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NAPS Works to Secure Hazard Pay for Frontline Postal Employees
The House and Senate Leadership in concert with congressional allies of the federal workforce are working to secure “hazard pay” for frontline federal employees in danger of being exposed to COVID-19.
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U.S. Postal Service truck crash with street sweeper kills Oviedo man
A 42-year-old Central Florida man was struck and killed by a U.S. Postal Service tractor-trailer Thursday morning while waiting for a tow truck to pick up a disabled street sweeper in Osceola County.
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Brooklyn, NY- Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) led a letter to Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer Megan Brennan to address the “serious concern regarding the health and safety of our local postal workers.”
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WASHINGTON — Despite at least one confirmed case of coronavirus among its D.C. workers, the U.S. Postal Service is not providing enough personal protective supplies to keep its staff safe, one employee says.
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Postal workers adapt to a changing world
BELOIT — The home-town post office has had to change along with the rest of the world, but mail carriers are still have the same commitment to getting their letters and packages to local doorsteps.
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USPS reports postal employees’ deaths from coronavirus, ‘not immune’ to financial downturn
With the Postal Service now tracking the deaths of its employees from the coronavirus pandemic, in addition to a growing list of those who have tested positive for the virus, the agency is doing everything it can to continue normal operations — even in the most extraordinary circumstances.
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Pelosi seeks more funding for U.S. Postal Service as Democrats warn of ‘crisis’ for agency
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seeking more funding for the U.S. Postal Service as lawmakers work on a new round of aid amid the coronavirus pandemic, and Democrats warn the independent agency is in crisis.
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In rain, heat, or dark, postal work is an essential service that’s playing an important role as regions in the US and around the world go on lockdown to try to slow the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse introduced legislation to provide emergency supplemental appropriations to the U.S. Postal Service amidst the coronavirus pandemic to protect local postal workers and post offices
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ATSG Wins U.S. Postal Service Contract For New Sort Center
Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG) said today that its subsidiary, LGSTX Services, Inc., has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Postal Service to design, install and operate a Surface Transfer Center (STC) in Aurora, IL
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Sanders Launches Inquiry into Postal Worker Protections Against Coronavirus
BURLINGTON, March 31 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan detailing troubling news reports of postal employees being urged to continue working while showing symptoms of COVID-19 illness.
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Postal workers among those on front lines
HILLSDALE - Postal workers - alongside doctors, nurses, truck drivers and others - are among the nation’s “essential” personnel who continue to show up for work amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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USPS Videos ask customers to help us help you amid Covid-19 outbreak
COVID-19 has changed much of our daily routine. But delivering your mail and packages is not one of those changes. To help keep you - and our employees - safe during this time, the Postal Service wants you to know about how we’re adapting delivery procedures to promote social distancing.
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Coronavirus shuts down mail service for some Greenwich Village residents
Neither snow nor rain, sure — but even the US Postal Service is having trouble persevering when it comes to the coronavirus.
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Postal Workers Are Stressed And On The Front Lines Of The Coronavirus Pandemic
As millions of Americans are told to stay home to protect themselves and stem the spread of coronavirus, postal workers nationwide are still going to work, risking their health but remaining committed to delivering the letters, prescriptions and other mail people need.
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NPMHU President Paul Hogrogian Issues Statement on $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill
Congress has passed a historic bi-partisan $2 Trillion stimulus bill. While the NPMHU applauds many of the provisions contained in the bill such as direct payments to the American public and much needed expanded emergency unemployment benefits for those out of work because of the pandemic, it falls short in providing any significant financial relief for the United States Postal Service.
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USPS modifies procedures for carriers
The Postal Service has modified procedures for letter carriers to help them practice social distancing while delivering mail and packages.
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Statement by NALC President Fredric Rolando: The Postal Service is vital in this crisis
At the height of the 2008-2009 recession, more than 800,000 Americans per month lost their jobs. Last week alone more than three million did so. The Covid-19 crisis is both a public health crisis and an economic crisis. The U.S. Postal Service is a vitally important tool for combatting these twin calamities.
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About 2,000 U.S. postal workers nationwide are in quarantine over coronavirus concerns, union says
Around 2,000 United States Postal Service employees nationwide are in quarantine over concerns that they may have been exposed to coronavirus, and more than 60 have tested positive for the virus, including one in Trenton, according to the National Association of Letter Carriers and the postal service.
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Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive Postponed
The 28th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive, scheduled for May 9, 2020, has been postponed. The NALC, as well as our national partners, are fully committed to rescheduling the food drive later in 2020. A new date has not yet been scheduled.
