PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A online fundraising site for the family of a postal worker killed in a traffic crash Monday morning has been set up, says a family member. The GoFundMe page is for Ronald W. Bethard, Jr., of Pontiac, who died Monday after his U.S. Postal Service delivery truck was in a traffic crash, states … Read more
MCLEAN COUNTY (25News Now) – The driver of a sport utility vehicle involved in a crash that killed a postal carrier in southwest Bloomington earlier this week was allegedly in possession of methamphetamine, but it’s not known yet if he was under the influence of the drug when the crash happened. The McLean County State’s … Read more
The Meade County Sheriff’s Office says a rural mail carrier was seriously hurt in a rollover on Monday (Aug. 7, 2023). The Sheriff’s office says they responded to the crash on Alkali Road Monday morning where a contract mail carrier drove off the roadway and flipped his vehicle several times. The driver, who was not … Read more
Some 50,000 rural carriers for the United States Postal Service are facing layoffs and thousands more confront wage cuts of up to $20,000 under a new compensation scheme. Local post offices around the country are targeted for closure as USPS is dismantled as a public service. The effective privatization of the USPS and its subordination … Read more
The cuts to rural carriers’ wages are part of a vast restructuring of the Post Office under Postmaster Louis DeJoy, who intends to close thousands of local post offices and lay off 50,000 employees to transform the public corporation into a profitable Amazon-style delivery system.
Late last week the Postal Service shared with the APWU that LiteBlue was experiencing issues and that direct deposit and net to bank functionalities had been deactivated once again. The APWU was notified that these functions were reactivated on Monday July 17.
USPS officials have informed NALC of additional fraudulent activity against the LiteBlue application. The Postal Service is reporting that this new activity appears to be more sophisticated than the previous infiltration of USPS systems. This breach is compromising the Multifactor Authentication (MFA) one-time passcode feature that was added earlier this year, after the previous compromise, … Read more
Effective July 2023, the Postal Service™ revised PS Form 3227-R, Rural or Highway Contract Route Carrier Stamp Purchase Order Form, to update the information based on the recent rate increase. The revised edition is dated July 2023. All previous editions of PS Form 3227-R are obsolete and must be recycled. The July 2023 edition of PS Form … Read more
Work at USPS? Tell us what you think about the impact of RRECS and the proposed cuts under “Delivering for America.” All submissions will be kept anonymous. More than 90,000 rural letter carriers for the United States Postal Service (USPS) are battling changes to their compensation which have led to massive pay cuts and longer workweeks. The replacement of … Read more
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after being convicted of killing a mail carrier who instead of delivering a large package of marijuana to his home left a note in the mailbox requiring him to come to a South Carolina post office to pick it up.
(29 Jun 2023) The Supreme Court is using the case of a Christian mailman who didn’t want to work Sundays to solidify protections for workers who are religious. The mailman at the center of the case spoke to The Associated Press shortly after the ruling. (June 29)
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Christian former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who sued after he was denied accommodations to avoid work on the Sabbath. The high court held that “Title VII requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in … Read more
On June 22, 2023, Atlanta Postal Credit Union (“APCU”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Montana after learning that a recent ransomware attack compromised the confidential information of some bank customers. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’ names, Social … Read more
Postal Service employees enrolled in the Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (FSAFEDS) should review their pay stub for erroneous deductions. A recent cyber incident caused a deduction increase that affected some USPS employees. FSAFEDS is aware of the issue and has taken steps to resolve it. Employees who have an erroneous deduction should call FSAFEDS … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court adjourned mid-morning with several highly-anticipated rulings left on the table. Among those rulings, the high court will decide whether the U.S. Postal Service had the right to require a Lancaster County mail carrier to work Sundays despite his religious conviction that Sunday should be a day of rest. Gerald Groff, of … Read more
A rural mail carrier making deliveries on her route was fortunate to escape injury after her vehicle was slammed from behind by another driver in Polk County on Sunday afternoon. Polk County Today is reporting that it happened on Farm to Market Road 350, between Livingston and the eastern shore of Lake Livingston. According to … Read more
Small cities could soon see their mail delivered from Everett, workers say. The Postal Service declined to comment directly.