USPS calendar 2021 payroll schedule for Postal Employees

Want to know when you’ll be paid in 2021? The calendar image that accompanies this article shows the 26 paycheck dates for Postal Service employees. Every month this year will have two paydays, except for April and October, which will have three each. To print the calendar, click the image, then select “Download” under the […]

NY Postal Worker arrested at Canada border with over 700 Pieces Of mail pleads guilty

Former Postal Worker Pleads Guilty To Failing To Deliver Over 700 Pieces Of Mail Which Included Three Absentee Ballots 1/4/2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brandon Wilson, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy to delay or destruction of U.S. Mail. The […]

USPS is hiring in Los Angeles, Santa Ana and Sierra Coastal postal districts

1/4/2021 LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles, Santa Ana and Sierra Coastal postal districts of the U.S. Postal Service has immediate job openings for: Postal Support Employee (PSE) Mail Processing Clerk Mail Handler Assistant Automotive Technician Maintenance Mechanic City Carrier Assistant Rural Carrier Associate PSE Tractor Trailer Operator Laborer Custodial Occupational Health Nurse Go to […]

USPS prepares for a busy 2021

12/31/2020 The Postal Service will be busy all year long in 2021. The organization has planned more than 15 stamp releases this year, beginning with Love 2021 on Thursday, Jan. 14. Other early releases will include August Wilson (Thursday, Jan. 28), a Black Heritage stamp honoring the acclaimed playwright; Year of the Ox, the latest […]

Postal Workers Up Next for Covid-19 Vaccine in Delaware at end of January 2021

 DOVER (Dec. 29, 2020) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) has finalized its recommendations for Phase 1b, the next groups who will be considered eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. These groups include frontline essential workers and persons 65 and older.  Currently, the state is in Phase 1a of vaccine rollout which includes vaccinations for […]

Oklahoma Postal Worker sentenced for stealing drugs and cash from the mail

12/30/2020 A woman was sentenced in federal court today after stealing cash and hydrocodone tablets from packages while working for the U.S. Postal Service, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. Jennifer Louise Bruce, 44, of Jennings, received a sentence of three years of probation from Chief U.S. District Judge John E. Dowdell. Bruce was convicted of […]

USPS package delays not just from holiday volume; made worse by staffing, capacity challenges

12/29/2020 CHICAGO (WLS) — The unprecedented volume of holiday mail sent by USPS this year isn’t the only reason for persistent postal delays. Chronic understaffing and capacity challenges are the foundation. Leon Paramore waited for nearly three weeks for a package sent by two-day Priority Mail. After endlessly tracking, several phone calls and even filing […]

Former Maryland Letter Carrier Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft

A Number of Stolen Credit/Debit Cards Recovered During a Fraud Investigation Were From the Letter Carrier’s Route and Led to the Discovery of Her Mail Theft 12/22/2020 Baltimore, Maryland – Daniyelle Barnes, age 27, of Randallstown Maryland, pleaded guilty on December 21, 2020, to federal charges of mail theft by an employee.   Barnes was employed […]

NPMHU: $10 Billion Emergency Funding for USPS Falls Short of Requested $25 Billion, Hazard Pay for Postal Workers

12/22/2020 Late at night on Monday, December 21, the House and Senate agreed to a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package. The package includes language that converts the $10 billion loan for the United States Postal Service provided in the previously passed CARES Act (P.L. 116-136) to emergency funding that does not come with the borrowing […]