"... An Antioch man was charged by a federal grand jury Wednesday for unlawfully detaining and delaying the mail, officials said.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), citing “publicly available information,” said 33-year-old DuJuan Butler was driving a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) truck while delivering the mail in Antioch on Aug. 3...." Source: www.wkrn.com
"... During a press conference on Tuesday, Sen. Ossoff announced his initiative to prompt an inquiry by the USPS Inspector General into significant mail delays affecting residents statewide. This follows reports from Clerk Alexander detailing over 1,100 letters marked for return by USPS, some with original postmarks dating back years, received during the week of June 3. ..." Source: www.fox5atlanta.com
"...“For months, I have sustained relentless pressure on USPS management to fully resolve disastrous performance failures impacting my constituents in Georgia,” Ossoff said in a statement Monday. “I’m still hearing from Georgia families and businesses about the difficulty they continue to face sending and receiving their mail. I will not rest until my constituents are well and fully served by the U.S. Postal Service.”
Ossoff also had demanded that DeJoy submit a plan for fixing issues at the facility. Ossoff has not said whether DeJoy met that demand. ..." Source: www.atlantanewsfirst.com
"...ATLANTA - The deadline is coming up for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to provide an update on how his agency is handling recent mail delays affecting Georgians.
Sen. Jon Ossoff said that the head of the U.S. Postal Service has until the end of Monday to share new on-time delivery statistics and explain why or why not the agency has normal service restored. ..." Source: www.fox5atlanta.com
"... On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff continued putting pressure on the U.S. Postal Service regarding ongoing mail delivery delays in the metro Atlanta area.
It’s the latest step by the senator to get answers for residents as the federal agency remains under fire for months of delayed deliveries and other problems..." Source: www.wsbtv.com
"...The delays were caused by confusion over who is responsible for counting ballots to calculate the amount of money that the state owes the U.S. Postal Service for postage. Under an Oregon law passed in 2019, voters are not required to put stamps on their ballots. ..." Source: www.oregonlive.com
"Customers in different states have reported that their packages stop in Birmingham and remain there for days before being delivered. ...Some employees have anonymously contacted WBRC about issues at the Birmingham mail sorting facility. ..." Source: www.wbrc.com
"... United States Postal Service (USPS), face charges of destruction or delay of mail, a serious offense carrying a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
Duckworth, 43, from Jacksonville, stands accused of embezzling items from the mail, including a retail store gift card and a bracelet, on March 1, 2023. As a U.S. Postal Service employee, Duckworth faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison if convicted.
Meanwhile, Engler, 26, from St. Augustine, and Haywood, Sr., 46, from Jacksonville, both face charges of destruction or delay of mail during their employment as Rural Carrier Assistants with USPS. The indictments allege that ..." Source: www.actionnewsjax.com
"...Staehli can’t count on regular deliveries for the route that includes her store, which manages mailboxes for about 150 residents. During the holiday season, she said, unsorted piles of packages were stuck behind Vashon’s post office, sitting on pallets in the rain. ..." Source: www.seattletimes.com
"...Over the last month, Birmingham postal workers have had a hard time keeping up with demand.
“We had like 4 or 5 machines taken out...Samuel added that thousands of pieces of mail are being held up, and he said that won't change until people start speaking up..." Source: www.wbrc.com
Fortenberry takes complaints of slow mail delivery to U.S. postmaster; days later, his town hall invites get delayed
"...Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska recently sent a letter to the U.S. postmaster sharing Nebraskans’ grievances over slow mail delivery, including overdue charges because of late credit card payments and delayed arrival of prescription drugs..." Source: www.omaha.com
Nationwide intentionally delayed mail pickup to avoid same-day pricing, SEC alleges
"...Nationwide instructed the post office to divide mail directed to the P.O. box for its variable contract business from mail directed to P.O. boxes for other lines of business and maintain it in separate areas of the post office loading dock. ..." Source: www.marketwatch.com
How the new service standards may slow down much more mail than the Postal Service is saying
"...on January 1, 2015, the Postal Service began implementing phase two of Network Rationalization. Service standards for First Class Mail were relaxed yet further — no more overnight delivery for any single-piece mail, and an extra day of delivery time for about half of all First Class Mail. The change paves the way for closing 82 more processing plants and eliminating thousands of jobs. ..." Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
Residents Say No Mail Delivered for 7 Days; Carriers Blame Shorter Hours
"...Local mail carriers told the TV station that management recently began ordering them to clock-out by 6 p.m., which has forced many carriers to leave work with piles of mail undelivered. ..." Source: patch.com
"... We have a truck that brings our mail every morning and sometimes it doesn’t run until 8 or 9 o’clock. If the truck brings the mail late, more than likely the carrier isn’t getting out on time, which leads to your mail being delivered late. As a matter of fact, just this morning (Dec. 17), our truck didn’t bring mail until 11 o’clock. ..." Source: www.tuscaloosanews.com
"... launching an investigation into the shift in mail delivery to evening hours, a change that’s alarmed letter carriers and customers...." Source: www.washingtonpost.com
"...among the delayed messages, 1.5 percent were stalled by more than two hours. Further, some users who tried to download large file attachments ran into errors. But Gmail itself was available for people to log in, read mail, and send messages. ..." Source: cnet.com
"... The U.S. Postal Service's earlier first-class mail pickup time went unnoticed for some, but those who say they were charged late fees on bill payments and had utilities shut off because of a late notice may have a different opinion. ..." Source: www.semissourian.com
Postal Worker’s Vacation Causes Halt In Mail Delivery For Some In Jersey City
"...what happens when a mail carrier goes on vacation. Residents of a Jersey City apartment building said when their letter carrier took a week off, so did their mail delivery. ..." Source: cbslocal.com
"... A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Clark Morris, said the man showed up for work at the Winton Blount Post Office and began firing shots in the mail processing room about 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Montgomery...." Source: www.cbsnews.com
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