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Statement from NRLCA President Don Maston on House Majority Support for Preserving the Postal Service as an Independent, Public Institution

July 17, 2025 For Immediate Release Today, the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association celebrates a critical milestone in our campaign to protect the United States Postal Service: a bipartisan majority of members in the U.S. House of Representatives have now signed on to House Resolution 70, which affirms the Postal Service must remain an independent, … Read more

Steiner begins tenure as postmaster general and issues a letter to employees

  David Steiner began his tenure as the nation’s 76th postmaster general this week, expressing pride in the Postal Service, its employees and the organization’s public service mission. “I believe strongly in the role of the Postal Service as a pillar of America’s democracy and economic infrastructure, in the important support and services we provide … Read more

Postal worker killed, several injured in Northport, AL crash

NORTHPORT, Ala. (WBRC) – The United State Postal Service (USPS) has confirmed that the woman killed in a four-vehicle crash in Northport Wednesday was an employee. Police identified the woman as 36-year-old Vonchelle Renee Gamble, of Tuscaloosa. Police say the crash happened at approximately 12:39 p.m. in the Southbound lanes of Highway 43 just south … Read more

Gun group sues to end US Postal Service’s ban on mailing handguns

July 15 (Reuters) – A gun rights lobbying group is suing the U.S. Postal Service in a bid to overturn its nearly 100-year-old ban on mailing handguns, arguing that the law wasn’t contemplated when the country’s founders drafted the 2nd Amendment in the U.S. Constitution. Gun Owners of America and the Gun Owners Foundation filed … Read more

Trump’s hiring freeze has jeopardized postal workers’ health care, IG says

The inspector general charged with overseeing the federal government’s dedicated HR agency is warning that the system undergirding the U.S. Postal Service’s new employer-sponsored health benefits program could fail as a result of the Trump administration’s hiring freeze and efforts to drastically reduce the size of the federal workforce. The Postal Service Health Benefits Program, … Read more

Audit: PSHB Program at Risk of Underfunding, Understaffing; No Plan B

The Postal Service Health Benefits program faces “critical resource issues” and the OPM has not ensured that the underlying system “will remain fully staffed, supported and funded” in light of OPM’s downsizing and reorganization, an inspector general audit has said. OPM further does not have “a contingency plan to ensure continuity of operations for the … Read more

APWU (clerks) Members Ratify 2024-2027 National Agreement!

The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, membership has ratified a new three-year labor contract with USPS that will run through Sept. 20, 2027. Highlights of the agreement include annual general wage increases, semi-annual cost-of-living adjustments, measures designed to assist with postal support employee recruitment and retention, and continued operational flexibility through the use of postal … Read more

New USPS Careers Site Created for Mail Handler Assistant, Postal Support Employee & City Carrier Assistant jobs

USPS is currently rolling out a new online job application experience, which will only accept applications for the positions below from the new website, USPS Careers (jobs.usps.com): Applicants must use the new USPS Careers website to search, and apply for the following jobs: Mail Handler Assistant City Carrier Assistant PSE Mail Processing Clerk PSE Sales and Services/Distribution Associate … Read more

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