After Postmaster General Louis DeJoy revealed his 10-year-plan, “Delivering for America” in 2021, many labor unions, locals and government officials have been fighting back. They fear for the future of the postal service. At a recent S&DC Town Hall meeting at Teamster’s Hall in Rock Tavern, many locals, government officials, American Postal Workers Union (APWU) members, National Association of Letter … Read More
Topeka will be a leader on a new US Postal Service model. Not everyone is happy about it
Topeka and northeast Kansas are at the forefront of a national change to how mail is delivered — and not everyone is thrilled by the development. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s attempt to modernize the postal service amid a rise of private sector competition has led to the creation of a new model for mail delivery, one that is designed to court large-scale … Read More
Mid Hudson Letter carriers upset over shifts in post office delivery
Mid Hudson News: ROCK TAVERN – Postal workers gathered Friday at the Teamster’s Local 445 hall to discuss the future transfer of clerks and letter carriers to the Mid-Hudson Sorting and Delivery Center at the Stewart Airport Industrial Park in the Town of Newburgh. Clerks and letter carriers from 17 towns are slated for transfer, but critics of the … Read More
USPS mum on plan to merge rural mail delivery hubs in Snohomish County
Heraldnet: EVERETT, WA — Postal workers in Snohomish, Granite Falls and Marysville say they’ve been told their post offices will soon no longer serve as delivery hubs and will only offer retail services. Mail distribution would be run out of Everett, according to a source within the U.S. Postal Service’s Seattle District Regional Post Office. The postal worker, who wished … Read More
DeJoy says USPS regulator’s network consolidation probe puts financial targets in ‘jeopardy’
Federal News Network: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is telling lawmakers that the Postal Service, facing larger financial losses than expected this year, can still achieve its long-term financial goals — if its regulator and Congress don’t interfere with plans to overhaul its delivery network. “We need to move, and we can get back on track with this. I see where … Read More
Don’t Expect to Charge Your Electric Vehicle at the Stations USPS Plans to Build
Government Executive: There are too many hurdles to allow the public to use the U.S. Postal Service’s forthcoming charging stations to juice up their own electric vehicles, according to the agency and a federal watchdog, even as the agency plans to add the capacity to tens of thousands of its facilities. USPS should, however, create plans to allow its own … Read More
GAO: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: USPS Should Plan for Potential Workplace Charging
GAO: The United States Postal Service’s (USPS) facilities, such as post offices, could potentially provide the public and postal employees with electric vehicle chargers. For example, publicly-accessible chargers could serve community members without a charger at their home. Additionally, five of the 13 stakeholders GAO interviewed said employees would most benefit from chargers at USPS facilities, given the time available … Read More
Beacon Post Office Clerks Given Notice To Find New Locations
Little Beacon Blog: According to a clerk who works at the Beacon Post Office, the clerks (who work behind the front desk at the post office) were given notice about one week ago that they needed to find new jobs within 100 miles. The clerk said that if they did not want to leave Beacon, they could be “pulled” and … Read More
The Mission to Save Hudson Valley Post Offices
WRRV: Last month, 15 Hudson Valley post offices, including the beloved and historic location in Beacon, NY, were included in a plan that would move mail sorting to a central “Sorting and Delivery Center” (S&DC) in Newburgh, NY. The decision, meant to begin in September 2023, would send all affected mail carriers to pick up their daily route in Newburgh, NY before … Read More
Beacon Post Office To Stay Open – BUT Carriers Being Re-Routed To Newburgh To Pick Up Mail
A little Beacon Blog: The Beacon Post Office is not closing – as of now – despite rumors and two local publications misunderstanding the information (WRRV and ALBB) and who have both issued corrections. However, with the flurry of articles concerning the posts offices in the Mid Hudson area that are slated to undergo a big change, came answers of … Read More
Hudson Valley residents reeling after announcement of 15 post office closings due to consolidation
WRRV: Hudson Valley residents are reeling after the recent announcement of an upcoming United States Postal Service (USPS) “consolidation”. The decision, which affects 15 local post office locations, will change the way mail is sorted and delivered. The decision isn’t limited to New York. Post offices from all across the country are facing similar restructures, causing many affected citizens to call for the removal of … Read More
Louis DeJoy’s Surprising Second Act
Time: Louis DeJoy thought his workday was done as he arrived home one evening in February 2022. The Postmaster General was locked in a grueling, monthslong battle with Congress over a bill to shake up the Postal Service. But as he settled in, his cell phone rang and, pulling it out, he saw who was calling and could already guess … Read More
Residents say confusion at Bryan & College Station post offices are causing delays
BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Just days after the United States Postal Service (USPS) moved forward with combing and centralizing sorting and delivery operations in Bryan and College Station some residents say they are already feeling the impacts. The Bryan postal facility on East William Joel Bryan Parkway is one of three initial sites identified nationwide that recently began converting … Read More
Decreased staff, longer lines at post office concerning College Station residents
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Residents in College Station have been waiting in longer lines than usual when they head to the post office. Some have even noticed only one attendant working behind the counter during times of the day when most customers are in the building. Ivan Butts, President of the National Association of Postal Supervisors says that the … Read More
Utica’s Pitcher Street post office again a sorting, delivery center
wktv: The post office on Pitcher Street in Utica is back to being a sorting and delivery center after losing the operation to Syracuse in 2012. Representatives say reopening the center in Utica is part of a 10-year Delivering for America plan that aims to combine and centralize carrier operations. Post offices and PO boxes will remain in the same … Read More
Postal Service buys 9,250 electric vans, 14,000 charge stations
AP: The U.S. Postal Service is buying 9,250 Ford Motor Co. electric vans and 14,000 charging stations as part of a move to switch its fleet to electric vehicles. The service also is buying another 9,250 internal combustion vans from Fiat Chrysler in North America, now part of Amsterdam-based Stellantis. The Fiat Chrysler and Ford vehicles together will cost just … Read More