OIG says USPS should use part-time routers for most carrier office work

postalnews blog

Postal Service Agrees To Big Incentive For Employees Who Join Union

Dead Tree Edition

Mail order ice cream?

New Jersey company uses USPS to ship frozen desserts
Gloucester County Times

APWU’s Guffey to Testify to House Committee

APWU News

New PMG Brings a Refreshing Change to the USPS

multichannelmerchant.com

Reprise for USPS fuel surcharge TV commercial

USPS News Link

Man arrested after allegedly assaulting Oneida NY postal worker

Oneida Dispatch

Zumbox and 3i Infotech partner to push electronic billing

Press release

Accenture Adds Digital Mail to Postal Portfolio

Press release

Minnesota letter carrier indicted for stealing cash and gift cards from mail

Press release

Mail delivery: More facilities on the chopping block

Bluefield WV Daily Telegraph

Postal Service debuts product sampling service

Direct Marketing News

NAPUS talking to Congress and PRC about USPS post office closing plans

postalnews blog

Could USPS make money from vehicle sensors?

Federal News Radio

2011 Redesign FAQs Updated- Option to retire on April 30 added

liteblue.usps.gov

Almost three years later, new Milwaukee plant still on hold

Oak Creek WI Patch

Lexington Institute tries populist slant for its latest anti-postal rant

postalnews blog

PRC report criticizes USPS pricing, service measurement deficiencies

"For the first time ever, the Commission finds rates not in compliance with the statute."
Press release

PMG Comments On GAO Report on Five-Day Mail Delivery

Press release

Sen. Durbin meets with PMG on Rockford consolidation

Chicago Tribune

GAO: 5 Day Delivery won’t help without comprehensive restructuring of USPS

postalnews blog

Postal Service Proposes Easier Path to Closing Post Offices

Bloomberg

USPS Presents Annual Awards on Postal History

Press release

Postcom’s This Week in Postal podcast for March 28

PostCom via postalnews blog

McCain amendment would make postal workers pay more for health insurance

postalnews blog

Canada Post workers holding strike vote

Toronto Star

Rising paper costs, postal price increases force adjustments for marketers

Direct Marketing News

Post office removes photos of namesake

St Louis Post-Dispatch

Future for USPS employees still unknown

Billings Gazette

PRC Publishes List of Suspended Post Offices

postalnews blog

DeMint Wants To Strip All Federal Employees Of Collective Bargaining Rights

ThinkProgress

USPS confirms Stroman will be next Deputy PMG

postalnews blog

USPS posts updated 2011 Redesign FAQs

liteblue.usps.gov

Postal service can't find woman's (legal) marijuana shipment

CNN

Mail theft no small problem

WFTS TV Tampa

USPS Retirement Mess: A Major Barrier To Downsizing

Dead Tree Edition

Anthrax Redux: Did the Feds Nab the Wrong Guy?

Wired

Memphis man sentenced to prison for fraudulent use of USPS gas cards

Press release

Ex-postal employee sentenced to probation for thefts

Pueblo Chieftain

U.S. Postal Service Is ‘Stampin’ at the Savoy

New stamp celebrates Jazz
Press release

USPS could close Helena MT plant

Helena Independent Record

Macroeconomics and the Mailing Industry

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

$50K reward offered after postal worker shot at in Phoenix

KNXV TV Phoenix

USPS still breaking even year to date- until trust fund charges kick in

postalnews blog

Self-sufficiency is a Long Way Away

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Five SC postal workers indicted for fraudulently obtaining uemployment

WMBF TV Myrtle Beach

NALC frustrated by continued delays in complete annuity payments

Federal Times

PMG says "there will be no layoffs for Postmasters", denies Washington Post reports

NAPUS via postalnews blog

APWU’s Guffey Defends USPS Viability, Tentative Contract Agreement on CNBC

postalnews blog

Ohio Workers’ Comp Fraud Task Force Targets Postal Contractors

Press release

NAPS issues document to help supervisors and managers affected by restructuring

postalnews blog

Washington Post claims USPS will layoff thousands of postmasters and supervisors

postalnews blog

Gamefly asks PRC to hurry up- postage dispute is eating into its profits

postalnews blog

OSHA cites USPS in Nashville with $50,000 fine for repeat safety hazard

Press release

Retirement Planning: Are Cuts Coming?

Government Executive

Full text of the APWU USPS 2010 Tentative Contract

postalnews blog

Susan Collins reacts to PRC opinion on 5 day mail delivery

Press release

Postal service probing PA carrier who admitted stealing from NALC

Hazleton Standard Speaker

NALC: PRC Refuses to Endorse Five-Day Delivery Plan

"Commission’s findings bolster the NALC campaign to save Saturday service"
Press release

Could Cutting Saturday Postal Service Save Money?

National Public Radio

L.L. Bean stamps out shipping charges

Lewiston Sun-Journal

NALC applauds regulators’ decision on Saturday mail delivery

NALC News

PMG announces details of postal reorganization

Seven districts to close
Press release

Burrus defends his opposition to APWU tentative contract

postalnews blog

PRC issues advisory opinion on ending Saturday delivery

postalnews blog
see also Dead Tree Edition and PMG Reacts To PRC Decision On Five-Day Mail Delivery -

Layoffs at USPS? No- at least not yet…

postalnews blog

Why the April 5th Hearing is Important

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Destroying Government to Save It?

Federal News Radio

Postal workers and consumers express anger at proposal to transfer Flint processing operations

Flint Journal

Here's What Darrell Issa Actually Said -- But Don't Ask What He Meant

Dead Tree Edition

Why Didn't APWU Compensation Go Down?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

USPS announces $20,000 retirement incentive for some management employees

USPS liteblue web site

House Republicans plan to probe APWU contract

Press release
See also Government Executive -

Video: PMG addresses NAPS Legislative Training Session

postalnews blog

Fired 19 years ago, former postal worker keeps filing appeals

postalnews blog

IT Disruptions at USPS - Business Customer Gateway Down

Postal Affairs Blog
update: service restored -

Iowa lawmakers ask PMG to reconsider Sioux City move

postalnews blog

Appeals to stop Daytona, Lake Mary postal merger fail

Daytona Beach News-Journal

When your neighbor is the federal government

Philadelphia Daily News

Gay spouses and government benefits

Washington Post

Is Darrell Issa Getting Cold Feet About Postal Service Downsizing?

Dead Tree Edition

Henning Postal Workers Killed For $63

Fox Memphis

APWU Contract ballots to be mailed April 8, due back May 11

APWU News

Tentative APWU Agreement Available Online

APWU News

Challenge To USPS Ban On Firearms Dismissed

No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money blog

USPS shares America's pain at the pump

USPS News Link

USPS defends policy for workers with DUI

KSL TV Salt Lake City

Minnesota postal employee pleads guilty to stealing cash

Associated Press

Indiana postal worker arrested for stealing prescription drugs from veterans

WTHR TV Indianapolis

Is Arbitration Better for the Postal Service?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Compensation Comparison Chart

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

APWU Officers Say, ‘Vote YES!’

APWU News

Republican bill would eliminate federal pensions for new hires

postalnews blog

Queens letter carrier helps save a life

Queens Chronicle

Is the APWU Contract a Union Giveaway?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Utah postal effort to help carriers with DUIs under scrutiny

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Congress is Postal Service's biggest roadblock to success

Federal Times

The postal contract: Return to sender

Editorial in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, which is owned by the billionaire right wing ideologue Richard Mellon Scaife

Texas police investigate fake postal minivan

ABC News

No rain, sleet or snow, but mail goes missing

Chicago Tribune

Comparable Wages?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Darrell Issa thinks maybe we should just get rid of the USPS altogether?

postalnews blog

USPS Considering consolidations at four Kansas facilities

Hutchinson News

PostalOne! reports to be down for three days next week?

Postal Affairs Blog

Mail thefts hit 300 in Queens

YourNabe.com

Mail Carrier Accused Of Raping Girl He Met Along Route

WBNS TV Columbus OH

APWU Sets Briefings on Tentative Agreement

APWU News

PRC Set to Advise On Five-Day Delivery

multichannelmerchant.com

Burrus tells APWU members new contract would “turn back the clock”

"I would vote No."
postalnews blog

Are Tax Refunds a Bailout to Taxpayers?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

USPS Pension Puzzle (revisited)

Federal Times

Is the APWU Eating Its Young?

Dead Tree Edition

Return of billions in pension overcharges tops NAPS legislative agenda

postalnews blog

Postal Service again considers moving Sioux City sorting operation

Sioux City Journal

Goldway says corporate CEO's could help USPS push for reform

Bloomberg

Senator Mark Pryor says USPS fails to keep communities informed about PO closures

Press release

Congressman tells PMG Bronx consolidations are unfair, unwise

Press release

Postcom’s This Week in Postal podcast for March 18

postalnews blog

Is the APWU Contract Good for Creditors and Shareholders?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

NALC Standing Tall- Then & Now

More on the 1970 Postal Strike
postalnews blog

Video: Forty-one years ago- the Great Postal Strike

postalnews.tv

Japan Still Accepting International Mail

USPS Press release

Saginaw post office jobs shift to Pontiac began Saturday

Saginaw News

The Postal Network: USPS Trucks Could Monitor Air Quality, Road Conditions and Traffic

Popular Science

Some Questions – and Answers – on the Tentative Agreement

APWU News

APWU Rank-and-File Committee Approves Tentative Contract

APWU News

Texarkana Mail Processing Center to Close

KSLA Shreveport

Hawaii USPS Checks Japan Mail For Radiation

KITV Honolulu

Sales Taxes and the Mailing Industry

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Armed robbery at Philadelphia post office

Chestnut Hill Patch

Rhode Island man accused of terrorizing mail carrier

Taunton Gazette

Injured Maryland mail carrier buoyed by outpouring from customers

Frederick News-Post

Court faults USPS in firing of decorated Afghan war veteran

Washington Post

Cato Institute: Restructuring the U.S. Postal Service

postalnews blog

The USPS Must Evolve Its Business Plan

NAPUS conference hears from Del Polito, Brennan
NAPUS.org

The APWU Contract and How the Process Compares

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Police: Postal Workers Targeted In Bronx Robbery Spree

NY1.com

Wisconsin slashing of collective-bargaining rights jars federal unions

Washington Post

APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract

APWU News http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
also available: APWU .pdf file and USPS Press Release - APWU Power Point Presentation - NALC Reaction -

Postal Workers, USPS Prove Public Employee Bargaining Works

AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

Does the Treasury owe the US Postal Service $75 billion?

postalnews blog

Editorial: Postal blues

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

USPS cited for non-compliance with Freedom of Information Act

postalnews blog

USPS denies it has reached a contract agreement with APWU

postalnews blog

West Virginia is the Test Case for PMG Donahoe's and Congress's Resolve

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Fire Department responds to postal vehicle fire

Daily Dunklin (MO) Democrat

Editorial: Postmaster general should listen to lawmakers

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Saginaw post office's jobs shift 'abhorrent,' councilman says

Saginaw News

Report: APWU and USPS reach contract deal?

postalnews blog

Mail carriers often 'eyes and ears' of neighborhoods

Lansing State Journal

Study looking at consolidating Terre Haute, Indy Postal Service processing

Terre Haute Tribune Star

Supermarket trade group asks PRC to stop USPS gift card sales test

postalnews blog

Attorneys appointed to represent defendant in Henning postal shootings

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Scam alert: non-USPS websites offering change of address services

postalnews blog

Contract truck driver admits to stealing $300K from USPS using Voyager cards

postalnews blog

California APWU local calls on Obama to name a Democrat to the PRC

postalnews blog

Will 30,000 fewer employees be enough?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

USPS financial plight causes Massachusetts town to consider zoning changes

postalnews blog

Report: Saginaw post office jobs will move to Pontiac

Saginaw News

Bomb Squad Destroys Packages At Jackson MS Post Office

WAPT TV Jackson MS

Safe taken from Pennsylvania post office

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Appeals Court denies USPS request to dismiss sidewalk petitioning case

Ballot Access News

Georgia postal workers indicted in fund misappropriations

Macon Telegraph

NAPS: The Threat to End Collective Bargaining

National Association of Postal Supervisors

NALC denounces Wisconsin ambush on worker rights

NALC News

Governor’s Attack on Wisconsin Workers Must Serve as a Wake-Up Call

APWU News

Union Files Grievances on Behalf of Drinking Mailmen

Mt. Airy PA Patch

Former postal worker indicted for worker's comp fraud

Utica NY Observer-Dispatch

USPS ordered to pay fees in case of discrimination

Watertown NY Daily Times

Federal Times: USPS to cut 30,000 this year?

"Exclusive" turns out to be non-story...
postalnews blog

Another Stumbling Block to USPS Self-Sufficiency: Oil Prices

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

APWU members demonstrate at White House

postalnews blog

Utah: ex-postal worker pleads guilty to stealing mail

Deseret News

April trial date set for Kentucky NALC branch president accused of embezzlement

Commonwealth Journal

Dundee postal carrier dies in freak accident while delivering mail

Monroe News

Snail Mail Hasn't Lost Its Power to Boost Troop Morale

New York Times

Congressman Ross locates FEHB web site (but not the $32/month USPS health plan!)

postalnews blog
click here to see the reactions on Ross's Facebook page

Postmaster General sued by letter carrier for racial discrimination

Southeast Texas Record

Former postal worker pleads guilty to stealing mail, gift cards

Salt Lake Tribune

Chaffetz wants to fire tax delinquent federal employees- but why stop there?

postalnews blog

Pennsylvania postmaster admits stealing funds

Williamsport-Sun Gazette

Flint Mayor says city's mail facility 'needs to stay open to keep jobs in our community'

Flint Journal

No decision yet on Oshkosh, Green Bay postal consolidation

Appleton Post Crescent

Oklahoma postal worker pleads guilty to mail crime

Muskogee Phoenix

New life for Depression-era murals

Oxford OH Press

Jersey City doctor accused of double billing for treating USPS workers pays $2.25 million to settle case with no admission of guilt

Jersey Journal

Plans To Close 3,000 Post Offices Never Existed, USPS Says

Dead Tree Edition

Ashton Kutcher: Has texting killed romance?

"The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever"
Harper's Bazaar

Text messages to replace stamps in Sweden

The Local.se

In rural Alaska communities, postal delivery varies greatly

Cordova Time

Mail's snail pace has senders in Lima area irate

Toledo Blade

USPS study recommends moving Flint mail sorting center

Flint Journal

Letter carrier returns to work after "devastating" stroke

MakeMedicineBetter.org

Post office closings update March 7

postalnews blog

USPS posts FAQ on upcoming organizational changes

Organizational Changes Home LiteBlue.usps.gov

Watchdog: 18 months later, humans prevail over postal automation

St Paul Pioneer Press

Issa still pushing bailout lie

postalnews blog

Guilty plea entered in postal contractor fraud

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Postcom’s This Week in Postal podcast for March 4

postalnews blog

USPS Overtime on the Rise

Dead Tree Edition

Postal workers rally against closing of mail processing plant in Utica

WKTV TV Utica

Fact and fiction on Fox with Congressman Ross

postalnews blog

Bingaman, Udall question USPS merger study

Las Cruces NM Sun-News

Illinois congressmen write to PMG opposing Rockford consolidation

Press release

House Subcommittee Explores Looming Postal Crisis

also: Showdown at the IG Corral, Senator Daniel Akaka to Retiree
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

Employees at Alabama post office robbed

Enterprise Ledger

SXSW: How the USPS Should Implement Social Media

postalnews blog

USPS has cut over 22,000 career employees in the last 12 months

postalnews blog

Court rules in favor of National Guard vet fired by Postal Service

Federal Times

Florida Postmaster Arrested On Sexual Assault, False Imprisonment Charges

NorthEscambia.com

Postmaster General calls for fixes, not bailouts, for USPS

Post & Parcel

Bronx mail carrier gets two years in jail for selling cocaine out of mail truck

New York Post

Can small businesses offset public sector job cuts? Sure- if you’re looking for a part time job!

postalnews blog

Two First Class Stamps And A Pint Please

postalnews blog

USPS Is Considering Shutting Down Some Operations In Huntsville

WHNT TV Huntsville
see also: Huntsville Hammered By Mail Delays -

Republican congressman introduces resolution to keep 6 day delivery

postalnews blog

US Postal Service sued for patent infringement

Press release

Regulators work overtime on USPS bid to drop Saturday delivery

Post & Parcel

Two First Class Stamps And A Pint Please

postalnews blog

PRC tells NAPUS it’s too soon to review post office closing plans

postalnews blog

Ross: Never mind pension overpayments- get rid of workers

postalnews blog

Excerpts from today's oversight hearing

Postcom.org

Time for some comic relief: Postal Service Celebrates Another Awesome Day Of Delivering Mail

The Onion

Updated CRS Report: USPS’s Financial Condition- Overview and Issues for Congress

postalnews blog

“Pushing the Envelope: The Looming Crisis at USPS” Hearing scheduled for 1:30 EST today

Includes witness statements, link to live webcast
postalnews blog

Michigan family's dog 'writes' from heaven

(Thanks to local postal workers)
South Bend Tribune

Letter carrier suspected of bicycle theft

KHOU Houston

Employee unions to form coalition about feds

Federal News Radio

Jury selection begins in West Virginia postal slaying case

WCHS TV Charleston WV

USPS-OIG responds to the OPM-OIG

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Could postal workers and retirees lose their health benefits?

postalnews blog

OPM OIG opposes USPS OIG proposals for financial relief

Press release

Dueling Inspectors General or Revenge of the Creditor

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

OPM: Postal Service proposals could undermine funding of retiree benefits

Government Executive

Congressman calls on PMG to spare Gary IN plant

Press release

Rising paper costs, postal price increases force adjustments

Direct Marketing News

Planned postal rate hike hits marketers, but many remain loyal to mail medium

Direct Marketing News

A little history lesson for Congressman Ross

postalnews blog