Editorial: New postal rules make no sense
"Sounds like the change [the 13 ounce rule] is a veiled attempt to drive customers to the post office where they offer to sell you everything from coffee cups to tote bags." Washington (NC) Daily News
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Contracting out the network?
Noted by Postcom.org: the USPS seeks to "identify interested organizations with the capability to implement a time-definite mail distribution and transportation network".
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Tentative Agreement Reached On City Letter Carriers Contract
"The agreement, retroactive to November 21, 2006, provides general wage increases of 8.85 percent over five years along with regular cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) and a single lump-sum COLA payment of $686 for the period between July 2006 and May 2007. The proposed contract includes new limits on contracting out of city letter carrier work in more than 3,000 city delivery installations and establishes a six-month moratorium on contracting out city carrier delivery services elsewhere across the country." Press release
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Ask the CFO
USPS CFO Glen Walker will be the guest on Federal News radio's 'Ask The CFO' program at 11:30 EDT. (WFED is at 1050 AM in Washington, and also streams its programming online).
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Worker bot sorts packages
"... a parcel sorting system that employs agile robot workers capable of quickly classifying and separating small items such as mail packages" Pink Tentacle blog
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Light Fingered Accrington Postwoman - Latest UK Postal Service News - Hellmail.co.uk
"A postwoman was caught stealing mail from her customers. Helen Balderstane, 33, from Accrington, was caught tampering with mail belonging to her customers. ome items were found in a post box, and others on waste ground. She had worked at Accrington delivery office for 9 years." Hellmail.co.uk
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