Customer and employee rights when USPS solicits customers to change to centralized delivery

Dec. 1, 2013—NALC has recently become aware of an effort by the Postal Service in different parts of the country to convince customers to agree to change their mode of delivery to cluster box or centralized delivery. The following information details the rights of both postal customers and letter carriers: Customer Rights Sections 631.6 and…

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Community mail boxes could be the future of postal service

May 26, 2014 (NBC) – “Community,” or curbside, mailboxes would replace door delivery for millions of Americans under a bill moving through Congress. A House committee recently approved a plan to have the postal service convert 15 million addresses to communal mailboxes over the next decade. That move could save as much as two billion…

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Elkhart post office notifies several residents to move mailboxes or have mail deliveries suspended

The United States Post Office in Elkhart incorrectly notified residents that their mail deliveries will be suspended if they do not move their mailboxes by the street. USPS media liaison Mary Dando said in an e-mail to The Elkhart Truth that there is no requirement to move mailboxes to the side of street for curbside…

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