Postal Workers Want Manager Returned To Sender

KSAT TV San Antonio

They've got mail

'They may have cellphones in their pockets, earphones dangling from their heads and computers at home, but recent research shows young consumers still have a thing for the tried-and-true: mail.'
Dallas Morning News

Mailman Delivers a Little Normality to French Quarter

Los Angeles Times

The Smokes Are in the Mail

'Post office lawyers argue further that there is only one sure-fire way to find out whether these rectangular packages coming from Internet tobacco warehouses are cartons of cigarettes - a search warrant, one for each package.'
(Curious: window clerks didn't need search warrants to ask whether you were mailing explosives- why can't they ask you about tobacco?)
New York Times

Deadlines Extended for Katrina-Impacted Employees

APWU News

Letter carrier gets hero's honor

Lancaster (PA) New Era

Senators meet to discuss hold on postal overhaul legislation

Government Executive

Trick or Treat - Senate Opening for S. 662

eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Washington postal workers seek to revive lawsuits over anthrax

(Strange bedfellows: the postal workers are represented by right wing ideologue Richard Mellon Scaife's 'Judicial Watch'.)
Associated Press

NAPUS questions USPS policy on personal vehicle use

NAPUS Hotline

Be prepared for a January postal rate hike

Multi-Channel Merchant

Detroit Postal Worker Robbed Of Mail At Knifepoint

WDIV TV Detroit

Commentary: It's Time to Rethink Postal Reform

'What can be done to get Congress and the administration to keep their sticky fingers out of the postal service's wallet?'
DMNews.com

FedEx Readies for Busiest Day December 12

DMNews.com

Mediation next for supervisors' pay package?

From Postcom.org: Mailer's Council director Robert McLean says that the National Association of Postal Supervisors' rejection of the USPS pay package could lead to 'third-party mediation for the first time since Congress approved legislation allowing for such intervention'.
The NAPS web site continues to carry a notice dated October 18 indicating that the package had been rejected, and was being 'forced on the management organizations'.

Katrina Employees to Get Relocation Expenses

APWU News

USPS agrees to Saturdays off, back pay for Seventh Day Adventist

Adventist News Network

Nebraska Postal Employee Jailed For $25 Theft

KTIV TV Sioux City

FEMA, USPS Partner To Expedite Funds To Hurricane Victims

Press release

Postal service set to resume in most South Florida counties

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

APWU Locals Threatened with Consolidation Are Urged to Take Action to Protect Jobs, Service

APWU News

APWU Notified of USPS Plant Consolidations

Nine plants in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, California, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania appear on a list of plants to be consolidated.
Trenton Metro Area APWU
more:
Kinston postal operation to move
Kinston (NC) Free Press
Mojave mail to get new postmark
Antelope Valley (CA) Press

'Postal' game set to shoot up big screen

Reuters

Switch in Saturday mail processing in Iowa

Sioux City Journal

UPS Agrees to End Cigarette Deliveries

'Monday's agreement leaves only the U.S. Postal Service among major carriers to continue to deliver cigarettes to individuals, [New York Attorney General] Spitzer said. He called that practice "an embarrassment."'
Associated Press

NewOrleans: Where's the mail?

BizNewOrleans.com

PRC Gives No Decision on Periodicals Rate Overhaul

DMNews.com

Chicago PO's expand hours to meet competition

Pioneer Press Online

Uproar over California political mailings

San Jose Mercury News

USPS pursues more efficiency in 5-year plan

Federal Times

UPS Earnings Jump 23% On 18% Revenue Growth

Press Release

National study concludes Generations X and Y value mail

USPS Press release

USPS Issues New Rules for Flat Bundle Labeling

Federal Register

US Attorney Won't Prosecute Walsh

Hartford Courant

Fuel Costs Worry USPS, But It's Ready for Busy Fall

DMNews.com

More on Postmasters' Pay for Performance for FY 2006

NAPUS Hotline

PRC Most Likely to Issue Decision on Rate Increase By Halloween

DMNews.com

OIG Audit report on City Letter Carrier Operations in San Diego

OIG web site (Adobe .pdf file)

Mailers Offer Tips on Coping With Rate Increase

DMNews.com

Mail processing shifts in Connecticut

Waterbury Republican American

Former BOG Member John Walsh Target Of Criminal Probe

Hartford Courant

Postal Service Introduces Mailing Resources for Election Officials

Press release

USPS Volume, Revenue Gains Fail to Deliver Profits

Air Cargo World

FY 2006 Postmaster Pay Charts

NAPUS.org

What Will the USPS Network Look Like in 2010?

Anita Pursley, Vice President of Postal Affairs for Quebecor World Logistics, via Postcom.org

It's Still About Costing

'While customers of the Postal Service are concerned about quality of service, universal service, and the like, the fact remains that if the prices charged for the services received do not compare favorably with other methods of communicating and transacting business, mail will come out on the short end.'
Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom.org

Study: Reform Will Save Money for Standard Mailers

USPS response: "Nothing could be further from the truth."
DMNews.com

Employees Improperly Denied Early Outs to Get VERA in December

APWU News

Postal Reform and a Fair Share of the Marbles

Gene Del Polito commentary for DIRECT

Canada Post Profits amid Service Cuts and Job Losses

Canadian Union of Postal Workers Press Release

NAPUS Urges Congress to Sign Onto White House Medicare Relief Letter

e-NAPUS Legislative Newsletter

USPS Recruiting Recent Retirees for RCA, PMR Jobs

Press release

PRC backs overhaul bill

'The Postal Rate Commission sent a letter Wednesday to House Government Reform Chairman Davis and Rep. John McHugh, R-N.Y., supporting legislation championed by both lawmakers to revamp the Postal Service, countering criticism of the bill by the agency's Board of Governors.'
Government Executive

Killer of Tulsa Postal Carrier Will Go Free

KTUL TV Tulsa

Postal service faces mail delivery challenges on Gulf Coast

Biloxi Sun Herald

Postal workers return, and so does mail

New Orleans Times-Picayune

Latest APPS Deployment Schedule

Adobe .pdf file Postcom

October National eMIR Bundle Breakage Blitz

USPS via Postcom.org

Customer Connect hits $100 million in carrier generated revenue

NALC Postal Record
(click here for more Postal Record articles)

APX Logistics, U.S. Postal Service launch hold-for-pickup delivery service

Internet Retailer

Mail Services Back for All New Orleans ZIP Codes

Press release

Vacancies for Katrina-Impacted Employees

APWU News

Recovering from Katrina

West Slidell Post Office a busy hub for its customers
Slidell Sentry-News

Study: Standard Mail Postage Costs with and without Reform

A report prepared for The Direct Marketing Association suggests mailers would see a 'dramatic effect on postage payments', with 'quite significant' savings, under either of the proposed postal reform bills.
via Postcom.org.

UPU Chief: World Postal Sector Builds Economies

DMNews.com

White Paper: Economic Activity as a Driver of Mail

DMNews.com

Budget Battle Begins Anew?

also: House Committee Passes Free Mail for Troops Bill
e-NAPUS Legislative Newsletter

NAPUS, USPS discuss NPA, Mystery Shop LOW's

NAPUS Hotline

Post Office having hard time getting mail to evacuees

KRIS TV Corpus Christi

September Blows Hot and Cold for Retail Direct Sales

DIERCT

Study: Customer Acquisition Leads Direct Mail Increase

DIRECT

Award Sets Principles For Minimum Skill Levels In Maintenance Craft

APWU News

Transformation Supplants Reform?

e-NAPUS Legislative Newsletter

PostCom Backs Greater USPS Control on International Rates

DMNews.com

Postal Employee Pleads Guilty To Misappropriation Of Funds

WYFF TV Greenville SC

APWU: USPS Seeks to Thwart Landmark FMLA Ruling

APWU News

Mail Service increasing in SE Texas

Beaumont Enterprise

Limited mail delivery back in Lake Area

KPLC-TV Lake Charles/Lafayette, Louisiana

UPS Targeting TNT 'Not Just A Rumor' -Kepler

newratings.com

FedEx to raise rates but cut fuel surcharge

Reuters

Study Shows Substantial Financial Benefit to First Class Mailers from Postal Reform

National Postal Policy Council

UPU Chief: Better Service Quality Key to Postal Growth

DMNews.com