Audit: Postal Service contract truckers had their kids riding along

Audit: Postal Service contract truckers had their kids riding along

From the article: "...Carriers and owner-operators hired by the U.S. Postal Service to handle the agency’s highway freight have been red-flagged by auditors for safety and security violations, including having unauthorized family members riding along in their trucks. The audit, conducted from February through September 2023 by the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), was designed to assess the Postal Service’s transportation workplace safety and driver security by looking at eight Processing and Distribution Centers (P&DCs) nationwide. ...The OIG focused on both highway contract routes (HCRs) and Postal Vehicle Service (PVS) drivers. HCRs are long-haul routes contracted to private trucking companies to carry mail ..."

Article Reference: www.freightwaves.com
Unsecured Trailers, Mail Theft, Sanctity of Mail Violations, Poor Vetting of Mail Processing Transportation Managers,

Closure of mail-processing facilities could be detrimental to broad segments of the country

Postal union blasts closings plan in new ads

From the article: "...Maine-based firm that relies on a nearby processing facility to quickly deliver shipments. Bazinet says he might have to lay off workers if his firm can no longer guarantee speedy mail deliveries...."

Article Reference: www.washingtonpost.com

First round of postal closures and consolidations will begin May 15

Postal Service puts some closures on hold during elections

From the article: "...The first round of closings and consolidations will begin May 15 and be completed by the end of August. USPS will meet with states holding primaries during the closures..."

Article Reference: www.govexec.com
postal closures, Mail Processing Plants,

Lawmakers encourage U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to consider using the Wilmington Air Park

D.C. lawmakers pitch air park to USPS

From the article: "...The facility has state-of-the-art sorting infrastructure left behind when DHL ceased domestic operations, including ‘Building F,’ a fully automated sort facility with 1.1 million square feet and the capacity to process 240,000 pieces of mail per hour.”..."

Article Reference: www.wnewsj.com
state-of-the-art sorting,

Postal Service to shutter sixty percent of mail processing plants in just over a year

Postal Service plans to close about 300 mail processing plants

From the article: "...The agency mentioned the downsizing in a paper released last week urging congressional action to eliminate layoff protections in union agreements as part of an effort to cut 220,000 career positions by 2015...."

Article Reference: www.federaltimes.com
destruction of the postal service

Postal Service intends to close more than 60 percent of its mail processing plants

Postal Service plans to close about 300 mail processing plants

From the article: "...The U.S. Postal Service intends to close more than 60 percent of its mail processing plants by the end of next year, potentially displacing thousands of employees...."

Article Reference: www.federaltimes.com