June 17, 2021 USPS is taking additional steps to improve its service reliability by initiating the process of requesting a Postal Regulatory Commission advisory opinion on a proposal to modify service standards for First-Class Package Service. The new service standards, announced June 17, are designed to improve use of surface transportation, while decreasing reliance on…
June 17, 2021 On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the S. 475 Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. This law establishes June 19th of each year as a Federal holiday. President Biden then declared it would be observed beginning June 18, 2021, as the 19th falls on a Saturday. On June 19,…
Objective Our objective was to assess the Postal Serviceâs management of its employeesâ use of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). In March 2020, the president declared COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency and signed the FFCRA into law, creating two new types of leave: Up to…
Letter Carrier Joseph Ho was delivering mail in a Chester, PA, neighborhood when he spotted an older customer who has Parkinsonâs disease lying on a sidewalk near the manâs residence. Ho rushed to check on the customer, who was bleeding profusely from a head wound. The Postal Service™ employee immediately called 911, alerted the manâs…
I have a member who is wanting to be an AMT in this area (Northwest Arkansas, Northeast Oklahoma). He is currently an ET and had also served as a BEM. This facility is being of no help to him about getting on the AMT list for Little Rock AR. First Name: Phil Last Name: Morgan…
June 14, 2021 To whom it may concern, The National Presidents Conference (NPC) is made up of American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (APWU) Local and State Presidents throughout the Country. Our Conference recently convened, and on Saturday June 5, 2021, after lengthy discussions, a motion was made by 480-481 (Michigan) Area Local President Roscoe Woods…
The Postal Service is promoting its National Dog Bite Awareness Week with an animated video that includes safety tips for canine owners. More than 5,800 dog bite incidents occurred last year, often when unrestrained dogs viewed letter carriers delivering mail as a threat. These incidents are preventable when dog owners are vigilant and leash…
Background The Carrier Sections is in the Ohio 1 District of the Central Area. This audit was designed to provide U.S. Postal Service management with timely information on potential scanning, mail delivery, and customer service operations risks at the Carrier Sections. The delivery unit has 34 city routes delivered by 37 full-time carriers, one part-time…
