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Showing posts with label delay of mail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label delay of mail. Show all posts

2.06.2023

“I’ve never seen it this bad”: USPS staffing woes hit Seattle area

"...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

8.18.2020

What’s behind Birmingham, Alabama mail delays?

"...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

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8.31.2015

Fortenberry takes complaints of slow mail delivery to U.S. postmaster; days later, his town hall invites get delayed

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

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5.21.2015

How the Postal Service Provides Special Services to Big Mailers

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

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1.13.2015

New mail service standard: 36 percent of single-piece mail will be delivered in three to five days, 82 mail processing plants to close

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

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2.23.2014

Purposeful non-delivery of mail ordered by postal managers?

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

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12.30.2013

Alabama mail delays are not workers fault; Mail delays apear to be logistical and managerial issues

LETTER: A chain of events leads to late mail

"... 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

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12.03.2013

OIG to probe late mail delivery

Inspector general to probe late mail delivery

"... 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

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9.27.2013

Delayed mail: It's not just the Postal Service anymore as Gmail deals with delayed mail

Google: We're sorry for latest Gmail outage

"...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. ..."  Click to Read More
Source: cnet.com

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9.03.2013

More complaints of delayed mail as Postmaster General institutes disruptive changes

Postal employees report late mail, more work

"... 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. ..."  Click to Read More
Source: www.semissourian.com

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8.24.2012

Residents Furious Over Postal Sub's Excuses For Not Completing Appointed Rounds

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. ..."  Click to Read More
Source: cbslocal.com

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12.05.2011

Montgomery Postal Shooting

Ala. postal worker opens fire in mail room

"... 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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6.20.2011

U.S. Postal Service to suspend accepting mail destined to Canada

U.S. Postal Service to Suspend Accepting Mail to Canada This Weekend

"...the U.S. Postal Service will suspend accepting mail destined to Canada — effective Saturday, June 18, 2011, 11:59 p.m. CDT — with the exception of Global Express Guaranteed shipments...."  
Source: www.sacbee.com

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9.12.2010

( Commentary) Letters: Postal service move not in common sense

"... They have ruined overnight delivery entirely as you can't send a card to your neighbor and expect it to be there before three days. Even if letters are mailed to be delivered in Oshkosh they have to be sent to Green Bay first. ..."  
Source: www.thenorthwestern.com

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