“Known as jumpers, these special carriers leap from the moving boat onto piers to run the mail to mailboxes, collect outgoing mail and then jump back onto the boat, which is moving at 5 mph.”
The strike that lit the fire for reform paid off. Workers enjoyed the largest pay raise in postal history and won the right to bargain collectively, among other gains.
June 7, 2024 The U.S. postal system has been an early adopter of newfangled — and even dangerous — modes of delivery: Airmail. Pneumatic tubes. The Pony Express. But perhaps no experiment was more out-there than the organization’s brief flirtation with missile mail. On June 8, 1959, a Regulus guided missile loaded with 3,000 letters was launched from…
April 23, 2024 The USPS Remote Encoding Center in Salt Lake City — the first such center in use and the last one still standing — celebrated 30 years of service last week. The center receives digital images of letters and packages with illegible addresses from other postal facilities around the country. More than 730…
April 22, 2024 Mr. ZIP is back. The Postal Service is giving the beloved character new life through children’s products that aim to expand the appeal of the USPS brand. “Our vision is that Mr. ZIP becomes a beloved character to today’s children, and they grow up remembering him and having an affinity for mail…
April 12, 2024 Who says nothing is forever anymore? The Postal Service’s first Forever stamp — the Liberty Bell — was issued on April 12, 2007, and dedicated that day at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. By July of that year, 1.2 billion had been sold. The subject of the stamp was fitting, as the stamp liberated USPS and…
February 15, 2024 Washington’s Birthday, also known as Presidents Day, will be observed Monday, Feb. 19. The annual observance began in the early 19th century. After George Washington’s death in 1799, his birthday — Feb. 22 — was celebrated informally across the young nation. In 1879, Congress declared Feb. 22 a federal holiday. A 1968…
Via Don Cheney, APWU PSAL 298, Retired President: U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Florida on Friday ruled that a U.S. law that bars people from possessing firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that expanded gun rights. Emmanuel Ayala, a U.S. Postal Service truck driver…
