The Postal Service is reminding employees about a matter that could affect their state tax bill. Employees who opted to telework in a different state than their assigned duty station finance number because of the coronavirus pandemic could be subject to different tax requirements this year. These employees should contact a qualified tax professional when […]
Chances are good that if you live in Perry, IA, a member of the Pentico family has delivered your mail at one time or another. “My supervisor and I used to say, ‘I really hope there isn’t a family emergency.’ It would have wiped out our city delivery side,” Janelle Hall, former Perry postmaster, said […]
Letter Carrier Matthew Seng was making deliveries last summer in Belvidere, IL, when he grew concerned about something unusual: An older customer’s mail was piling up, and the woman had not greeted him for several days as she normally would. After checking with a neighbor, who hadn’t recently seen the woman, either, Seng decided to […]
The National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association membership has ratified a new three-year labor contract with the Postal Service. The contract covers more than 132,000 rural carriers represented by the union. Highlights of the agreement include annual general wage increases, semiannual cost-of-living adjustments, measures designed to stabilize work schedules, increased flexibility to use rural carrier associates, […]
All federal agencies, including the Postal Service, must provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities, unless to do so would cause undue hardship for the Postal Service. Whether an accommodation would cause undue hardship is assessed by the Postal Service on a case-by-case basis. The goals of an accommodation are to enable […]
Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar on preparing for retirement. The session, “Retirement 101,” will be held Thursday, March 24, at noon EDT. An Aetna representative will conduct the webinar, which will cover how retirement benefits work, including tools and resources to help employees plan changes. Participants must register before the event […]
Like the city it serves, the USPS vehicle maintenance facility in Manhattan never sleeps. Open 24 hours a day, the facility serves an area that stretches from New York City’s West Side up to the tip of the Bronx. The 53 employees who work there maintain an inventory of 1,258 trucks and conduct regular vehicle […]
The Postal Service wants employees and contractors to know about a new feature that allows Zoom users to quickly transfer meetings and webinars between USPS devices. The switch feature works when a user is logged into the Zoom application on a USPS workstation, smartphone and tablet with their ACE ID. Zoom then presents the user […]
Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar to learn about diabetes, a chronic health condition that affects more than 34 million people in the United States. The session, “Diabetes Awareness,” will be held Monday, March 21, at noon EDT. Dr. Jared Dirks, medical director for GEHA, a not-for-profit provider of health plans for […]
Letter Carrier Michael Till was recently delivering mail in Warminster, PA, when he came upon an unconscious man lying in a roadway. Till rushed to check on the man, who was barely breathing, and immediately called 911. The emergency dispatcher guided the Postal Service employee through the process of performing chest compressions on the man, […]
Postal Bulletin — the biweekly publication that contains changes to official USPS policies, procedures and forms — is getting a change of its own. The cover has been redesigned to be cleaner and easier to read and will focus more on photographs than graphics. The new header uses the signature blue and red of the […]
Editor’s note: The “FLTCIP 3.0: Plan Now for a Secure Future” webinar slated for March 17 has been postponed. A new date and time will be announced soon. Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar on long-term care insurance and retirement planning. The session, “FLTCIP 3.0: Plan Now for a Secure Future,” will […]
Daylight saving time returns Sunday, March 13, at 2 a.m. In areas where the change is observed, many people will set their clocks ahead one hour Saturday, March 12, at bedtime. Standard time will resume Sunday, Nov. 6, at 2 a.m. […]
The Postal Service’s performance during the holidays was a “solid victory,” Chief Financial Officer Joe Corbett reports in his latest “Dollars and Change” video. USPS accepted more than 11 billion mailpieces and packages for delivery from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve, the organization’s peak season, with an average delivery time of 2.7 days. “Peak 2021 […]
The Postal Service didn’t have to be asked twice. In fact, it didn’t have to be asked at all. The very night a powerful tornado caused the collapse of an Amazon delivery station in Edwardsville, IL, Jay Smith, the Postal Service’s enterprise and key accounts director, texted a contact at the retail behemoth to offer […]
The Spanish-speaking community can now read all about the dirty tricks fraudsters rely on. The Postal Inspection Service has created a Spanish-language version of the mail fraud page on its website. In addition to facts and statistics about postal fraud, the Fraude de Correo page offers prevention tips to avoid scams and swindles. The Fraude […]
USPS is reminding postal facilities with aboveground storage tanks that monthly visual inspections of the containers are required. Aboveground storage tanks, or ASTs, are used to store oil, antifreeze, heating oil and other hazardous chemicals. The Postal Service could be held liable if chemicals inside the ASTs — which are usually made of fiberglass, plastic […]
City Carrier Assistant Michael Gambrell was delivering mail at a Phoenix apartment complex on a 100-degree day last year when he spotted a toddler in distress. Gambrell stopped to check on the hot, tired and upset 2-year-old, who was wearing only a diaper and shoes as he wandered by himself in the parking lot. The […]
Raleigh, MS, Rural Carrier Kaci Hough was very brave to aid a customer being attacked by hornets. It’s another example of the positive effect Postal Service employees have every day in communities across the nation. […]
Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar to learn about what motivates you. The session, “Beating Burnout — Rediscovering Your Why,” will be held Thursday, March 10, at noon EST. This is the second installment in a two-part series. The first session was held in February. Representatives from Blue Cross Blue Shield and […]
The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) membership has ratified a new three-year labor contract with the Postal Service. The contract covers more than 200,000 employees represented by the union. Highlights of the agreement include annual general wage increases, semiannual cost-of-living adjustments, continued operational flexibility through the use of an expanded postal support employee workforce, and […]
A new video takes viewers behind the scenes of “We Go Everywhere,” the USPS TV commercial that debuted last week. Included are comments from the real-life employees who appear in the commercial, including Nancy Lee Grano, a San Diego letter carrier who is shown delivering mail during a downpour. As the video reveals, though, Grano […]
In 1776, Abigail Adams famously urged her husband, John, to “remember the ladies.” Two centuries later, a national observance was created to do just that. The first women’s history celebration was a weeklong event that took place in Sonoma County, CA, in 1978, chosen to coincide with International Women’s Day on March 8. The idea […]
March is National Kidney Month, a time to learn more about the organ and its role in the body. The kidneys are like chemical factories — they filter waste, keep bones healthy and perform essential functions that control blood pressure and red blood cell production. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, most […]
If you want to know what’s happening in the Postal Service, you need to read Link mobile. The mobile-friendly version of the Link website offers news reports, feature stories and informational videos, including coverage of Delivering for America, the organization’s new 10-year plan, and the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic. The site is particularly […]
Rural Carrier Kaci Hough was recently delivering mail in Raleigh, MS, when she arrived at the home of an 89-year-old customer who uses a walker. She instantly realized there was an emergency: The man was being swarmed by hornets. Hough rushed to his aid, dispersing the insects and guiding him to safety. The Postal Service […]
“Curious, George” was a very interesting article on the history of Presidents Day. […]
The Postal Service launched a TV advertising campaign this week. The 30-second commercial, “We Go Everywhere,” shows real-life USPS employees delivering mail and packages in a variety of settings, set to the tune of Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere.” The commercial also features the organization’s next-generation delivery vehicle, which is slated to roll out in […]
The Postal Service has completed its obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act process and evaluated the potential environmental effects of the organization’s program for next-generation delivery vehicles. USPS communicated its completion of the process in a record of decision filed with the Federal Register. The organization’s Feb. 23 news release has details. […]
The Postal Service has created a DVD version of the new mandatory heat training course on HERO. Because not all employees have access to computers, and because the information is considered so vital, USPS put the training in the more widely accessible format, as well. The Postal Service’s Heat Illness Prevention Program, or HIPP, is […]