Annuitant Holiday Clerk Assistants and Annuitant City Carrier Assistant (Holiday Term) jobs have been posted district-wide. USPS is planning to hire annuitants from various crafts for “the peak” holiday season from November 25, 2017 through January 19, 2018 . The application period varies depending on the position. For some positions the ending date to apply runs from August […]
June 10, 2016 Employee turnover costs the Postal Service thousands of dollars per employee. Retaining employees within the organization eliminates the administrative costs of hiring new employees, training, and the impacts on performance associated with learning a new job. Although turnover cannot always be avoided, the Postal Service can reduce it by doing the right […]
5/26/16 OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A longtime United States Postal Service worker is accused of stealing mail from his route for years. Investigators said they found several hundred pieces of mail, dating back two years, in Victor Sanchez’s garage after receiving a tip earlier this month he was destroying stolen mail. Sanchez, 48, was a rural […]
Heitkamp Receives National Award for Protecting Rural Mail Service Nearly 400 North Dakotans Have Already Responded to Heitkamp’s Fix My Mail Survey She Launched Last Month Click Here to Take Heitkamp’s Fix My Mail Survey 3/5/16 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a member of the Senate committee overseeing the U.S. Postal Service, was […]
3/8/2016 OTTAWA – On International Women’s Day, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers is drawing attention to the situation of its rural mail carriers, 70% of which are women. Compared to their mostly male letter carrier counterparts in urban areas, rural and suburban mail carriers earn 20% less for doing the same work “We’re working […]
Senator Continues Efforts to Make Sure the Voices of North Dakotans are Heard & Improve Rural Mail Delivery 2/23/16 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a member of the Senate committee overseeing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), today launched a new Fix My Mail survey to gather feedback from North Dakotans about challenges with […]
The 2015 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 5, 2015 (Week 2, Pay Period (PP) 26-2015), and ends Friday, December 25, 2015, end of Pay Period 27-2015. During this period, certain timekeeping and pay rules apply. Timekeepers, including Postmasters, supervisors, and other employees responsible for rural carrier time and attendance recording, should become […]
U.S. Rural Mail Carrier Killed On The Job In Western Kentucky PRINCETON, KY – A two-vehicle wreck that took a woman’s life near Princeton Monday is under investigation, according to Kentucky State Police. KSP says the wreck happened around 3:21 p.m. Monday on U.S. 62, about a mile west of Princeton. Mail carrier Paula Brown, 50,of Fredonia was stopped on the emergency strip on […]
Senator Peters Introduces Bill Supporting Rural Mail Delivery Service Legislation Issues Two-Year Moratorium on Mail Processing Facility Closures, Ensures Permanent Six-Day Delivery, improve postal employees morale Tuesday, July 14, 2015 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) today joined his colleagues in introducing legislation to improve rural mail service and delivery and provide protections for […]
Funeral set for 10-year North Carolina Rural Carrier tomorrow U.S. mail carrier Lisa Rudisill Wilkerson died Saturday in Denver, N.C. when a large tree fell onto her mail truck during a severe thunderstorm. Wilkerson lived in Sherrill’s Ford and had two children, a son, 19, and a daughter, 22. Her daughter is pregnant with Wilkerson’s […]