August 08, 2021
- Postal carrier shot and killed while delivering mail along route in rural Georgia
Also see: GA mail carrier shooting suspect shot by deputies - Post Office board members slam first-class mail slowdown as ‘ill-conceived’
- Florida prisoners could lose handwritten letters – to curb contraband coming into prisons
August 07, 2021
- PMG Louis DeJoy’s Remarks During Aug. 6 Postal Service Board of Governors Meeting – PEN
Also see: Biden’s picks on USPS board push back on ‘dangerous risks’ in plan to slow down mail - USPS Board Meeting Turns Testy as Biden Appointees Voice Disagreements With DeJoy’s Vision
- NALC Statement Regarding USPS 2021 Q3 Financial Report – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service finalizes plan to slow some mail deliveries
August 06, 2021
- Boston Letter Carrier Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft – PEN
- USPS Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results – PEN
- Louisiana postal worker killed in crash – PEN
- Senator Tedisco Urges Postmaster General to Re-open Wells, NY Post Office ASAP and Stop “Geographic Discrimination” Against Hamilton County Residents – PEN
- Former Texas postal worker admits to stealing mail every day he worked for months
- Postal worker indicted in Ferguson, MO mail dumping case
- Even with do-over vote at Amazon, unionizing is arduous path
- Woman shot in broad daylight, postal truck also damaged in Cleveland, OH shootout
- St. Louis postal worker engaged in bank fraud scheme, feds say
- West Hempstead Mail Carrier Seeks New Kidney
- National Newspaper Association, Others Ask Court to Stop Postage-Rate Increase
- OIG: How Institutions Change
August 05, 2021
- Ten Chicago-Area Residents Charged in Bank Fraud Schemes Involving Counterfeit Postal Service Money Orders – PEN
- Former New York Postal Carrier Sentenced for Discarding Mail in Woods – PEN
- Pennsylvania Postal Employee Sentenced For Mail Theft – PEN
- Postal Reform Has Bipartisan Support; So Why the Opposition From UPS?
- Mystery Solved: The One Where The USPS Returned Mail To Sender Six Years Later
- NYPD makes arrest in package theft from mail truck in Port Richmond
August 04, 2021
- USPS worker shot at in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood
- USPS, exempt from vaccine requirements, sees uptick of employees in quarantine
- USPS responds to social media video of College Station employee tossing packages to the ground
- Ex-postal worker given probation, fine for stealing from mail intended for PSU students
- USPS to remove five mail sorting machines at Rothschild plant; union employees fear job loss
- NALC: Several COVID-19 Related MOUs Extended Until End of September
- NPMHU and USPS Agree to Extend COVID Memorandums
- NRLCA and USPS Agree to Extend COVID-19 Memoranda of Understanding
- APWU: COVID MOUs and Liberal Leave Policy Extensions
August 03, 2021
- Leader of Maryland Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced for Trafficking Cocaine and Bribing U.S. Postal Letter Carriers – PEN
- Biden’s Treasury Secretary Suspends Investments in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund
- National Labor Relations Board recommends new vote in Alabama Amazon union effort
- Update: U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Aug. 6 Meeting to be Conducted by Live Audio Webcast Only – Public Comment Period Cancelled
- The Bill Is In The Mail? USPS Returns Mail To Sender Six Years Later
- OIG: Needed Changes to As-Needed Transportation
August 02, 2021
- Dark Web Narcotics Dealer Who Shipped Drugs Via USPS – Responsible For Overdose Death, Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison – PEN
- Clemson football player arrested for reckless driving going 115 miles per hour, and seriously injuring Postal Worker
- Federal employees would get comprehensive paid leave under proposed legislation
- New delivery option – ‘Carrier — Leave If No Response’ reminder
- Celebrating ‘The Dean’ – Letter carrier academy honors employee
August 01, 2021
- ‘Not The Role Of The Federal Government’ Postal Workers Union With Nearly 217,000 Members Slams Biden Vaccine Mandate
- Newspapers face challenge with postal rate increase
- Amazon was fined 746 million euros ($880 million) by Luxembourg authorities over allegations it flouted the EU’s data protection rules
- Jeff Bezos loses $13.5 billion as Amazon share price plunges