'Threatened' | USPS worker allegedly suspended for social media criticism of storm safety protocols

A workplace safety dispute at the United States Postal Service has hit the headlines after an Ohio mail carrier said he was suspended without pay for raising concerns about working during a historic winter storm.

Jason Thompson, a Cincinnati mail carrier with more than two decades of service, said employees were expected to report to work during severe snow conditions that affected 24 states and more than 200 million people. The January 24–25 storm brought record snowfall and dangerously low temperatures to the region.

In a Facebook post that quickly gained attention, Thompson described workers traveling long distances despite hazardous conditions, posting: "Carriers are driving in from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and surrounding areas - risking their lives just to get to work - only to be told there is no mail and no parcels.”

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Thompson said he was required to report to the Fairfield Post Office in northern Cincinnati despite being snowed in. After arriving, he said he found delivery vehicles buried in snow and no mail available.