11/23/2020 The Postal Service’s training and conference properties in Maryland and Oklahoma are working to recoup lost revenue as result of the coronavirus pandemic. The Bolger Center in Potomac, MD, and the National Center for Employee Development (NCED) in Norman, OK, both have hotels and restaurants, in addition to conference rooms. Before the pandemic, both […]
The USPS Office of Inspector General reviewed the postal service’s response to the COVID 19 pandemic, and issued the following findings and recommendations: While we recognize the challenges facing the Postal Service during the pandemic, we identified three areas where the Postal Service can better protect its employees: (1) face covering policy, (2) contact tracing […]
A former U.S. Postal Service employee in South Carolina can depose fact witnesses in-person in her sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, after a federal court rejected the renewed contention that the witnesses ought to be deposed virtually because of Covid-19. Mail carrier Kanzora Robinson sued in December 2018. She said Eastover, S.C., postmaster Kertina Epps […]
The Postal Service is reminding employees that new social distancing procedures have been implemented to help protect workers who deliver mail during the coronavirus pandemic. To reduce health risks, the organization has temporarily modified procedures for Mobile Delivery Devices (MDDs); Form 3811, Domestic Return Receipt; Form 3849, We ReDeliver for You; and any hard-copy receipt […]
November 2, 2020 Message from President Paul Hogrogian Brothers and Sisters, Mail Handlers and postal workers from around the country continue to courageously perform essential federal service under the extraordinary circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 reports issued by the Postal Service on October 1, 2020 showed 1,872 postal workers who had tested […]
Documents show clusters of cases at central facility, post offices LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nearly 150 U.S. Postal Service employees across the Las Vegas metro area have tested positive for COVID-19 or have been suspected of having the virus since the agency began tracking cases, the I-Team has learned. In all, 115 confirmed cases were reported […]
GILROY, Calif. – A South Bay woman believes she was fired from her job with the postal service because her family member died of COVID-19. “I really enjoy it, you know. I had a lot of fun… you know meeting new people and learning about the system,” said Ria Silva, who goes by the name, […]
President Trump this week ratcheted up his attacks on mail-in voting as more states move to increase absentee ballot access due to coronavirus uncertainties. The president has levied unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud dating back to the 2016 election and has continued to do so even though he was victorious. But he took his complaints […]
5/22/2020 CLEVELAND, Ohio — Our ability to click online to have everything from gourmet pasta to prescription drugs shipped directly to our homes has made the coronavirus shutdown easier to bear. But all those extra packages are creating holiday-level headaches for the U.S. Postal Service. “Our package volume has increased 70% due to (Gov. Mike […]
5/22/2020 DENVER — The U.S. Postal Service in Colorado is denying claims made by city officials that a person who tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak at a Northeast Denver distribution facility had died of the new respiratory disease. “There have been no deaths related to COVID-19 at this facility,” said USPS manager of […]