Postal workers demand apology from GOP

Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel

NAPS and Postmaster Organizations Say “No” to Pay Concessions

NAPS Update
click here to read the letter sent by the heads of the three management organizations, and read the minutes of the meeting here -

USPS Delivers on Consumer Reports Next-Day Mail Challenge

Consumer Reports press release

League President: "I absolutely don’t foresee Postmasters and supervisors giving up their raises."

National League of Postmasters - Presidents Message

Feds probe West Virginia post office

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

PMG Gives Performance the Stamp of Approval

Washington Post

Craft Jurisdiction for Flat Sequencing System (FSS) Goes to Mail Handlers

Mail Handlers Union web site

PRC Chairman Predicts 5% Rate Hike for 2009

multichannelmerchant.com

Earth Class Mail, Swiss Post Partner for Online Postal Mail Service

Press release

APWU appeals FMLA call-in procedure change to arbitration

APWU - Industrial Relations

Decision tomorrow on pay concessions for Postmasters and Supervisors?

NAPS Legislative and Regulatory Update

Financial crisis has some feds delaying retirement

Federal Times

It’s not “junk mail,” but recycle it anyway

Federal Times

Texas carrier admits to mail theft

Associated Press

Ex-postal supervisor will face charges

Florida Times Union

Tight times strain postmasters

Federal Times

While we were watching the campaign

NAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

Mailers Council exec warns postal pay freeze attempt could backfire

Postcom.org via postalnews blog

Through Rain, Sleet, Snow -- But Perhaps Not Lean Times

Washington Post

Cap One, USPS still in NSA dispute

DMNews

Big postage increases ahead for magazines?

Dead Tree Edition

Rally to protest privatization of BMC's

Jersey Journal

First-Ever Layoffs Loom at Postal Service

Labor Notes

Why did the post office throw the clock out the window?

Washington Post

NAPUS President says “NO” to pay freeze for Postmasters, EAS

postalnews blog

Rumor mill: USPS freezes PCES pay, seeks to do the same for Postmasters, EAS?

postalnews blog

The Two Tour Initiative

Trenton Metro Area APWU Local

In Defense of That Daily Visitor, Unsolicited Mail

Interview with Pitney Bowes CEO Michael J. Critelli
New York Times

USPS, NALC agree on "Interim Alternate Route Adjustment Process"

Also: "Contracting Out" moratorium extended for duration of current contract (pdf files)
Letter Carrier Connection

When business is down, kick the customers

Dead Tree Edition

Postal worker accused of stealing drugs from mail

WLOS TV Asheville NC

Postal worker in custody following gunfire, chase

WTNH TV New Haven
click here for video via postalnews.tv

New Jersey Swallows Delaware (Death of the SCF, Part 2)

Dead Tree Edition

USPS HQ, Areas to reduce staffing

"...complement in all Headquarters and Headquarters-related units has been reduced ... starting this week, employees occupying impacted positions will be notified and given information and guidance."
USPS News Link

UPS Net Falls; Sees `Significant Slowing' in Economy

Bloomberg

Royal Mail doubles its profit

The Scotsman

Harvey letter carrier delivers mail with police escort after evading gunfire along her route

Chicago Tribune

Private-Firm Mailbox Access Poses Dangers: Rand Study

DIRECT
read a summary of the report here, or download the entire document here -

Most Dangerous Block In U.S.? Mail Delivery Halted

WBBM TV Chicago

"Mail Angel" Comes To The Rescue After Woman Falls

KTVI TV St. Louis

Gunfire disrupts mail delivery in Harvey neighorhood

WLS TV Chicago

Businesses feel sting from Post Office cutbacks

Rocky Mount Telegram

An Open Letter to the PMG

"...the current USPS business plan is not working and cannot be expected to work in the future..."
APWU President Bill Burrus

Ask President Burrus: VER Incentives

APWU News

Powder-laced letters sent to banks in 9 cities

Associated Press

Layoffs At The Direct Marketing Association

DIRECT
see also: DMA Layoffs Include Long-Term Executives -

UPS spent more than $1.4M lobbying in 3Q

Associated Press

Penalty Overtime, Casual Exception Periods Set

APWU News

Car plows into Colorado post office; 1 hurt

Denver Post

Feds investigate Truckee's lost letters

Sierra (CA) Sun

Death of the SCF?

Dead Tree Edition
see also this followup post

Canadian postal workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike

Ottawa Citizen

USPS Saves $5 Million Annually With Transportation Consolidation

GreenBiz.com

Postal service cutbacks could affect customers

Harrisburg Patriot News

Postal worker guilty of threat

Samuel Davis Kemp, 59, mixed pain medicine and liquor, then threatened his boss and co-workers.
Roanoke Times

Postal carrier arrested

WTVT TV Tampa

New Hampshire Postal Clerk Convicted Of Stealing Mail

WCVB TV Boston

Mail carrier charged with taking charge cards

Greenville (NC) Daily Reflector

Postal Workers Indicted For Stealing

WLMT TV Memphis

UPS to raise ground rates 5.9%, air express 4.9%

Press release

GOP campaign ad suggests letter carriers are sexual predators

Press release

Top Federal Postal Cop Retires in Wake of ABC News Investigation

ABC News

Tour 2, Early-Outs, Four-Day Workweeks

APWU Burrus Update

USPS: Keep the Mail Monopoly

DIRECT

USPS Planning 'Aggressive' Tactics for Delivery Cost Savings

NALC Btanch 709 web site via Postalmag.com (Adobe .pdf version of a Powerpoint presentation given at last month's AVP/MOS meeting)

OIG identifies problems with FSS strategy

USPS Office of the Inspector General (pdf file)

Postal service to work with city on island mail

Galveston County Daily News

The Two Tour Initiative

Trenton Metro Area Local, APWU

NAPS local officer accused of stealing $14,000

Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer

Postal Service eliminates 87 collection points in Chattanooga

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Galveston mayor issues plea for post offices to reopen

Galveston County Daily News

White powder scares cost law enforcement time, money

USA Today

Post office is out to lunch

"...is the U.S. Postal Service deliberately courting outrage among its customers?"
Red Bank (NJ) Green

Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor Anthrax...

New York Times

Next step for USPS: Layoffs?

Federal Times

3,685 Postal employees have accepted VERA so far

The Day (New London)

Postcom: USPS reduces services in "troubling trend"

Postcom.org

Rattlesnake In Mailbox Bites Letter Carrier

Tampa Tribune

Two Maine PMRs admit taking postal funds

Kennebec Journal

Pit bull owner on trial for attack on postal carrier

Orange County Register

Bold Robber Hits Post Office In Pennsylvania

KDKA TV Pittsburgh click here for video -

NALC President denounces Donahoe video on "street only"work

NALC Bulletin

APWU Activists Work to ‘Defend Our BMCs’

APWU News

W.Va. post offices adjusting hours during economic crisis

Charleston Daily Mail

Two Texas window clerks indicted after stock shortages trigger investigations

DOJ Press release

Minnesota postal worker charged with three counts of mail theft

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Postal worker alerts woman in burning house

Richmond Times Dispatch

Mail carrier airlifted to hospital after collision

Vineland (NJ) Daily Journal

Postmaster gets 17-and-a-half years in murder for hire scheme

Huntersville (NC) Herald

Arizona City residents win fight for street delivery of mail

KNXV TV Phoenix

Group of 22 Postal Workers Share $10.2 Million Powerball ackpot Prize

Press release

Thrift Savings: C fund share price drops below G fund

postalnews blog

Shiny new post office isn't so shiny

Sarasota Herald Tribune

DM Hiring Cuts Seen for Remainder of Year, Says Survey

DIRECT

Texas postal worker indicted for mail theft

KTRK TV Houston

Mailing Our Way to Solvency

New York Times

Playing Political Hardball

Postal unions and the election
Federal News Radio

Neither snow, nor rain, nor shootouts . . .

Pilot program offers Milwaukee postal carriers safe havens
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Military seeing increase in mail

Stars and Stripes

Postal worker goes beyond call of duty

Elderly woman’s failure to collect mail leads concerned carrier to her rescue
Hickory (NC) record

Meriden (CT) mail carriers disciplined

"...because they can't finish their expanded routes in the allotted eight hours."
Meriden Record Journal

Vanishing Mail Van Frustrates Waterfront Residents

New York Times

Illinois postal worker to plead guilty in money order "kiting" scheme

Springfield (IL) State Journal-Register

So far, no delay with new mail process

Pittsburg (KS) Morning Sun

First Circuit bars suit alleging US postal employee stole campaign mail

Jurist Blog

USPS Financial Difficulties and the Possibility of Layoffs

APWU News: Burrus Update

Congressman Asks Boston Managers to Explain VMF Subcontracting Policy

APWU MVS Division

Postcom: USPS cools to idea of more market-dominant NSAs

Postcom.org

At the Postal Service, Talk of Layoffs

Washington Post

Researcher says USPS.com web site was "compromised"

"criminal gangs have acquired administrative log-in credentials for more than 200,000 Web sites -- including the one used by the U.S. Postal Service -- and have used the compromised domains to attack unsuspecting users' PCs"
Computerworld

2 men rob Texas Post Office

The Facts

APWU:Dispute Over Notification to Locals of Subcontracting Appealed to Arbitration

APWU - Industrial Relations

USPS seeks contractor to handle public relations

Federal Business Opportunities

Atlanta's Mail Carriers Hit By Gas Shortage

WXIA TV Atlanta

How to Deal with "Do Not Mail" Mania

Postcom.org

Postal Worker Attacked With Hammer Over Man, Police Say

WVIT TV Hartford

Mail carriers to bring drugs in anthrax attack

Reuters

VER Timeline for Postmasters, EAS employees

NAPUS

9,000 pieces of mail found in storage

Lansing State Journal

Jury watches video in workers comp fraud case

Billings Gazette

Mailman Sentenced For Dealing Pot On Route

KPTV Portland