The Senate passes a bill dedicating $50 million to modernize and improve the U.S. Postal Service over the next decade.
“We are so short-staffed all of the time. I am currently doing the work that three people used to be staffed for,” she said. “So much more has been put on each person as far as the workload.”
Shepard, a union shop steward who has worked as a mail clerk for almost a decade in Waverly, Iowa, said she wants savings from the bill to enable the agency to hire more employees to improve customer service.Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty Images file The new legislation would require all post offices to serve customers for at least six days a week, a change from a previous government watchdog agency’s recommendation of only five days a week to save money.
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