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..."
From the article: "...One month after the holidays, people are just now receiving Christmas cards postmarked early to mid-December. And complaints have been pouring into NBC4 Responds from people who are waiting for their bills, medications and even stimulus payments..."
From the article: "...for much of the past year the postal system has been strained by the impact of COVID-19 on its workflow and workforce. In addition, operational changes...And the head of the Postal Service pledges that more changes in the name of cost savings are coming soon..."
From the article: "..."Lot of people are shipping from home and they're shopping from home, so the volume -- we're seeing it already -- the volume is already up. seeing probably a good 40% increase so far in packages," Abdul-Razzaaq said..."
From the article: "...An LLC managed by Louis DeJoy of Greensboro, the current U.S. Postmaster General, has purchased a former door manufacturing facility at 647 Hargrave Road in Lexington for $4.49 million, according to Davidson County records. The 216,000 square foot facility, which included 6,000 SF in office space, has been vacant since Jeld-Wen Inc..."
From the article: "...That was consistent with the results of the IG’s own online survey, which found the top reason was “supervisors not treating employees with respect/poor management skills” and inflexible schedules..."
From the article: "...Alvarez began stealing smartphones placed into the mail for delivery to customers around August last year, according to court documents. Over the course of the next three months, he stole more than 400 phones..."
From the article: "...He called the renaming "one of the highest honors that I could possibly be a part of as the congressman for this area." Martinez was the first serviceman from Elgin to die in combat operations since the 9/11 terrorist attack..."
From the article: "...On-time mail delivery still hasn’t fully recovered from operational changes made nearly two months ago by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. That’s according to a recent report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-Mich.). On-time delivery has shown some recovery this month, but data shows it’s still bellow standards that predate DeJoy’s tenure in office..."
From the article: "...Postal Service said it will not be closing any offices in August, but will be conducting feasibility studies at 12 facilities and identified 24 locations for reduced hours, according to a news release from Manchin’s office..."
From the article: "...Portland’s postmaster is being accused of intentionally delaying the delivery of mail in favor of prioritizing the delivery of Amazon packages ― a possible violation of federal law. The complaint accuses Postmaster James Thornton of instructing clerks to sort Amazon packages first..."
From the article: "...FERS also uses the high-3 average, paying 1 to 1.1 percent of the high-3 average salary for each year of service. Under FERS, a postal worker with a high-3 average of around $60,000 and 20 years of service earns $1,007 a month without any deductions. That equals about $12,000 annually. A worker with the same salary and 40 years of service earns $2,013 monthly, or about $24,000 annually. However, FERS employees also receive Social Security benefits and distribution of their TSP payments, so this number is actually higher..."
From the article: "...Beloved U.S. Postal Service employee Floyd Martin, who retired Thursday, has been delivering mail to the same community of residents in Marietta, Ga., for more than two decades. On his last day, a local journalist joined him on his route, and the heartwarming sendoff has gone viral..."
From the article: "...Alabama home builders are continuing efforts to preserve home mail delivery. These efforts are in response to the United States Postal Service’s mandate requiring mail delivery to cluster mailbox units in new residential developments and commercial developments..."
From the article: "...A Jacksonville man is battling the United States Postal Service after the mailman reportedly destroyed his fence with his vehicle...a mailman careened into his chain-link fence with a vehicle. He was told the postal service will get in contact with him, but it didn't..."
From the article: "...The initiative has been dubbed the Consolidated Casing Initiative, and the union says it splits the carriers’ job in two, with some workers arriving early in the morning to sort mail for multiple delivery routes, and others spending their entire shift making deliveries, leaving them on their feet for longer periods of time..."
From the article: "...Investigators say crooks use your name to sign up..."
From the article: "...for the private benefit of former Member Kirsanow and his client, the National Association of Manufacturers, and former Member Schaumber’s labor relations consulting and/ or legal practice.” In a second report in April of 2012, the OIG also indicated that Flynn did improper favors for Schaumber in return for Schaumber helping to secure Flynn’s nomination to the NLRB. Whatever the USPS is paying Flynn, he probably made ten times more working as head of labor relations for Dr. Pepper/Snapple. So why is he working at the Postal Service and is his public postal salary being supplemented by outside interests who would benefit from his presence in labor relations at the Postal Service? Given the Postal Service’s willful and blatant violations of the contract and the interests of many large corporations in eliminating unions, the hiring of a corrupt anti-union lawyer for national negotiations is disturbing, yet not surprising..."
From the article: "...A former motor vehicle operator for the United States Postal Service (USPS) has been charged with making false statements to obtain federal employees’ compensation, according to a complaint unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y..."
From the article: "...Decades-old policy means a Chinese company can ship a product to a U.S. customer for less than it costs an American firm..."
From the article: "...Investigators are looking into an apparent hazmat situation at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Ft. Myer, Virginia, after a number of people began feeling sick after opening a letter, officials said. Arlington Fire, one of the units responding to the scene, said "11 people started feeling ill after the letter..."
From the article: "...A woman named Suzanne said 10 days she received two birthday cards in the mail and both had been opened. One was supposed to contain a $100 American Express gift card but it was gone..."
From the article: "...January 4, 2018, the APWU was notified by letter that the USPS is offering voluntary early out retirement (VERA) for eligible clerk craft employees. This letter was received with no advance notification to the union or negotiations with the APWU over who the VERA applied to and under what conditions. The APWU immediately initiated information requests to USPS management regarding this VERA and demands for bargaining..."
