By Tom Lutey – April 16, 2017 Rosebud School students know the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, which is why the U.S. Postal Service’s mail route to this tiny Eastern Montana town is a head-scratcher. ”The mail goes by us like two times before it gets here,” said Lori Reierson, who…
January 4, 2017 Your readers were well-served by the piece on postal reform that ran Dec. 29. Given the importance of the U.S. Postal Service to residents and businesses in Carlsbad and throughout the large and diverse state of New Mexico, I’d like to take this opportunity to offer some additional information and context. The…
[maxgallery id=”40453″]The Postal Service has approved new design standards for curbside mailboxes, a move that will allow customers to purchase bigger boxes than can accommodate packages. Under the new rule, mailboxes must be able to fit a minimum sized mail item 7 inches high by 13 inches wide by 16 inches deep. The rule will…
Tracy Goldizen – April 7, 2015 OTTUMWA — When I was a kid, I spent hours sorting baseball cards. There was no shortage of them to go through — my dad was and remains and avid card collector. “First sort, second sort, third sort” is a running family joke. But as Patrick Shelby and I…
(January 8, 2015) Early last fall, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) filed a labor grievance against the Postal Service concerning who separates and sorts the mail brought back to the post office by rural carriers. Now the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) has filed a lawsuit against the Postal Service and the APWU…
Postal Service™ managers must effectively manage rural carriers who work under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) section 7(b)(2). Those carriers are paid overtime for all hours actually worked in excess of 2,080, up to 2,240, within the 52-consecutive-week guarantee period. If a carrier works more than 2,240 hours within the guarantee…
Letter and rural carriers will soon receive Mobile Delivery Devices (MDDs) to help them perform their jobs more effectively, Chief Information Officer Jim Cochrane told Federal News Radio recently. “It’s a smarter device,” Cochrane said. “It takes it to the next level.” The Postal Service will initially deploy 75,000 MDDs between August and December. “This…
Senator discusses her fight to protect rural post offices May 20, 2014 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today met with representatives from the Missouri Rural Letter Carriers Association to discuss their joint effort to fight for rural post offices and maintain postal delivery standards. “Rural postal service is the lifeblood for communities all across…
