April 16, 2020
- The Postal Service is in Deep Trouble. Here’s One Way to Get it Out
- Gift offerings – USPS offers guidelines for workers – PEN
- Could coronavirus deal a fatal blow to the U.S. Postal Service?
- U.S. Postal Service statement on use of USPS trademarks – PEN
- NRLCA and USPS Sign MOU Concerning Temporary Workplace Changes to Promote Social Distancing – COVID-19 – PEN
- Unsent absentee mail ballots discovered in Milwaukee
- Warwick family sends big thank you to postal workers amid coronavirus pandemic
- OIG: First-Line Supervisor Recruitment and Retention
April 15, 2020
- Fix the Postal Service – Don’t Give It a Coronavirus Bailout
- Postal Service touts hiring spree while agency faces financial turmoil, 20 employee deaths
- Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They Were Ignored
- Postal worker speaks out after husband dies from coronavirus
- Post Office Pensions: Some Key Myths And Facts
- Next big health shocker: Your 2021 FEHBP premiums
- UPS Wins Challenge to Postal Rate Regulation in D.C. Cir.
April 14, 2020
- Postal Workers Say USPS Isn’t Telling Them When Colleagues Test Positive for COVID-19, Despite Promising To
- Buffalo woman accused of spitting on USPS worker at post office, claiming she had COVID-19
- More Than 600,000 People Sign Petition Demanding Hazard Pay for U.S. Postal Service Employees
- Opinion: Don’t Kill the U.S. Postal Service. Unshackle It.
- Lawmakers Need to Reform Postal Service, Not Provide Massive Bailout
- The U.S. Postal Service should not be a business
- Why Vote-by-Mail Could be a Legal Nightmare in November
- Bad Idea: What If Jeff Bezos Tries to Acquire the Struggling U.S. Postal Service?
April 13, 2020
- Postal Inspection Service warns of several COVID-19-related scams – PEN
- Postal service employees will maintain safe distancing
- People Are Buying Stamps And Praising Mail Carriers After The US Postal Service Said It Needs A Coronavirus Bailout
- Coronavirus may give President Trump a long-sought chance to privatize the Postal Service
- Valley postal workers race to keep up with major spike in demand for Amazon deliveries
- Would a bailout for the remainder of the fiscal year really help the Postal Service, or is it just kicking the proverbial can farther down the road?
April 12, 2020
- Questions and anger in Wisconsin over undelivered absentee ballots for Tuesday’s controversial election
- Postal workers wear masks as they restock shelves in Los Angeles
- Routes still hot, mailboxes full: USPS still delivering
- Trump reportedly said he would reject a bailout package if it included aid to keep the US Postal Service functioning
April 11, 2020
- Fact check: US Postal Service will not close in June
- Postal workers providing normalcy on the frontline
- A nurse practitioner, a doctor and a postal worker share their COVID-19 stories, advice to readers
- Two teens rob U.S. Postal Carrier at gunpoint in North Chicago
- This mailman in Ohio is delivering essential supplies to the elderly on his route
- Political Mail In A COVID-19 World
April 10, 2020
- Postmaster General statement on U.S. Postal Service stimulus needs – PEN
- NPMHU approves contract with USPS – PEN
- USPS requests $75B amid pandemic to recover from ‘steep’ drop in mail volume
- Coronavirus is threatening one of the government’s steadiest services: The mail
- NALC: Pasadena, TX letter carrier passes away
- $25K reward offered in North Chicago postal worker robbery
- USPS touts hiring spree while agency faces financial turmoil, 20 employee deaths
- Driver Flashes Gun at Off-Duty Postal Worker Following South Bay Traffic Crash
- Pandemic forces Postal Service to suspend dozens of post offices
- John Prine, “the Singing Mailman” and one of America’s greatest songwriters dies from coronavirus
April 09, 2020
- Postal Service workers say more can be done to keep them safe – PEN
- USPS testing new Informed Delivery feature – PEN
- NALC: President Trump is Being Misinformed About the Postal Service
- Trump Blasts Amazon for the U.S. Postal Service’s Losses. He Might Want to Blame Congress Instead
- State lawmakers want to know how 3 tubs of Oshkosh, Appleton absentee ballots went undelivered
- Lawmakers Renew Their Plea for a Postal Service Bailout
- Three towns without mail as Haledon postal workers stay home
- Amazon Warehouse Warned Staff Not to Touch Shipments for 24 Hours
- OIG Audit: What Do You Think About the New Lift Gates on Postal Service Trucks?
April 08, 2020
- CDC’s new guidance – Cloth face coverings now recommended – PEN
- President Trump responds to Va. congressman’s claim that he’s ‘hastening the demise’ of U.S. Postal Service – PEN
- NPMHU: Mail Handlers Ratify 2019 National Agreement
- Postal employee who stole gift cards from mail in Kansas sentenced to probation
- Michigan mail delivery slows as coronavirus hits postal service workers
April 07, 2020
- USPS Says “No evidence virus spread through mail, packages” – PEN
- Postal workers afraid to work, say they aren’t provided protection during COVID-19 – PEN
- Detroit postal workers concerned after mail carrier dies from COVID-19 – PEN
- Postal Service makes changes after Honolulu employee tests positive for COVID-19
- USPS hiring after seeing enormous surge in parcel volume
- OIG: Operating During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- OIG: Facility Condition Reviews – Short Hills, Roseville, and Wood Ridge Post Offices
April 06, 2020
- How to Save the Postal Service
- COVID-19’s Effect on the USPS and Direct Mail Marketing
- An Post offers check-in service for elderly and vulnerable people
- Watch: This is what it’s like to take COVID-19 test
- Mail delivered Sunday after delays in Dundalk
April 05, 2020
- Postal Employees Are Demanding Hazard Pay | See/Sign Petition 400K Supporters
- Postal Workers Want Hazard Pay. The Answer Is “No”
- Postal worker violently attacked on SEPTA platform, video shows
April 04, 2020
- Coronavirus In Colorado: Postal Worker Accuses USPS Of Negligence – PEN
- Postal workers keep working during pandemic, taking extra precautions – PEN
- Reeling Postal Service Faces Coronavirus Financial Headwinds
- NAPS Works to Secure Hazard Pay for Frontline Postal Employees and Emergency Appropriations
- Postal union fears Pontiac mail center may be a ‘hot spot’ for spreading coronavirus
- Update from UPMA National President
April 03, 2020
- USPS Media Statement 4/02/20 – COVID-19 – PEN
- PMG Brennan salutes employees for continued service – PEN
- Postal employees ask you to wipe mail slots, leave them open
- Coronavirus Update: Some Postal Service Disrupted Due To The Pandemic
- 4 Postal Workers In Baltimore Area Test Positive For Coronavirus
- Employees speak out about conditions at Dundalk, MD Post Office
- Mail groups call for 5¢ postal rate reduction
- OIG: U.S. Postal Inspection Service Forensic Laboratory Services
April 02, 2020
- Little Rock mailman leaves $2,200 tip to help employees feeling coronavirus impact – PEN
- ‘I think we should be shut down’ – DC postal employee says he purchased own supplies to protect against coronavirus – PEN
- USPS and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act – PEN
- NPMHU Announces the Passing of Local 307 Mail Handler, Anthony Smith
- U.S. Postal Service truck crash with street sweeper kills man
- “The Mail Just Stopped”: Coronavirus Staffing Shortages And Budget Gaps Push Postal Service To Brink Of Collapse
- Postal Service: Public faces ‘low’ risk after Montgomery, AL worker tests positive for coronavirus
- USPS reports postal employees’ deaths from coronavirus, ‘not immune’ to financial downturn
- OIG Audit: Have You Been Affected by Delayed Mail at the Milwaukee Processing & Distribution Center?
April 01, 2020
- Congressman Joe Neguse Introduces Legislation to Protect Front Line Postal Workers and Ensure On-Time Mail Delivery During Coronavirus – PEN
- Sanders Launches Inquiry into Postal Worker Protections Against Coronavirus – PEN
- ‘There is no social distancing going on’: Ridgewood post office struggles to deliver mail during COVID-19 crisis
- Video explains new procedures for carriers – USPS News Link
- Sneezeguards, toilet paper, and visits from lonely seniors: Running a post office during the pandemic
- Hazard Pay Lawsuit Filed, Labor Disputes Erupt Over COVID-19 Safety