Congressman wants space set aside in post offices for photos of military personnel

San Luis Obispo Tribune

FedEx, UPS give peak day package forecasts

Reuters

Update: Vermont clerk loses bid for injunction

previous story: Waterbury VT residents fight to keep postal clerk
Burlington Free Press

Get paid for unused sick leave?

Federal Times

Postal worker admits she stole gift cards

Wausau Daily Herald

Summary of today's postal oversight hearing

Postcom.org

New Postal Service Rules Delivered Ahead of Schedule

Washington Post

PRC sets new ratemaking rules

PRC web site

APWU: USPS Could Lose Millions Under Bank of America NSA

APWU News

USPS Laptop Stolen in August Held Hawaii Employee Information

KITV Honolulu

Postmaster General: 'Letter Carrier Surge Is Working'

The Onion (satire)

NALC and USPS agree to extend negotiation period for local implementation

NALC Homepage

Will Increased Postal Rates Put Mailers out of Business?

Hearing set for Wednesday (note: the press release incorrectly reads October 03)
House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia

UPS accused of tipping the scales

Detroit Free Press

USPS says Detroit consolidation won't delay mail

Crain's Detroit Business

Newspaper Exposes Royal Mail Security Shambles

Sunday Mail

OIG Audit of USPS's Strategic Workforce Plan

USPS OIG web site (.pdf file)

Carrier pleads guilty to mail and workers’ comp fraud charges

Press release

Waiting for Netflix's Plot to Advance

Company's future plans don't include the postal service
Washington Post

Disability or Threat?: Post-traumatic-stress Disorder in the Workplace

Court finds USPS acted reasonably in removing PSTD afflicted vet from workplace, but mishandled leave and retirement decisions.
Wood-Crapo LLC
read the entire Tenth Circuit Court decision. Update: see also this case recently decided by the DC District Court.

Post office undecided on replacements for area stamp machines

SE Missourian

Mail handlers health plan provider in trouble?

"Coventry cuts fee for mail handlers; shares tumble"
Wichita Eagle

Does MSPB Order Supersede Union Agreement?

Fedsmith.com

New USPS Diktat: Mailing Labels To The Top Of Magazines

mediabistro.com: FishbowlNY

Postman's weekends are shot- for a year- after vandalizing co-worker's car

Staten Island Advance

FedEx plans rate increases for 2008

Logistics Management
(note: ever notice that the newspapers and right wing "think" tanks that go postal whenever the USPS raises rates never have a problem with UPS and FedEx's annual price hikes?)

Maghound: a Netflix for Magazines?

Advertising Age

Granite State Is Latest Do-Not-Mail Battleground

eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Driver dies when postal tractor trailer plunges off overpass,

New Haven Register

Fighting wildfires may hit letter carrier in the pocketbook

San Diego Union Tribune

Pennsylvania postal employee charged with embezzling funds

Press release

Support Wildfire Victims by Contributing to PERF

APWU News

Reasons vary for late mail deliveries

Baton Rouge Advocate
see also this editorial from the Advocate: Deliver mail before dark

Editorial: Mail consolidation plan makes sense

Detroit News

Beware Buddies Bearing Buyouts

Federal News Radio WFED

Mail Missing From Stolen Mail Truck

WDIV TV Detroit

Hamilton postal workers reject campaign claims- NJ.com

Times of Trenton

Postal workers picket over cut hours

Cincinnatti Enquirer

Alabama mailman pleads guilty to sexual abuse of 86-year-old

Northwest Florida Daily News

California Wildfire Mail Service Updates

USPS.com

Post Office Aims to Leave Yesterday’s Image Behind

New York Times

Peoria postal workers protest decision to move priority services

Peoria Journal Star

Postal Service defends Detroit consolidation

Detroit Free Press

USPS to promote ‘Today’s mail’

DMNews.com

Photos of military personnel back up at Paso Robles Post Office

San Luis Obispo Tribune News

A Campaign Recalls Postal Workers' Deaths

Washington Post

Letter to the editor: Mail handlers union opposes Canton consolidation plans

Canton (OH) Repository

Blind Man Says Postal Clerk Didn't Help Him -

KMBC TV Kansas City

Photos of troops overseas are gone from post office, inspiring outrage

San Luis Obispo Tribune
What do you think? Vote in this week's poll!

Questions about "Misc" category deductions?

NALC News

Former postmaster is sentenced for drug transactions

Belleville (IL) News Democrat

Former postmaster pleads not guilty to felony theft

Isanti County (MN) News

From dogs to catalogs, mail carriers deliver original view of neighborhoods

Grand Junction (CO) Sentinel

Letter carrier goes to aid of 82 year old man in dog attack

Wellington (KS) Daily News

Commentary: PRC takes [redacted] steps into [redacted] new world...

Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom.org
Update: the PRC has "unredacted" the data in the Bank of America NSA decision- see today's PRC daily listing for the files involved.

Iowa postal workers back Edwards

Des Moines Register
(This story led to the national APWU announcing that it had not yet endorsed a candidate)

Flint pickets hope to stop post office plan

WJRT TV Flint

"Jewish postal worker" headline got it wrong

postalnews blog

California letter carrier aids child, stops driver in hit-and-run accident

Salinas Californian

What does the U.S. Postal Service have to hide?

USPS refuses to disclose how much overtime employees work
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Overhead door leads to postal worker's suit against Wal-Mart

Southeast Texas Record

Editorial: Post office needs security cameras

Jonesboro (AR) Sun

In the face of changes, Postal Service cuts back

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Puppy Love

Neighbors hope gift at a block party helps Torrance mail carrier heal from a pit bull attack on his route.
LA Daily Breeze

Boston cops: Postal worker got punchy

Boston Herald
click here for video from Fox25 Boston

Modern Service Standards for Market-Dominant Products

The USPS proposal for new service standards under the Postal Reform Act. Click here for the .pdf version.
Federal Register

Letter to the Editor: Santa Ana DM defends Aliso Viejo project

Orange County Register

Residents bear brunt of mail dispute

Montgomery Advertiser

Appeals court rejects Jewish postal worker's bias claim

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Editorial: Youngstown residents face loss of important service

Youngstown Vindicator

Petition Seeks Return of International Surface Mail Service

petitiononline.com

DMA chief calls on ad mailers to include an opt-out notice with every piece

DIRECT

Montana carrier and her wolf deliver into the wild

The Missoulian

Military postal service gearing up for approaching holiday season

Stars and Stripes

USPS loses appeal of FOIA case

postalnews blog

Indiana letter carrier who disappeared faces charges

Greenfield Daily Reporter

APWU Launches Ad Campaign Against Consolidation in Michigan

APWU News

MetroGroup to close Vermont plant

End of mailing facility will leave 204 jobless
Rutland Herald

Manhattan: You’ve Got Mail

New York Times

Detroit postmark could get ax

Detroit Free Press

Post office's new vehicles force mailbox change

Paradise (CA) Post

California postal worker sentenced to 2 years

Tri-Valley Herald

Clerk in vending theft case sentenced to probation

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Post office worker gets 2 years for stealing money orders

San Francisco Chronicle

APWU announces election results

APWU News

NYC: Postal Service a step closer to Morgan consolidation

Chelsea Now

Postal Service won't deliver mail to new development

WSFA TV Montgomery (AL)

Post office to deliver mail to woman's door

Clarksville (TN) Leaf Chronicle

Noose found near ground zero post office

New York Newsday

USPS proposes addressing standards for FSS

DMNews.com

Company to develop pilot program to combat workers comp fraud in USPS

TradingMarkets.com

Post Office Insider Says Problems Persist At Las Cruces Post Offices

KFOX El Paso

Postal rate change has impact around globe

Chicago Tribune

Postal carrier battles leukemia

Lompoc Record

Customer charged with stealing $300,000 in postage

Long Beach (CA) Press Telegram

Young, Potter Sign Five-Year National Agreement Covering 222,000 Letter Carriers

Press release

Postal worker killed by gunman is buried

Shreveport Times

Dry Cleaner owner offers drive-thru postal services

Flower Mound (TX) Leader Star

Motorist dies in collision with postal truck

Columbia (MO) Tribune

Mailboxes getting rarer

Philadelphia Inquirer

Del Polito to Mailers—Worry, Be Happy

multichannelmerchant.com

Postal Service fined $10,000 over trees

Miami Herald

APWU starts posting preliminary election results

Optimum Solutions web site

The Future of the Postal Service

NPR's Justice Talking looks at the USPS. Guests include PMG Jack Potter. Click here to find stations that carry the show. The program will be available online after 5PM ET Monday at the program's web page, or the NPR Podcast page.

Postal Worker Still Waiting for Justice

WANE TV Ft Wayne IN

Aliso Viejo gathers for postal protest

Orange County Register

Letter carrier killed in Louisiana law office shootings

Alexandria (LA) Town Talk
also: NALC President Young's statement and the reaction of one of the carrier's customers.

Postal Clerk Convicted of Stealing Mail

WKRG TV Mobile/Pensacola

Couple indicted in Voyager gas card theft

Texarkana Gazette

Ex-postmaster charged in fraud case

KHOU TV Houston

Eagan: City tells USPS to complete road

St Paul Pioneer Press

Royal Mail workers set to strike

The Guardian

Ceremony to honor end of Railway Post Office

Hayward (CA) Daily Review

Post office pair call it a career after 35 years

Contra Costa Times

Postal Regulatory Commission Sends Bank of America NSA to Postal Governors

Press release

Pricey plane tickets for government officials usually unjustified, report says

"The U.S. Postal Service, for example, permits members of its governing board to fly first class anywhere."
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Connecticut APWU wants anthrax answers

New Haven Register

USPS extends Move Updates to include standard mail

DMNews.com

Postal trailer crash closes Pennsylvania Turnpike

Cumberland Co. Patriot News

Verizon Deploys $25 Million Satellite Network for U.S. Postal Service

Press release

USPS age discrimination case reaches Supreme Court

postalnews blog

Microsoft wants to help move post office into the electronic age

Press release

Europe looks at scrapping remaining postal monopolies by 2011

International Herald Tribune

UNI Supports NALC’s Fight Against Outsourcing

Press release

UPS, Teamsters Agree on New Five-Year Contract

Press release