Health and Wellness : US Postal Service could shut down by June - Covid19

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Birthday card arrives empty after USPS worker steals Costco, Amazon cards, feds say​

Birthday card arrives empty after USPS worker steals Costco, Amazon cards, feds say

The worker in Montana could face up to five years in prison, officials said.

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‘Building back worse’: Wisconsin’s fight over the production of USPS vehicles​

‘Building back worse’: Wisconsin’s fight over the production of USPS vehicles

Political and labor leaders say that unless Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense’s production is done in state, Democrats will be hurt in November’s elections A USPS next-generation delivery vehicle on display in Las Vegas. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Wisconsin residents cheered...

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Wisconsin residents cheered when Oshkosh Defense, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer, won a large contract to build a new generation of post office delivery vehicles - up to 165,000 – but now Wisconsinites are fuming about the company’s decision to produce those vehicles in South Carolina, rather than Wisconsin.

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White House, EPA urge US Postal Service to reconsider gas-powered vehicle plan​

White House, EPA urge US Postal Service to reconsider gas-powered vehicle plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday urged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to reconsider its plan to buy a new multibillion-dollar fleet of primarily gasoline-powered delivery vehicles. The EPA sent a letter to the USPS on Wednesday urging...

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FILE PHOTO: Hardest places in America for the U.S. Census to count

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If You Get an Email From the USPS With These 3 Words, Don't Click on It​

If You Get an Email From the USPS With These 3 Words, Don't Click on It

After ordering something online, many of us eagerly wait for the shipping info to hit our email inbox so we can track our packages from departure to arrival. But don't let your excitement get the best of you. Not every email that appears to be sent from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is what it...

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... is what it seems. In fact, scammers will often target people's inboxes with fake messages claiming to be from the USPS.
According to a Jan. 7 update on the USPIS website, some customers have been receiving fraudulent messages in their email inbox that include these three words in the subject line: "Delivery Failure Notification."

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Rural post worker says root cause of post office staffing shortages started long before COVID-19​

Rural post worker says root cause of post office staffing shortages started long before COVID-19

Feb. 8—The U.S. Postal Service's worker shortage during the recent COVID-19 surge was worsened by shifts on rural routes that run too long without proper compensation, according to a rural letter carrier whose last day on the job was Friday. The fallout is partly to blame for late mail...

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Once that three-month learning period ends, Godby said carriers then get paid only for the estimated time it takes to complete the route. If the postal service evaluates a route to take eight hours but it actually takes a carrier 12 hours, Godby said carriers do not get compensated for those extra hours it takes to complete the route.

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Sydney Brown, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.

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