postalnews.com: August 2011

Wednesday, August 31

Maryland MVS driver gets 6 months in jail for mail theft
postalnews blog Comment
Every Door Direct Mail - How it is Being Used
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
Vermont postmaster keeps mail moving despite Irene
postalnews blog via WCAX TV Burlington Comment
Pit bulls attack Schenectady mail carrier
Schenectady Daily Gazette Comment
Tuesday, August 30
APWU: Locations Announced for 740 New Jobs in the Motor Vehicle Craft
postalnews blog Comment
24% of USPS real estate is empty space, says audit
Post & Parcel Comment
Politics of Rural Post Offices and Smaller Processing Plants
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
NALC joins with other unions to picket Issa’s district office on Thursday
Press release Comment
Deputy PMG to customers: “We aren’t going away”
USPS News Link Comment
Postal employee admits worker’s comp fraud, was selling sex toys on eBay
Chicago Sun-Times Comment
Editorial: Down and Out at the Post Office
New York Times Comment
Kearny postal workers recall failed rescue bid to save supervisor from deadly floodwaters
Jersey Journal Comment
My View: Congress can fix Postal Service's woes
Salem News Comment
Monday, August 29
Fund to aid injured postal workers at risk if USPS defaults
Chicago Tribune Comment
Feds get second conviction in Detroit postal probe
Detroit News Comment
Could USPS Launch Online Payments to Help Current Crisis?
AuctionBytes Comment
Columnist: Congress, not the Internet, to blame for USPS financial woes
golocalprov.com Comment
The Postal Service Means Business
Save the Post Office Comment
Sunday, August 28
Tempers flare at postmasters' meeting
St Joseph MO News Express Comment
Saturday, August 27
Mail delivery goes on despite storm
Wilmington DE News Journal Comment
First-Class Mail Gets Slower: The Declining USPS Service Standards
Save the Post Office Comment
Missouri postmaster gets prison in $3.8 million fraud scheme
Press release Comment
USPS keeping an eye on Hurricane Irene
Press releases Comment
Hours some USPS workers are paid to do nothing: Now under 1 million
Federal Times Comment
Friday, August 26
USPS: No Excessing for Failure to Bid on NTFT Jobs
APWU News Comment
How Bad Is the Postal Service's Financial Position?
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Congressman: USPS Continues to Run Out Clock on Sioux City
PMG reneges on promise to release data to the commmunity
Press release Comment
USPS Year to Date Loss: $1.7 billion + PAEA = $7 billion
postalnews blog Comment
What Postal Service can’t win from labor unions it hopes to get from Congress
Washington Post Comment
Post Office Closings: List and Map
Save the Post Office Comment
Thursday, August 25
APWU: Thousands of Part-Timers to Be Converted Aug. 27
APWU News Comment
Is USPS Underestimating the Number of Layoffs Its Downsizing Plan Would Require?
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Former Kansas Postmaster Indicted On Embezzlement Charges
postalnews blog Comment
PMG's proposal would "greatly reduce" health coverage for postal workers and retirees
Federal Times Comment
Mineral, VA post office open for business after quake
USPS News Link Comment
USPS Executive pleads guilty in bribery case
Press release Comment
Temp letter carrier accused in theft of gift cards
Buffalo News Comment
Postal service hurt by congressional mandate, not mail delivery
Zanesville Times Recorder
see also: U.S. Postal Service bled dry by federal politics - Comment
Postal worker robbed, truck stolen
Fox Toledo Comment
USPS tells postmasters not to sell against newspapers
Cherokeean Herald (TX) Comment
Proposed Hike in Non-Profits Rates Does Not Sit Well With Local Organizations
Princeton NJ Town Topics Comment
Postal Service pitches local direct mail service to small businesses
Direct Marketing News Comment
Wednesday, August 24
Congress, White House join to enact bipartisan postal legislation- 12 POs get new names!
postalnews blog Comment
Attorney says postal worker was coerced
Northern Virginia Daily Comment
Consolidation: USPS Refuses Information Requests
postalnews blog Comment
Tuesday, August 23
PostCom: USPS network realignment plan expected in mid-September
postalnews blog Comment
Postal Service health benefits decision could have wide impact
Washington Post Comment
Are QR Codes on Catalogs Cutting It?
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Slower mail could save USPS $1.5B
Washington Post Comment
PMG caves, DMA wins, USA loses: USPS withdraws its request for a rate increase
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS Braced for Massive Cuts
International Business Times Comment
Postal Employees Need a New Plan
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
Shot fired during attempted robbery at south St. Louis post office
KMOV.com St. Louis Comment
Albuquerque window clerk gets prison time for theft
Press release Comment
Postal carrier robbed while on mail route
WFMJ-TV Youngstown
Comment
Guest columnist: Postal Service is still competitive
Norwich Bulletin Comment
USPS Pulls 25 Alaska Offices Off List for Possible Closure
Press release Comment
Letter carrier ambushed by paintball-gun wielding thugs in PA
WHYY Philadelphia Comment
Monday, August 22
Letter carriers' 47 cent an hour COLA effective September 10
National Association of Letter Carriers Comment
Observers are leery of Postal Service plan to opt out of federal health and retirement programs
Government Executive Comment
How to Save the Postal Service Before It’s Too Late
Save the Post Office Comment
APWU: Save USPS, Stop Layoffs, Support H.R. 1351
APWU News Comment
Opinion: Subsidizing Netflix
San Jose Mercury News Comment
USPS hopes Congress delivers overhaul package
Reuters Comment
Don’t lay off 120,000 postal workers in the middle of a jobs crisis
slacktivist blog Comment
History of the US Mail delivery van
The Kansan Comment
Sunday, August 21
U.S. Postal Service bled dry by federal politics
Salem OR Statesman Journal Comment
Editorial: Postal service needs help
Boston Herald Comment
Balderdash! Queens residents question need for dash in postal addresses
Comment
The Postal Service is a Global News Story
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Saturday, August 20
Two can play that game: The PRC changes the rules for appeals
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS Taking Market Share in Parcel Delivery
Courier Express and Postal Observer see also June Deliverable Retail Sales Remain at 20.5% of Total - Comment
Connecticut Senator questions need for massive USPS job cuts
Hartford Courant Comment
Friday, August 19
Let’s Talk: How the Postal Service Values Its Employees
Save the Post Office Comment
Congressman says USPS is stalling on promised release of Sioux City report
postalnews blog Comment
More on the USPS's network realignment plans
MFSA Postal Points via Postal Affairs blog Comment
Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Edmond OK post office shootings
Pauls Valley Democrat Comment
Times uncovers more questionable business dealings by Darrell Issa
New York Times Comment
Oklahoma clerk gets probation for stealing cash from mail
postalnews blog Comment
There's Always Work At The Post Office? Maybe Not
National Public Radio Comment
Neither snow nor rain
Nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers- but the internet will
The Economist Comment
What Does Postal Service Insolvency Mean?
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
NJ APWU gets prison time for embezzlement
Clifton Journal Comment
APWU files four national grievances alleging USPS contract violations
APWU News Comment
Thursday, August 18
U.S. Post Office closures: Get ready for a battle
Los Angeles Times Comment
The Postal Service is still a wealthy landowner
Washington Post Comment
NALC contract talks begin
Press release Comment
Postal Service plans to close about 300 mail processing plants
Federal Times Comment
Cliff Rucker named Vice President, Sales
Comment
Measure to Eliminate Nonprofit Mail Discounts Could Cripple Fundraising
Fox News Comment
Canada Post Pre-Tax Earnings Declined Sharply in 2010
postalnews blog Comment
Kansas contract PO employee indicted for misappropriation of USPS funds
postalnews blog Comment
Missing mail in Zanesville prompts suspension
Carrier taken off route while officials look into complaints
Zanesville Times-Recorder Comment
Chicago letter carriers confronting violence on their routes
Chicago Tribune Comment
The U.S. Postal Service- Will It Survive?
Slate Comment
U.S. Court of Appeals Sets Hearing Date in Postal Sidewalks Petitioning Case
Ballot Access News Comment
Wednesday, August 17
USPS Will Not Seek Exigent Rate Increase
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Postal Service may not pull out of TSP after all
Federal Times Comment
USPS financial presentation from today’s MTAC meeting
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Donahoe Says Postal Service Needs 5-Day Delivery
Bloomberg Comment
Postal Workers to USPS: Don’t Shred Our Contract
In These Times Comment
MTAC: USPS will not “shut down” next summer due to cash crunch
postalnews blog
... and for a summary of what's been discussed at today's session, visit Postcom - Comment
APWU: NTFT Assignments Cannot Exceed the Number of Employees to be Converted
APWU News Comment
USPS Expects FY 2011 Losses Bigger than Previously Announced
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
Postal workers won't go quietly
Portland Press Herald Comment
Portsmouth NH plant to close
Foster's Daily Democrat Comment
Authorities seek suspects in post office robbery
Opelousas LA Daily World Comment
The Wolf Has Arrived: USPS Reaches the End of The Story
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
Tuesday, August 16
Postal service has proven efficiency
Clovis NM News Journal Comment
The Perfect Storm: How everything is coming together to take the Postal Service apart
Save the Post Office Comment
NYU Professor Steve Hutkins Fights To Save The Post Office
Gothamist Comment
Remember when Pat Donahoe only needed three things from Congress?
postalnews blog Comment
Google gets into the catalog business
Official Google Blog Comment
Can Direct-Mail Keep More Customers Than Groupon?
CNBC Comment
Don't touch my junk: The bulk mail industry says hands off our profits
Save the Post Office Comment
California man sentenced to 10 years in prison for plotting attack on letter carrier
San Jose Mercury News Comment
Issa’s postal tweets tout phony tea party group
postalnews blog see also Courier Express and Postal Observer - Comment
Grand Rapids man charged with threatening to cut off head of letter carrier
Detroit Free Press Comment
Postal Service plan includes pulling out of TSP
Federal Times Comment
Monday, August 15
The USPS Survival Plan and How It Impacts Bulk Mailers
TheDirectMailman.com Comment
Postal "Watchdog" Issa: Helping His District, and Himself
New York Times Comment
Postmasters: PMG’s “radical notion” is irresponsible nonsense
League of Postmasters via postalnews blog Comment
Saying Goodby to the P.O.
Yes! Magazine Comment
Why We All Have a Stake in the USPS
The Atlantic Comment
Hallmark CEO: USPS should redesign, not cut, to get out of the red
Kansas City Star Comment
USPS cutbacks "not good news for the real estate community"
"The government is no longer a solid tenant"
GlobeSt.com Comment
Sunday, August 14
Editorial: Postal Service out of options
Federal Times Comment
Postal service, long a gateway to middle class, is facing big cuts
Washington Post Comment
Saturday, August 13
Rural carriers prepared to fight USPS's anti-union efforts
Rural Carrier Updates Comment
The Shock Doctrine: Why the Postal Service is scaring the hell out of us
Pat Donahoe 6/23/2011: "we’re not going broke"
Pat Donahoe 8/12/2011: "the Postal Service will be insolvent next month"
Save the Post Office Comment
Postal Service proposal to break contracts is blasted by unions
Washington Post Comment
DMA Applauds Postal Service’s New Cost-Cutting Proposals
Press release Comment
Friday, August 12
Postal Service Job Cut Plan 'Tough' to Do
"It would make the federal government the largest contract breaker in the country."
San Francisco Chronicle Comment
Mailhandlers: “Has Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker been named the new PMG?”
Mailhandlers Union via postalnews blog Comment
NAPS “Deeply Apprehensive” About USPS Legislative Proposals
NAPS Legislative and Regulatory Update Comment
NAPUS: PMG’s plan “recklessly endangers” health and security of all postal workers
postalnews blog Comment
Is the Postal Service's Proposal Constitutional?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
Did the postal service bargain in good faith?
postalnews blog Comment
The Big Lie about postal ‘bankruptcy’
National Association of Letter Carriers Comment
USPS statements and “white papers” on proposed layoffs and reductions to employee/retiree benefits
postalnews blog Comment
Laying off postal workers won't be cheap
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
Saving the great American post office
The federal government subsidizes oil companies- why not the USPS?
Philadelphia Inquirer Comment
APWU: USPS seeks to end layoff protection, take postal workers out of federal health and retirement programs
APWU News
Washington Post: USPS wants to layoff up to 120,000 employees by 2015 - Comment
Video: Rights of U.S. postal workers under attack
MSNBC Comment
Postal Service Recognizes Political Reality
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
also: Postal Service Cutting 228,000 Career Jobs - Comment
Thursday, August 11
NALC President Rolando Denounces PMG’s Latest ‘Radical’ Legislative Proposals
NALC News Comment
Post office makes a profit Congress won't let it keep
National Association of Letter Carriers Comment
APWU: NRP “eliminated” in name only
APWU News Comment
Pennsylvania Mail Contractor Charged With Making False Mileage Claims
postalnews blog Comment
NY legislators ask PMG not to consolidate Mid-Hudson GMF
Press release Comment
First Village Post Office debuts in Washington state
Marketplace Comment
Prosecutors Allege Bribery of USPS Official
Legal Times Comment
Wednesday, August 10
How to Lie With Charts
Take a close look at the charts the USPS uses to justify closing post offices...
Save the Post Office Comment
OIG says USPS falsified Pay for Performance scores to save money
postalnews blog Comment
The Future of the Postal Service: An Analysis
Mailing Systems Technology Comment
Postal Service Has Too Many Employees and Pays Them Too Much, Mailer Groups Say
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Sources of the USPS deficit: Postal Service 23%, Congress 77%
postalnews blog Comment
Mailbox Heat Affecting Mail Order Drugs
KSEE TV Fresno Comment
Appeals Court rules against fired 204-B in discrimination case
Leagle.com Comment
Congressional resistance to PO closing plan grows
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS Ranks #3 on List of Biggest U.S. Job-Killing Companies
AOL Jobs Comment
Tuesday, August 9
Another USPS worker expected to plead guilty to conspiracy in Detroit
Associated Press Comment
Pennsylvania postal worker suffers chemical burns from soda-bottle bomb
Pocono Record Comment
Workers, pols rally to save Staten Island's postal service
Staten Island Advance Comment
In the Sorting Office: another view of postal privatization in Europe
London Review of Books Comment
Smugglers Turning to Snail Mail to Ship Drugs
NBC Miami Comment
Saved by the mail carrier
KKCO TV Grand Junction CO Comment
US post offices spreading over time, 1700 to 1900
postalnews blog Comment
Postcom podcast: The government’s use of mail
Postcom via postalnews blog Comment
PRC Docket No. N2011-1 and the Future of the Post Office
Save the Post Office Comment
Arbitration ahead for Postal Service, rural letter carriers union
Federal Times Comment
Monday, August 8
More on the Kessler scandal
Sarasota Herald Tribune Comment
North Carolinal carrier killed after crashing into a church
Fayetteville Observer Comment
Why does the Postal Service want to destroy the Post Office?
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS says NRP ended in January
postalnews blog Comment
When is a bonus not a bonus?
When it's a U.S. Postal Service executive bonus.
Federal Times Comment
Editorial: Fight for post offices
Wichita Eagle Comment
SE Missouri post office reopens after floods
Associated Press Comment
PRC Conducting Study to Allow More Flexible Costing And Pricing
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
Sunday, August 7
Party bias in PO closings, or just reality?
postalnews blog Comment
Most post offices targeted for closure are in GOP districts
The Hill Comment
Bundles of mail tossed down drain
Virginia Gazette Comment
Saturday, August 6
Video: PRC Vice Chair Mark Acton on the Future of USPS
postalnews blog Comment
Brothers plead guilty in postal attack
Charleston WV Gazette Comment
Post offices as beloved relics
Philadelphia Inquirer Comment
The Downsizing of the Postal Workforce Slows
Dead Tree Edition
(... and according to the photo attached to this newspaper article, the USPS is still recruiting more managers?) Comment
MSPB invites interested parties to file briefs in NRP (limited duty) case
postalnews blog Comment
Connecticut Rural Carrier Arrested for Theft From Mail
North Branford, CT Patch Comment
Friday, August 5
Sen. Tom Carper Statement on Most Recent USPS Financial Losses
postalnews blog Comment
Darrell Issa Statement on Postal Service Losses
postalnews blog Comment
Postal governor resigns amid real estate scandal
Federal Times Comment
PMG Says PO Discontinuance Study Will be Ongoing
NAPUS Comment
USPS loses $3.1 billion in third quarter
Press release Comment
Camas woman moves to Vancouver, but mail takes a side trip
The Oregonian Comment
"They want to close what?!"
Cleveland Daily Banner Comment
Massachusetts postal worker crashes into tractor trailer
New England Cable News via postalnews blog Comment
Frederick plant's closing angers union leader
Frederick MD News-Post Comment
GOP Congressman calls on PMG to halt Oshkosh consolidation
postalnews blog Comment
Thursday, August 4
Tea-baggers pushing Issa “reform” bill
APWU News Comment
APWU Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over USPS Refusal to Provide Consolidation Info
APWU News Comment
Frederick Mail Processing Operations Moving To Baltimore
Frederick News-Post Comment
Vigil in Modesto: PO Auction ends tomorrow, and whoever wins, we all lose
Save the Post Office Comment
Can’t live at the P O any more
Anniston (AL) Star Comment
Postal Service woes could hit poliical campaign mailings
campaignsandelections.com Comment
Postal workers on edge after recent armed robberies
WJLA TV Washington Comment
Wednesday, August 3
Postal worker sentenced for viewing child porn at Utica post office
Utica Observer-Dispatch Comment
Kansas City postal worker found guilty of stealing from mail
Press release Comment
DMA: Issa/Ross “Reform” Legislation Would Hurt Nonprofits
Press release Comment
Bloomberg editorial rehashes attack on USPS, pushes Issa “reform” bill
postalnews blog Comment
Save the Post Office!
Washington Post Comment
Camden wants a refund- says USPS delayed thousands of certified letters to avoid overtime
WTXF TV Philadelphia Comment
Tuesday, August 2
Robber Barons Plunder the Post Offic\
Save the Post Office Comment
Back to Code Blue
NAPS Leg/Reg Update Comment
FMLA requests to be handled by shared services center
postalnews blog Comment
The debt ceiling and letter carriers
NALC via postalnews blog Comment
Feds @ Work: Interview with Chuck McGann, USPS chief information security officer
AOL Government Comment
USPS backs down on Sioux City FOIA request
KCAU-TV Sioux City Comment
Hill Staff May Not Miss Post Offices
Roll Call Comment
Audit finds Green Bay mail center insufficient for absorbing Oshkosh operation
... but USPS plans to go ahead with move anyway...
Oshkosh Northwestern Comment
Destroying unions won’t fix the Postal Service
Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post by APWU President Cliff Guffey Comment
Monday, August 1
Post office closing: Sign of deep trouble for Postal Service
Baltimore Sun Comment
Crooked postal carrier nabbed swiping packages from Diamond District
New York Post Comment
PRC sets schedule for consideration of USPS’s post office closing plans
postalnews blog Comment

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