Eighty-five year old postal worker retires after 50 years

The Olympian (WA)

Just two residents show up for meeting on PO closings in West Virginia

Parkersburg News and Sentinel

App lets you mail handwritten notes and cards from iPhone

Ubergizmo

Contractor sentenced for stealing $56,000 in fuel from postal service

WHEC TV Rochester

Feds bust Sacramento mail carrier in stolen drugs probe

KXTV Sacramento

Some Yakima postal operations may move to Pasco

Yakima Herald-Republic

Ballots 'misplaced,' raising concern over all-mail vote

Arizona Daily Star

USPS makes changes as audit warns of “flawed” contract data

Post & Parcel

Did Darrell Issa Sabotage the USPS-APWU agreement?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Privatised mail: a second-class delivery

The Guardian

Postmasters ask PRC to block proposed changes to PO closing rules

postalnews blog

Postal Carrier Robbed In North Wichita

KNSS Wichita

Royal Divorce stamp?

postalnews blog

Fort Smith AR mail processing to move to Fayetteville

The City Wire

Russellville AR mail processing center consolidating to Little Rock

todaysthv.com

APWU: Additional Questions and Answers About the Tentative Agreement

APWU News

Giselle Valera named USPS VP and Managing Director, Global Business

postalnews blog

Mayor says USPS manufactured "lease crisis", closed town's PO in 5 days

Des Moines Register

Rationalizing Postal Costing In The 21st Century

Postal Journal

2,000 postal employees take $20,000 buyout offers

Federal Times

Lancaster consolidation plan booed at public meeting

Lancaster PA New Era

City demands copy of Postal Service study

Sioux City Journal

The USPS and Royal Mail Team Up to Sell Official Royal Wedding Collectibles

postalnews blog
see also: Wedding Roses stamp goes on sale -

The US Parcel Market: Hightlights from the UPS Conference Call

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Citizens express skepticism about Helena consolidation

Helena Independent Record

Bristol TN mail carrier gets probation for stealing prescription drugs

Kingsport Times-News

Crime-fighting postal inspector transferred out of Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands Daily News

Sioux City residents make voices heard at Post Office meeting

Sioux City Journal

Postal Service master key lost in Napa CA

Napa Valley Register

Hallmark Introduces Postage-Paid Greetings for Mother’s Day

Press release

Man faces multiple charges in Yuma postal thefts

Arizona Daily Star

USPS mulling plan to truck Staten Island-bound mail to Brooklyn, Manhattan for processing

Staten Island Live

United Parcel Service Volume Down in First Quarter

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Post Office sees dramatic drop in business after it moves to new location

Kalamazoo News

Direct Marketing Agencies Among Leaders in Social Media

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Butte residents speak their minds on USPS plan

Montana Standard

Bristol TN mail processing operations moving to Johnson City

Bristol Herald Courier

Alexandria's mail-processing operations to move to Shreveport

Alexandria (LA) Town Talk

USPS Woes Directly Tied to Healthcare Prefunding, Retiree Over-Funding

Printing Impressions

Editorial: Cutting Saturday mail service is not the answer

Metrowny.com

USPS to use video recordings of carriers in upcoming NALC contract talks

postalnews blog

It's Good News, Bad News For USPS and Fed Retirees

Dead Tree Edition
see also: Why Taking Early Retirement Incentives is a Good Idea -

Post Office merger war on workers

Montana Standard

Explosion levels Missouri post office

Park Hills Daily Journal

Mindful mailman saves life

Akron Beacon Journal

Five dogs attack letter carrier

Hickory Daily Record

Postal Service cutbacks cause mail delays in Chicago suburbs

Chicago Tribune

Burrus: Agreement is Not Fair

postalnews blog

Postal worker fined for burning ads

Rockford Register Star

What Happens If the APWU Rejects the Contract?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

North Carolina window clerk accused of defrauding USPS of "tens of thousands of dollars"

Charlotte Observer

West Virginia Delegation: postal closures unlawful

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Customer describes bizarre "triage" operation at the post office

Lincoln CA News Messenger

Postal Union Brings Back Work, but Divides It

Labor Notes

Man sought in post office box break-ins caught

YumaSun

Postal truck strikes, kills toddler

Pottstown PA Mercury

Omaha Postal Workers Accused Of Stealing Mail

WOWT Omaha

Experts Weigh In On Likelihood of Huge Catalog Postal Rate Hike

multichannelmerchant.com

USPS Launches Parcel Select regional Ground

postalnews blog

Post Office Finds Missing Package Containing Woman's Ashes

WISC Madison

The real financial health of the Postal Service

USPS IG Letter to the Editor of The Washington Post

Federal judge gives convicted postal workers taste of jail, then probation

Birmingham News

PRC says USPS discriminated against Gamefly

postalnews blog

Burrus on contract supporters: “It’s All About Me”

postalnews blog

Postal Service Initiates ePacket Service with Hongkong Post

postalnews blog

EquaShip to Launch the “4th US Parcel Carrier” to Serve Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

postalnews blog

Union not happy with Lancaster PA consolidation plan

Lancaster New Era

USPS Loses Cremated Remains

WISC Madison

Frustration spreads as list of dying post offices grows in Iowa

Des Moines Register

Oshkosh mail facility to close in cost-savings move

Appleton Post Crescent

Schumer urges PMG to reconsider Utica consolidation

Press release

Hatch Act reminder: restrictions on pictures of candidates in the workplace

USPS News Link

Political mailings delivered days after elections

Postal workers blame FSS machines
Chicago Daily Herald

Zumbox Announces High Volume Digital Postal Mail API for Large Mailers

Press release

APWU: New Contract Safeguards Jobs, Creates Opportunities

postalnews blog

Post office machine frustrates local last-minute tax filers

Vancouver WA Columbian

The United States Postal-Online Ordering-eMailbox-Bank Service?

Dead Tree Edition

At One Post Office, Tax Day Is a Reason to Dance and Sing

New York Times

Defense to challenge confession in postal killings

Associated Press

Pennsylvania: Postal Worker Attacked, Left Unconscious Outside Post Office

WTAE Pittsburgh

League of Postmasters urging action to stop USPS plans to close rural post offices

National League of Postmasters - Presidents Message

Burrus on the APWU contract: Justifying Your Decision

postalnews blog

USPS wants to test “guaranteed” direct mail

postalnews blog

The Price of Printing Bad Stamps

New York Times

Fewer post offices open later on tax deadline day in age of e-filing

Press of Atlantic City

Postal Service Delivers a Greener America

Press release

Postal worker accused of stealing gift cards

Canandaigua NY Messenger Post

Threatening To Go Postal, Retired Postal Worker Arrested

KOLD TV Tucson

Chicago Mail Carrier Robbed At Gunpoint

CBS Chicago

Burrus Editorial: Something is wrong with this picture

postalnews blog

APWU Local President Sees ‘Massive Losses’ for APWU in Tentative Agreement

postalnews blog

The Washington Post Does Not Understand the Postal Service

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Postal worker hit by bus in Philadelphia

WPVI TV Philadelphia

Dead Letter Mail: Digital Posts May Herald End to Carriers

Tech News Daily

Editorial: Postal Service must cancel its Statue of Liberty stamps

New York Daily News
... on the other hand: Statue of Liberty stamp gaffe a genius move
Las Vegas Weekly

Pawnee OK Mail Carrier Struck, Killed By Train

KOTV Tulsa

USPS Customer Support web site down again, may not be back for another week

postalnews blog

Oregon: Mailman suspended after relieving himself in yard

KGW TV Portland OR
Video: Postal worker in deep doo-doo after using yard as toilet -

Oxnard mail distribution center to close in July

Ventura County Star

Man speaks about postal worker's assault

WSVN-TV Miami

Cops hunting suspect who attacked 58-year-old postal worker in Queens

New York Daily News

PRC Chair: No Five-Day Postal Delivery Anytime Soon

multichannelmerchant.com
Listen to the podcast referred to in the story -

Sunday mail deliveries ending in California Adventist community

Inland Empire News radio

Half of Online Sellers Unfazed by USPS Move to 5-Day Delivery

AuctionBytes

Get to know your postal guy

Bangor Daily News

USPS to flaunt mail’s smartphone potential with summer sale

Post & Parcel

APWU: House Hearing Sets Troubling Precedent

APWU News

USPS used wrong Statue of Liberty on stamp

postalnews blog

Texas postal worker indicted in med thefts

San Antonio Express-News

Veribest post office closure meeting packed

USPS: 'It's not about how did you pick this. We just picked. You have to start somewhere...'
San Angelo TX Standard-Times

Flap over flag nixes contract station

WYFF TV Greenville SC

The Post-Postal Society?

Reason Magazine

Video: Knoxville APWU MVS director on the tentative contract

postalnews blog

OIG finds supervisors changed employees clock rings without justification, recommends better training, controls

postalnews blog

Is Franking a USPS “Bailout” of Congress? Not Quite

postalnews blog

Akron letter carrier charged with mail theft

Press release

UPS Store replaces Post Office at University of Oregon

Oregon Daily Emerald

Wheeling Post Office May Lose More Jobs

Wheeling News-Register

RIBBS Restoration Still In the Works

Postal Affairs Blog

Montana Secretary of State expresses worry on effect of postal closure on mail ballots

Helena Independent record

USPS Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor and Two Vendors Charged in Billing Fraud

Press release

More videos from APWU President Guffey on the tentative agreement

postalnews blog

Letter Carrier Carjacked in Mobile

WKRG TV Mobile AL

Report says Obama will endorse plan that would cut feds' benefits

Federal Times

Audio: Ruth Goldway and Gene Del Polito discuss five day delivery and more

postalnews blog via Postcom

IG: USPS Workers Comp program “a lucrative retirement plan”, mismanaged by DOL

postalnews blog

Five South Carolina postal workers charged with unemployment benefit fraud

postalnews blog

Postal attrition: How to make statistics say exactly what you want them to

postalnews blog

Omaha to process Lincoln mail?

Omaha World herald

Ohio contractor gets probation for bribing postal official who later killed himself

postalnews blog

Videos: Guffey defends tentative agreement

postalnews blog

Burrus: “If USPS management had a vote they would vote ‘Yes’ to ratify”

postalnews blog

APWU Corrects Typos in Tentative Agreement

postalnews blog

Michigan letter carrier is a hero

White Lake MI Beacon

APWU: An Agreement For Our Times

APWU Industrial Relations

Bonidy v. USPS Firearms Suit- Not Over Yet

No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money

Bairoil WY, pop. 98, again fighting to keep post office open

Billings Gazette

USPS Plans a “Small Footprint” Flat Sequencing System (FSS Lite)

postalnews blog

Mail carriers are dodging vicious dogs and bullets in Detroit

Detroit News

Do We Really Need New Laws To Get More Postal Employees To Retire?

postalnews blog via Dead Tree Edition

Court denies request for injunction to delay APWU contract vote

postalnews blog

Letter carrier caught between job, caring for special-needs daughter

Westchester County NY Journal News

Postal worker charged with passing fake money

San Francisco Chronicle

Merced man pleads guilty to counterfeiting postage

Merced CA Sun-Star

Post Office wants street-side mailboxes installed because of dogs

Thibodaux (LA) Daily Comet

Letter carrier tackles purse snatcher

WWLP TV Springfield MA

NAPUS Leaders Design Strategy to Stop USPS’ Illegal Regulatory Changes

NAPUS via postalnews blog

No shutdown for USPS (but no passports, either)

postalnews blog

Linda Kingsley and Pranab Shah to step down from USPS

Post & Parcel
(and Postcom says Sales VP Susan Plonkey is also leaving)

USPS RIBBS Web Issues Continue

Postal Affairs Blog

Postal Service Moving Some Operations Out of Bowling Green KY

WBKO TV Bowling Green

Postal inspectors target 'volume' mail theft, offer free security upgrades to apartment complexes

KNXV TV Phoenix

Some postal operations to be moved out of Reading PA facility

Reading Eagle

Delivering for America ... six days a week

Bemidji (MN) Pioneer

Social Security stopping mailed earning statements

Associated Press

"APWU Members Against Ratification of Tentative Agreement" web site

21st Century Postal Worker

Postal Regulatory Commission will close if government shuts down

postalnews blog

Google reports USPS’s RIBBS Customer service site compromised by malware

postalnews blog

Some APWU Contract Savings Would Come at Expense of Other Postal Unions

Dead Tree Edition

Postal Service Five-Day Delivery Plan Faces Long Odds in Congress

AuctionBytes

Issa: “The American people want to keep 47 cent First Class postage”

postalnews blog

Red Bank NJ Local APWU votes unanimously to oppose contract

postalnews blog

NJ APWU Local votes unanimously to oppose contract

Red Bank Local APWU

Treasury may borrow federal retirement funds in debt emergency

Federal Times

Republican Assault on Postal Labor Contract Fizzles

National Association of Postal Supervisors
Legislative/Regulatory Update

Maintenance Craft Questions and Answers on the Tentative Agreement

APWU News

Postal Governor Miller peddles nonsense at House hearing

NALC Activist Alert

Opinion: Collective bargaining can be win-win

Cliff Guffey commentary for POLITICO.com

Video: Dennis Ross rants at APWU President

postalnews blog

Rachel Maddow: “This little ‘Republicans hate the post office’ hearing”

MSNBC via postalnews blog

Thieving Tennessee postmaster gets 5 years’ probation

Knoxville News Sentinel

Congress Holds Unprecedented Hearing into USPS-Union Agreement

Working In These Times

Jury deadlocks in trial of postal contractor accused of stealing veterans' medicines

Mobile Press-Register

Video: Issa vs. USPS on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell

MSNBC via postalnews blog

Lynchburg mail processing to consolidate with Roanoke

Lynchburg News & Advance

Rep. Issa criticizes Postal Service contract with union

Washington Post

Taxpayer Alert: The Coming Postal Service Bailout

RealClearPolitics

Lynch bill seeks multi-billion dollar rebate for US Postal Service

Post & Parcel

Missed Opportunity in the USPS Oversight Hearing

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

The Battle Between Public Unions and the (Republicans in) Government Goes Postal

National Journal

Today’s Oversight Committee Hearing webcast, prepared statements

postalnews blog

More on the APWU Health Insurance Deal

Dead Tree Edition

Editorial: Rural mail- USPS taking wrong approach on PO closings

Pueblo Chieftain

Postal Service set to defend labor deal

Washington Post

Oshkosh mail processing center closing

Oshkosh Northwestern

OIG Letter to the Editor: Not a Postal Service bailout

Washington Times

USPS defends union deal ahead of grilling in Congress

Post & Parcel

NE Mass APWU Local tells members to vote ‘no’ on contract

postalnews blog

APWU: More Questions and Answers on the Tentative Agreement

APWU News

USPS Posts Relocation Policy for 2011 RIF-Impacted Employees

USPS 2011 Organizational Redesign FAQs

Columnist: Did USPS lie about Lima complaints?

postalnews blog

USPS Says APWU Contract Would Save $3.8 Billion

Bloomberg

Hiccups in Consolidation

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

USPS Mobile app now available for Android devices

postalnews blog

Postal Service Complaint Department, Open for Business

AuctionBytes.com

Florida Postmaster Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Assault

NorthEscambia.com

Consumer Spending Trends and the Mail

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

'Hero Of The Year' Letter Carrier Arrested On Drug Charge

KHBS NW Arkansas

One house stops mail for many

Akron Beacon Journal

Letter carrier alerts authorities to Lansing house fire

Lansing State Journal

Little Rock carrier robbed at gunpoint

KTHV TV Little Rock

Three accused of trying to rob Kentucky post office

Lexington Herald-Leader

Congressman says OIG report shows “staggering” service failure in Lima consolidation

postalnews blog

California postal worker arrested on fraud charges

Modesto Bee

OIG investigates overtime in response to postalnews blog story

postalnews blog

Catalog Mailers May Get Hit With Massive Postal Increase

multichannelmerchant.com

Suspect shoots out window of postal vehicle, steals mail

WAVY TV Norfolk VA

APWU: Management Must Convert PTFs

APWU News

NAPUS and League Leaders Commit to Joint Effort to Protect Post Offices

NAPUS Latest News

Postmasters say USPS is trying to circumvent law on post office closings

League of Postmasters

Retired Massachusetts letter carrier accused of workers comp fraud

postalnews blog

NALC and USPS agree to new alternate route adjustment process

postalnews blog

Appeals Court upholds firng of carrier who refused to work Saturdays for religious reasons

Leagle.com

Delaware: School bus, postal truck collide

Wilmington News Journal

Editorial: The good, the bad and the ugly of postal service changes

Aberdeen SD American News

Will PRC's Opinion Help or Hurt Five-Day Delivery Prospect?

multichannelmerchant.com

USPS didn't know accused letter carrier had a criminal record

KSAX TV Alexandria MN