Tag Archives: Postal Service

  • News USPS, United States Postal Servive

    Newtown Post Office Creates PO Box for letters

    Monday the Postal Service dedicated a post office box to the town.

  • News

    USPS says Columbus Day backed up mail, explains other late deliveries

    But some Chesterfield residents are frustrated and say it isn’t an isolated incident.

  • News US Post Office Truck GRAPHICS PROJECT

    Warning that postal service Armageddon looms

    But if Congress does nothing, come next spring, the Postal Service will truly start running out of cash.

  • News mail

    More “junkmail” means more revenue for cash-strapped Postal Service

    Your mailbox may be getting a lot more junk mail soon.

  • News USPS, United States Postal Servive

    Postal Service losses continue

    The U.S. Postal Service’s financial struggles continued into 2012, as the agency reported a $5.2 billion loss for the three months ended June 30.

  • News Post Service

    Postal Service on the verge of default

    Postal officials have pledged that employees and subcontractors will continue to be paid and mail will be delivered as normal.

  • News

    Congress likely to act as postal service woes continue

    Next week will mark an important milestone in the service’s struggle to pay an important debt to the government.

  • News USPS, United States Postal Servive

    Postal Service offers $15,000 buyouts to 45,000 mail handlers

    The $15,000 buyouts, pro-rated for part-time staff, are available to nearly all of the Postal Service’s mail handlers, excluding around 2,000 who aren’t career employees.

  • News USPS, United States Postal Servive

    Postal Service’s next deadline is Aug. 1

    No one’s quite sure what happens if Aug. 1 rolls around and the Postal Service has to use all its cash on the fund to prepay healthcare benefits for retirees.

  • News / Offbeat

    Naked customers put off postal workers

    Two letter carriers are taking action against what they call a hostile working environment–being forced to deliver packages to nude customers.

  • News USPS, United States Postal Servive

    Plan to fix Postal Service passes Senate

    It’s an effort that could save thousands of jobs and 100 mail processing plants now slated to be closed or consolidated next month.