Mail carriers are battling the sweltering heat in the summers and are constantly being pushed and demands are high. Parcel volume is at a high level because of the convenience of online shopping, which of course is good for business.  However, the Arizona summers get to be 120 degrees and the LLV's get about 20 degrees hotter than that. It is illegal to leave a child or an animal in a vehicle in these conditions, shouldn't the same be applied to us? I know I don't even have a place to cool down on my lunch break.   The new fleet replacement is supposed to occur at the end of the year so it would be great if the hottest climate areas be replaced first since this may take a few years to be completed.

President Trump’s Postmaster General removed/destroyed 711 mail sorting machines throughout the United States in 2020.This has caused a strain on the postal service to deliver mail in a timely manner. It is causing small businesses and small entrepreneurs issues with their sales as it is taking weeks for customers to receive their merchandise. One example is a package mailed at the end of August 2020 did not arrive until January 2021. In many cases a package that should take one week to be delivered is taking three weeks or longer to be delivered. Now that President Biden is the president we need the White House, the United States Postal Service and Congress to have the missing/destroyed mail sorting machines replaced as soon as possible.

I am here to start a petition to push United States Postal Service, APWU, NALC, NPMHU, NRLC, NAPFE and AFGE to push for hazardous pay at this time during this covid-19 outbreak as all Postal Employees are risking the chances of catching and spreading the covid-19 virus. The Postal Service has not been supplying enough protection to their employees and have not taken further safety procedures to make sure their employees cut down the risk of catching or spreading covid-19.

The goal of this petition is to raise awareness and protect the USPS employees during COVID-19. It is not my intent to take resources away from the medical workers on the front lines, but require the USPS to provide adequate sanitization at their facilities. The USPS is hiring additional workers to support the workforce that has seen a significant increase in mail and package volume due to COVID-19. I challenge them to protect their current employees who are working overtime and on their days off due to this increased demand in volume and shortage of workers due to illness. I challenge the federal government to provide financial support to USPS management to ensure the employees are protected and provided hazard pay. It is my understanding that the protective equipment (gloves/masks) and sanitation is on "back-order" due to a "supply chain issue" forcing some stations to have to go out and purchase their own supplies, and leaving some without any.  The USPS maintains that they are taking adequate safety measures, however there are various stories from employees across the country that say they feel unprotected.  https://www.npr.org/2020/03/24/820330579/postal-workers-say-they-lack-supplies-training-to-protect-themselves-from-virus

United States Postal Service carriers are in great danger with the current Pandemic COVID-19. Letter carriers are out in the open, when delivering mail directly to homes and businesses. Letter carriers have to come into direct contact with many possibilities of contracting the highly contagious COVID-19. Many mail pieces are touched and even licked, containing saliva from customers all over the world. Packages are shipped from all over the world, and travel through many hands until the mail reaches the carrier for the last part of the delivery, this is extremely unsafe! Letter carriers are often face to face with customers. Letters carriers also come into contact with mailboxes that have been touched directly by many people daily. Letter carriers also share keys and vehicles with their co-workers. If we are being advised to stay in our homes for safety; letter carriers should be able to stay home for their safety, instead of being forced to work in a global pandemic. We have families and our lives should matter. Please sign in hopes to be noticed and understood of all the dangers we face in an 8 hour shift.

Tom Petty was a extremely talented musician. Who had won many awards. Grammy Award for best male rock vocal-1996. Billboard Music Century Award-2005, MusiCares Person of the year-2017, Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award-1984. He accomplished many great things. His fan adored him. And admired him. He was one of the many great musicians. And his fan will never forget him. 

“I think he is the most untalked about, unappreciated, unknown giant in the African American community. What he helped facilitate impacted people all over the world.”  - Dr. Levi Watkins, Johns Hopkins University Please join me in this petition to the United States Postal Service to create a stamp honoring Vivien T. Thomas, a medical pioneer who overcame huge obstacles and institutionalized racism to help revolutionize cardiac surgery. Through his hard work and determination, Thomas paved the way for generations of black doctors across the country. The Black Heritage Commemorative Stamp Series has honored some of the black figures who have made their mark on history. Thomas is undoubtedly worthy of such an honor. Against the backdrop of Jim Crow segregation, Thomas, a black carpenter's apprentice with an innate genius for surgery and Dr. Alfred Blalock, a renowned white surgeon, dared to defy medical gospel by forging a partnership that changed the course of medical history. Working alongside their colleague, Dr. Helen Taussig, the duo put Johns Hopkins on the map by developing a revolutionary surgical procedure to treat a congenital heart defect called “blue baby syndrome”. Their technique, now called the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt, saved over 200 infants and children within one year of its first trial procedure in 1943. In brazen defiance of deep seeded segregation at John Hopkins and with only a high school degree, Thomas found himself at the center of groundbreaking medical research and a teacher to two generations of America’s premier heart surgeons. Ultimately, his professional acknowledgment provided for many an opportunity to revise their perspective on what modern medicine should look like: a collaborative endeavor devoid of political and racial conflict and driven by a mission of service to all in need of care. Today, his portrait hangs next to that of his colleague Dr. Blalock in halls of Johns Hopkins Medical School and his remarkable story continues to reach new audiences through the award-winning documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman, ​Partners of the Heart (2003), and the Primetime Emmy winning HBO film Something the Lord Made. Despite Vivien T. Thomas' impact on the medical field, his story is all too often lost in the annals of history. Including Thomas in the USPS Commemorative Stamp Series will truly extend his legacy of determination and excellence against all odds, inspiring the next generations of youth to pursue their dreams in science and medicine.

Ladies and gentlemen of the United States, I am asking that you sign this petition to put the late actor Vincent Price on a stamp. Born on May 27, 1911, he was an American actor with over 200 credits to his name.  With his trademark mustache, & his devilish laugh, he spent his life making us scream, & loving him for it! Along with his acting, he was an accomplished artist, holding a degree in art history from Yale University.  He worked with Sears to allow people to buy quality art for their home, you could actually buy a Picasso through this program.  In 1951 he founded the Vincent Price Gallery and Art Foundation on the campus of the east Los Angeles Community College, which is still open to this day.   He was also very passionate about fine dining, writing various best selling cookbooks.  Even though he was a big fan of opera, Vincent contributed his talent for Alice Cooper’s song Black Widow, & of course we all know his rap on Michael Jackson’s Thriller, ending with his trademark laugh. He never won an Oscar, but he does hold not one, BUT TWO, stars on the Hollywood Walk of fame, one for tv & one for motion pictures. In 1997, the post office released a set of stamps based off the Universal Monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, The Mummy, The Wolfman, & The Phantom of the Opera.  In the similar vein we believe that releasing a stamp of his famous characters, around Halloween would be a perfect honor for him. USPS I hope this petition finds you, & you bestow this honor upon him.

America’s favorite Singing Postman, John Prine, passed away of COVID-19 in April of 2020. His legion of fans worldwide would love to see his smiling face on a United States Postal Service stamp! Not only would it be a fitting tribute to the folk singer who started out as a mailman in Maywood, Illinois, and then served in the US Army, but it would be a great way to help the struggling USPS too! Please sign this petition to the USPS to consider John Prine for a stamp! While you’re at it, vow to buy a roll of 100 “Forever” stamps (or whatever you can afford) from the United States Postal Service to help keep this vital institution alive. (No donation is required to sign this petition.) We will submit this petition to the USPS once we reach 25,000 signatures. This petition was created by Paul Metsa, Minnesota musician, and Al Boyce — both rabid John Prine fans.