"... 1. Postal Service annuitants who retired on or before January 1,2025 and who are not already enrolled in Medicare Part B. Family members of these Postal Service annuitants are also not required to enroll in Medicare Part B to be covered by a PSHB plan.
2. Postal Service employees who are age 64 years or older as of January 1, 2025. These employees are not required to enroll in Medicare Part B after they retire in order to enroll in a PSHB as an annuitant. Family members of these employees also are not required to enroll in Medicare Part B after the employee retires in order to be covered by a PSHB plan. ..." Source: www.myfederalretirement.com
Contract has to be ratified by members. Will members agree to wage agreements?
"... “This is a fair and responsible agreement that serves the best interest of our employees, our customers and the future of the Postal Service,” said Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Human Resources Officer Doug Tulino. “The agreement supports the Delivering for America 10-year plan’s mission..." Source: news.usps.com
"... The price increases, which started Oct. 6, will remain in effect through midnight on Jan. 19, 2025 and covers USPS Ground Advantage, Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express.
Price increases range from 30 cents to $16 based on..." Source: www.al.com
"...Columbus Day, a holiday that celebrates Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas, is Monday, Oct. 14.
The first Columbus Day celebration took place in 1792 ..." Source: news.usps.com
"...One major difference is the number of plans and options available. In the FEHB, there will be 42 participating carriers offering 64 plans and ...Postal Service employees and retirees currently enrolled in one of those plans will be automatically enrolled in the parallel PSHB plan if they make no change in the upcoming open season. ..." Source: www.fedweek.com
"... 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
Article Title: Michigan Is Ignoring Congress’ Request To Let Challengers Observe Mail-In Ballots
"... We have clerk sources here in Michigan telling us they take ballots home where they check the voter registration, document date and time of receipt and verify the signature.” All that is happening with no challengers present, she adds. Johnson explains why the clerks take the ballots home: “Mail-in ballots require more scrutiny and only the clerks are allowed to do it. And now our clerks are inundated with mail-in ballots.” Johnson says many clerks are working part-time, and so they sometimes work from home to keep up. ..." Source: thefederalist.com
"...Since test kit ordering began Sept. 26, more than 12 million tests have been shipped by USPS, with more than 6 million delivered to households across the nation. ... Tests can be ordered through COVIDTests.gov, which also has testing guidance and other information ... Many COVID-19 tests have extended expiration dates, so you may be able to use your COVID-19 tests after the expiration date that is printed on the box. To find out if your test has an extended expiration date, check the FDA’s list of extended expiration dates. " Source: news.usps.com
"...A 15-year-old boy who the authorities said fatally shot a postal worker at close range in Chicago over the summer was arrested in Iowa on Monday and charged with murder, the authorities said on Tuesday.
The teenager, whose name was not released, was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Service and the Chicago Police Department in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the police said. He was extradited to Chicago ...
"...A U.S. Postal Service employee has reached a $750,000 settlement over injuries she sustained while attempting to unload a trailer using a forklift.
According to court papers and the plaintiff's attorney, the injury occurred on Jan. 14, 2021, when the plaintiff, Angela Massey, a 54-year-old postal worker, was using a forklift inside a tractor-trailer in order to unload its contents. However, according to the allegations, the tractor-trailer driver, Qasim Shafiq Mujtahid, pulled away with Massey and the forklift still inside. ..." Source: www.law.com
"... On Sept. 16, the program began accepting letters that children and families write to Santa to express their hopes and dreams for the holiday season.
Through the collaboration with Toys “R” Us, letter adopters can easily select and purchase gifts from a specially curated e-commerce website.
“Delivering holiday joy has never been easier,” said Sheila Holman, USPS marketing vice president. “And our partnership with Toys ‘R’ Us is just the beginning. ...
"...NRECA is asking the U.S. Postal Service to reconsider its proposal to curb evening mail service in rural areas, saying the plan would have a “significant and deleterious impact on America’s electric cooperatives.”
Under the plan, the USPS “is walking away from its universal service obligation to rural America ..." Source: www.electric.coop
"...The theft occurred on Aug. 15 when unknown suspects stole bags of mail at the San Roque Post Office at 3345 State St. There was another attempt later that day at the Patterson Avenue Post Office in Goleta, but the suspects were not successful.
Investigators for the USPS said they could not comment fully on the matter ..." Source: www.noozhawk.com
"...According to a news release, the positions of rural carrier associate and assistant rural carrier are available in 118 cities. Both positions start at $20.38 per hour.
Career fairs will take place at the following locations: ..." Source: whnt.com
"... “Election officials depend on the U.S. mail service to deliver ballots to voters and to return ballots to election officials,” Beals told members of the Virginia House of Delegates Privileges and Elections Committee at a meeting in Richmond. “What I am hoping to change is the expectation of voters, that if I put my ballot in the mail five days before election day that it is going to get there. You need to plan further out than that.”
Beals, who was appointed as Virginia’s commissioner of election by Gov. Glenn Youngkin in March 2022, responded to a question by Del. Phillip Scott, R-Fredericksburg, who had asked what she considered “the biggest threat” to the upcoming election. ...We’ve had long delivery times and we’ve had examples of ballots that were sitting in the processing centers for days.”" Source: www.princewilliamtimes.com
"... jump in July, S fund returns saw another drastic change in August, dropping from 6.23% to 0.25%. Returns for the C fund doubled in August, going from 1.21% to 2.42%.
The rest of the funds saw sub-one percent return changes in August, with G fund returns down 0.04% to 0.35%, F fund returns down 0.9% to 1.43% and I fund returns up 0.29% to 3.15%...." Source: federalnewsnetwork.com
"...“It just seems like there’s no communication. The people who are going to be working the frontlines, dealing with this stuff, seeing these changes, they’re not even aware of what’s going on. Yeah, maybe we won’t have any jobs that are affected, but we’re still seeing the effect in the flow,” Jones said. ..." Source: www.dakotanewsnow.com
Charleston mail processing facility to remain open, receive $22.8 million upgrade
"... Brown said employees were shocked to hear the mail processing facility will stay. The Charleston location was one of many under consideration to be consolidated and moved to Pittsburgh starting next year. ..." Source:
"...USPS expects these temporary price increases will help it bring in $77 million in additional package revenue in FY 2025. ..." Source: federalnewsnetwork.com
"...according to Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt, who last month told the Associated Press that counties reported a 13.5% decrease in rejected mail-in ballots ...Common mistakes voters make on mail-in ballots include missing or incorrect dates, signature discrepancies and failing to insert ballots into their “secret” envelopes, an omission that forces election officials to toss out votes." Source: statescoop.com
"...Mystic postal carrier and comic publisher Brett Swanson knows what it is like to be a starving artist. He also knows the joy that comes with sticking with it and persevering.
For more than 30 years, Swanson has served the U.S Postal Service faithfully
"...John “J.C.” Conerly had worked for the U.S. Postal Service for nearly 45 years to the day when he retired in June. On June 27, he ran his last route and along the way well-wishers from many of the areas he served stood outside to not only wish him a happy retirement, but to also thank him for going above and beyond the requirements of his job. ..." Source: www.vicksburgpost.com
"... BRAZOS COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) - Officers with the College Station Police Department (CSPD) arrested two people Tuesday when authorities said stolen bank cards and hundreds of pieces of mail were found on the suspects.
After responding to a call about a suspicious car from a gas station employee, CSPD arrived to the Chevron on FM 158 to find Tarah Hill, 33, of Bryan and Cody Polanco, 24, of Katy asleep inside.
During a search of the vehicle officers reported finding hundreds of pieces of mail not belonging to neither Hill nor Polanco, 19 bank cards, marijuana and controlled substances, and more than $12,600 in cash.
After being arrested Hill admitted the couple stole mail for the last two years, by manufacturing their own keys and breaking into mailboxes. ..." Source: www.kbtx.com
"... President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal sponsored several art programs to help get peopleback to work and restore confidence in a nation
facing 25 percent unemployment in 1933. From 1934 to 1943, the New Deal murals and sculptures seen in Post Offices were produced under the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts. Unlike the Works Progress Administration ..." Source: usps.com
The 9-1/2-inch by 4-1/8-inch envelope features images of Trump and Pence against a background that shows the White House.
The words “58th Presidential Inauguration” are also included, along with a 2016 U.S. Flag stamp that has been canceled with an official Inauguration Day Digital Color Postmark.
USPS® is producing the collectible envelope in limited quantities. Each envelope will come with a clear, protective sleeve. ..." Source: United States Postal Service
"...Commemorate the 59th presidential inauguration with this collectible cachet. The #10 envelope features portraits of President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala D. Harris, along with an illustration of the White House.
..." Source: USPS
"... HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A USPS mail carrier overturned Sunday afternoon near Mathis Mountain Road SE.
WAFF was on the scene of the incident.
We have reached out to Huntsville Police for more information ..." Source: www.waff.com
"...Postal Service employee who had been delivering mail at his San Francisco home, unloading an “entire magazine” at him, according to federal prosecutors. More than a year later, on July 18, a judge sentenced 38-year-old Vo Nguyen to 11 years in prison over the shooting, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced July 19.
Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article290296824.html#storylink=cpy ..." Source: www.sacbee.com
"...The UK's Royal Mail, which issues new stamps regularly to honor special occasions is to release a super-cool set of Dungeons and Dragons stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of D&D. ... Some of the framed, signed artwork is especially nice and if you are looking for that unique gaming memorabilia, which will definitely improve in value over time you should check out the Royal Mail's pre-order webpage and get ordering before the deadline." Source: www.msn.com
"... They also brought the steel master die — shaved down to a fifth of its normal weight — from which the “First Man on the Moon” postage stamp would later be printed.
The fact that the stamps would be printed from a master die that had been on the moon’s surface would intensify interest in the stamp, Postmaster General Winton M. Blount said at the time.
However, perhaps overwhelmed by their astronautical duties, the spacemen neglected to cancel the envelope, known as the “moon cover.”..." Source: news.usps.com
"...Channel 9 Investigative Reporter Karla Ray has been covering these robberies for nearly two years and learned in this case that the crooks got away with the carrier’s universal arrow key. ..." Source: www.wftv.com
"...The APWU is urging union members to refrain from participating in the USPS management’s Postal Pulse survey. Negotiations for a new union contract began June 25, and any information you give them can be used in retaliation to hurt us during negotiations and arbitration. ..." Source: apwu.org
The USPS is clamping down on identity theft and protecting customers’ information, by beefing up procedures. When a customer requests an address change they have to verify their identity. A change of address request, or COA, must be submitted 90 days before your move date or up to 30 days after your move. ..." Source: 107jamz.com
"... sent a check to her credit card company, a birthday card to a friend, and an anniversary card with a check in it to her daughter and son-in-law.
None of them arrived at their intended destination, and now Fogles suspects her mail may have been stolen by the Moline postal worker who was recently charged after Davenport Police searched his home and found 487 greeting cards in his home that did not belong to him.
Justin Michael Brown, 42, who worked as a supervisor of customer service at the Moline Post Office is currently charged..." Source: qctimes.com
"... Jackson joins TV6 Investigates’ Matt Christensen to examine the frequency of mail theft committed by postal workers.
A supervisor at the Moline Post Office was recently arrested after a tip led to finding hundreds of greeting cards in his home. He’s accused of targeting items that likely contained cash or gift cards.
How often does this happen?..." Source: www.msn.com
"...Derrell Allen Matthews, 27, was sentenced to 63 months in prison after he pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy, paying a bribe to a public official, possession of U.S. Postal Service keys, stolen or reproduced, bank fraud and possession of stolen mail.
U.S. District Court Judge Anna Manasco, who sentenced Matthews, also sentenced two other defendants involved in the scheme, including 30-year-old Keaundria Janae Gresham, of Pleasant Grove, and 34-year-old Steven Cornelius Hudson, of Bessemer. ..." Source: www.wbrc.com
"Why is the 1868 1¢ Z Grill the rarest U.S. stamp?
In the late 1800s, officials had a real problem with stamps being illegally reused by washing away their cancels. Charles F. Steel came up with a solution – a grilling machine that ... Today, only two 1868 1¢ Z Grill stamps are known to exist. ..." Source: mysticstamp.com
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