USPS: This is our future – PMG discusses Election Mail, packages in latest video

The Postal Service will be ready for the surge in election-related mail during the next two weeks, PMG Pat Donahoe says in his latest video message to employees. “We can expect to see heavy volume right up until Election Day. So we’ve got to stay with it,” Donahoe says. It’s especially important to meet the…

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Major postal centers hiring in Dakotas and Montana

Hiring prompted by 17 percent increase in parcels (October 23, 2014) RAPID CITY, S.D. – Although the U.S. Postal Service posted a third-quarter loss of $1.96 billion, package volume is increasing. And, that means they need more workers, which is why many of us got a postcard in the mail seeking help. It’s part of…

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Postal Service gets green light to test grocery delivery

The Postal Service now has approval for a pilot program to deliver groceries and packaged food, according to an Oct. 23 decision by the Postal Regulatory Commission. The Postal Service had asked to test out a concept it called “customized delivery” in which the agency receives freezer bags filled with foods or other packaged goods…

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Canada converts 100,000 customers to cluster boxes, only 4.9 million to go

(October 24, 2014) Canada is getting cluster boxes, and lots of them. This week Canada Post rolled out it plan to replace home delivery at the door to centralized delivery at a cluster box down the block. Nearly 100,000 residences, plus over 3,300 businesses, have been converted so far. Over the next five years, Canada…

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