JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Come rain or sleet or snow, you’ll get your mail. But …
“Right now, letter carriers are upset because the postal service has changed the letter carrier’s starting times to anywhere between 8:30 and 9 o’clock in the morning,” said Bob Henning, President of the North Florida Letter Carriers Union Local Branch 53.
Henning is a retired letter carrier after 35 years. He said he’s seen carriers out as late as 7:30 p.m.
“It’s very hazardous for us to be out there delivering mail in the dark,” he said.
A Central Pennsylvania newspaper reports a local postmaster is in the process of providing all letter carriers with hands-free led headband lights for after sunset deliveries
U.S. Postal workers voice concerns about delivering mail at night