Monday, March 18, 2024

USPS Asset Accountability | Have surplus wooden pallets? Here’s proper procedure for recycling

Have surplus wooden pallets? Here’s what to do

"The USPS Asset Accountability team is reminding Postal Service facility managers of the proper procedure for recycling wooden pallets. Stack unbroken pallets of similar sizes together, no more than 25 feet high, and store them away from buildings. Facility managers should..."    


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Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPMHU News | Uniform and Work Clothes Annual Allowance Carry Over

"Effective March 13, 2024 the following provision of Article 26, Section 26.3 of the 2022 National Agreement will be implemented:

Unused portions of an eligible employee’s annual allowance for uniform and work clothing will be carried over and available for use beginning twelve (12) months after the end of each anniversary year. An eligible employee’s uniform and work clothing allowance balance may not exceed the sum of two (2) years of the employee’s annual allowance entitlement. This uniform and work clothing program adjustment will be ..."    


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APWU News | Maintenance Craft In-Service Open Season March 1-31, 2024

"Once a year, during the month of March (March 1-31), ALL career employees may request to be tested for Maintenance Craft eligibility ratings and placement on In-Service Registers. ...Also, during March, those career employees already on the In-Service Register have the right to submit a written request to remain on those registers and avoid the annual purge that occurs on April 1. ..."    


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Monday, March 11, 2024

Stamp Collecting | Cool Stamps | Inverted Jenny souvenir sheet features a new version of perhaps the most famous error in the history of U.S. stamps

Inverted Jenny souvenir sheet
"This souvenir sheet features a new version of perhaps the most famous error in the history of U.S. stamps: the Inverted Jenny, a 1918 misprint that highlights the ways a single stamp can turn history upside down. ..."    


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Gardena, California | Mail carrier attacked while on the job, police say

"The mail carrier tries to defend himself, dropping his mailbag with all the mail falling out....The mail carrier said he’s OK and wants justice.

No word yet if the United States Postal Service has filed charges against the suspect. ..."

   


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Saturday, March 9, 2024

What time does daylight saving time start? What is it? When to 'spring forward' this weekend

"...Daylight saving time will begin for 2024 on Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. local time, when our clocks will move forward an hour, part of the twice-annual time change that affects most, but not all, Americans. ..."    


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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at the Betty Ford Forever Stamp Unveiling

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"...Mrs. Ford once wrote that to be remembered with joy is a kind of immortality. I’m sure if she were with us today, she would offer a witty quip about being immortalized with ...For officially licensed stamp products, shop the USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon.

Dedication Will Take Place April 5 in Rancho Mirage, CA">her own forever stamp. ..."    


This Article is From: www.whitehouse.gov


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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Family of mail carrier murdered in Warren sets up GoFundMe page to help pay for funeral

"...WARREN, Ohio (WOIO) - The brother of a mail carrier fatally shot inside his U.S. Postal Van over the weekend has now created a GoFundMe page to help with funeral costs. Jonte Davis, 33, was murdered in the 600 block of Olive Ave. NE around 1:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 2. “He was one of the nicest carriers ever met, a good man, and a father with multiple children. ..."    READ MORE: Family of mail carrier murdered in Warren sets up GoFundMe page to help pay for funeral

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Brooklyn NYC | 22-year-old postal worker and a 75-year-old man were both arrested following a brawl

"...The female postal worker told responding cops the senior citizen clocked her in the head with a cane, and she retaliated. The unidentified combatants were both taken into custody following the 10:10 a.m. incident. Charges were pending, a department spokesman said late Saturday afternoon. The postal worker declined medical attention...Canal Street denizens did not know what fueled the fury, but several, like gift shop employee Kamal said they saw the elderly man sprawled out on the pavement in the aftermath. A woman selling fruit alleged the postal worker shoved the man to the ground."    


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The serious charges 4 Richmond-area US Postal Service workers are facing

"...RICHMOND, Va. -- It's another piece of the puzzle troubling people living in Central Virginia who've reported late or even stolen mail. Four different U.S. Postal Service employees that worked in the Richmond area have now been charged with either obstruction of mail or stealing mail. According to court records...The mail is said to have included financial and bank statements, as well as election-related mail."    


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Postal worker shot dead in his mail van in targeted attack: Ohio police

"...fired from another car, said police in Warren, about 60 miles southeast of Cleveland. Police said they believe Davis and the suspect knew each other. ..."    


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Monday, March 4, 2024

USPS, NALC select an interest arbitrator but continue negotiations

"...The Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) continue to negotiate to reach a new contract but are also moving forward with preparations for a potential interest arbitration. Both parties have selected Dennis Nolan to serve as the interest arbitrator. Nolan served as..."    


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Sunday, March 3, 2024

OPM tells FEHB carriers to prepare for USPS health program’s launch

"In preparation for the 2025 plan year, OPM for the first time outlined clearer plans to implement the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program in January. ...A special enrollment period beginning April 1 as well as the upcoming Open Season this fall will be the first time Postal employees and annuitants will be able to enroll in the brand-new health insurance program, mandated by the Postal Service Reform Act that President Joe Biden signed into law in 2022. ...Any FEHB carrier that wants to apply to offer plans in the PSHB program must submit their proposal of benefits and rates by May 31, OPM said. Then enrollees in the new PSHB program will begin receiving coverage on the first day of 2025."    


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Saturday, March 2, 2024

Feb. 9 Article: Police in standoff with suspect at downtown Fresno post office

"...Around 7 am, officers responded to reports of someone swinging a six-foot metal pipe near Inyo and O streets. Police say the suspect was uncooperative and would not drop the pipe. He then barricaded himself inside the U.S. Post Office on Kern and M streets. Two Post Office employees were inside when the man went in but stayed in a separate room away from him...."    


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Religious Accommodation | USPS Says Ex-Carrier's Suit Fails 'UPDATED' Religious Bias Test

USPS Says Ex-Carrier's Suit Fails 'UPDATED' Religious Bias Test

"...The U.S. Postal Service urged a Pennsylvania federal court to toss a former mail carrier's religious discrimination suit following its trip to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing his request to skip..."    


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Women’s History Month begins

"The Postal Service will observe Women’s History Month, which begins on Friday, March 1. The commemoration was first observed nationally as Women’s History Week in 1980. The week was chosen to coincide with International Women’s Day on March 8, a global observance that began in 1911. ..."    


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Friday, March 1, 2024

Missouri | Cape Girardeau postal worker convicted of stealing mail

"...After a trial lasting less than two days, 33-year-old Robert Gafford of Jackson was found guilty of one count of delaying or destroying mail and one count of embezzlement of mail.

According to a release from the Office of the United States Attorney Eastern District of Missouri, Gafford worked out of the Cape Girardeau Post Office annex at the time and was responsible for delivering mail on a rural route in or near Scott City. According to a release from the Office of the United States Attorney Eastern District of Missouri, Gafford worked out of the Cape Girardeau Post Office annex at the time and was responsible for delivering mail on a rural route in or near Scott City. In late 2021, the postmaster received complaints from a couple on Gafford’s delivery route..."    


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Nevada reps oppose plan to move key postal operations from Reno to Sacramento

"...Nevada’s two Democratic senators and lone Republican member of Congress have joined the chorus of opposition to the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) plans to move its Reno mail processing operations to Sacramento, The Nevada Independent has learned. Under the proposal, the Reno facility — which is the hub for Northern Nevada mail — would no longer be responsible for processing mail and would instead become a center that would prepare already-processed mail for delivery. This means that if someone from Northern Nevada sends something in the mail, it would first go to Sacramento before reaching its destination. ...They asked for USPS to provide any assessments conducted on the impact of downsizing the Reno facility on the region and the impacts of the region’s weather on service. The drive from Sacramento to Reno crosses over the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which often receives heavy snow. “USPS does not provide information about the study on which it relied to reach this determination"    


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USPS proposes changes to Yakima's postal processing facility.

"...YAKIMA- Following a public meeting held February 28th - attended by around 40 residents - Yakima resident now have just two weeks until March 14th to give feedback to the US Postal Service about a proposal to relocate some of Yakima County's mail processing to Spokane. At Wednesday's meeting, the USPS Pacific Northwest Division Senior Processing Director Brian Gaines, told residents that mail within the county would still be processed in Yakima, but anything with a zip code other than 989 would be sent to Spokane for processing. ..."    


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