“The temporary policy commenced on December 31, 2022, and is now set to end June 27, 2025. UPMA is hopeful this will continue to stay in place until such time as the staffing shortage is rectified.” April 17, 2025 Source: UPMA
Background The Bemidji Post Office provides standard delivery and retail operations in a predominantly rural community in Northern Minnesota. The office also has some mail processing operations typically found inside a processing and distribution center. It processes, and subsequently, dispenses mail to 37 other delivery units in the region for delivery. In November 2023, community members and Postal Service employees … Read more
Background U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) requested an audit of postal stations in the Kansas City area. Residents in the service area were experiencing significant delays and routinely waiting more than five days to receive mail. We reviewed ten postal stations and the Kansas City, Missouri, Processing and Distribution Center to determine issues impacting the … Read more
December 2022 Postal Record With staffing issues existing in many parts of the country, NALC has received numerous reports of management utilizing employees from other bargaining-unit crafts to perform city letter carrier work. There also have been reports of city letter carriers being forced to work in other crafts. Protecting the work in the letter … Read more
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 “Function” 1 mail processing staffing will be increased with 3,741 new career positions. The agreement also establishes … Read more