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Unions

USPS letter carriers rally online against ‘insufficient’ proposed contract

Letter carriers, in hundreds of social media posts, have voiced their frustrations and tried to organize their coworkers to vote against the deal.

Pay

USPS letter carrier union gets 1.3% annual raises in tentative labor deal

Agency Oversight

Amid USPS scrutiny, postmaster general says agency is prepared for election mail

Workforce

'We are on the front line:' USPS letter carriers recognized for heroic acts

Unions

USPS unions, top House Democrat back bill setting harsher sentences for robbing letter carriers

Workforce

USPS, union warn courts not serious on postal crime after 30-day sentence for letter carrier robbery

Pay

USPS preps pay workaround for 45,000 rural carriers impacted by payroll error

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Unions

USPS rural carriers seek to decertify union after most members see pay cuts

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Workforce

House lawmakers probe USPS extreme heat protections following letter carrier’s death

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Agency Oversight

USPS previews ‘massive-scale’ changes, but regulator demands more details

A pitbull named "Lucy" participates a the U.S. Postal Service "National Dog Bite Prevention Week" during an awareness event in at the YMCA in Los Angeles Thursday, April 6, 2017. Dog attacks on postal workers rose last year to 6,755, up 206 from the previous year and the highest in three decades, as internet shopping booms and consumers increasingly demand seven-day-a-week package delivery and groceries dropped at their doorstep. Los Angeles topped the 2016 list with 80 attacks on postal workers, followed by Houston with 62 and Cleveland with 60. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)

Federal Newscast

Houston leads nation in dogs biting letter carriers

National Association of Letter Carriers honored about two dozen of its members for their acts of heroism last its NALC Heroes of the Year awards ceremony. (Source: NALC)

Unions

‘We all take an oath:’ Postal union honors letter carriers for acts of heroism

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, holds a copy of the Constitution of the United States as he questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Federal Newscast

Senator urges Justice Dept to aggressively address epidemic of robberies against postal workers

FILE - A worker carries a large parcel at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility Nov. 18, 2021, in Boston. Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation that approached House approval Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Pay

USPS tightens online security after fraudsters steal employees' paychecks

Louis DeJoy, USPS Postmaster General

Hiring/Retention

Postal unions demand USPS ramp up hiring to address understaffing

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Federal Report

Feds and politics: Are both parties missing the point?

Postal carrier Josiah Morse delivers mail and packages, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Portland, Maine. The U.S. Postal Service's stretch of challenges didn't end with the November general election and tens of millions of mail-in votes. The pandemic-depleted workforce fell further into a hole during the holiday rush, leading to long hours and a mountain of delayed mail. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Workforce

‘We are tired’: USPS employees feel toll from retention challenges

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Hiring/Retention

USPS employee satisfaction falls behind competitors, IG analysis finds

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Management

Attorneys general urge USPS regulator to review entire 10-year reform plan

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Agency Oversight

USPS to implement slower delivery for mail, small packages amid regulator's concerns

Postal carrier Josiah Morse delivers mail and packages, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Portland, Maine. The U.S. Postal Service's stretch of challenges didn't end with the November general election and tens of millions of mail-in votes. The pandemic-depleted workforce fell further into a hole during the holiday rush, leading to long hours and a mountain of delayed mail. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Unions

USPS says vaccination, testing requirements subject to 'mandatory' union negotiations

In this Feb. 5, 2016, photo, a mail clerk at the Wynne Unit of the Texas prison system makes her way through a box of letters for inmates in Huntsville, Texas. Every piece of mail is checked for contraband, like drugs hidden under stamps, or messages or words in correspondence that suggest violence or escape plans, as well as attempts by convicts to profit from some enterprise or business while behind bars. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Management

USPS reduces morning office time for letter carriers for 'more consistent delivery'

FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo wearing gloves, a King County Election worker collect ballots from a drop box in the Washington State primary in Seattle. Washington is a vote by mail state. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds Democrats are now much more likely than Republicans to support their state conducting elections exclusively by mail, 47% to 29%. (AP Photo/John Froschauer, File)

Management

USPS sets vote-by-mail guidance for state, local election officials