From the Washington Post:
The online auction and sales site eBay, one of the U.S. Postal Service’s biggest customers, said it is shifting some of its business to private-sector rival United Parcel Service because of reliability issues with the agency. Continue reading
On September 15, Darnell Harris Gause, 40, pleaded guilty to delay or destruction mail. Continue reading
This article originally appeared in ProPublica
by Maryam Jameel and Ryan McCarthy
For months, one postal worker had been doing all she could to protect herself from COVID-19. She wore a mask long before it was required at her plant in St. Paul, Minnesota. She avoided the lunch room, where she saw little social distancing, and ate in her car.
Government watchdog group American Oversight filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday over its refusal to turn over Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s calendar in response to a Freedom of Information request, stonewalling that the nonpartisan organization said could indicate the USPS chief has something to hide. Continue reading
A federal judge late Saturday ordered the U.S. Postal Service to immediately stop sending mailers containing false voting information to Colorado residents, saying he is “deeply troubled” by the decision to distribute the misleading postcards to households across the nation. Continue reading
CAMPBELL (KPIX) — A Campbell man claims the United States Postal Service is breaking the law and he said he has the evidence to prove it. Continue reading
Officials in Colorado, California, and Washington state on Friday were forced to publicly clarify local election procedures and guidelines after the U.S. Postal Service began sending out mailers containing potentially misleading information about the voting process to households across the country. Continue reading
From the Richmond Heights police blotter:
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio Disturbance: Richmond Road. A mail carrier began arguing with co-workers at the post office Sept. 2 after he was asked to remove his Donald Trump face shield.
Management said there is a policy forbidding political attire to be worn. The man said other workers have worn politically phrased masks and have not been asked to remove them. He said he is being singled out and will file a grievance.
Officers escorted him out of the building, as he was asked to leave for the day.
The NRLCA has never endorsed a presidential candidate, and continuing with our bipartisan tradition, will not endorse one during the 2020 election. We look forward to working with every administration to improve working conditions for rural letter carriers across the nation.
— National Rural Letter Carriers' Association (@NRLCA) September 11, 2020
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