Burrus: USPS’ Bleak Financial Picture and the Presidential Election

APWU News
see also economist Alan Robinson's comments -

Some mail delivery begins on Galveston Island

Galveston County Daily News

Mail carrier's camera phone catches thief in the act

WINK TV Ft. Myers

Trial opens for ex-postal worker charged with fraud

Billings Gazette

Credit card mail sees decline

DMNews

Commentary: Congress should relax retiree health benefit pre-funding requirement

Gene Del Polito for Postcom.org

Filling in the Gaps: What the CFO didn't tell us...

"The loss so far in the fourth quarter is driven by a 4.7% decline in revenue, a 1.3% increase in expenses, and a $329 million workers compensation adjustment. Extrapolating this trend through September would result in a quarterly loss of $2.168 billion and a fiscal year loss of $3.326 billion."
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

City sends post office packing, but the mail will go through

Philadelphia Daily News

Invasion of the yellowjackets

Mail delivery interrupted after 2 carriers hospitalized
Gillette (WY) News-Record

U.S. Postal Service puts new facilities on hold

Nevada Appeal

Mail carriers feel they're 'sitting ducks' for wrecks - The Times-Herald

Newnan (GA) Times-Herald

To Postal Workers, No Mail Is ‘Junk’

With revenues falling, the post office owes its future to stuff we throw out
Newsweek

Postmaster sentenced for plot to kill ex-wife

he didn't want to share his pension with her...
Charlotte Observer

After Complaints, Postal Service Shifts Course to Provide Absentee Ballot Applications

New York Times

Federal health premiums to rise 7 percent in 2009

Government Executive

Using Your Postman as Your Shipping Consultant

Independent Street Blog

Postal branch may be cut off

Sharon (PA) Herald

Small PA town upset over losing post office - Reading Eagle Newspaper

Post Office "serves 70 addresses"
Reading Eagle

15 charged with federal housing fraud: eleven are postal workers

Southtown (IL) Star

Man threatens to kill his mail carrier

Andalusia (AL) Star-News

Documents: Ivins bragged he knew anthrax killer

Associated Press

Absentee voters lose convenient access

Postal Service prohibits absentee ballot applications in lobbies
The Shelter Island Reporter

Sticky-Fingered Mail Carriers Answer To Letter Of Law

Tampa Tribune

Postal Nurses’ Contract Headed for Arbitration

APWU News

Postal board hears gloomy forecast for FY 2008 financials

Press release
click here to view CFO Glen Walker's presentation, via Postcom.org. Information was limited to the third quarter results which had been released in early August. Additional information from the PRC on July and August results was posted on our blog last week. See also Postcom.org's summary.

Postal Service To Announce $2.5 Billion Yearly Loss

ABC News
earlier stories on the USPS financial situation -

Former postal clerk accused of theft

Buffalo News

Reward in mail carrier attack

Norristown (PA) Times Herald

Donahoe sees $1.4 billion in delivery savings

"Full time street" concept, maintaining August workhour usage rate through December
USPS News Link

Use-It-Or-Lose-It Bill's A Loser

Federal News Radio

Fort Scott post office makes changes to mail sorting system

Fort Scott (KS) Tribune

PMG tells employee organizations that USPS financial condition is poor, action by Congress needed

"Potter added that the Postal Service would need the help of the unions and associations in working with the Congress as the Postal Service attempts to develop solutions to our problems that will involve discussions and Congressional approval. Specific plans were not discussed at the meeting."
National Association of Postal Supervisors

Postal Employees Ordered To Stop Offering First-Class Mail

consumerist.com

Mail stolen from collection box

WWMT TV Grand Rapids MI

No Such Thing as Free Shipping?

Advertising Age

PMG to meet with unions, management associations Monday

postalnews blog

Pennsylvania postal worker struck by car while delivering mail

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Video: Residents Going Postal Over Planned Mail Facility

postalnews.tv

Former Brooklyn postman banned from offices for selling clothes

New York Daily News

Oakland Letter Carriers Called 'Heroes'

KTVU San Francisco

U.S. postal worker part of gun-smuggling scheme, court told

Vancouver Sun

FedEx Reports Lower Profit, As Shipping Volume Weakens

"The company also announced plans to raise shipping rates 6.9% in January."
Wall Street Journal

League meets with USPS reps on POVs, SSA Revenue Goals System

National League of Postmasters - Latest News Briefs

TSP Drops Fast; 2009 Retiree COLA Rate Also Drops

FedSmith

Team Houston responds to Hurricane Ike

USPS News Link

Postal Workers Protest DHL Move from Ohio

AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

Postmaster General Cautions of Perfect Economic Storm

Press release
click here for the text of the PMG's remarks -

Amazing rollaway video

From a 2003 gas station security camera.
postalnews.tv

Veteran postal clerk convicted of embezzlement

Central Valley (CA) Business Times

Mail carriers live up to motto

Dayton Daily News

USPS lost almost $1 billion in August

postalnews blog

Market Meltdown Could Postpone Retirements

Federal News Radio

Shipping, mail services getting back to normal after Hurricane Ike

KHOU TV Houston

Postal Worker Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Theft

KCRA TV Sacramento

Postal Service vs. Aliso Viejo: Who has facts on proposed plant?

Orange County (CA) Register

Rural EMA Rises to 65 cents per mile

Postaltexan's Blog

Post office scuffle ends in gunfire

WALB TV Albany (GA)

Seven Alaska postal workers charged in thefts

Anchorage Daily News

Postal employee dismissed amid charges of mail theft

Delaware County (PA) Times

Why Lehman Brothers and Merril Lynch Matters

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

USPS plans to install cancellers on AFSM 100's

"This modification will eventually replace all of the existing flat cancellation operations within the 010 operations nationwide."
Mailhandlers' Union web site

Maihandlers file national grievance on stolen laptops

Mailhandlers Union web site

Asbestos find results in post office closure

Charleston (WV) Gazette

Postal Service upgrades Web site

Federal Computer Week

Sumner residents say 'postal service' is contradiction in terms

KING TV Seattle

Even with no mail, post office delivered

New Orleans Times-Picayune

Federal workers owe billions in unpaid taxes

WTOP Washington

Congressman Joins Philadelphia BMC Protest

WFMZ-TV Philadelphia

Louisville AMF employee charged with misappropriation of postal funds

DOJ Press release

Congressman Presses USPS for Answers Regarding Meriden, CT Route Changes

Press release

Rep. Bartlett skeptical that Ivins sent anthrax

Associated Press

Postal parcels pilfered

Marysville (CA) Appeal-Democrat

Letter carrier charged with forgery and identity theft

Jackson (TN) Sun

Mail carrier caught stealing on her route

AccessNorthGa

Unemployment checks delayed by USPS error

Decatur (IL) Herald & Review

Service Updates for Hurricane Ike

USPS National Mail Service Updates
Live storm coverage from KHOU Houston -

Potter names Cochrane and Betman to Vice President positions

USPS News Link

So Much to Do – So Little Time

eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

Suit alleges postal worker ran over child

Southeast Texas Record

Mail carriers name heroes of the year

Associated Press

Probation given to Connecticut letter carrier in theft

Associated Press

Neither sleet, nor heat stop Mary and the mail

News of Delaware County

Testing Earth Class Mail: The Results

New York Times Blog
read the original NY Times review, or the CNET video review

Early-Retirement Info Wrong, Burrus Tells Postal Service

APWU News

Pitney Bowes says it’s doing OK despite mail downturn

postalnews blog

Diebold gets new contract to manage USPS video security system

Akron Beacon Journal
(Let's hope it works better than their voting machines!) -

House acts to prohibit shipping cigarettes by mail

Newsday

GAO says USPS should add new delivery indicators to Pay for Performance

postalnews blog

Missing Checks Fallout in Pennsylvania

WTAJ TV Altonna video -

Safe stolen from Hawaiii post office

Honolulu Advertiser

Appeals Court affirms removal of rural carrier in auto accident

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

In Deficit, Retirees See Plenty of Reason to Worry

Washington Post

Retirement Bound? Timing Is Everything!

Mike Causey's federal Page

Plans for several California postal service facilities put on hold

Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise

California RCA dies in auto accident

Hanford (CA) Sentinel

Small business pushes growth of Postal Service

The Oklahoman

USPS combines kiosks, digital screens

Self Service World

Gustav precautions put burden on Postal Service

Mail was evacuated from harm's way too
New Orleans Times Picayune

Georgia Supreme Court to hear suit by rural carrier

Macon Telegraph

East St. Louis post office burglarized

KSDK TV St Louis
click here for video report via postalnews.tv

Credit Crisis Puts a Dent in Card Offers

New York Times

Postal Service offers early retirements - FederalTimes.com

"[USPS HR Chief Tony] Vegliante said paying employees to retire early isn’t an option. 'There’s absolutely not going to be an incentive,' he said. 'Economically it doesn’t make any sense at this point. It would cost us too much money, and right now we’re not in the position.'"
Federal Times

8-year-old boy dead after being struck by postal truck in Brooklyn

New York Daily News

- Residents complain of delays with mail

Athens (AL) News Courier

No electricity, running low on gas, but PO reopens in Louisiana town

Daily Iberian

Mark of the Eagle- final episode

Last "webisode" in the series- earlier "Mark of the Eagle" episodes are available here.
postalnews.tv

Postal clerk charged with theft

Brunswick (ME) Times Record

Undelivered mail found at home of North Carolina rural carrier

WRAL TV Raleigh

Postal supervisor thinks employee is too important to serve on murder jury

postalnews blog (link corrected)

It's a grand old flag stamp, but collectors can't buy singles

Des Moines Register

Louisiana: Postal Service back to work in 6 parishes

New Orleans Times Picayune

VER timeline for Carriers, Maintenance, EAS and PCES employees

USPS Lite Blue
(for information on the earlier VER offering for clerks, mail handlers and supervisors, click here.)

Post office worker accused of embezzlement

WOOD TV Grand Rapids MI click here for video -

Print Catalogs Still Rule, Survey Shows

multichannelmerchant.com

Arkansas man indicted in post office heist

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Judge rejects anxiety excuse, sends former postmaster to prison

Newark Star Ledger

Burrus to Maintenance, MVS Employees: Don't Go!

APWU News

Deutsche Post Denies Delay In US Restructuring

Dow Jones

Postal worker sentenced in theft of checks

WBFF TV Baltimore

Brewfest to benefit family of deceased letter carrier

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Police seek man who tried to steal postal truck

Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

Postal Service has no plans to rebuild post office destroyed by fire in 2004

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Feds to keep selling Duck Stamp that includes phone-sex number

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Fox news interviews right wing lobbyist on “The Future of the Postal Service”

postalnews.tv

Deluxe to Close Three Plants, Axing 570 Employees

(Deluxe is one of the largest producers of paper checks in the US.)
DIRECT

League surveys Postmasters (and the rest of the world) about their working conditions

postalnews blog

Some Louisiana post offices reopening

USPS National Service Update

Ohio mail carrier facing theft charges

Triffin (OH) Advertiser-Tribune

Work slowing at mail plant in Eastern Maine

Bangor Daily News

El Paso: 10-Year Residents Still Waiting For Mailboxes

KFOX TV El Paso

Hawaii: Mail truck causes chain reaction accident on freeway

Honolulu Advertiser

Rural carrier admits piling up mail

Indianapolis Star

Mailbox pipe bomb packed deadly force

Harrisburg (PA) Patriot News

Mississippi post offices to open today

Biloxi Sun Herald

Walking ahead: Letter carrier overcomes polio, accident to deliver mail

Lawrence (KS) Journal World

Service Updates for Hurricane Gustav

USPS - National Mail Service Updates

USPS truck eyed in Queens hit-run

New York Daily News