Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon has long been the Postal Service’s top customer, providing more than $6 billion in annual revenue to the agency in 2025.
Amazon is preparing to expand its nationwide delivery network and give up its long-standing partnership with the U.S. Postal Service, according to three people with knowledge of the...
Amazon denies it is dropping US Postal Service
Amazon has told Newsweek it is not exploring the possibility of ending its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) as it weighs a dramatic transformation in its Prime delivery operation.
A spokesman for the company made the remarks following a Washington Post article about how Amazon will go about exploring and expanding its...
USPS is delivering its new fleet
The Postal Service’s $9.6 billion upgrade of its delivery fleet is proceeding apace.
The organization plans to roll out 106,000 new vehicles by 2028, including 45,000 battery-electric next-generation delivery vehicles and 21,000 commercial-off-the-shelf battery-electric vehicles.
Additionally, USPS is upgrading infrastructure at its facilities with the addition of charging stations for the...
NRLCA – Payment Adjustments Related to Enactment of H.R. 1
The NRLCA has been notified by the Postal Service of adjustments related to enactment of H.R. 1, known as the OBBB, that will appear as “multi-pay period adjustments” in paychecks received 12/5/2025. The USPS has stated the adjustments will only result in increases in payments of varying amounts to...
USPS electric vehicle fleet behind schedule with $3B in taxpayer funds spent — and only 612 trucks built
WASHINGTON — The US Postal Service’s promised all-electric fleet is still woefully behind schedule, with more than $3 billion in taxpayer funding out the door and just 612 of the expected 35,000 battery-powered delivery trucks built, according to a letter sent to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and obtained by The Post.
Former President...
2025 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 6, 2025
The 2025 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 6, 2025 (Week 2, Pay Period (PP) 26–2025), and ends Friday, December 26, 2025 (Week 2, Pay Period 01-2026). During this period, certain timekeeping and pay rules apply. Timekeepers, including postmasters, supervisors, and other employees responsible for rural carrier...
Updated rural carrier salary charts including COLA increase on September 6th 2025
Cost-of-Living Raises Effective September 6, 2025
Pursuant to the release of the July 2025 Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), and in accordance with Article 9.1.E , the third COLA adjustment of the 2024-2027 National Agreement will result in a $811.00 increase for eligible rural carriers....
General Wage Increase Effective November 15, 2025 for Rural Carriers
In accordance with Article 9.1.A.2, effective November 15, 2025 (PP 25-2025), the basic annual salary schedule (Tables One and Two) shall be increased by an amount equal to 1.4% of the appropriate March 9, 2024, salary schedule.
Further, in accordance with Article 9.1.H.2, effective November 15, 2025 (PP...
Regional Transportation Optimization ends evening collections at nearly 12,000 post offices
Over the past two years, the Postal Service has been quietly eliminating the evening collection of mail at thousands of post offices. Rather than going out the same day to a processing center, mail, packages, and Priority items sit overnight in the back of the office, waiting to be...
Senator Collins Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Improve Federal Workers’ Access to Injury Compensation
Click HERE to watch and HERE to download video of Senator Collins introducing the bill on the Senate floor
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the bipartisan Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. This legislation would allow Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to...