By DAVID SHARP and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON A former labor leader and Obama administration official was elected Tuesday to serve as chai
Postal delays easing, but customers still complain of backlogs
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
Posted Feb 11, 2021 U.S. Postal Servce letter carrier Shannon Hottin walks her route along Commonwealth Avenue in Springfield on Feb. 9, 2021. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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A customer told Denise Brown recently of her frustration. An order of new checks was way overdue. The company blamed the delay on the US Postal Service.
That’s worrisome for Brown, owner of Gilbert’s Written Word Stationery Store in East Longmeadow, because she sells a lot of greeting cards.
Greeting cards people buy to put in the mail, she said. Greeting cards that customers will mail the expectation that they arrive before the occasion they’re expected to celebrate.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, talks with Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service, August 24, 2020, on Capitol Hill.
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A former labor leader and Obama administration official was elected Tuesday to serve as chair of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, marking the first step in a potential shakeup under President Joe Biden.
Ron Bloom on Tuesday replaced a former Republican National Committee chair amid calls by critics for firing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and changing the board's makeup.