postalnews.com: February 2009

Saturday, February 28

Mailer sentenced to prison for defrauding USPS
Trial of bulk mail tech he allegedly conspired with begins Wednesday.
Mount Pleasant (MI) Morning Sun Comment
Armed Robber Holds Up Akron Mail Man
WOIO TV Cleveland Comment
2009 Price-Change Stamps Unveiled
USPS News Release Comment
Postal worker charged with theft of mail
Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger Comment
Mailman Finds Delivery Route Altered By Recession
NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday Comment
Friday, February 27
USPS puts three Houston post offices on sales block
Houston Business Journal Comment
Potter to execs: honor the contract
Letter Carrier Connection (.pdf file) Comment
USPS OIG: Postal managers bought HD-TVs, TiVos, video games, designer watches with postal funds
postalnews blog
Update: the USPS has reportedly suspended the eAwards program until further notice. Comment
More electric company payments missing in Connecticut
MSNBC Comment
USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode and Direct Mailing Industry: Rhetoric vs. Reality
Postcom.org Comment
NYC mailman among 3 charged in tax refund scam
Newsday Comment
Connecticut Light and Power Payments Lost in Mail
WNLK Norwalk CT Comment
Thursday, February 26
UPS chief says postal service is "doing a better job running itself like a business"
... and says UPS isn't interested in delivering first class mail
MSNBC Comment
USPS picks ad agency for $1 million "strategic messaging" account
PR Week Comment
Postman carrying a lighter mailbag
Dubuque Times Herald Comment
Postal Service to Revamp Bulk Mail Center Network
Plans don't include contracting out
PARCEL
see also the Mailhandler Union web site - Comment
South Dakota contractor pleads guilty to stealing mail
Associated Press via KXMC TV Minot (ND) Comment
UPS Expands Territory for Early A.M. Delivery
Press release Comment
South Carolina postal employee indicted for theft
Press release Comment
Five Or Six Day Mail Delivery?
The Big Fat Marketing Blog Comment
Former Illinois carrier is suspect in undelivered mail
Jacksonville (IL) Journal Courier Comment
Wednesday, February 25
NALC's Young: Cooperation doesn't mean ignoring the contract
Statement of NALC President Young On Compliance with National Agreement- NALC Bulletin Comment
USPS Cuts Post Office Hours, Upsetting Customers
WSOC TV Charlotte Comment
Rare but possible: Ads on collection boxes
Media Life Magazine Comment
Tuesday, February 24
White powder scare closes mail center overnight
MSNBC Comment
Paying the Postal Service
Minot Daily News Comment
Will Netflix dump the red envelope?
CNBC Comment
All in a Day's Work
rescuing lost children, saving lives...
FedSmith Comment
Editorial: Saving Snail Mail Still Makes Sense
Tampa Tribune Comment
Dogs Maul Postal Carrier Over Weekend
KMBC Kansas City Comment
Monday, February 23
Plan to cut 1 day of mail doesn't go far enough
Arizona Star Comment
Postal carrier dies after falling on metal marker in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo News Comment
Credit card direct mail volume down dramatically
Exceptions: airlines, Wal-Mart
DMNews Comment
USPS loss for FY 2009 to date tops a billion, January mail volume down 16%
PRC filings show the USPS lost $751 million in January
postalnews blog Comment
Congress to probe why PMG's pay soared as USPS finances tanked
Washington Times Comment
NAPUS disputes PRC Public Representative's proposal to privatize post offices
NAPUS Comment
Sunday, February 22
Letter carrier sees mail decline first hand
Southtown (IL) Star Comment
Post office cutbacks could hurt churches
New Orleans Times Picayune Comment
Saturday, February 21
Is The OIG Issuing "Tickets"?
The Eagles Den Blog Comment
Changes to BMC network coming soon?
postalnews blog Comment
Inquiry urged over embezzled APWU funds
Houston Chronicle Comment
Mississippi postmaster attacked in robbery
Vicksburg Post Comment
USPS cuts pay for newly hired casuals
NAPUS Hotline via postalnews blog Comment
Friday, February 20
League President: Sylvester Black's remarks just a symptom of "sick management style" in "many areas and districts"
National League of Postmasters - Presidents Message - Comment
Ex-postal worker gets probation for stealing mailed gift cards
St Petersburg Times Comment
Truck driver admits stealing, destroying mail
Buffalo News Comment
Neighbors battle postal service
Ft. Myers News-Press Comment
Postal workers picket at Industry plant
San Gabriel Valley (CA) Tribune Comment
Valpak Dubs Itself 'Original Consumer Stimulus Package'
BrandWeek Comment
Settlement reached in postal job scam
Wichita Eagle Comment
Thursday, February 19
Driver who cost letter carrier her sight, both legs, and normal brain function gets five years in prison
WMGM TV Atlantic City Comment
Valassis: Layoffs Will Continue as It Reduces Newspaper Coupon Business
"Basically, it’s a double whammy for newspapers from which they will never recover. The only winner here will be the U.S. Postal Service."
BNET Advertising Comment
Postal officials accused of threatening some managers, saying they should be 'executed'
Sioux Falls (SD) Argus Leader
click here to read the original complaint from NAPS - Comment
Connecticut postal worker caught with pot
Greenwich Time Comment
Panel Chair Has Window Into Postal Service
Washington Post Comment
USPS Rate Hike Will Sock Small Parcel Shippers
multichannelmerchant Comment
No injuries in mail truck mishap

Lewiston-Auburn (ME) Sun Journal Comment
When changing a carrier's route caused a national uproar
MetroWest Daily News
(note: the writer didn't know how the story ended- click here to find out...) Comment
Wednesday, February 18
Dispute Over USPS Two-Tour Initiative Appealed to Arbitration
APWU - Industrial Relations
Click here for a copy of the appeal and the parties' 15-Day Statements - Comment
FMLA Coordinators Soliciting Release of Medical Information to USPS Law Dept.
Denver Mailhandlers Local 321 web site via postalnewsblog.com Comment
Postmaster to Country: Lick My Stamps!
NBC Philadelphia Comment
Tough times for the post office, but not for the Postmaster General
ABC News Comment
Postal service hits back at criticism of postmaster general's pay
CNN
details of the Postmaster General's $857k compensation deal - Comment
Portsmouth postal workers fear for jobs
Portsmouth (NH) Herald Comment
Ranking GOP member on House Oversight Committee addresses NALC gathering
postalnews.tv Comment
A Case Where Congress Did Something Right ... Well Almost
NAPS Legislative & Regulatory Update Comment
APWU Leads Protests of Florida Consolidation Plans
APWU News Comment
USPS Smacks Nonprofit Mailers Again
NonProfit Times Comment
Catalog Prospecting Rate? Not This Year
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Tuesday, February 17
Postal workers deliver for coworker

Killeen (TX) Daily Herald - Comment
USPS Uses RFID to Manage Vehicles, Drivers
RFID Journal Comment
For mail, the end of the line
No more home delivery to new developments
Waterbury Republican-American Comment
House may consider resolution backing six day delivery
Federal Times Comment
Postal customers angered at early closing
WHDH TV Boston Comment
Monday, February 16
Moonie paper catches up with postalnews- after a couple of months...
postalnews blog Comment
Commentary: New rates are first nail in the coffin for IMB
Postcom.org Comment
Washington letter carrier credited with saving woman's life
Seattle Times Comment
USPS changes holiday operations
KREM TV Spokane Comment
Postal vehicles in Dallas to be tracked by GPS
Postalmag.com Comment
Americans Advocate Reduced Services to Help Postal Service
Gallup Poll Comment
Sunday, February 15
Royal Mail privatisation plans 'dead in the water'
The Telegraph Comment
Mailman rescues woman after week trapped on own kitchen floor
New York Daily News Comment
Postal workers seek help to keep work
Mansfield (OH) News Journal Comment
A postage stamp hike - sealed with a kiss
St. Paul Pioneer Press Comment
PARS Software Grievance Resolved
APWU News Comment
Connecticut postal worker suing for another chance
Litchfield Register Citizen Comment
Saturday, February 14
Mail industry ponders its future after rate hike - DMNews
DMNews.com Comment
Minneapolis mail handler may have your Best Buy reward
A Minneapolis postal worker is being investigated for allegedly using at least 16,000 certificates to buy merchandise.
Minneapolis Star Tribune Comment
Friday, February 13
Sylvester Black letter on "Zero Tolerance"
Iowa APWU web site Comment
NAPUS President backs call for AVP's removal
NAPUS Hotline Comment
Stimulus Bill Makes Tracks for White House – USPS Left at Station
also: H.R. 1 Provides $250 Tax Credit for CSRS and FERS Retirees
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter Comment
PRC's Blair: USPS needs more financial transparency
Postal Regulatory Commission Comment
OIC gets probation for stealing
State College (PA) Centre Daily Comment
APWU Denounces USPS Rate Proposal
Planned Rate Hike Would Continue "Failed Strategies"
APWU News Comment
Thursday, February 12
NAPS calls for removal of Western Area VP, Dakotas DM for "inflammatory remarks"
"Some managers ought to be taken out and executed."
NAPS via postalnews blog
Update: League President weighs in on Western AVP comments - Comment
Mail carrier faulted for not cutting across snow covered lawn
Buffalo News Comment
Postal service offers fired letter carrier another job
USPS "... bombarded this week with complaints from locals"
Coeur d'Alene Press Comment
More Lakeland Postal Jobs Threatened
Lakeland (FL) Ledger Comment
Is It Time for a Postal Service 2.0?
Business Week Comment
Postal Service considers shifting some operations from Springfield to Hartford
Springfield (MA) Republican Comment
Attempts to Secure USPS Pre-Funding Relief Continue
NAPS Legislative/Regulatory Update Comment
Wednesday, February 11
Twin Cities plant project to go ahead
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Comment
Early bird mail worm: $1,288 fee
New York Daily News Comment
UPS and Postal Service launch pilot returns service
Internet Retailer Comment
Louisiana postal worker arrested for buying drugs at work
Monroe News Star Comment
Catalogers get a break
Catalog Postal Rates To Rise 2.3%, First Class 4.5%
Multichannel Merchant Comment
USPS may study consolidating Utica, Binghamton into Syracuse
WKTV Utica Comment
Tuesday, February 10
APWU can't afford to publish its magazine next month?
APWU News Comment
Postage Prices to Increase May 11
USPS Press release Comment
Long recession could stymie USPS struggle for solvency
Federal Times Comment
APWU blasts USPS response to postal financial crisis
APWU News Comment
Postal worker hero loses his job
Coeur d'Alene (ID) Press Comment
Failing to deliver? Postal service cutbacks have marketers, publishers worried
BtoB Magazine Comment
Zumbox creates an all-digital alternative to the U.S. Postal Service
VentureBeat Comment
Postal carrier arrested, suspected of stealing mail
San Diego Union-Tribune Comment
Earth Class Mail to sell business units in major focus shift
TechFlash Comment
Plugging in the Postal Service
PRC Commissioner Ruth Goldway op-ed piece for the New York Times Comment
Expanding, Tweaking, and Rethinking FSS
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Saving universal service from an economic storm
President's Message, NALC Postal Record Comment
Monday, February 9
Lawmaker to reintroduce FERS sick leave bill
Federal Times
see also "Insurance or Entitlement?" at Federal News Radio - Comment
Postal workers shrug off bomb threats
Mankato (MN) Free Press Comment
No Day Is a Good Day for No Mail
From Mags to Coupons, Call for Five-Day Service Has Everyone Scrambling
Advertising Age Comment
Saturday, February 7
Snow Keeps Mailman Away For Week
WRTV Indianapolis Comment
Falling numbers are adding up to Postal Service cuts
Buffalo News Comment
Public to have say on Wilkes-Barre move
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Comment
Coupon shuffle in Cleveland area Sunday papers
RedPlum switches to direct mail
WKYC TV Cleveland Comment
Printers, ACMA Head Defend Five-Day Postal Delivery
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Friday, February 6
Audio: PMG Potter on NPR's Talk of the Nation
NPR Media Player Comment
Mail carrier who stole checks on route sentenced to prison
Detroit Free Press Comment
Mail Matters
"... the Postal Service has a better claim on federal support than Bear Stearns or General Motors"
The Nation Comment
Labor-friendly Congressman to chair postal oversight subcommittee
Postcom.org Comment
Postal Service says study won't seal Long Beach facility's fate
Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram Comment
PMG briefs BOG on plans to insure viability of USPS
USPS News Link Comment
Lakeland Postal Center May Be Moved
Lakeland (FL) Ledger Comment
Miklwaukee P&DC project on hold
Business Journal of Milwaukee Comment
USPS OKs two-way postage for reusable envelopes
DMNews Comment
Ex-postal worker accused of taking Metro passes
St Louis Post-Dispatch Comment
Thursday, February 5
Sen. Susan Collins: Abandoning six-day mail delivery is unacceptable
Foster's Daily Democrat Comment
Postal investigation of Amazon 'ongoing,' but details are scarce
TechFlash Comment
USPS debuts new service standards rating process
Press release Comment
NAPS to sue USPS over EAS representation issues
postalnews blog Comment
Sarasota postal workers to protest job cuts and move
Sarasota Herald Tribune Comment
Mailers ask administration to help USPS
The Mailers Council Comment
Social Security checks delayed in Albany
Albany Times Union (... and more from Albany: "Loudonville-bound state pension checks missing") - Comment
Wednesday, February 4
USPS loses $384 million in 1st quarter
USPS Newslink
BOG Financial Update presentation via postcom.or Comment
Ex-Postal Worker Gets Probation, Fine In Netflix Thefts
Tampa Tribune Comment
Area employees get timeline for staffing reductions
Great Lakes Area News Bulletin (identical timelines were given to employees in other Area offices) Comment
UPS picks up DHL business, cuts 401(k) match
Louisville Courier-Journal Comment
Operations could be reduced at Winchester VA PO
Northern Virginia Daily Comment
Pit bulls attack Phoenix postal carrier
Arizona Republic Comment
Tuesday, February 3
PRC Chairman Blair Addresses Five-Day Delivery Prospect
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Injunction on Bridgeport move denied
Connecticut Post Comment
Postal Service Pushes the Envelope, Then Folds
Bloomberg.com Comment
Mailman charged with holding, snooping through letters
New Orleans Times-Picayune Comment
Monday, February 2
Could shrinking the post office help newspapers?
Nieman Journalism Lab Comment
Massachusetts carrier charged with workers comp fraud
Press release Comment
Post office here has already cut back
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Comment
Cut in mail delivery seen as no big deal
Norwich (CT) Bulletin Comment
Akron PO celebrates anniversary
Akron Beacon Journal Comment
Sunday, February 1
Burrus: PMG's testimony missed the mark
APWU News Comment
Amazon target of mysterious postal investigation
TechFlash Comment
Some Zanesville postal work could be moved
Zanesville (OH) Times Recorder Comment

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