December 8, 2021 The Postal Service has added 60 new robotic systems at 40 processing and distribution plants across the nation to help boost efficiency, especially during this yearâs busy holiday peak season. Guided by strategically placed sensors, the flex rover sorters are autonomous robots that resemble utility carts. Each rover is powered by a…
November 22, 2021 With the holiday peak season around the corner, the Postal Service has created a chart to help employees quickly sort out the requirements for First-Class Package Service-Retail and First-Class Package Service-Commercial parcels. The one-page chart details the similarities and differences between the products. For instance, the maximum size for a for First-Class…
September 8, 2021 Postmaster General Louis DeJoy met and heard from USPS employees and stakeholders in Dallas as he promoted hiring efforts and investments that are key to preparations for the 2021 holiday season, the organizationâs busiest period for mail and package deliveries. DeJoyâs visit included an address to the National Association of Postal Supervisors…
To prepare for the upcoming holiday peak season, the Postal Service plans to fill about 900 Level 17 supervisor positions. These will be Executive and Administrative Schedule (EAS) positions. USPS will accept applications for them from Aug. 17-23. The positions include the following: Customer service support supervisor; Customer services supervisor; Distribution operations supervisor; Transportation operations…
June 21, 2021 Today, the American Postal Workers Union and postal management signed a major new agreement to address longstanding understaffing issues in mail processing functions at the Postal Service. Under the terms of the new agreement the âFunctionâ 1 mail processing staffing will be increased with 3,741 new career positions. The agreement also establishes…
The Postal Service is ready again to deliver the holiday items that customers will purchase on Cyber Monday, one of the yearâs biggest shopping days. Online purchases on the first Monday after Thanksgiving are expected to hit $9.4 billion in 2019, an 18.9 percent increase from last year, according to market researcher Adobe Digital Insights….
The following message is from Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan: I want to take a moment to thank you for your dedication and service to our customers this holiday season. Between Thanksgiving and New Yearâs Day, you will deliver more than 15 billion pieces of mail and 900 million packages. Many of those mailpieces are…
