WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A diverse group of America’s leading retailers, e-commerce and logistics companies announced that they have come together to form The Package Coalition. The Postal Service recently published an advanced notice requesting comments on how the Postal Service should proceed to prevent overweight items from entering into the postal network. After considering the comments received, the Postal Service is now moving forward to propose amendment of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual, (DMM) to prevent overweight items from entering the postal network. Continue reading NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A postal worker was caught on surveillance video making an apparent half-hearted attempt to alert a Queens family about a package delivery. The video shows the mail carrier pull up to Jamal Williams’s home in Rochdale, Queens and get out of his truck with what appears to be a slip for a package. Continue reading From United Parcel Service: Atlanta, GA MEMPHIS, Tenn. & DEERFIELD, Ill.– FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and Walgreen Co., one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, announced a long-term alliance agreement that will offer convenient access to FedEx dropoff and pickup services at thousands of Walgreens locations across the United States beginning within the next several months. Continue reading From USPS News Link: USPS has expanded its Surface Visibility (SV) program to an additional 114 sites, bringing the total number to 437 across the nation. The program is part of the Postal Service’s broader efforts to better use technology and promote the SV application, which improves scanning and makes it easier for business customers to know the whereabouts of their mail and packages. Continue reading TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Heroes work all different kinds of jobs, but a mail carrier isn’t one you wouldn’t expect to be a hero. One Topeka mail carrier’s reactions were something that saved a man from losing all of his packages. David Cole says he was at work all day Thursday and was expecting three packages to be delivered. “I have had millions of packages delivered here with no problems,” David Cole, whose packages were stolen said.Then, he came home to a unwelcoming surprise, a note in his door, and not a single box. Continue reading POMONA, Calif. (KABC) — A man in Pomona was upset after a postal carrier was seen on surveillance video throwing a small package on his doorstep, but a surprise hero was also captured on footage. Brian Mundy sent the video using #abc7eyewitness. In it, you see the U.S. Postal Service carrier carelessly tossing the package. Continue reading A driver hauling packages for the U.S. Postal Service flipped on its side in Danville, killing the driver and spilling boxes and boxes all over the highway, six days before Christmas. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident was reported on southbound Interstate 680 near El Pintado Road in Danville just before 4 a.m. on Monday. Sgt. Oscar Pacheco said the packages were headed for San Jose. Continue reading PLEASANT HILL (KPIX 5) — Postal imposters are a problem plaguing a lot of communities. Pleasant Hill is the latest city to get hit. One woman has been spotted driving around in an old United States Postal Service truck without license plates, opening people’s mailboxes and stealing what’s inside. Continue reading
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New Coalition Aims to Promote and Sustain Reliable, Affordable Postal Package Delivery Services
USPS issues proposed regulation aimed at overweight packages
Video: Postal Worker In Hot Water For Failing To Deliver Package
UPS Boosts Saturday Operations To Increase E-Commerce Delivery Speed
Walgreens and FedEx Team Up to Offer FedEx Dropoff and Pickup at Walgreens Locations Nationwide
Surface Visibility program expands
Video: Mail carrier tries to save packages from being stolen
Video: USPS carrier throws package, FedEx worker places it
Video: USPS Contract Driver Killed When Truck Flips on California Highway Spilling Packages
Video: Postal imposter spotted stealing packages in California town
