Could a federal 'Do Not Mail' list be on the way?

Scripps Howard News Service

Carriers can cross lawns

Monroe (WI) Times

Dancing mailman retires

Kennebec Journal

Private mailbox provider offers email, text notification

Little Elm (TX) Journal

Postmaster runner-up tied to phony e-mails

Miami Herald

Sting nets contract carrier

Madras (OR) Pioneer

FedEx Ground Gives Up Contractor Model in California

FedEx Watch

Postal protest brings changes

Queens (NY) Courier

Connecticut postal worker 'set for life'

Lottery Post

Local APWU president charged with mail theft

Northwest Florida Daily News

Union Raises Concerns Over Instructions for Managers Regarding Weingarten Rights

APWU Industrial Relations

California community going postal over USPS plans

Orange County Register

AFL-CIO: stop postal outsourcing 'bandwagon'

Press release

Residents of Texas town fighting to get post office of their own

San Antonio Express News

Postal worker faces trial for stealing movie coupons

Pensacola News Journal

Commentary: USPS must reform its measures to manage the rate reform

DMNews.com

Probation given to postal supervisor for stealing from mail

Peoria Journal Star

NALC Contract Implementation Dates Set

1.4 percent general increase and $686 cash payment on Oct. 19,
back pay on Nov. 30
NALC web site

Postal Service racks up $5.4B deficit in ’07

Federal Times

Brooklyn clerk guilty in 65G heist

{click here for an earlier story)
NY Daily News

OIG Issues Audit Reports

• Marina P&DC AMP
• Bronx P&DC AMP
• San Francisco ISC Mail Condition Reporting
• Margaret Sellers P&DC Internal Controls On Clock Rings

Arizona postal complaints reach congressman

Arizona Republic

It's back in line for post office users

Salisbury (MD) Daily Times

House to hold hearings on rate increase impact

Postcom.org

35-Pound Medical Waste Mail Packages Approved

Occupational Health & Safety

Postmaster ordered to pay up

Vail Daily News

Major expansion planned for Providence post office

Providence Journal

Texas rural carrier convicted on mail theft charges

Press release

Anthrax drill is met with relief and skepticism

Boston Globe

No more Maury at the PO

Fayetteville Observer

USPS to stop mail delivery to remote Outer Banks community

Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

Appeals Court Overturns Postal Worker's Conviction for Tossing $400K in Mailing Statements

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Morgan P&DC gets makeover to save birds

New York Times

Davis introduces bill to promote rehiring of retirees

Federal Computer Weekly

County frustrated with USPS dealings in Eagan

This Week

Postal Service prepares to move P&DC out of downtown Boston

Boston Globe

Former Chattanooga postmaster indicted

KSWO TV Lawton, OK

Mailers Technical Advisory Committee issues service standards recommendations

Postcom.org

PO'd at the PO: People protest poor accessibility at the old post office

Port Townsend (WA) Leader

Postmaster Indicted on Embezzlement, Child Pornography Charges

Charleston (WV) Gazette

Postal worker fired for "excessive" military leave

"Richard Erickson of Fort Myers, Fla., was fired from the U.S. Postal Service for what his termination letter says was excessive use of military leave."
Marine Corps Times

Canada Post: Deliver advertising, or else

Globe and Mail

USPS Responds to Inquiry Regarding Medical Evidence for Absences of Three Days or Less

APWU Industrial Relations

Information Regarding Missing USPS Laptops Containing Personal Data of Employees

APWU Industrial Relations

Union Vows to Fight On At DHL in Eastern PA

APWU News

Postmaster General Champions Value of Mail on National Broadcast

Press release

PRC sets hearings on service standards and measurements

Federal Register

3 generations have walked the same Montpelier postal route

Barre Montpelier Times Argus

Tennessee Postal Worker To Plead Guilty Of Stealing Prescriptions

The Chattanoogan

New Hampshire postman nabbed for theft

Nashua Telegraph

Postal workers didn't deliver, but still got paid

Grand Rapids Press

The unvarnished truth: post office mural gets fresh look

Natick (MA) Bulletin and Tab

Postal Service, State Police Investigate Burned Tractor-Trailer

KTHV TV Little Rock

USPS Stops Brooklyn Post Office’s Charity To Send Packages to Troops

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Thieves ransack mailboxes in Ventura

Ventura County Star

More to delivering the mail than putting letters in boxes

Marshalltown (IA) Times-Republican

Cops stamp out thieves in postal truck robbery

NY Daily News

Prunes led to post office evacuation in Georgia

Atlanta Constitution

Blind woman, 82, rescued from fire by neighbor, postal worker

Newsday

Dawn Tisdale, PRC Vice Chair, to step down in November

Former letter carrier's retirement leaves an open Democratic seat on the PRC.
Press release

Mechanicsville (MD) postal workers cover a lot of distance to move mail

SoMdNews.com

Fleas keep mail carriers away in Massapequa

News12 TV Long Island

Robber hits Georgia Post Office

McDuffie Mirror

Mansfield postal union fears work will be moved after flood cleanup

Mansfield (OH) News Journal

Watsonville postman saves the day, twice

Santa Cruz Sentinel

What happened to the idea of bringing retirees back as retail associates?

Ask President Burrus, APWU web site

This is only a test

Boston carriers to rehearse emergency delivery plans
West Roxbury Transcript

Bees Stick It To U.S. Post Office

WTOL-TV Toledo

Carjacker Steals Mail Truck

KPHO TV Phoenix

Direct Mailers Organize To Fight Anti-Junk Mail Forces

Editor & Publisher

Letter Carriers Union Endorses Hillary Clinton

NALC Press Release

Court Modifies Ruling Prohibiting Contract Post Offices From Promoting Religion

Religion Clause Blog
click here to read the court's ruling

Postal Worker Killed in Accident

WPVI TV Philadelphia

West Virginia woman in fight for home mail delivery

Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Postal employee resigns after investigation into mail theft

San Luis Obispo County Tribune

Letter carrier contract ratified by 9-1 margin

NALC Homepage

Case of the missing gift cards: Mail carrier is stung

The Oregonian

Laptop Stolen in May Contained Postal Workers' Personal Info

WSMV TV Nashville

Postal service curbs deliveries

Mankato (MN )Free Press

Neither bombs nor bullets stop Baghdad's postmen

Reuters

NALC: Where we stand

Postal Record

Man finds a lot of mail under some bushes

KTRK TV Houston

Former postal worker gets 64 years for murdering wife

Murderer sought to restart affair with co-worker
Department of Justice press release

Post offices offering cash prizes to APC customers

Greensboro News-Record
(note: you can also enter the contest without visiting an APC by clicking here)

Postal employee uses training to save stabbing victim

Orangeburg (SC) Times and Democrat

Postal workers assail candidate over anti-anthrax cream

Times of Trenton

A pair of guilty pleas in postal robberies

Beaufort (SC) Gazette

Pennsylvania Post Office Near-Total Loss After Blaze

WJAC TV Johnstown

For-Profit 'Crusade' Against Junk Mail

New York Times

U.S. Postal Service Relies on Siemens for Mail Sorting Equipment

TMCnet.com

Postal Service on hunt for mail tubs

Great Falls Tribune

Postal Driver Dies At Dulles Center

Washington Post (updated)

Thieves hit drive through collection box in California town

Press release

Congressional recess over- GOP Senate hopes fading

eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

APWU raises sick leave documentation question

APWU's Greg Bell questions requiring a doctor's note for absences of less than three days from employees not on the restricted SL list.
APWU letter via 21CPW's "Postal Attendance Terrorism" page.

Are Postal Inspectors covered by FLSA overtime provisions?

District Court says no, Appeals Court tells it to think again...
Morelaw.com
click here for the full opinion in .pdf format

Ask President Burrus: Why not one united postal union?

APWU News

New Haven "Hashthrax" Update

Overreaction to white powder "incident" proves costly
Wired Danger Room Blog

Arsonist torches collection box

Canton (OH) Repository

Back Pay for Some Reservists Going Back to 1980?

FedSmith.com
also: Court Guidance for Agencies on Use of Military Leave by Agencies

Pit bull attacks letter carrier in California

Orange County Register

UPS said to reach deal to withdraw from Teamsters pension plan

Pensions & Investments
and, according to Postcom.org, that clears the way for a contract agreement between the union and UPS.

Your postman may be a pastor

Orlando Sentinel

Rural carrier faces trial for abandoning mail

Greenville (SC) News

Commentary: Service performance measurement

Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom.org

Monster data theft infected gov jobs site

Reuters via Silicon.com

Faces of Labor: Mailman

Kennebec (ME) Journal

Man charged with threatening postmaster

Wenatchee (WA) World

Ex-postal clerk gets probation and fine

Mobile Press-Register

Fake mailman raiding Chicago mailboxes?

WLS TV Chicago

Postal worker cleared in dog BB shooting

Greenville (SC) News

Traditional Mail Trucks Could Become History

WIZM La Crosse