Pricing Volume Mail

Alan Robinson suggests another way of looking at worksharing "discounts"
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Third quarter credit card mailings down 71% from last year

Mintel Press Release

Man kills rival, self at direct-mail firm

Baltimore Sun

USPS Loses SS Checks in upsate NY

North Country Gazette

Why world's post offices are ailing

Toronto Globe and Mail

Postal Service: Study backs consolidation to Richmond

Charlottesville Daily Progress

Columbus GA postmaster ordered to leave office during criminal investigation

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.com

Massachusetts mail truck driver pleads innocent in death of jogger

Wickedlocal.com

Arizona postal worker sentenced to probation in mail theft case

KTVK Phoenix

NAPS to Congress: Protect FEHBP in Health Care Bills

also: FERS Sick Leave Credit Becomes Law, The 2010 Senate Races: Who's Up for Reelection?
National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative Update

Postal carrier made change that kept mail from Chesapeake couple

WVEC-TV Hampton Roads, Virginia

President Burrus's Dilemma

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

The Reinterpretation of William Burrus

Dead Tree Edition

zumbox vs. NoMorePost

Postal Sanity

Attention Postmasters! - Dayton Defender on newstalkradiowhio.com

"I have a reliable source who tells me that there may be some political mail piling up in at least one or more area branches of the U.S. Postal Service in the Dayton area."
Dayton Defender blog, WHIO Dayton

Updated: Postal worker pulls gun on Postmaster in PO parking lot

Albany (GA) Herald
see also WALB TV's report

E-mail to save snail mail?

Advocates of downtown Winston-Salem are using the Internet in an effort to keep the U.S. Postal Service from closing the downtown post office.
Winston Salem Journal

Fondren (MS) post office boxes burglarized

Jackson Clarion-Ledger

Arrest made in robbery of St. Louis letter carrier

KSDK TV St. Louis

APWU: Postal Service Relies on Incomplete Data, Discriminates Against Underserved Communities

APWU News

Roof collapses at Connecticut PO

WJAR TV Providence

FERS Sick-Leave Credit Becomes Law

APWU News

Police: Suspect Shot at Mailman

WTVQ Lexington KY

NJ Senator wants to meet with PMG on Philadelphia L&DC closing

Gloucester County Times

"Overwhelmed" carrier charged with delay and destruction of mail

Jacksonville (IL) Journal Courier

Two postal workers plead guilty in thefts

Amarillo Globe-News

Mailman wins $50,000 on 'Millionaire'

Indianapolis Star

Irrational Pricing at the Postal Service

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

The Postal Service's 'get well' plan? Greeting cards.

Washington Post

Congress Must Fix Funding Requirement; USPS Must Expand Goals, Burrus Says

APWU News

APWU Urges Locals to File OSHA Complaints Over Electrical Hazards

APWU - Industrial Relations

Drew Aliberto is new Pacific Area VP

USPS News Link

Congress in no rush to cut mail delivery

Government Executive

Reward in St Louis mail carrier robbery

St Louis Post Dispatch

U.S. Postal Service seeks change in financial reporting rules

Reuters

New Heights – Of Absurdity – In Rate Setting

USPS Policies Threaten Postal Viability
APWU President Bill Burrus in the American Postal Worker magazine

USPS Working Out Details for Winter Sale

audiencedevelopment.com

Mail is the workhorse of b-to-b marketing

DMNews

Non-profits kick off holiday direct mail efforts

DMNews

Workers Protest Changes At Steubenville Post Office

WTOV Steubenville OH

USPS to rename "Mystery Shopper" program

USPS News Link

Only 18,000 of 30,000 take USPS buyout

Federal Times

Bulk mail clerk appeals sentence in embezzlement case

Bay City (MI) Times

Feds On a Winning Streak

Federal News Radio

Rutgers conference on the Future of the Postal Sector set for November 20

Rutgers Center for Research in Regulated Industries

North Dakota mail carrier arrested on DUI charge while driving mail truck

Grand Forks Herald

Nor rain, nor tweet ...

Coos Bay (OR) World

Finance Committee Health Bill Could Hurt Postmasters and Federal Workers

also: Hacker Valley USA, and FERS Sick Leave Bill On To President
eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin

Mathematically Challenged: Burrus Proposal Doesn’t Add Up for USPS

Dead Tree Edition

PRC Issues Updated FOIA Rules Specifying “Presumption of Openness” Standard

First Federal agency to adopt new Freedom of Information Act rules
PRC press release (.pdf file)

UPS profit tops estimates; holiday outlook unclear

Revenue down 14.9%, 17,000 jobs cut over the last year
Reuters

Pennsylvania postal contract facility to close, cost 86 jobs

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Congress Approves FERS Sick-Leave Credit

APWU News

Steubenville May Lose The Rest Of Its Postal Processing

Steubenville (OH) State Journal

Mailers Council Calls for Legislative Reform to Avoid Postal Service Insolvency

Press release

Dealing with (postal employee's) fear

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Did anyone take the USPS buyouts?

Federal Times columnist wants to know why you took (or didn't take) the early out.
Federal Times Fedline blog

Leave With Pay

Proposal would allow retirees to roll unused annual leave over into TSP
Government Executive

Casual exception, Penalty OT exclusion periods set

APWU - Industrial Relations

Lantana residents send message to U.S. Postal Service -- on coconuts

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Lawmakers say Senate health care bill could hit feds with new taxes

Government Executive

Postal Service CFO Says More Lobbying Needed

multichannelmerchant.com

League President: some USPS districts are run like "Banana Republics"

National League of Postmasters

British postal workers begin two-day national strike

The Guardian

Postmaster charged with soliciting sex, drugs as he "drove around checking collection boxes"

Allentown Morning Call

Postal Service Goes Mobile

Press release

KC woman and son indicted for alleged assault of postal inspector

Kansas City Star

More Online Retailers Offer Free Shipping - WSJ.com

Wall Street Journal

Rethinking the Parcel Market

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

More Labor Problems at FedEx Ground

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Byrd, Rockefeller Defend Wheeling Post Office

Wheeling (WV) News-Register

Community rallies to save postal branch

Tampa Tribune

Phila. lawyer renominated to Postal Service board

Philadelphia Inquirer

DMA's Power of Direct Marketing Report Finds DM Ad Expenditures Climb to Over 54% of All Advertising Expenditures

... but actual revenue will continue to decline...
Direct Marketing Association

18,000 sign up for Postal Service buyouts

Federal Times

Retirement Incentive Offer Leads to One-Time Exception on Casual Cap

APWU News

Postal Clerk Gets Probation In Theft Of Pain Medication

Fort Smith (AR) Times Record

What is it about worksharing?

Rag Content

Dead Tree Edition celebrates first birthday

Dead Tree Edition

Appeals Court upholds ban on guns on USPS property

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit (.pdf file)

Sorting out the future

Consolidations eyed in Northern California
Marysville Appeal-Democrat

USPS to close 65 Stamp Distribution Offices, consolidate Supply Chain Management operations

NAPUS Hotline

APWU: Pay Raise Set for November 21

Automatic Dues Increase Effective Same Date
APWU News

Mail truck crashes into utility pole, injuring driver

WVLT TV Knoxville

Mailbox change upsets Deltona residents

Daytona Beach News Journal

Stolen Mail Truck Recovered

WBAP Dallas

MSPB saya "zero tolerance" policy by itself is not grounds for removal

"When an agency imposes removal under a zero tolerance policy without giving bona fide consideration to the appropriate Douglas factors, its penalty determination is not entitled to deference."
Merit Systems Protection Board (.pdf file)

USPS' perky benefits

Washington Times

OIG Letter on New Hampshire timekeeping fraud

postalnews blog

USPS truck driver kidnapped, robbed

Taft (CA) Midway Driller

OIG says New Hampshire managers falsified employee's time records

WBZ TV Boston
see also: "New Hampshire Workers Cheated Out of Wages: Congressman Hodes Spurs Investigation That Reveals Fraud"

Blogger upset about" Earth Class Mail's Exorbitant Price Hike"

unhappyecmcustomer.blogspot.com

Postal Service says no jobs will be lost in Elmira

Elmira Star-Gazette

UPS Poised To Profit From Recovery

Institutional Investor

Marketers Still Prefer a Paper Trail

Wall Street Journal

Late mail symptom of postal tweaking

Columbus Dispatch

Congressman: Full-court press is on to save Elmira mail-processing center

Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette

Postal union claims consolidation will cause delays

Chicago Daily Herald

Why Potter Is Freezing Postal Rates, And What It Means For 2010

Dead Tree Edition

Mail handler admits theft of 2,200 Gamefly video game discs

Philadelphia Daily News

Postmaster General says no price increase for market dominant products in 2010

First class, standard, periodical and single piece Parcel Post prices won't go up
USPS News Link

USPS first agency to release data on greenhouse gas emissions

Federal News Radio

Mailing Industry Executives Tell Workers to Sacrifice; Are Their Profits Sacred?

APWU Burrus Update

Postal Service pursues changes at Elmira office

Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette

Businesses urged to get involved in USPS restructuring

Omaha World-Herald

Direct media owners to see rise in ad revenue next year: Magna report

DMNews

APWU Issues a Challenge

APWU News

Time flies. . .

After three years of PAEA, what next?
Rag Content

Additional Information on Cross-Craft Reassignments

APWU - Industrial Relations

Target to sell electronic magazine subscriptions

MediaFile

Netflix CEO predicts DVD has two years of life left

TECH.BLORGE.com

Pitney Bowes Accuses Zumbox Of Patent Infringement

Wall Street Journal

Postal Workers Protest, USPS Weighs In

WBKO TV Bowling Green KY

No distractions cited in accident that led to death of local postman

New Orleans Times Picayune

“Pay for Performance” not performing this year

postalnews blog

Postmasters to boycott “Voice of the Employee” survey

postalnews blog

The Courier, Express, and Postal Business and the Nobel Prize

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Problem Postal Proposals

The Big Fat Marketing Blog

Sick Leave Phase In...

Federal News Radio

Postal Service Seeks Extension in GameFly Complaint

homemediamagazine.com

California: South Bay post offices are a piece of our heritage

The Daily Breeze

Carrier suspended; post office investigating gift card theft

Arab (AL) Tribune

Valpak opens up mobile local couponing with iPhone application

DMNews

Through rain, sleet, snow and even 50 years

At 71, letter carrier "has no intention of stopping anytime soon"
Hattiesburg American

Two Alabama postal workers charged with delay or destruction of mail

Dothan Eagle

Mailman saves life of man, 71, who was in diabetic shock

Berea (OH) News Sun

Postal Service eyes Atlanta consolidations

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Daytona Beach postal facility could lose jobs

Daytona Beach News Journal

Big turnout in Hanover as Postal Service mulls West Jersey closure

Parsippany (NJ) Daily Record

Postal carrier pleads guilty to stockpiling mail

WSJV TV South Bend

Mail Carrier: Stress Led To Jail Trip

Veteran Carrier Is Accused Of Assaulting Bosses
KPHO Phoenix

eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin

FERS Sick-Leave Provision In Defense Conference Agreement, PMG Potter Wants “Public Dialogue” on Future of USPS
NAPUS

USPS announces list of offices slated for possible closing

Press release

The Times Are a-Changin' for Postal Service

Washington Post

Potter Doesn't Want to Hike Postage Rates in 2010

Dead Tree Edition

Update on Gamefly Complaint With USPS That Netflix and Blockbuster Get Preferential Treatment

Hacking NetFlix

FERS 'flu' cure a "done deal"

Federal News Radio

Potter urges 'public dialogue' on future of Postal Service

Federal News Radio
more recent appearances by the PMG: the National Press Club and the Diane Rehm Show

USPS reinstates employee awards program

postalnews blog

The MSPB: Administrative Justice for Federal and Postal Workers Denied Disability Retirement Benefits

FedSmith

Interview with Deutsche Post CEO

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Missing mail found at Passaic post office

Bergen (NJ) Record

APWU letter on cross-craft reassignments

"It is the Union's position that an APWU bargaining unit employee must meet the minimum qualifications before being reassigned to a letter carrier position"
APWU - Industrial Relations

UK: Royal Mail Uses Copyright Claim To Shut Down Postal Code Info Online

Techdirt
(note: but wikileaks.org has "liberated" the database

For Periodicals, The Postal Service’s Math Doesn’t Add Up

Dead Tree Edition

Philadelphia L&DC to close

Local government official confirms USPS distribution center in Logan Township closing doors in 650-job cut
Gloucester County Times

Hunt for postal worker's murderer continues

WSFA 12 News Montgomery, AL

FedEx extends home delivery service via the Postal Service to all retailers

Internet Retailer

Section of roof collapses at Hawaii post office

KPUA Hawaii News

The Myth of (Postal) Independence

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Mailers Fear New USPS Reform May be Needed

DIRECT

Political Costs of the USPS

The Big Fat Marketing Blog

Elmira postal workers fight plan to move jobs out of area

Binghamton Star-Gazette

Postal Service offers $100,000 reward in mail truck driver's slaying

Birmingham News

Postal officials deny late opening is linked to closure study

Buffalo News

Seven Ways to Fix the U.S. Postal Service

Newsweek

Video: Andy Rooney On The Post Office

CBS News

Public hearings to begin on N.J. post office closings

Newark Star Ledger

Some postal employees beat relocation

Watertown (NY) Daily Times

Contract driver murdered at Alabama post office

WSFA TV Montgomery

Carrier who lost both legs in crash has died

Magazine publisher charged
New Orleans Times Picayune
also: Friends, co-workers mourn loss of popular mailman WWL TV

Postal worker sentenced for theft

New London (CT) Day

NAPS Legislative Regulatory Update

National Association of Postal Supervisors

3 cities sign up for paperless postal service

Mother Nature Network

Postal Worker Cleared in Pepper Spray Incident

WABI TV Bangor

North Carolina: postal employees rally to stop job losses

Hickory (NC) Record

Postal Retirement and Plant Consolidation

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

23,000 Postal Workers Opt for Buyout

Washington Post

OIG: USPS could increase DPS, reduce manually sorted mail

USPS OIG web site (.pdf file)

President Signs Postal Reprieve Bill, Health Care Mark-Up Continues

eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin

Former New Jersey postal workers admit theft of gift cards

North South Brunswick Sentinel

Florida: USPS refuses mail delivery for 'safety reasons'

WZVN TV Fort Myers

Illinois: Post office death was from natural causes

Chicago Daily Herald

Burrus to retire at end of term

APWU News

Postal worker whose legs were amputated after accident feels the love of his customers

New Orleans Times Picayune

Who will save the Postal Service?

Rag Content

Post Office wins and woes |

Bostoncolumn.com

Burrus Charts Ambitious Course for Union’s Future; APWU Embraces Change, President Declares

APWU News