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House passes Postal Service truck crash reporting bill

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill that would require the U.S. Postal Service to crack down on safety lapses involving its long-haul trucking contractors.

The Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation spearheaded by U.S. Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and James Comer, R-Ky., and would give Postal Service truck contractors and employees three days to report to the agency any crash they are involved in that results in injury or death.

It...

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Over 500 Teamsters drivers strike 10 Roads Express

More than 500 Teamsters drivers at 10 Roads Express have gone on strike across eight states, accusing the company of “unfair labor practices and refusal to bargain in good faith.”

In a news release Tuesday morning, the Teamsters said 10 Roads “has continued to present an insulting and unrealistic contract proposal.”

10 Roads Express is one of the largest private contractors for the U.S. Postal Service. More and more drivers at the company have joined the Teamsters the past several years. 10 Roads...

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Former employee sues Midwest Transport Inc. over mass layoff

A former employee of Midwest Transport Inc. claims the Robinson, Illinois-based trucking company, which contracted with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail, violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act by failing to give a 60-day notice of a planned shutdown before laying off 650 employees, including more than 480 drivers.

Anthony Ballog worked at the company’s Tampa Bay, Florida, facility until his employment was terminated on Monday. In a complaint seeking...

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House seeks to crack down on Postal Service trucking contractors

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers have approved legislation directing the U.S. Postal Service to set new rules for keeping track of crashes involving its trucking contractors, including penalties against motor carriers for failing to report them.

On Monday the House passed, by voice vote, the Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2024, which would require contract carriers and Postal Service employees to report to the agency roadway crashes involving vehicles carrying mail and resulting in injury or...

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Lax oversight of trucking contractors plagues Postal Service

WASHINGTON — Lax oversight by the U.S. Postal Service of the trucking companies, brokers, and drivers it contracts could be contributing to accidents and deaths on the nation’s highways, based on the results of a new safety report.

The audit, conducted by the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), was requested by Congress last year following a Wall Street Journal investigation into safety violations and fatal crashes involving long-distance carriers that haul mail for the agency.

The...

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Audit: Postal Service contract truckers had their kids riding along

WASHINGTON — Carriers and owner-operators hired by the U.S. Postal Service to handle the agency’s highway freight have been red-flagged by auditors for safety and security violations, including having unauthorized family members riding along in their trucks.

The audit, conducted from February through September 2023 by the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), was designed to assess the Postal Service’s transportation workplace safety and driver security by looking at eight...

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Former drivers for Ameritrans Express owed millions of dollars in unpaid wages

Lisa Celli was excited to start her first day on Jan. 5 as a contractor delivering mail for the U.S. Postal Service in the small unincorporated town in California where she and her husband live.

Less than 24 hours after finishing her first route for Ameritrans Express, headquartered in Dumfries, Virginia, Celli received an alarming email from its owner, Frederick Amankwaa, stating the contract delivery company was taking “drastic action” and had submitted a notice that it was terminating its...

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Former mail contractor says he, others owed thousands in back pay

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A former driver for Ameritrans Express, a contract delivery company that delivers mail for the U.S....

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