Union members protesting postal service cuts

By Jacklyn Chappell – December 23, 2017 DERBY, Kan. (KAKE) – Inside your local post office are packages and cards to loved ones, waiting to make it to their destinations before the holidays. But on the outside of the Derby USPS, members of the American Postal Workers Union were protesting for their services. “Our jobs…

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Medford residents complain about long passport lines at post office

By Damian Mann – April 21, 2017 Frustrated local residents say they have endured long lines and long waits to get a passport at the cramped downtown Medford post office. “With only one post office employee, who seems very stressed out, managing all the necessary paperwork for all the passport applicants, this is a perfect…

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Video: USPS issues are widespread, ‘mismanagement’ cited

By DeJuan Hoggard – November 17, 2016 RALEIGH (WTVD) — Shortly after ABC11 aired a story Wednesday regarding mail delivery issues in the Waverly Point subdivision, dozens of North Carolinians contacted the station to share their displeasure with the United States Postal Service. Waverly Point residents said their mail has been consistently delivered as late…

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Every Day, 24K Federal Retirees Reach a Busy Signal on OPM’s Toll-Free Line

By Eric Katz – October 27, 2016 Federal retirees with questions about their benefits have long waits before receiving customer service, often encountering busy signals and facing months of delays to written inquiries, according to a new report. More than one in four phone calls to the Office of Personnel Management in fiscal 2015 from…

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No-confidence vote for Shrewsbury, Massachusetts postmaster

By Elaine Thompson – October 15, 2016 SHREWSBURY – Shrewsbury Post Office employees have taken a vote of no confidence in their postmaster whom they say has created “a hostile work environment filled with harassment and bullying,” a repeat of what postal workers in other towns where he has worked have said in the past. The…

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USPS OIG Blog: Approved Shipper Approval

If you want to expand your business by partnering with someone to sell your products or services in another location, you’d want that person to represent you appropriately and abide by your practices, right? In short, you’d want your partner to uphold your brand. The U.S. Postal Service isn’t any different. Through its Approved Shipper…

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Nemacolin, PA post office closing puzzles residents

By Natalie Reid Miller – August 16, 2015 Twelve miles may not seem like much, but for some Nemacolin residents, it’s way too far. Nemacolin Post Office closed Saturday, notifying customers by placing a sign on the door. The sign directs customers to Carmichaels Post Office, more than 12 miles away, for their mail pickup….

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Another kind of tax: The Postal Service cuts back at a post office deep in the hood

April 10, 2015 The Postal Service is extending collection hours at many post offices on April 15th for Tax Day, but there’s at least one post office in California that’s getting a lot less than extended hours. Customers of the Marcus Foster post office, located on International Boulevard in the heart of Deep East Oakland,…

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