Court Grants Injunction to Prevent USPS From Retaliating Against Workers Who Report Injuries

The court also ordered the postal service to pay compensation to three employees in Washington State that it had unlawfully fired.

A United States Postal Service employee unloads packages from his truck in New York City on April 13, 2020. Mike Segar/Reuters

A federal court has granted an injunction to “permanently prevent” the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from retaliating against workers who report work-related injuries, the Department of Labor (DOL) said on July 16.

The DOL said it had obtained a consent judgment from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on July 3, along with a landmark injunction that prevents the USPS from retaliating against workers across 59 locations in Washington state for reporting injuries.