Opinion: Sick leave is a job benefit, not a privilege

Federal Times

Postal Service cancels its Paterson NJ veterans ceremony

Bergen Record

USPS Signs Tri-Lateral Shipping Alliance with eBay GC and China Post

Platform Established for Lightweight Goods Ordered by U.S. Consumers
Press release

Audio: Special Delivery- Baby Chicks By Mail

NPR's Weekend Edition

Locals protest postal cutbacks in Connecticut town

Torrington Register Citizen

Search continues for postal worker's killer

Opelika-Auburn (AL) News

Missing Priority Mail Bags Found

KECI TV Missoula MT

Postal figures foggy, union responds to Lima plant closure

Delphos Herald

USPS Updates Multiple Systems Over the Holiday Weekend

Postal Affairs Blog

Postcom's “This Week In Postal” podcast for May 28 2010

Postcom via postalnewsblog

Two Illinois Postal Workers Charged with Unemployment Benefits Fraud

Southtown Star

League of Postmasters President on Postal Legislation and Closing Post Offices

"... it is an established fact that closing the 10,000 smallest post offices would save only about a half of one percent of the Postal Service’s operating budget"
National League of Postmasters - Presidents Message

Pennsylvania Post Office Robbed

KYW TV Philadelphia

Appeals court rules against USPS employee in FMLA case

Employee alleged violations of FMLA and Rehabilitation Act
Leagle.com

Canada Post CEO to run Royal Mail

Post & Parcel
also: Union welcomes Greene appointment

Former postal worker gets time served in workers comp fraud

Billings Gazette

In e-mail age, still nothing like a handwritten letter

CNN

Business or Public Good: It's Not Just about Saturday Delivery

Urban Institute

USPS to close Lima plant, move processing to Toledo

postalnews blog

Postal carrier says stuck accelerator sent SUV through store window

Manchester Union Leader

Columbus GA mail processing moving to Macon

USPS press release

OIG: USPS wasted $35 million sending first class mail via FedEx

postalnews blog

USPS "has become a deadbeat" in NYC

Two condo boards slap liens on Post Office
New York Post

Postmaster General’s Collection Comes to the Smithsonian - postalnews blog

Press release

Up in Smoke: More on the Providence Post Office Drug Raid

Includes undercover surveillance video
WPRI TV Providence

Houston letter carrier charged with stealing Netflix DVDs

Press release

Q&A with the U.S. Postal Service on Providence PO drug raid

WPRI TV Providence

Report: Authorities looking into whether USPS money was used to buy drugs for cycling team

New York Times

Alabama postal manager, OIC indicted for theft

Birmingham News

NY Letter carrier accused of selling marijuana to cop while on his route

White Plains NY Journal News

USPS made $76M profit in April (before $458M retiree health charge turned it into a loss)

postalnews blog

South Florida Collection Boxes Disappearing

NBC Miami

No more boat mail on Saranac Lake

Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Burrus Criticizes Exclusion of Postal Unions from OIG Workshare Audit

APWU News

Wife pleads for return of missing Philadelphia letter carrier

Philadelphia Daily News

Court throws out APWU Address Management Systems specialist arbitration award

Leagle.com

Bismarck postal worker sues for harassment

Grand Forks Herald

USPS realignment means expanded roles for two star players

DC Velocity

5-day delivery would be postal death knell

Modesto Bee

Historic California post office facing closure

KFSN TV Fresno

Customer stuck with counterfeit money from the post office

Los Angeles Times

Quad/Graphics Has Quarterly Loss, Eyes Plant Shutdowns

Dead Tree Edition

California postal worker pleads guilty to stealing prescription drugs from the mail

Redding Record Searchlight

Can the Postal Service Further Consolidate the Area and District Administrative Office Structure?

USPS OIG Blog

Retired Detroit letter carrier charged with stealing mail

Thousands of pieces of undelivered mail from the early 1990s found in trash bags
Detroit News

New York post office worker told not to wear mask while cleaning asbestos floor tiles

Mesothelioma News

At Pitney Bowes, Constant Reinvention

Wall Street Journal

Texas postal carrier admits stealing mail

KCBD TV Lubbock

How will cutting Saturday mail affect direct mail operations?

BtoB Magazine

Yahoo Looks To Direct Mail Partner To Help it Crack Local Ad Markets

paidContent

Tennessee Postmaster Held Hostage After Armed Robbery

The Chattanoogan

Florida: Postal employee stable after crash

Ocala Star-Banner

Five-Day Delivery Campaign Driving Away Businesses, APWU Says

Federal Daily

Westchester NY letter carrier admits stealing mail

White Plains Journal News

FSS Througputs 9% Below Plan, USPS Official Says

Dead Tree Edition

Kentucky postal worker sentenced to a year in jail for mail theft

DOJ Press release

Postal Workers Arrested in Providence Post Office Drug Bust

WPRI TV Providence

Shipping Companies Post Revenue Gains

multichannelmerchant.com

Confirm competition ahead?

Postal Affairs Blog

Pilfering Postwoman Charged In Westchester

NBC New York

NALC: Settlement reached on medical records

Follows union lawsuit to stop coercion when investigators seek information; tougher restrictions for OIG agents, postal inspectors
NALC News

USPS clerk sentenced for stealing $19K

WISH TV Inidianapolis

Two cent increase for first class mail set for January?

Kiplinger

TE carrier can't make deadline, dumps mail

Gary IN Post-Tribune

Fairbanks postal worker charged with theft

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Recognizing Progress: The 1938 Celebration of Airmail Week

Huffington Post

Memphis Public Hearing On Cutting Saturday Deliveries

WPTY TV Memphis

Maryland Senators Call for Public Information Meetings on Fate of Easton Plant

postalnews blog

Liquor, drugs smuggled by mail to Alaska villages

Associated Press

A Pig with Lipstick… Is Still a Pig

"The cause of the Postal Service’s dire financial condition is the PAEA. Those responsible for its passage must accept responsibility for the current state of affairs."
APWU News

APWU Urges PRC To Save Saturday Delivery at Memphis Field Hearing

APWU News

Highlights of Dallas Hearing on Five-Day Delivery

postalmag.com

Creating better value in direct mail

DMNews

DMA to conduct webinar on USPS sustainability and the exigent rate case

Direct Marketing Association

Is direct mail on its deathbed?

DMNews

USPS announces realignment of shipping, tracking service groups

postalnews blog

Postman delivers help in emergency

Pittston (PA) Dispatch

Pitney Bowes spent $210,000 on lobbying in 1st quarter

Hartford Courant

Carrier, mail handler join Pony Express 150th anniversary ride

USPS News Link

World's most expensive stamp expected to sell for up to £5 million

The Telegraph

Minivan Crashes Into Mississippi Post Office

WAPT Jackson

New Stamp Series Offers Customer Convenience

postalnews blog

Many protest proposal to end Saturday mail delivery at postal hearing in Dallas

Dallas Morning News

NYC: Van Wyck Expressway opens after mail truck fire

WABC TV

Neither rain nor sleet, or your lawn ...

Port Huron Times Herald

Saturday mail-service hearing scheduled in Memphis tomorrow

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Postal Service’s Woes Impact Netflix

Trefis.com

Postal Service To Discuss Cutbacks In Dallas

KTVT Dallas

An exigency rate increase is not justified

Gene del Polito commentary for Mailing Systems Technology magazine

Don’t count the mail out in a digital multichannel universe

Post & Parcel

Pony Express lives on as link to the Wild West

Los Angeles Times

Pittsburgh postal worker indicted on mail theft charges

postalnews blog

Denver post office still closed three months after shutting for renovations

Denver Post

Postal worker recognized for assisting snake bite victim

Wilkes Barre Citizens Voice

Postal employee charged with destroying mail

postalnews blog

Post office built in 1910 faces closure

Fresno Bee

"Mastermind" of postal robbery had insider knowledge

Taft CA Midway Driller

Post office is a miracle at your door

Spokane Spokesman Review

Mail carrier accused of repeated thefts

Plattsburgh Press-Republican

Congressman: New documents show wage theft in New Hampshire post offices continues

postalnews blog

Connecticut OIC pleads guilty to misappropriation of funds

Torrington Register Citizen

California postal worker sentenced for stealing prescription drugs from mail

postalnews blog

Investigators Find 20,000 Pieces Of Undelivered Mail In Mailman's Philadelphia Home

KYW TV Philadelphia

Closing of Historic Rural Post Office Would Be Disastrous

Daily Kos

Special Delivery

Letter carriers don't just protect your mail -- they save lives
Harrisburg Patriot-News

A man who put his stamp on postal bargains

Lysander Spooner undercut the government's price for delivering mail.
Philadelphia Inquirer

Alaska: USPS plans for new bypass mail hubs

Cordova Times

Pittsburgh mail processing center to handle more mail

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Postal Soldiers prepare to set up shop

Fort Dix Public Affairs

Feds: Postal worker stole IDs on route

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Big, little postal clients plead to keep Saturday service

Sacramento Bee

Burrus: USPS Postage Discounts Are Illegal, Self-Defeating

APWU News

Testimony at today's congressional hearing on postal worksharing discounts

Postcom.org

Bernstock resigns

postalnews blog

NALC asks: if Saturday deliveries go, will Tuesday be next?

postalnews blog

Periodicals Are Profitable for USPS, Publishing Exec Testifies

Dead Tree Edition

Time Warner Backs U.S. Postal Service’s Saturday Cut

Bloomberg

Postmaster arrested for seeking sex with 13 year old girl on Craigslist from USPS computer

NorthWest Cable News

Alert Postman Credited With Helping Resident

WMUR TV Manchester

Jury convicts Texas mail handler for theft

Midland Reporter Telegram

Postal Service Moves Closer to Energy, Fuel Reduction Goals

postalnews blog

USPS Leaves Confirm Customers Hanging Once Again

Postal Affairs Blog
followup: Confirm reprieve

South Dakota rural carrier pleads guilty to theft of mail

Press release

"The Price is Right, or is it? An Examination of USPS Workshare Discounts and Products that Do Not Cover Their Costs"

House Subcommittee hearing tomorrow starting at 2PM.

PRC to study Postal Service's overall value

DMNews

Postal workers oppose five-day week at hearing

Las Vegas Review Journal

Postal service outlines possible Saturday cuts at Las Vegas meeting

Las Vegas Sun

New FERS Accrued Unused Sick Leave Ruling in Effect

Postal Bulletin

OSHA fines USPS processing center in Bedford Park, Ill., $210,000 for willful safety violations

Press release

Postmaster General John Potter leads a cry for retrenchment

"By fall, the Postal Service won't have enough money to make payroll, Potter predicts."
Washington Post

PRC hearing today in Las Vegas on five day delivery

Las Vegas Review Journal

Post Offices try "Zip lines" to speed up service

WISN TV Milwaukee

Plea bargain delivered to ex-mail carrier

Muncie Star Press

New York window clerk pleads guilty to disability fraud

Oswego Palladium-Times

Woman runs post office from her home

Clearfield (PA) Progress

Mail carriers happy to collect spam

Colorado Springs Gazette

This Week In Postal podcast

Weekly podcast with Postcom's Gene Del Polito and Jessica Lowrance, and MFSA's Leo Raymond. (mp3 audio file)

Postal Populism Amid Governmental Distrust

also: Sen. Ron Wyden Introduces “Vote-By-Mail” Legislation, Van Hollen Bill Would Extend FEHBP Coverage to 26 Year Olds in 2010
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

Ohio USPS employee guilty of workers comp fraud

Press release

FSS Machines Shuffled Again -- But Do They Work?

Dead Tree Edition

Letter Carriers’ Food Drive is Today

Press release

3 men involved in Florida post office robbery

WSVN-TV Miami

Thousands of Pieces of Stolen Mail To Be Returned

KCAU TV Sioux City

Contract carrier gets prison for illegal benefits

Collected disability while getting paid "under the table" to deliver mail
Billings Gazette

Bellingham WA man who threatened post office workers pleads guilty

Tacoma News Tribune

Postal Service semi crashes, burns

Omaha World-Herald

'Letter-stash' mail carrier pulls a 'Seinfeld'-esque stunt

New York Post

Postal truck rolls over toddler in Illinois

Chicago Sun-Times

Car crashes into Texas post office; 5 hurt

Houston Chronicle

Minnesota rural carrier indicted for stealing money, gift cards from mail

Press release

USPS Reports $1.6 Billion Loss for 2nd Quarter

Bloomberg

OSHA hits USPS with $217K fine for safety violations in Denver

"The APWU expects more safety violations to be issued by OSHA in the coming weeks."
APWU News

Kew Gardens fights to keep post office branch open after lease expires

New York Daily News

Senator calls on USPS to reconsider closing Ohio MTESC

Press release

Postal consolidation: Some Jackson postal work goes to Memphis

Jackson (TN) Sun

Cops: Fired postal worker tried to kill ex-boss

San Francisco Chronicle

NALC wins arbitration over National Reassessment Process for injured workers

NALC Arbitration award (.pdf file via Google Docs)

Can We Please Unlink IMB and Tracking?

Mailing Systems Technology

Goldway calls USPS $238 billion loss estimate an “unsubstantiated figure with no connection to reality”

"USPS is presenting dire forecasts to scare Congress into allowing the USPS to do the things it has wanted to do for years, such as moving to 5-day delivery, closing retail services" Postcom.org via postalnews blog

One Year Later, USPS Looks Into Gamefly Complaint

Slashdot

NALC: Memorandum signed on Joint Alternate Route Adjustment Process

NALC via postalnews blog

Former Houston Post Office Worker Pleads Guilty to Theft

postalnews blog

Safety problems go beyond Providence plant

The Providence Journal

Badger enters new frontier at Milwaukee post office

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Postal Jobs Canceled

Wheeling WV News-Register

How Michigan could save the Saturday mail

Detroit Free Press

Postal Service Plans Move for Panama City Distribution Center

WMBB TV Panama City FL

Postal Service finds 2,000 missing Social Security checks

Charlotte Observer

Flooding prompts Kentucky post office closings

Business First of Louisville

APWU Files National Dispute Over USPS Failure to Bargain Over Safety and Ergonomic Issues

APWU Industrial Relations

OSHA Cites USPS for "Willful" Safety Violations; Says Agency Knowingly Endangered Employees

APWU News

Branches ready to 'Bust a Billion' in 18th NALC national food drive

NALC 'Stamp Out Hunger' National Food Drive

Phony Deficit Projections Mask Management’s Real Goal

APWU President Bill Burrus in the American Postal Worker magazine

NLRB Settlement on Information Requests Concerning Ergonomics & Tour 2 Consolidation

APWU - Industrial Relations

Congressmen seek new study on Marysville consolidation

Chico (CA) Enterprise Record

USPS consolidation with Grand Rapids will cut about 40 jobs from Oshtemo Township site

Kalamazoo Gazette

Social security checks missing in Charlotte

Charlotte Observer

Spokane City Council rejects 'Do Not Mail' concept

Spokane Spokesman Review

Jacksonville Postal Workers Picket Against Proposed Cutbacks

WJXT TV Jacksonville

Standing Tall- Then and Now

NALC Postal Record magazine (.pdf file)

Four Dallas-Fort Worth postmen are sex offenders, TV show to report

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Optimizing the Postal Service Network and 6-day Delivery

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Postal Service Scores a Win with Walmart

Dead Tree Edition

The Magic Date

What's the best date to retire in 2010?
Government Executive

Pushing the envelope: How the Penny Black delivered democracy, romance and 'stamp mania'

The Independent

Mailman saves woman from fire

Buffalo News

News Story Changes Post Office's Plans

WSET TV Lynchburg VA

Kissimmee postal employee pistol-whipped during attempted robbery

Orlando Sentinel

Concerned mail carriers credited with saving elderly customer's life

Muskegon Chronicle

This Mail Was Ripe With Possibilities

Yes, you can mail a banana...
postalnews blog

U.S. Postal Service's Animal Rescue stamps too cheap a deal at 20 for 44 cents

Fort Myers News-Press

USPS faces $500K in fines for safety violations in Providence

"The Postal Service ignored long-established safety standards and knowingly put its workers in harm’s way"
Providence Journal

Is the Postal Service bluffing?

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