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Do you know how the labor shutdown is affecting USPS?

A sign outside a Canada Post Office
The Canada Post strike has brought mail and package delivery in that country to a halt.

“News Quiz” is a weekly feature that lets you test your knowledge of recent Link stories. The correct answers appear at the end.

1. True or false: Even though employees of Canada Post are on strike, U.S. customers can still mail items to Canada at their local Post Offices.

a) True

b) False

2. True or false: Despite the devastation caused by hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Postal Service still delivered mail-in ballots in the Southeast from voters to election officials within one day.

a) True

b) False

3. Under the Delivering for America plan, how much money will the Postal Service invest in new technologies and facilities?

a) $18 billion

b) $36 billion

c) $40 billion

d) $50 billion

4. On regularly occurring occasions, such as holidays and birthdays, a USPS employee may give a noncash gift to a manager or a higher-paid employee if the gift is worth how much money?

a) $5 or less

b) $10 or less

c) $15 or less

d) $20 or less

5. Lt. Col. Charity Adams led the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. What was named in her honor in 2023?

a) Army fort

b) Federal highway

c) Post Office

d) VFW post

Answers: 1) b. USPS has suspended acceptance of mail and packages bound for Canada as a result of the ongoing strike. 2) a. 3) c. 4) b. 5) a.