Wednesday, November 23

USPS Says Recession Cost $2.34B

multichannelmerchant.com

American Greetings Online Black Friday special- 70% off holiday cards, free stamps

postalnews blog

The Best Postal System Money Can Buy

Save the Post Office

Postal Service parceling its work to fewer carriers

"The sight of carriers delivering at night wearing headlamps is becoming common"
Denver Post

OSHA: Tennessee postal contractor used defective vehicles, fired whistleblower

Press release

Don't expect Congress to deliver for the U.S. Postal Service

Muskegon Chronicle

Police: Joliet postal worker stole credit cards from mail

Joilet Herald News

Going Postal: Volkswagen's Autonomous Mail Van Follows Mail Carriers

Fast Company

Tuesday, November 22

'Going Postal' Blogger Memorializes Post Offices

National Public Radio

USPS Hires Evercore for Restructuring Advice

Bloomberg

USPS announces 4.6% increase in shipping rates for 2012, Express Mail Flat Rate Box

Press release

NALC clarifies Rolando comments on health insurance proposals

postalnews blog

Growing Number of Sellers Plan Free Shipping Offers for Holiday Shoppers

eCommerce Bytes

Video: Occupy DC demands Postmaster General’s resignation while he delivers speech

postalnews blog

Postal workers cry foul about cuts in hours

Gainesville Times

The Threat of Privatization – From Within

postalnews blog via American Postal Worker Magazine

Postal Service compares itself to refrigerators

Manteca (CA) Bulletin

UPS Rate Increase Could Help Priority Mail

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Postal facility faces bleak digital realities

Buffalo News

Monday, November 21

Postmaster General Urges Congress to Reevaluate Current Postal Reform Bills

Press release

Video: PMG addresses National Press Club

(The speech is interrupted by protesters just after the 12:00 mark)
C-SPAN

Sen. Sanders’ Bill Addresses USPS Crisis

APWU News

Why postal “bankruptcy” doesn’t make sense

postalnews blog

Letter carrier fights off knife-wielding robber in Harrisburg

Harrisburg Patriot-News

Mailhandlers Extension of Bargaining Reflects Uncertainty of Postal Reform

Courier Express and Postal Observer

PMG to speak on the Future of the Postal System at National Press Club

C-SPAN

USPS press release on contract talks extension

postalnews blog

Police say terrorist suspect planned to bomb mailboxes and postal facilities

NY Daily News

Mailhandlers, USPS Continue Talks Beyond Deadline

postalnews blog

NALC contract talks extended

New deadline set for December 7, 2011
postalnews blog

Friday, November 18

Letter carrier contract talks approach deadline

postalnews blog

Plea agreement reached in Zanesville mail carrier theft case

Zanesville Times Recorder

Mail carrier saves woman

Quad City Times

What Killed the Postal Service? PAEA Looks Suspiciously Guilty

Courier Express and Postal Observer
(Editor's note: Well DUH!!)

Bennet: USPS ‘Time-Out’ Provides More Time to Evaluate Effects of Potential Post Office Closures

Press release

Lieberman, Collins, Carper, Brown React to USPS FY2011 Debt

postalnews blog

Tensions boil at Redondo Beach post office, leading to hostile work environment and mail dumping allegations

EasyReader

USPS warns customers about email scam: “USPS Delivery Failure Notification”

postalnews blog

Congress postpones USPS trust fund action (again)

postalnews blog

USPS sends wrong meeting notices to 21,000 addresses

UPI

Why insist that the Postal Service make a profit?

"So the short-term solution does not require a tax increase. It requires only the approval of Congress for the post office to use its own money."
Columbus Dispatch

What does it take to save a post office? Looking at appeals on closings

Looking at appeals on closings
Save the Post Office

Thursday, November 17

GAO: USPS needs a retail network revamp

The Hill

Another Florida postal worker attacked, robbed

WSVN-TV Miami

USPS job review program has brought slew of complaints

Federal Times

Video: USPS employees nervous about possible Savannah center closing

postalnews blog

Letter carrier gets probation for cell photo caper

Gloucester Times

New Orleans postal workers fear being set adrift in sea of red ink

New Orleans Times-Picayune

How the U.S. Postal Service Fell Apart

TIME

USPS paid Jack Potter a quarter million this year, and still owes him over $800K

Washington Times

Thurgood Marshall, Jr. Elected Chairman of Board of Governors

postalnews blog

Harte-Hanks releases prEtrak direct mail tracking tool

postalnews blog

Wednesday, November 16

NAPUS appeals Postmaster Pay Package to fact-finding

postalnews blog

USPS “exigent” rate rise may take months to decide, regulators warn

Post & Parcel

Occupy Indiana calls on supporters to attend USPS meeting on closing South Bend plant

Occupy Indiana!

RR Donnelley CEO: Postal Reform Critical to U.S. Companies

Roll Call Opinion

Postal Service to resume pension payments

Federal Times

APWU: Are Those Posted Duty Assignments ‘Desirable?’

postalnews blog

OPM: Problem of late pension payments getting worse

Federal Times

Should Postal Employees Delay Retirement?

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Video: ‘A Death Spiral’ for the US Postal Service?

From VT Sen. Bernie Sanders' recent town meeting
postalnews blog

Postal Service Predicts Record Loss for 2012

New York Times

Suspect sought in letter carrier assault

WPRI TV Providence

Rhode Island man charged with assaulting letter carrier

Boston Globe

Tuesday, November 15

NALC responds to Postal Service losses

postalnews blog

Video: South Carolina Postal Employee Saves Co-Worker’s Life

postalnews blog

Congress kicks the can down the road again

postalnews blog

DOJ says USPS has to continue FERS overpayments

postalnews blog

USPS ends fiscal year with $5.1 billion loss

postalnews blog

New York Metro Area Postal Union Supports Occupy Wall Street and Condemns Eviction of the 99%

Press release

PostCom: USPS to announce eMailbox service?

postalnews blog

Negotiating Early Retirement Incentives

Courier Express and Postal Observer

U.S. Postal Service Said to Weigh Hiring Restructuring Advisers

Businessweek

Another post office closing: It's the same old story, don't you know?

Save the Post Office

Seven Reasons the Jury Is Still Out on Flats Sequencing

Dead Tree Edition

Binding the Nation Together – as long as it’s profitable….

The Prescott Report

Piles Of Mail Found In Connecticut State Forest

Hartford Courant

Donahoe Says 2012 postal rate increase will be according to Consumer Price Index

multichannelmerchant.com

Monday, November 14

Postal Service Developing an Innovative Parcel Service With Walmart

Courier Express and Postal Observer

USPS Supervisor admits taking bribes from vehicle maintenance contractor

Detroit Free Press

1991 post office rampage still painful for workers

Detroit News

Postal workers march outside Fayetteville NC post office to save jobs

Fayetteville Observer

Ceremony to mark 20th anniversary of post office shootings

Detroit Free Press

Save the Post Office Week in Review: Rallies, briefs, complaints, letters, and road trips

Save the Post Office

USPS wants to close plant and five post offices in Springfield MA

Springfield Republican

EquaShip bundles discounted Priority Mail with “real” insurance

Press release

Friday, November 11

Bad News Comes in Threes: How Congress, Industry, and Management Have Made a Mess Out of Things

Save the Post Office

USPS proposal to leave federal health benefits program questioned

Government Executive

PRC Chair Addresses Key Postal Issues In Q&A

multichannelmerchant.com

PolitiFact confirms claim that USPS is the only organization in the US required to prefund retiree health benefits

PolitiFact Georgia

Virginia postmaster indicted for embezzlement

Kingsport Times-News

'Occupy Duluth' Marches against Postal Service Cut Plan

KQDS TV

Gary man faces theft charge for dumping newspapers

Northwest Indiana Times

White House responds to rural carrier petition on 6 day delivery

postalnews blog

Thousands of veterans would lose jobs if Congress passes postal legislation

Workday Minnesota

Thursday, November 10

Senators Look To Slash Benefits For Disabled Postal Workers

Huffington Post

DMA tells members “Your Business is Being Threatened” by USPS exigent rate case

postalnews blog

Mandatory Overtime to End Soon for Many APWU Represented Empolyees

APWU News

Iowa postal worker admits mail theft

Associated Press

USPS Going Ape Over Missing Pallets

Dead Tree Edition

APWU: Short-Term Relief, Long-Term Damage

APWU News

Study: Postal relocation could drain $32M from local economy

Springfield IL State Journal-Register

Rep. Mike Ross: Post Office closings delayed

Ft Smith AR City Wire

Moving toward the Endgame

A moratorium maybe, a Goldway dissent, a PMG promise to hold off on closing post offices
Save the Post Office

Experts say administration proposal puts FEHB on the ropes

Federal News Radio

Wednesday, November 9

Senate committee approves bipartisan Postal Service reform bill

Federal News Radio

Senate committee approves funding shift for postal buyouts

Federal Times

Mailhandlers: USPS Submits Harsh Proposals at Bargaining Table

postalnews blog

USPS announces pay freeze for management, reduced leave accrual for newly hired managers

postalnews blog

NALC calls S. 1789 “A job-killing bill that will dismantle the Postal Service”

postalnews blog

USPS issues Postmaster pay package for 2011-2015

NAPUS

Notes from today's Senate hearing on postal reform

Postcom.org

Amnesty period for stolen USPS equipment expires

postalnews blog

Deutsche Post New Labor Agreement – Could It Provide a Model for the USPS?

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Del. Norton confirms no DC post offices to close

postalnews blog

"Crazy" tea party congressman goes postal, says government should stop funding USPS

(psst... Joe- the government stopped funding the USPS 30 years ago!)
The Daily Mail

Two years in prison for USPS exec convicted of bribery

postalnews blog

Senator Coburn Proposes to Allow Americans to Pay Not to Receive Mail

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Meeting about moving New Orleans processing center draws hundreds

New Orleans Times-Picayune

Lagging economy U.S. postal chief's biggest fear

Reuters

Comparing UPS, FedEx, and USPS: Which is Best Now?

Practical eCommerce

Monday, November 7

USPS will pursue bid for above-inflation postal rate increase

Post & Parcel

Dennis Ross invents new math to explain why USPS is “bankrupt”

postalnews blog

NALC launches new ad honoring veteran letter carriers

NALC News

Preserving an American Institution

Susan Collins in The Exception Magazine

Opinion: Two Sides to Every Postal Legislation Story

multichannelmerchant.com

Senate Committee to Vote on 21st Century Postal Service Act

APWU News

Video: OPM’s Introduction to Open Season 2011 Webcast

postalnews blog

OIG recommends outsourcing more jobs, slashing contractor’s pay

postalnews blog

Postal Unions Honor Military Veterans, Oppose Destructive Bill in New TV Ad

APWU News

Postal Service bets it can easily close New Bedford branch

New Bedford Standard-Times

A Lesson in Bad Direct Mail List Preparation–from the USPS

Smart Marketing Strategy

Vermonters pack Sanders’ “Save the Postal Service” meeting

postalnews blog

Video: Unlocking the mystery of mail

ABC 4 Salt Lake City

Letter: Closure of Mansfield mail processing center won't save money

Mansfield OH News Journal

Audit: Center that could process local mail plagued with delays

Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

Friday, November 4

Unions don't like parts of the latest postal service rescue plan

CNN Money

Car fire lands postal worker in jail

WSB TV Atlanta

Federal union workers join Occupy protesters

Washington Post

Observant mail carrier report leads to four theft arrests

Harrisburg IL Daily Register

USPS will stick with "refrigerators can’t be hacked" ad campaign

Businessweek

Kansas City companies rely heavily on USPS

Kansas City Business Journal

California postmaster arrested on embezzlement charges

Redding Record Searchlight

Prison sentence for man who punched NY letter carrier

postalnews blog

It ain't over til the fat lady sings...

Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom

Postal driver charged in cyclist's death

New York Post

Kansas postmaster, supervisor suspended for manipulating EXFC

Salina Journal

Postal Reform Bill Bodes Well For Periodicals Industry

Publishing Executive

Always prepared: Mailman helps save his former scoutmaster

Saginaw News

Postal Officials confirm Utica Distribution Center closing in 2012

WKTV Utica

Lost in the mail- Budget cuts, Congressional meddling force local carriers to work through the night to deliver mail

Easy Reader News

Thursday, November 3

Will Bipartisan Senate Bill Save The U.S. Postal Service?

Catalog Age

Clarifying retirement incentives

Courier Express and Postal Observer

The first RAOI post office closes, more Village Post Offices open, but where's the hoopla?

Save the Post Office

It's the end of mail delivery to your door

NALC Legislation & Political Action

NALC reacts to Senate's new postal reform bill

Supports comprehensive reform but opposes the end of Saturday mail delivery and the phase-out of door delivery
NALC News

DMA Applauds Introduction of ‘The 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011′

Press release

Poor Penmanship Spells Job Security for Post Office's Scribble Specialists

Wall Street Journal

Pitney Bowes' revenue down

Direct Marketing News