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12.26.2022

USPS Issues Employee Communications Update Regarding PostalEASE Website Fraud

"...Please see the latest information regarding the PostalEase website fraud. FRAUD ALERT ** Postal Service Releases ...Letter to be sent to only impacted employees notifying them of their situation and share information and next steps."   
Source: NPMHU Local 317 - Alabama

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12.22.2022

2 Massachusetts teens charged in armed robbery of USPS mail carrier

"...Melrose police said the robbery happened the afternoon of Dec. 10 on Orchard Lane, where the two juveniles were sitting on the steps to a home when the USPS worker arrived in a vehicle. According to investigators, the letter carrier delivered mail to a home on the street and as she approached the driver's door of her truck, the two juveniles approached her, pointed an airsoft pistol at her and showed her a knife ..."   
Source: www.wcvb.com

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USPS: Delivery influx, storm could lead to shipping delays

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"...The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) says it added thousands of seasonal hires, hundreds of new package processing machines and even leased extra space to handle a significant increase in packages this holiday season.  ..."   
Source: www.newsnationnow.com

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12.21.2022

USPS PMG DeJoy to transform delivery fleet with 66,000 electric vehicles by 2028

"...The USPS said Tuesday its investment is expected to reach $9.6 billion, about a third of which comes from the Inflation Reduction Act. The funding will help the Postal Service build what has the potential to be one of the largest electric vehicle fleets in the country, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in a statement. “We have a statutory requirement to deliver mail and packages to 163 million addresses six days per week and to cover our costs in doing so — that is our mission,” DeJoy said. “As I have said in the past, if we can achieve those objectives in a more environmentally responsible way, we will do so.” ..."   
Source: www.cnbc.com

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12.20.2022

Official Postal Call In Number | Proper Procedures for Calling Out Sick at the U.S. Postal Service

"...the postal call-in number that the U.S. Postal Service provided its employees for requesting unscheduled leave as they called in sick (Official USPS Sick Call Procedure) or for community disasters. The postal call in sick call number(s) are: 1-877 ..."   
Source: Postal Call In

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12.19.2022

Priority Mail Express holiday adjustment will implement a no-refund policy for Priority Mail Express

"...Postal Service will implement a no-refund policy for Priority Mail Express packages shipped from Dec. 22 through Dec. 25 under the following two conditions: • The one-day shipment was mailed between Dec. 22 and Dec. 25 and was delivered, and • Delivery was attempted or achieved within two business days of the mailing date. The policy is a response to the increased package volume and winter weather conditions ..."   
Source: link.usps.com

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12.16.2022

Postal worker ‘rifled through’ letters, stole gift cards from Louisiana mail, feds say

KEISHAN WILSON, age 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana pleaded guilty on December 8. "During a “covert surveillance operation” at a New Orleans processing facility in July 2020, the woman was seen removing greeting cards from letter trays, going through them and then throwing them away, according to court documents. ..."   
Source: www.sacbee.com

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