LATEST RURAL CARRIER NEWS

Background Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the U.S. Postal Service is obligated to provide its employees with a safe and healthy place to work. The Postal Service proactively meets this obligation by implementing policies, procedures, special teams, and reporting tools related to workplace violence at facilities....

A Richmond postal carrier was critically injured last week when her United States Postal Service truck crashed on County Line Road. According to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office, the single-vehicle crash took place on the afternoon of Sept. 16 in Casco Township. It caused County Line Road between 28...

U.S. Postal Service operations will not be interrupted in the event of a government shutdown, and all Post Offices will remain open for business as usual. Because we are an independent entity that is generally funded through the sale of our products and services, and not by tax dollars,...

In the 250 years since its inception, the Postal Service has expanded from a handful of routes crisscrossing the Colonies into a 234,000-route network encompassing 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five major U.S. territories in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. To help mark the organization’s anniversary this...

The Census Bureau plans to use U.S. postal workers as census takers in at least two locations during field tests next year for the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal funding. The statistical agency said Friday in a notice to be published next week that it will test and assess the...

Rural Carrier Patricia “Patti” Durrell was delivering mail last winter in Pomfret Center, CT, when she spotted an older man lying on the ground. The 96-year-old customer had slipped on ice while taking his garbage out to the road to be picked up. Unable to lift himself, he was stranded...