Rural Carrier Associate Christopher Williams was recently delivering mail in Lewisburg, KY, when he saw an older man passed out in a driveway. The customer’s pacemaker had malfunctioned, and his wife was in the house unaware of what had happened. Williams revived the man and propped him up against a ...

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Greensburg, Pa.— The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that the United States Postal Service (USPS) violated federal labor law by constructively discharging a letter carrier, Nicolas Montross, after he invoked his contractual rights under a collective bargaining agreement. The ruling, issued November 27, orders the USPS to reinstate Montross, ...

USPS has suspended acceptance of mail and packages bound for Canada as a result of an ongoing strike at Canada Post, that country’s designated postal operator. Canada Post is no longer accepting inbound mail and there is no movement of mail within Canada because of the strike, which began Nov ...

Ottawa University is offering Postal Service employees a 25 percent tuition reduction on most associate degrees, bachelor’s degrees and credential programs. Employees are also eligible for a 12 percent tuition reduction on most graduate programs. Ottawa University, based in Ottawa, KS, offers a variety of online programs. The university’s website has more ...

NORFOLK, Neb. (KTIV) – One man was sent to the hospital after a crash in Northeast Nebraska where authorities say a mail carrier van was struck by a semi. The Stanton County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened on Tuesday, Nov. 26, on Highway 275, about two miles east of ...

Thanksgiving, a federal holiday, will be observed on Thursday, Nov. 28, this year. The holiday began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and is celebrated in various forms around the world. Brazil, Canada, Germany and the Philippines are among the countries that celebrate Thanksgiving ...

To help USPS employees navigate their way through this year’s open season benefits enrollment period, here are some important definitions for sometimes confusing health insurance terminology: • Copayment: This is a fixed amount paid for certain covered health care services. • Coinsurance: This is similar to a copayment but refers to a percentage paid ...

Some postal annuitants may not be aware of a significant change from last year regarding their prescription drug coverage choices. Under the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program, Medicare-eligible annuitants must retain their Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (MPDP) coverage, or lose prescription drug coverage under their PSHB plan altogether. This ...

For 19 years, Richard Burton, a letter carrier in Athens, Ga., drove the classic boxy mail truck, with only a fan on the dashboard to keep the cabin cool in the sweltering summer months. A second fan plugged into the cigarette lighter didn’t make much of a difference, he said ...

The U.S. Postal Service said it is well positioned to handle a blitz of mail and packages ahead of the holiday season, though it will confront its busiest time of the year after once again hiring fewer seasonal employees. USPS will bring on just 7,500 temporary workers to help the ...

In this video, President Don Maston discusses his recent visit to Florida following the recent hurricanes ...

RIDDLE — On Thursday, Don Thornhill pushed a cart of approximately 500 various parcels and packages out the back door of the United States Postal Service office in Riddle. It would take him about four hours to deliver everything he had. For Thornhill, who turns 62 in two weeks, his ...

The Postal Service has provided a list of sixteen Local Processing Centers (LPCs) that will continue processing outgoing local mail rather than having all of their outgoing operations consolidated to a Regional Processing & Distribution Center (RPDC), as originally planned. The list was shared with the Postal Regulatory Commission on Thursday ...

WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service is primed and ready to deliver exceptional service during the 2024 holiday rush thanks in large part to the investments and strategies identified in its 10-year Delivering for America plan. Today, the Postal Service provided updates on its peak holiday season preparations, as ...

By sheer numbers alone, USPS is an American giant. With 33,904 post offices, it’s burrowed into every nook and cranny of the nation, from Kaktovik in Alaska to Ochopee in the Florida swamps. The country’s single biggest non-military institution, every day its army of 525,469 employees delivers mail to 167 ...

Notices went out to 130,000 rural carriers this week that they may be invoiced for “overpayment,” supposedly due to mail volume data from the last 52 weeks having been incorrectly credited where territorial route adjustments were made. In a video presentation, National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) President Don Maston ...