Senator supports bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve and protect mail delivery, service Monday, November 21, 2016 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill joined a bipartisan group of more than 80 lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to call for lasting solutions to improve and protect mail delivery and service in comprehensive […]
Postal Service in Hot Seat as McCaskill Aims to Protect Rural Delivery for Missourians Senator questions whether Postal Service is operating efficiently compared to UPS, FedEx, has capability for effective rural delivery WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today demanded answers from the U.S. Postal Service on how it will protect mail delivery for rural […]
Mar 10 2015 Heitkamp Calls for Improved Rural Mail Service in Meeting with New Postmaster General Senator Hopes New Leadership at Postal Service Will Better Support Rural Mail Delivery & Rural Post Offices WASHINGTON, D.C. – During her first meeting with the new U.S. Postmaster General, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp pushed for improvements to mail […]
Notice to All Post Offices with Rural Delivery Service: Rural Carrier Guarantee Period Postal Service™ managers must effectively manage rural carriers who work under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) section 7(b)(2). Those carriers are paid overtime for all hours actually worked in excess of 2,080, up to 2,240, within the 52-consecutive-week […]
WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators reached accord on a trillion-dollar spending plan that will finance the government through September, reversing some cuts to military veterans’ pensions that were included in a broader budget agreement last month and defeating efforts to rein in President Obama’s health care law.
USPS OIG Audit: Rural Delivery Operations – Mail Count and Timekeeping Processes U.S. Postal Service Rural Delivery Operations has about 112,000 rural letter carriers and associates delivering mail on 72,407 routes. Salaries and benefits total over $6 billion annually for these employees. Per the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association’s National Labor Agreement, the mail count […]