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The Postal Service’s Problems Are Good News—for UPS and FedEx – Barron’s

The U.S. Postal Service—an organization older than the country—is getting more press than it wants as the fight over mail-in ballots and the organization’s funding heats up.

The post office is a secret giant. If it were publicly traded it would be worth, very roughly, $50 billion, making it the third largest non-rail logistics company by value in America. It generates about $71 billion in annual sales in 2019, just short of UPS’s $76 billion in sales and a touch higher than FedEx’s $69 billion.

The USPS has a funding problem, however. Even though the parcel business is booming, the marketing mail business is being badly hurt by the downturn. If the Postal Service were a publicly traded company, it would simply exit the mail business. It can’t, for obvious reasons.

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84 UPS employees test positive for COVID-19 at L.A. County facilities, officials say – Yahoo

Over 80 UPS employees tested positive for COVID-19 at facilities across Los Angeles County, health officials said.

L.A. County reported outbreaks at 10 different UPS locations on Aug. 13, according to the county’s public health website. Employees tested positive in facilities at Cerritos (10), Gardena (6), Main St. (12), Sylmar (8), Van Nuys (6), Vernon (15) and the UPS Hub (3) tested positive for COVID-19, the county reported.

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Everyday People: UPS driver praised for keying on customer service – Daily Astorian

UPS driver David Brady unlocks mysteries all the time.

On a route that requires him to deliver more than 200 packages daily from Seaside to Falcon Cove, Brady constantly must match unknown addresses and correct doorsteps in the least amount of time as possible.

The friendly driver, who is well-known throughout South County, recently received an award of excellence from the CEO of UPS. The company’s northwest district president called him an “amazing ambassador.”

Brady, however, said he didn’t feel he had done anything special.

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Summer was always a heat and health risk for UPS workers. Then came COVID-19. – NBC News

During the summer of coronavirus UPS drivers are working 12 hour shifts delivering a record number of packages in record heat, all while wearing masks.

Business has soared for UPS as Americans have turned to home delivery during the pandemic, but employees say heavy workloads, COVID-19 safety measures and sweltering summer heat are pushing them to the limit.

“We’re in the middle of a pandemic,” said David Cockrel, a UPS driver and union steward in Brooklyn, New York. “It’s about 105 to 110 and hotter in the back of that truck. We’re working, 10, 11, 12, 13 hours a day. We’re tired.”

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Exclusive: UPS, FedEx warn they cannot carry ballots like U.S. Postal Service – Reuters

United Parcel Service and FedEx on Friday shot down social media calls that they step in to deliver mail-in ballots from the U.S. Postal Service, which is warning states of potentially “significant” delays.

“State ballots must be postmarked to be considered valid and only the USPS has lawful postmarking status. Therefore UPS, FedEx and other private parties cannot technically be involved in shipping ballots,” UPS told Reuters in a statement.

“FedEx does accept individual ballots, and we advise that customers planning to return their ballots via FedEx should closely review their state’s guidelines on absentee voting and deadlines for ballots or related election documents,” FedEx said.