops Shipping Products to Russia – Comments (Count)

Postal Employee on Disability Pleads Guilty for False Statements – Comments (Count)

Politico: The Postal Service Reform Act is Non-Reform Reform – Comments (Count)

3/09/22

Indianapolis postal worker charged with stealing $1.7 million in checks from mail – Comments (Count)

Postal worker receives hero award – Comments (Count)

Ukraine’s postal service is a lifeline – and a Kremlin target – Comments (Count)

3/08/22

Fort Wayne man crashes USPS truck in DeKalb – Comments (Count)

USPS is in need of 1,000 truck drivers – Comments (Count)

USPS OIG Audit: Air Mail Not Moving as Assigned – Comments (Count)

CAGW: Postal Reform Should Be Passed by the Senate – Comments (Count)

Former Postal Manager Sentenced for Drug Charges – Comments (Count)

USPS Rescue Bill Stalled in Senate – Comments (Count)

3/07/22

Private Amazon Delivery Companies Are Being Crushed By Debt – Comments (Count)

Starting today, more COVID test kits can be ordered from the federal government – Comments (Count)

New Postal Service Fleet Favoring ICEs Under Fire – Comments (Count)

Senate nears final vote on USPS reform bill after running into procedural hurdles – Comments (Count)

Who Killed the Electric Mail Truck? – Comments (Count)

Carlisle begins to experience relief following months-long postal delays – Comments (Count)

3/06/22

Ukraine’s Postal Service Resumes Flights to United States – Comments (Count)

$50,000 reward for information on suspects robbing DC-area mail carriers – Comments (Count)

3/05/22

Teton Gravity Collaboration With USPS – Comments (Count)

Dogs attack mail carrier, leaving lacerations and puncture wounds – Comments (Count)

APWU postal union claims contract ratification despite widespread ballot problems – Comments (Count)

Family of a postal worker, killed while delivering mail, believes justice is being denied in federal case – Comments (Count)

3/04/22

White House Offers Amendment to Shift USPS to Zero-Emission Fleet – Comments (Count)

NALC: Update on Senate consideration of the Postal Service Reform Act – Comments (Count)

3/03/22

Wild turkey beaten to death by postal worker in Sacramento County, witnesses say – Comments (Count)

Former Kansas City mail carrier admits to stealing hundreds of sports cards worth nearly $40K – Comments (Count)

Jury convicts former USPS mail carrier of killing workplace rival’s husband – Comments (Count)

How to Drag the Postal Service Into the Internet Age – Comments (Count)

Worldly experience leads new postmaster to Waverly – Comments (Count)

Senate Nears Vote on Postal Reform Bill After Years of Wrangling – Comments (Count)

USPS offers reward in connection with letter carrier robbery in West Haven – Comments (Count)

USPS has delivered more than 270 million COVID test kits to American households – Comments (Count)

3/02/22

USPS reaches out for workers – Comments (Count)

Redmond’s USPS processing facility to remain open – Comments (Count)

APWU: The New Contract is Ratified! – Comments (Count)

Blind Vietnam War vet fights for mail delivery after dog attack halted service – Comments (Count)

Experts predict mail theft will get worse as feds audit Columbus area USPS facilities – Comments (Count)

3/01/22

Burnout, staff shortages: Utah postal employees at their ‘breaking point,’ union president says – Comments (Count)

NY: USPS customers seeing delays with mail deliveries – Comments (Count)

Unimpressed with post office banking trial, backers eye new initiative – Comments (Count)

USPS falls short on pay requirements for managers, supervisors, federal appeals court finds – Comments (Count)

Senate Advances USPS Overhaul – Comments (Count)

Politicians Literally Playing With Fire Over USPS Delivery Vehicles – Comments (Count)