Democrats tiptoe around how loudly to sound alarm on voting risk
Speakers at the Democratic National Convention this week had to walk a careful line between warning Joe Biden’s supporters of obstacles to voting and being so negative that they discourage participation. Over four days, everyone from senators to celebrities urged voters to request and return ...
Trump postal chief pauses cuts amid outcry as Democrats raise pressure
Critics have accused Trump, trailing Democratic challenger Joe Biden in opinion polls, of trying to hobble the Postal Service to suppress mail-in voting.
Democrats step up pressure against U.S. postal cuts as Pelosi calls lawmakers back to Washington
Several Democratic state attorneys general said they were discussing potential legal action to stop Postal Service changes that could affect the outcome of the election.
U.S. Postal Service overhaul has Democrats crying ‘sabotage’
The U.S. Postal Service overhauled its organizational structure as Democrats called for an investigation into whether the changes implemented by President Donald Trump’s postmaster general pose a threat to mail-in ballots for the November election. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday said the new structure, ...
Japan households get mystery seed packages labeled from China
Households across Japan have received unsolicited packages of seeds marked as coming from China, similar to incidents overseas including in the United States and Britain, consumer authorities said Monday. The authorities are warning of potential scams and have urged the public not to plant the ...
The Japan Post Holdings Co. group has revoked the insurance-selling certificates of 75 post office workers for their improper sales of Japan Post Insurance Co. products, while reprimanding two others. The insurance sellers encouraged customers to buy insurance contracts by giving them false explanations in ...
U.S. delivery drivers exposed on frontlines of COVID-19 pandemic
In the new COVID-19 economy that divides labor into essential and nonessential, truckers and parcel delivery drivers have become some of the most indispensable — and most exposed — workers as shut-in Americans rely more on online shopping. Employees at United Parcel Service Inc. and ...
Japan Post gets proposal to cut 10,000 jobs amid falling revenue
Japan Post Holdings Co. has received a proposal by a group company to cut 10,000 jobs, as the scandal-hit company seeks to offset deteriorating earnings in the financial business by slashing labor costs, a source close to the matter said Monday. Japan Post Bank Co., ...
Japan Post group to halve recruits in 2021 after insurance scandal
Japan Post Holdings Co. plans to hire 2,055 new graduates in April 2021, less than half of some 4,300 slated to start working for the postal service group next month. The plan, announced Thursday, falls in line with the group's moves to review its marketing ...
Over 1,400 Japan Post workers improperly sold insurance products, probe finds
The Japan Post Holdings Co. group said Thursday it had confirmed Japan Post Insurance Co. products were sold improperly by 1,447 post office workers. An in-house investigation conducted through Feb. 19 also found sales clerks committed a total of 1,761 violations of the law or ...
COVID-19 flight suspensions slowing mail delivery to China, U.N. says
The U.N. postal agency on Wednesday said flight suspensions linked to the COVID-19 outbreak have disrupted delivery services to China, with at least eight countries holding letters and parcels. "The spread of the novel coronavirus has led to the suspension of airline flights and is ...
Japan Post to probe more insurance contracts as sales scandal grows
Japan Post Holdings Co. says it will look into 220,000 more insurance contracts — signed by around 60,000 customers — that are suspected of being part of a widening scandal involving improper sales. In an announcement Friday, the former state-owned postal group also said that ...
