From the article: "According to Frank Albergo, head of the Postal Police Officers Association, the blue collection boxes continue to be a target for thieves. Albergo supports the removal of the boxes. “The blue collection boxes are being hit over and over again. Postal customers need to walk into the post office and mail their letters. ..."
From the article: "... Lots of mail — including mail-in voter ballots — is getting dumped after thieves cull out the checks. How it works: Thieves either "fish" letters out through the mail slot or — more commonly now — rob postal workers for their mail and arrow keys...."
From the article: "...Following the final fairness hearing, prospective participants will still have until Dec. 23 to join the lawsuit, after which the validity of each claim will be assessed. Assuming there are no appeals, payouts to claimants are expected to take place in the first or second quarter of next year. Under terms of the settlement, each claimant is entitled to a minimum of $700 per claim, up to a maximum of $10,000 per claim. ...Following the breach, OPM contracted with credit monitoring company ID Experts to provide monitoring services to victims of the breach. ...For more information on the settlement or the claims process, please visit www.opmdatabreach.com, which is the website was established consistent with the terms of the settlement agreement. "
From the article: "... Instead of working out of the back of post offices, letter carriers will be relocated to large, centralized facilities called Sorting & Delivery Centers. These S&DCs will be housed in currently operating processing centers, large post offices, and eventually one of the new multi-functional mega-plants the Postal Service plans to create over the next few years. Spaces are already being prepared in Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Charlotte, where the Postal Service has leased a 620,000 square foot facility almost adjacent to a large Amazon warehouse. The effects on postal employees will be significant, as discussed in this previous post. Tens of thousands of letter carriers will find themselves working at an S&DC that’s much farther from where they live, meaning longer commutes, more driving time, and more transportation expenses. Postmasters and managers will see their positions downgraded because they don’t have carriers to supervise. Thousands of clerks at post offices will become unnecessary since they won’t need to provide support for the carriers. They will be among the 50,000 positions that the Postmaster General says he plans to eliminate. Here’s a map showing 6,100 post offices that could become spoke facilities. If you zoom in, you can see..."
From the article: "Estampillas Forever disponibles en The Postal Store. Estampillas de USPS. Encuentre estampillas festivas, únicas y clásicas para acompañar su correo. Precios..."
From the article: "The postal service is hiring Rural Carrier Associates (RCA), Assistant Rural Carriers (ARC), and City Carrier Assistants (CCA) in Athens, Decatur, Elkmont, Florence, Hartselle, Harvest, Hazel Green, Huntsville, Madison, and Meridianville. Both rural carrier positions pay $19.50 per hour ..."
From the article: "Premiums in the health-care program for federal employees and retirees will increase by 8.7 percent on average for 2023 — the largest increase in more than a decade, the government announced Friday. That change in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program premiums is significantly larger than the 3.8 percent average increase for 2022..."
From the article: "...Federal postal workers are known to have committed voter fraud on the job. In addition to these fraudulent acts, failures of the postal..."
From the article: "...JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The United States Postal Service held a job fair Wednesday in Jonesboro at their main location off of Race Street. USPS is hiring for several positions across Northeast Arkansas, and wanted to give job seekers the opportunity to discuss careers and ask questions in person. For more information on the positions available or to apply, you can visit this website. ..."
From the article: "...The Postal Service reform legislation that President Biden signed into law on April 6 will involve changes to employees’ health and retirement benefits. USPS understands that employees have many questions, so here are a few things to know: • The law establishes the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB)..."
New Year. New Law. Beginning January 1, 2022, new federal protections will shield millions of consumers from surprise medical bills. Surprise medical bills – unexpected bills from an out-of-network provider, out-of-network facility or out-of-network air ambulance provider – is common among those with private insurance. Nearly one in five patients who go to the emergency room, have an elective surgery, or give birth in a hospital receive surprise bills, with average costs ranging from $750 to $2,600 per episode.
Learn about how the No Surprises Act can protect you from surprise medical billing. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
From the article: "...A family in Lake Worth, Fla., says it got a surprise post-Christmas delivery in the form of two packages left at their doorstep by a U.S. Postal Service carrier. What made it truly unexpected: The packages were postmarked in 1971 and were addressed to a previous owner of their home. Adding to the bizarre tale..."
From the article: "...Police confirmed to FOX 32 that a postal worker was shot Friday afternoon in Lawndale on Chicago's West Side. Police sources say that a 38-year-old female postal worker was shot in the back ..."
From the article: "...Jason Giudice looked out of his window in the Harvest Subdivision and saw two women drive up to Mahler's mailbox. He said the women pulled mail out of the box and started taking photos of the envelopes. Giudice saw the unfamiliar people and went outside to confront them. They spun..."
From the article: "...You may want to consider filing online or allowing yourself more time when mailing...."
From the article: "...CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Union postal workers in Cape Girardeau say to get ready for more delays in your mail service. Members of Local 4088 of the United Postal Workers Union say they’re also facing job losses as the U.S. Postal Service moves forward with plans to consolidate mail processing plants across the country...."
From the article: "...Citing delays in the U.S. Postal Service’s delivery of mail, the Department of Veterans Affairs is extending by 90 days the response period for veterans filing claims between July 31 and Dec. 31. VA will not “deny, reduce or terminate benefits and services” during this period unless:..."
From the article: "...telling the post office board in November that “We are ready!” for the holiday rush, recently there have not been enough Postal Service employees to handle normal operations at the Ephrata Post Office at 129 E. Main St. In the borough. While the Postal Service did not provide a complete picture of what’s happening there to LNP | LancasterOnline, it appears customer counter workers are being reassigned to sorting or other duties...."
From the article: "...Fetterly said. “We also have installed additional package sorters at the Huntsville Processing and Distribution Facility.”..."
From the article: "...USPS may soon have to set up widespread testing for unvaccinated staff, but agency officials do not yet know how many employees have received shots..."
From the article: "...The agency, according to the memo, accepted applications for these positions from Aug. 17-23. USPS spokesman David Coleman confirmed the agency is in the process of filling vacant front-line supervisor positions..."
From the article: "...Williams, a postal service employee in West Caldwell, swiped envelopes and the Brooks brothers and Hutchins bought merchandise and gift cards in in Essex, Hudson, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset and Union counties from July 2019 until early October 2020, officials said..."
From the article: "...as the world changes and becomes more digitised, the need to overhaul the postage system has become paramount - and one start-up thinks it has the key. Edinburgh-based Stamp Free says it has now launched the world’s first independent digital postage stamp, aiming to take the industry firmly into the modern age..."
