PRC Chair Dan Blair discusses rate increase, forever stamp in online chat

washingtonpost.com

The bright side to postal rate increase

DMNews.com

Postal Service Changes Mail Pickup Times In San Diego

NBC San Diego

Petition grows in support of injured carrier's cause

Press of Atlantic City

San Diego Letter Carrier Robbed At Gunpoint

NBC San Diego

PRC Decision Receives Mixed Reaction From Mailers

DIRECT

Netflix Marks One Billion DVDs Delivered

CIO Today

Contract postal trucker dies in accident

76 year old lost control on snow covered road
Bergen (NJ) Record

USPS Contracting Out Mail Delivery

PostalMag.com

Lawmaker Plans To Kill Anti-Junk Mail Bill

(State rep, a union member herself, suddenly remembers that postal workers can vote?)
CBS 4 Denver

'Forever' stamp a dud?

Salt Lake Tribune

Opposition surprised by rapid deal at Canada Post

Ottawa Citizen

Royal Mail seeks 6p stamp hike,

"The changes the Royal Mail hopes for will also see businesses lose the legal right to have franked [i.e. metered] mail delivered to every address in the UK."
The Guardian

PRC recommends 7.6 percent rate increase

DMNews.com

The lid is in the mail

The Great Peanut Butter Recall
WOWT TV Omaha

PRC approves 'forever' stamp, cuts requested increase by a penny

Washington Post
Detailed information from the PRC:

• Text of the Opinion
  
• Recommended Rate Schedules
  
• Recommended Classification Schedules
  
• Technical Appendices
  
• Press Packet

APWU: PRC Decision a Big Win For Customers, APWU

APWU News

APWU Launches Recruiting Campagin Aimed At Women

APWU News

Postal Regulatory Panel to Rule on Rates

Associated Press
click here for the PRC web site

Magazine Publishers Await Postal Rate Hike

Media Week

Sarbanes-Oxley and Postmasters

also: Postmasters Working State Capitols for Universal Mail Service
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

Postal worker delivers big save

WHDH-TV Boston

Maryland Residents Complain Of Getting Mail Late, Tattered

WBAL TV Baltimore

New Mexico: Police catch pair stealing mail

The New Mexican

USPS CFO responds to Nonprofit Alliance's criticisms

Postcom.org
click here to read the Alliance's press release

Over 28,000 signatures collected for Maureen DePrince Home Makeover petition

Gloucester County (NJ) Times
read more and sign the petition at the NALC branch 908 web site

USPS prepares mailers for new postal law effects

DMNews.com

Toledo letter carrier robbed

WTVG TV Toledo

Postal truck burns in Pennsylvania

Lancaster Intelligencer Journal

USPS asks PRC to approve fee schedule for 'premium' stamped stationery

PRC web site (.pdf file)

Going ‘Postal’ over poor service in Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Paper

Today's Postage Due comic strip

postalnews blog

New Mexico DM Says He's a 'Trouble-Shooter'

Rio Rancho Journal

Nine Minutes Late! "You're Out of Here!"

FedSmith.com

Postal Employee Charged With Mail Theft

Hartford Courant

Mail carrier sentenced to a year in prison for mail theft

KOLD TV Tucson

DMC continues fight against postage tax

DMNews.com

Potter: Move Update will be required for Standard Mail

DMNews.com

DMM Advisory: PRC, USPS schedule conference on reform impacts

postalnews blog

Potter- no more break-even under new law

USPS News Link

All-mail elections may have a place in California's future

Orange County Register

Mail carrier recognized for saving man's life

KARE TV Minneapolis-St.Paul

DMers watching do-not-mail bills closely

DMNews.com

Today's Postage Due comic strip

postalnews blog

NALC: Union has backing of Congressional leadership on 'contracting out'

NALC Bulletin

APWU, Mail Handler Raises Implemented Feb 3

"...new pay rates for APWU-represented employees were implemented in Pay Period 04-2007 and will appear in checks dated Feb. 23... two pay periods ahead of the date initially promised..."
APWU News
see also the similar report on the Mail Handlers web site

Former PMG Bill Henderson demoted from Netflix COO job

Valleywag

On the job: Public interaction the highlight for mail carrier

Council Bluffs (IA) Nonpareil

Editorial: Junk mail bill sends wrong message

"It would be convenient for a newspaper to support a provision that creates havoc for a competitor, but it would be irresponsible."
Aurora (CO) Daily Sun

Postal workers recover after mercury scare

Helena Independent Record

PSI Opens 31st Presort Plant

Spartanburg (SC) Herald-Journal

Today's Postage Due comic strip

postalnews blog

UK: Letter bomb suspect is arrested

BBC News

Louisiana town opposes closing of mail processing center

Alexandria Town Talk
Louisiana math (and gullible reporters)
postalnews blog

It’s quick and fast, that’s why mail goes so far away to get sorted

Palm Springs (CA) Desert Sun

GAO Report on USPS Fuel Costs

Government Accountability Office

The Strange Story of Postal Reform

Murray Comarow commentary via Postcom

UPS driver arrested in alleged package selling scheme

WABC-TV New York

Man demanding Social Security check slugs mail carrier in Delray Beach

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Man struck, killed by postal truck in Massachusetts

Berkshire Eagle

NALC Rap Session Transcript

New Jersey NALC Branch 38

Postage stamps: Miniature artwork with mass appeal

International Herald Tribune

Postal truck driver dies in Montana highway accident

Great Falls Tribune

No ‘War on Washington’s Birthday’ here!

postalnews blog

Gone but not forgotten

Stamp collectors search for a piece of history
Escanaba (MI) Daily Press

Man gets probation in snake mail prank

Brainerd (MN) Dispatch

Postal Workers Brave the Cold to Deliver Mail

WLFI-TV West Lafayette, IN

Classified ad misleads about Post Office jobs

WWAY TV Wilmington NC

Neither rain ... nor power outages!!?

Wilmington (OH) News Journal

Editorial: Junk-mail registry a dead letter

Denver Post

Mail running days behind after storms

Muncie Star Press
... meanwhile, in Vermont
Rutland Herald

On a mission for Maureen

Friends seek injured mail carrier home makeover
Press of Atlantic City

Fundraisers planned to help Maine rural carrier

Waldo Independent

New Jersey neighborhood upset at loss of PO

Newark Star Ledger
also: Nebraska town to lose contract PO
Bellevue Leader

Today's Postage Due comic strip

postalnews blog

Mail Handlers and USPS Agree on Effective Dates

NPMHU.org

USPS Sings The Congress-Ran-Off-And-Took-My-Escrow Blues

The Alliance of NonProfit Mailers is just a tad critical of the USPS's recent financial report.
Postcom.org

Ask President Burrus: What's the deal on casuals on tour 2?

APWU News

NAPS offers guidance on “Performance Improvement Plans”

postalnews blog

Senators Seek to Extend Sale of Breast Cancer Stamp

Press release

Update: Settlement (not?) near in letter carrier talks?

Much ado about nothing (or maybe about a previously scheduled meeting?)
postalnews blog

Gunman Robs Kansas City Post Office

KMBC-TV Kansas City

DMM Advisory: Proposed Mailing Standards Update

postalnews blog

How to prepare for upcoming rate changes

Window Book press release

Mailman surely has a cool job

Akron Beacon Journal

Post office on way

Pascagoula has made do with a trailer since Katrina
Biloxi Sun Herald

Snow, rain, heat or gloom of night? It's all Greek to him

Pocono Record

Edmond post office survivor addresses tragic past - News

University of Central Oklahoma Vista

Alert carrier saves woman from house fire

Northwest (IN) Times

Commentary: Privatizing Canada Post is a bad idea

The Globe and Mail

Today's Postage Due comic strip

postalnews blog

Bush budget would cut postal employee health benefits

Also- Emerging Threat in State Capitols
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin

Police investigate bomb threat at North Carolina post office

WWAY TV Wilmington NC

Scare closes post office in Florida

SW Florida Herald Tribune

Postal Service seeks Bank of America NSA

DMNews.com

NALC publishes guide to 'National Reassessment Process'

Guide on the withdrawal or failure to provide Limited Duty
NALC What's New Page

Today's Postage Due comic strip

postalnews blog

NLRB Files Complaint Against DHL

The charges are based on allegations made by the APWU which has been trying to organize approximately 3,000 DHL workers.
APWU News

USPS challenges do-not-mail bill sponsor

Rocky Mountain News

Will reform let USPS charge by season, day?

DMNews.com

Alabama Post Office 'a family place'

Selma Times-Journal

Baltimore postal worker holds on to history

Man's memorabilia includes games, journal of carriers' working lives
Baltimore Sun

Today's Postage Due comic

postalnews blog

Tempe residents uneasy about plainclothes mail carriers

East Valley (AZ) Tribune

Bryan mail won't go to Houston

Bryan-College Station Eagle

More problems for University of Phoenix

(The "University", actually a for profit corporation, offers discounts to postal employees. Buyer beware!)
New York Times

Rep. Herseth introduces bill to close veterans' reassignment loophole

NAPS Legislative Newsletter via Postcom.org

USPS statement on Midwest mail bombs

Press release

USPS won't move Glenwood Springs sorting

Glenwood Springs (CO) Post Independent-Valley News

Does valentine stamp cross the line?

Sacramento Bee

2 get prison for postal thefts

Arizona Republic

Former postal worker sentenced in mail theft case

Rogersville (TN) Review

Today's Postage Due comic strip

postalnews blog
Postage Due archives

USPS: Reform Act mandates trigger $2.7 billion loss in first quarter

USPS News Link
click here for the full Quarter 1 results in .pdf format

UPS Delivers the Goods for Investors

SeekingAlpha

Nonprofits seek delay in rate changes

DMA Nonprofit Federation via Postcom.org
(Click here for Postcom's comments)

NALC Opposes 'Do Not Mail' Bill as Harmful to Postal Service and American Public

Press release

Hacker magazine says USPS lost its latest issue

2600.com

The rate case, and the shape of things to come

DMNews.com

PRC begins shift to regulatory agency

DMNews.com

Letter carrier files suit against dog owner

Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette

Post office changes mail time

Fremont (NE) Tribune

Today's Postage Due Comic Strip

postalnews blog

CBS 2 Undercover: Identity Thieves Go Postal

'Our Cameras Show Local Post Offices Lacking Security'
WCBS TV New York

TRASHED: 200 pieces of mail

Police looking for carrier after undelivered mail, some of it opened, is discovered in garbage can at carwash
Lancaster (PA) New Era

Letter carriers indicted in court

Two face charges of destroying mail
Tallahassee Democrat

More letter bombs in UK

The Guardian
see also: Letter bombs: an expert writes The Register

Man charged with stalking postal worker

Tullahoma (TN) News

Beware of Cat: And Other Encounters of a Letter Carrier

A personal account of a letter carrier's work by Minneapolis carrier Vincent Wyckoff. Scheduled to be published March 15. Available for preorders in our Amazon store.

Ask President Burrus: OT scheduling under the new contract

APWU News

Analyst: Don't Be Fooled By Pitney Bowes' Recent 'Blowout' Quarter

SeekingAlpha.com

Effort on to save rural Post Office

Plattsburgh (NY) Press Republican

One Post Office Serves City Of 76,000

CBSTV11 Dallas-Fort Worth

Post office access issue spurs anger

Kennebec (ME) Journal

EEOC reinstates FMLA class action complaint

Postalflame.org

Missouri woman charged with stealing from post office

seMissourian.com

Fairport residents saved post office

Willoughby (OH) News-Herald
(note: check our blog entry from last year on other "special" post offices mentioned in the postal reform law)

Texas post office burglarized for third time

Greenville (TX) Herald Banner

California Postman Helps Rescue Elderly Woman

KTVU TV San Francisco

Do Not Mail bill introduced in Texas

KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville, TX

APWU Challenges 'Driver Safety Instructor' position

APWU News
click here to read the USPS News Link article announcing the new position

Update: Rural Carriers Reject Contract, Mail Count Cancelled

A notice on the Wisconsin Rural Carriers web site confirms that the contract has been rejected, and that as a result, the mail count scheduled to start on February 17 will not occur.

Mail Delivery To Resume For 2 Brooklyn Buildings

WCBS TV

Reward offered in post office robbery

Yakima (WA) Herald Republic

Pitney Bowes profit increases 80% as restructuring ends

CEO sees postal reform implementation as company catalyst
MarketWatch

UPS places order for 27 Boeing freighters

DMNews.com

Updated: APWU: Raises Take Effect March 3; Contract Changes Take Effect Feb. 3

APWU News

Postal Service Again Honored as Most Trusted Government Agency

USPS News Release

New Mexico: Postal Service Promises Fixes By April

Albuquerque Journal

APWU: First COLA under new agreement=zero

APWU News

Postal clerk's special deliveries warm Vanderbilt University

Nashville Tennessean

USPS Stamps out old mail system on Georgia island

Island Packet

Stamp locally, love globally

Longmont (CO) Times-Call

Stamp of approval

Postal annex gets top US rating for workplace safety
Boston Globe

Update: Post Office Censors Josephine Baker Post Cards

NY1 News
click here to view the postcard
as a reader points out in the comments, USPS News Link addressed this issue a couple of years ago: "Acceptance employees aren’t authorized to decide whether ... matter is, because of its content, nonmailable. They aren’t permitted to deny entry or exclude it from the mail. That’s the law."

Berlin, postal bellwether

Germany pushes its EU neighbors to end monopoly on letters
International Herald Tribune

Pipe bombs, letters probed

Chicago Sun Times

Box of mail delivered after 8 years in PO

Great Falls (MT) Tribune

Ground broken for new flats automation training center in Norman

Norman Transcript

Driver hits Kansas Mailman

Lawrence (KS) Journal click here for video

Fire destroys upstate NY Post Office

Plattsburgh Press Republican

PRC establishes IG office

DMNews.com

Mail carrier ordered to repay stolen deposits

Rapid City Journal

The original inbox

Financial Times

Saying 'I love you' with a (post)mark of Fidelity

St Louis Post Dispatch

USPS Hikes Could Have "Huge, Negative" Impact on Overseas Book Sales

Bookselling This Week

India: Female force to deliver the mail now!

Hindustan Times

Postmaster resigns amid embezzlement probe

Elizabeth City (NC) Daily Advance

Ainsworth named VP for Delivery and Retail

USPS News Link

Mail Truck Driver Talks About Surviving Plunge Off I-30 Bridge

MSNBC

GAO drops USPS from 'high risk' list

Associated Press

Woman Claims Neighbor's Mailbox Is Obscene

WFSB TV Hartford
click here for the video report

Contract awarded for POS systems for CPUs

Press release