"...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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Saturday, March 2, 2024
Religious Accommodation | USPS Says Ex-Carrier's Suit Fails 'UPDATED' Religious Bias Test
USPS Says Ex-Carrier's Suit Fails 'UPDATED' Religious Bias Test
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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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Monday, February 26, 2024
Alabama | Residents in South Huntsville neighborhood sound off after recent string of mail thefts
"HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - In South Huntsville, neighbors are on high alert after an opportunistic thief has been making off with items inside their mailboxes. ...he has video footage of the thief in a car driving away from a mail theft at his parent’s home..."
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Midtown Atlanta neighbors claim mail packages are disappearing
"...ATLANTA — Several Midtown Atlanta neighbors are claiming their packages are disappearing or not making it to them at all. They are blaming the United States Postal Service.
“I got a notification from our locker system here that I got a delivery from USPS. So, I went to retrieve the package but there was nothing in the locker,” said Stephen Gaskins.
Gaskins said at first he thought the delivery message was a mistake. He then contacted the locker system office that operates his complex in Midtown Atlanta. ..."
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Sunday, February 25, 2024
Postal workers rally amid threat of Buffalo USPS facility’s move to Rochester
"...BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dozens of workers at the United States Postal Service processing center on William Street took their fight to the streets Friday in Buffalo, as the USPS is considering uprooting the facility and moving it to Rochester. If the move is approved, the center that processes 30,000 letters per hour and hundreds of employees would be relocated 60 miles east. This would mean all the mail that now moves through Buffalo would have to be processed in Rochester first, which could lead to delays across Western New York...."
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Service is steadily being restored to USPS Houston-area facilities, officials say
"...Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia said she, and Congressmen Al Green and Pete Sessions, were told that the problems at the Houston-area processing facilities began when a decision was made to move some of the operations from the North Houston facility to the South Houston facility in Missouri City. ..."
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Saturday, February 24, 2024
21-year-old attacks postal worker on her lunch break, feds say. Now he’s sentenced
"...sentenced to eight years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Mississippi announced in a Feb. 22 news release. The man’s public defenders declined to comment on the case to McClatchy News because they are likely to appeal. On Feb. 11, 2023, a mail carrier with the United States Postal Service was..."
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This group sends greeting cards to strangers | Random Acts of Cardness uses mail to lift spirits
"A private Facebook group with more than 8,600 members is doing its part to preserve a tradition that might seem out of step in the digital age: mailing greeting cards. The group, called Random Acts of Cardness, allows members to post greeting card requests for themselves or others, such as a co-worker dealing with an illness or a loss, or a friend celebrating a birthday or anniversary. ..."
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Here’s how USPS employees should deal with used batteries
"...cannot be tossed in the trash.
These batteries are typically regulated as universal waste and include dead batteries from mobile scanners, phones, laptops and other electronic equipment.
USPS facilities must recycle universal waste batteries ..."
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
PMG DeJoy delivers update to the USPS Board of Governors
"...He addressed a variety of topics, including package volume growth and network modernization..."
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Stamp Collecting | USA Postage Stamp Single 1992 New York Stock Exchange 29 Cent Scott #2630
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Monday, February 19, 2024
World Stamp Collector | Stamps paying tribute to Donald Trump as president, but they’re not from the U.S.
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Sunday, February 18, 2024
APWU | Fifth Contract COLA Increase St at $354 Annualy
Fifth COLA Increase Announced
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"In accordance with the 2021-2024 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a $0.17 per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), effective March 9, 2024.
The increase is the result of a rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W), and will appear in paychecks dated..."
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Charleston Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) postal workers fear moving, public anticipates delayed mail if some services are relocated out of state
"...CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 133 were hoping to see a big turnout for a public meeting about the future of the Charleston Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) and that was the case Wednesday. Around 200 people were at the public meeting with more than 30 people who got up and spoke. Some speakers were just concerned citizens or supporters of the mail ..."
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Sunday, February 11, 2024
How Volunteers And Valentine’s Day Saved Hartville, Wyoming's Post Office
"...To save its post office, the tiny town of Hartville created a commemorative Valentine's Day stamp in 1996. The stamp has become so popular, collectors from around the world seek it out. The Pony Express joins in too with a Valentine's Day-themed ride to the town. ..."
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As a lobbyist, he added flair to his envelopes. Now they’re his canvas.
"...Afton artist John Kaul remembers sending the first letters of his life to his paternal grandmother, Eva Kaul, in Faribault. The letters — “probably notes about school, or thank-you notes” — were the precursor of many to come. ...Kaul started collecting postage stamps when he was about 10. “My dad brought home from work envelopes with stamps coming from around the world,” he said. ...“I’ve always been someone who sent thank-you notes, and I always tried to dress up my letters to people with interesting stamps,” he said. “Sometimes there would be a theme. "
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‘Difficult and disappointing year’: UPS to lay off 12,000 employees — just six months after workers won a ‘lucrative’ new labor deal. What’s going on with the shipping giant?
"...This shocking announcement made on Tuesday comes just six months after unionized UPS workers landed a “lucrative” new labor deal, which will see delivery drivers earning an average of $170,000 in annual pay and benefits by the end of the five years.
“2023 was a unique, and quite candidly, difficult and disappointing year,” said UPS CEO Carol Tomé during the company’s earnings call. “We experienced declines in volume, revenue and operating profits and all three of our business segments.”
She attributed the weak performance to increased labor costs..."
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