12/11/2020 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Liz Bailly thought her Christmas shopping was finished. And it was, until Thursday night’s special delivery. “I saw it around 10 something and I said what the …? How can he throw my package?,” Bailly said. The Fort Lauderdale resident thought the noise that she heard was a neighbor banging […]
Detectives Seize 2 Kilograms of Fentanyl with an Estimated Street Value of $3 Million West Trenton, N.J. – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Colonel Patrick J. Callahan announced today that the New Jersey State Police have arrested Andre Sulimenko, 56, of Barnegat, N.J., and United States Postal Service employees William Woolley, 52, of Jackson, […]
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — With the weather getting colder, a lack of daylight and the Ccoronavirus pandemic continuing to spread, concerns are rising for postal workers. Altoona Postmaster Michael Olsavsky wants to keep his workers safe. “The package volume with COVID has increased substantially so our mail carriers are out in the evening hours,” Olsavsky […]
12/9/2020 The Postal Service was recently recognized for its contributions as an employer of wounded military veterans. USPS received the Wounded Veteran and Military Caregiver Employment Award during a virtual awards ceremony on Nov. 18. The award, presented by the Hiring Our Heroes initiative, is awarded to a company or organization that demonstrates leadership in […]
Please find linked below a copy of the above-referenced document from the Postal Service regarding the Essential Service Provider letter to all employees and contractors. (pdf) Essential Service Provider Letter Law Enforcement Official: The bearer of this letter with an accompanying U.S. Postal Service identification badge provides essential services of the federal government. The Postal […]
12/7/2020 CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago-area postal worker who is battling COVID-19 spoke out Monday out about the mail service delays and issues we’ve spent months uncovering, across the city and surrounding suburbs. That worker told CBS 2’s Tara Molina that staffers do not feel safe, with more and more of them coming down with […]
12/2/2020 There is outrage at a South Side post office after stacks of mail were found outside and complaints were voiced from residents, even the alderman, regarding slow service. CHICAGO – There is outrage at a South Side post office after stacks of mail were found outside and complaints were voiced from residents, even […]
11/30/2020 ROGERS PARK — The coronavirus pandemic has strained an already shoddy mail delivery service in Far North Side neighborhoods, but help is on the way, according to local officials. Eight new mail carriers are being sent to the Rogers Park area to help ease weeks-long delays in postal delivery and other issues with mail […]
11/24/2020 PITTSBURGH, PA — The United States Postal Service is actively seeking applications for temporary and permanent positions at the Pittsburgh and Warrendale facilities. Positions looking to be filled include Mail Handler Assistants, Mail Processing Clerks, and City Carrier Assistants, at various Western Pennsylvania locations. Pay ranges from $16.55 to $18.15 hourly. Interested applicants can […]
A mail carrier with a bad foot failed to show the U.S. Postal Service unreasonably denied him accommodation because his disability left him unable to meet the position’s lifting requirement and there was no light duty available for him to work, the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday. Jose Vargas’ job at the USPS’s Romeoville, Ill., office […]