Post offices open Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve

Most Will Close Early, Collection Box Mail May Be Collected Early
postalnews blog

Video: USPS takes part in Boise tree-lighting ceremony...

KIFI TV Idaho Falls

Nonprofitpostal: Just how intelligent does nonprofit and small business mail need to be?

Nonprofit postal blog

Incentive Revocation Date Extended for California Motor Vehicle Employees

APWU News

New GAO reports provide further evidence that cuts to FECA benefits are unfair

Senator Daniel Akaka press release

Number of empty chairs on Postal Service board increasing

Federal Times

Congress Acts on Meaningful Postal Legislation (Just Kidding)

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Not-So-Nonprofit Mailer May Face Reduced Fine

Courthouse News Service

Jacksonville postal workers win million dollar Powerball prize

WTEV TV Jacksonville

Video: Congress not moving on USPS bill

postalnews blog

NJ truck-cleaning firm paying $500,000 in penalties for illegally dumping dirty water from USPS vehicles

Associated Press

Petaluma postal consolidation plans pushed back

Petaluma Argus-Courier

USPS Awards Northrop Grumman New Contract Despite Lawsuit

postalnews blog

NALC: Update on lame-duck postal legislation

NALC e-Activist Network

USPS announces “Sealed With Love” Forever stamp

postalnews blog

Shots fired at postal van in Alabama

WBRC TV Birmingham

Inspectors investigating attempted robbery, assault at Nebraska PO

Imperial Republican

Why is yet another newspaper demonizing postal workers?

New Hampshire Labor News

USPS Underestimates How Many Employees Will Take the Money and Run, Poll Says

Dead Tree Edition

Postal Service wins key ruling in fight with workers over Eagan locker sizes

Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

FERS Employees May Be Eligible for Annuity Supplement

APWU News

Montana mail carrier back at work after crash

Montana Standard

Fatal shooting at Ormond FL post office a suicide, official says

Daytona Beach News-Journal

Manufacturing Emergencies: An open letter to the PRC on post office suspensions

Save the Post Office

What's At Stake For The Printing Industry Without Postal Reform

Printing Impressions

Thieves like postal vehicle batteries

Selma Enterprise

Video: PMG Says “We’re facing our own fiscal cliff”

CBS News via postalnews blog

Politicking Leads To Profitable October for USPS

Dead Tree Edition

TSP board: Don’t worry about the G Fund as debt ceiling looms

Government Executive

Feds to weigh death penalty options in murders of Henning postal workers

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Detroit man admits to counterfeiting U.S. Postal Service checks

Detroit Free Press

Postal Worker Previously Charged with Mail Theft Now Charged With Identity Theft

Press release

Postal Service gets anemic response to EAS early retirement offer

Federal Times

APWU employees face decision

Incentive offer deadline is next Monday
postalnews blog

New Report: CEOs Pushing Social Security Cuts are Sitting on Massive Retirement Funds While Underfunding Worker Pensions

Institute for Policy Studies

It’s About Time For Your Print Advertising To Be More Social

RGB Social

Union Urges Obama, Congress to Address Morale at Federal Agencies

Press release

Let the Patient Live

Pitney Bowes VP responds to “The Postal Service Should Go… Now” column
Pitney Bowes Newsroom

Do's and don'ts for holiday gift giving at federal agencies

Federal News Radio

Mail carrier, and her mail, survive plunge into creek

The Missourian

Ailing U.S. Postal Service Tries to Avoid Twinkie’s Fate

Bloomberg

Postal Reform: How Long Must Publishers Wait For Congress to Deliver?

Publishing Executive

APWU Expands Electronic Grievance Pilot

APWU News

Canada Post reports pre-tax loss of $75 million in the third quarter

Press release

In tiny places, rural post offices are big

Fort Myers News-Press

A holiday love letter to the U.S. post office

Santa Fe New Mexican

USPS Announces Emancipation Proclamation 150th Anniversary Forever Stamp

postalnews blog

Postal Service cuts could affect state's mail-in voting

Seattle Times

November Communities and Postal Workers United Newsletter

"BEWARE ! The lame duck can cripple the starving eagle!" cpwunited.com

HuffPo’s Token Tea Partier: “The Postal Service Should Go… Now”

postalnews blog

APWU Excessing Out of Installation Arbitration Award

postalnews blog

Greeting Card Association Releases 2012 Christmas Card Figures, Trends

postalnews blog

The Hidden Benefit of Postal Service Retirement

Dead Tree Edition

Man Throws “Bomb” Over Keys Post Office Counter, Is Arrested

CBS Miami

USPS losses expected to decline- but you won’t read about it in the news media

postalnews blog

$15,000 USPS buyout so far attracts 20,000-plus workers

Federal Times

Congressmen tell White House: Federal employees have already paid their share towards debt reduction

postalnews blog

USPS Ready to Deliver on Record Spending Cyber Monday

postalnews blog

Catalog volume falls, but trend is flattening

Portland Press Herald

Postcard mailed in 1943 finally delivered

Elmira Star-Gazette

Sen. Carper hopeful for postal reform compromise

WDDE Delaware's NPR News station

The story of Thanksgiving comes to life on postage stamps

Linn's Stamp News

Burrus: What Did We Do?

Burrus Journal

Video: Fire reveals lost love letters from 1908

postalnews blog

Save Some Green on Black Friday with USPS Shipping

Press release

New technologies key to Postal Service revitalization

Federal News Radio

USPS offers no answers for why post office may close

WFXL TV Albany GA

USPS hiring freeze hurts veterans, postal workers say

People's World

Miami: postal worker robbed

WPLG Miami

Virginia mail carriers win harassment claim

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Rates for Standard Mail Flats Might Go Up Even Higher in 2013

multichannelmerchant.com

Newspapers oppose forced ‘full-service’ mail tracking barcodes proposal

KYPress Online

Retirement Counseling

APWU News

Video: Lansing postman, 80, has faithfully delivered his route for 56 years

postalnews blog

Some Village Post Offices Disappointed With Lack Of Business

Indiana Public Media

Obama’s union allies work to pull negotiations over ‘fiscal cliff’ to the left

The Hill

Thanksgiving Letter from PMG Pat Donahoe

postalnews blog

We’re Already Paying,’ Federal, Postal Worker Groups Remind Congress

APWU News

Postal Service Sets Productivity Records, Still Faces Deficit Because of Congress

AFL-CIO Now

Catalogs still piling it on

"It's pretty simple: catalogs work"
Marketplace

Employees work together to save a life

postalnews blog

Federal-Postal Coalition: No Federal Workforce Pay Cuts for ‘Fiscal Cliff

FedSmith.com

Congress Is Fixin' To Fix the Postal Service

Dead Tree Edition

Postal embezzler gets probation for making meth at her home

Watertown NY Daily Times

Kentucky postal worker indicted for stealing mail

WYMT Hazard KY

An Easy Task for Congress: Save the Post Office

The USPS is not “broke.” It was broken by Congress. And it should be fixed by Congress.
The Nation

Police: Postal employee stole $49,000 worth of items, sold half on eBay

WHEC TV Rochester NY

Whatever happened to letters? Email just isn't the same

The Telegraph

Staten Island mail carriers hailed as superheroes of the storm

Staten Island Advance

Washington: mailman 'snaps' at island driver

Bainbridge Island Review

How Congress Plans to Pass USPS Reform in the Lame Duck Session

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Nothing stays these couriers: Postal workers deliver during Sandy

Save the Post Office

Lawmakers scramble to finish postal service fix

The Hill's On The Money

Michigan carrier in critical condition following traffic accident

Detroit Observer

Ed Schultz video: USPS in danger of collapse thanks to GOP politicians

MSNBC via postalnews blog

Network Rationalization Update, with detailed schedule of changes

Save the Post Office

POStPlan becomes a reality: Hours cut at hundreds of offices today, thousands more after the holidays

Save the Post Office

Tennessee Carrier Killed In Head On Crash

WTVF Nashville

USPS releases updated network consolidation list

National Postal Mail Handlers Union

NALC: Misguided compromise proposal misses the mark

National Association of Letter Carriers

Standard Mail Proposed Rates Rejected by PRC

intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

PRC approves most postal rate hikes

Press release

USPS Loss, Hostess Bankruptcy Due To Greedy Unions?

The Inquisitr

Postal Bill in Lame Duck Session? Déjà vu All Over Again!

eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin

NALC: OPM valuation of the USPS FERS pension fund surplus is wrong

postalnews blog

NALC: USPS FY2012 report shows "crisis" is political, not financial

postalnews blog

Lieberman and Issa Talking Compromise on Postal Reform

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Columnist suggests “nationalizing” the USPS (who does he think owns it now??)

postalnews blog

Despite $15.9 billion loss, U.S. Postal Service execs see boost in pay

Washington Times

FTC sues firm that advertised postal jobs

Arizona Daily Star

Response to Buyout Offer Better Than USPS Expected

Dead Tree Edition

20,000 postal clerks take a buyout

Federal Times

If the USPS Is In Trouble, Why Did Mailing Industry Stocks Rise Sharply?

Courier Express and Postal Observer

One lobbyist replaces another as USPS Board Chairman

postalnews blog

USPS “lost” $15.9 Billion in FY 2012- 70% of it due to PAEA

Press release

More on the FERS surplus: do the math!

postalnews blog

Western NY postal worker sentenced for thefts

Associated Press

USPS proposes pay cuts, end to layoff protection for mail handlers

postalnews blog

New Poll: How Many Postal Workers Will Take the USPS/APWU Buyout Incentive?

Dead Tree Edition

So what happened to the FERS surplus?

postalnews blog

Letter carrier admits stealing benefits

WIVB TV Buffalo

Kicking Can on Postal Service No Option as Financial Chasm Looms

Bloomberg

New marketing chief helps USPS practice what it preaches

Federal News Radio

Hurricane Sandy Challenges Postal Operations

intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

Video: Two plead guilty to kidnapping, robbing California postal worker

postalnews blog

Projected USPS FERS Pension Surplus Shrinks as Rates Fall

Businessweek

Dilapidated, rat-infested Knox NY post office closed

Albany Times Union

Postal Heroes Archive - November 2012

USPS News Link

Video: Upside down post office flag blamed on “kids” (or maybe right wing wackos?)

postalnews blog

APWU Lawsuit Prompts USPS to Postpone MVS Subcontracting in CA

postalnews blog

Video: USPS stops delivering to Texas couple after letter carrier knocks down their mailbox

postalnews blog

Pitney Bowes struggles to deliver amid declining mail volumes

The Globe and Mail

Issa holds out hope for postal reform this Congress

Government Executive

Clarkson NY PO flies flag upside down on Veterans Day

Customer told postal employees about it on Thursday, but no one fixed it...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Video: Portland OR postal workers protest cuts

KGW TV Portland

Holler for help: There's no stopping emergency suspensions | Save the Post Office

Save the Post Office

Fired postal worker faces sentencing for assaulting Hartford Postmaster

Associated Press

USPS Delivering Holiday Hints to 140 Million

postalnews blog

Syracuse woman robbed; suspects caught after postman gives chase

Syracuse Post Standard

Federal employee bills on plate of lame duck Congress

Washington Post

Superstorm Sandy's Seven Lessons About Print Media

Dead Tree Edition

Louisiana rural carrier killed in crash

Lafayette Daily Comet

Mail, money and murder - Jamaica postal service under pressure as scammers move in

Jamaica Gleaner

Postal service cracks down on mailbox thefts

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fired Nevada postmaster seeks back pay

Elko Daily

FedEx Facebook app allows users to send packages to friends

intomobile.com

Online Merchants Again Pursue Same-Day Delivery Service

New York Times

Editorial: Postal cutbacks hard but necessary

Omaha World-Herald

USPS back up and running in most of New Jersey

Newark Star-Ledger

NY postmaster sent to prison for embezzlement

postalnews blog

Postal reform bill unlikely to pass this year

Federal Times

USPS to Resume Global Shipping of Packages with Lithium Batteries

Press release

Rockaway Mailman Rick Gold Killed in Storm and Mourned on His Route

The Daily Beast

Video: Mail carrier accused of walking by man’s body to deliver mail

postalnews blog

NALC: Election victory just the beginning

National Association of Letter Carriers

Suspect in iPhone thefts has his bail revoked

Boston Globe

Purple Heart Medal Forever Stamp Honors Veterans’ Sacrifices

postalnews blog

Massachusetts Postal Worker Charged with Theft of iPhones

postalnews blog

USPS Forecasts Record Holiday Shipping Surge

postalnews blog

USPS Announces Moratorium on DUO and POStPlan Implementation

postalnews blog

Postal History: Delivering the Hope Diamond

National Postal Museum

Michigan postal worker electrocuted, falls 16 feet, taken to hospital with minor injuries

Jackson MI Citizen Patriot

Letter carrier happy to see end of election season

Missoula Independent

USPS to discontinue obscure coupons that fueled original Ponzi scheme

postalnews blog

Burrus: We Won

Burrus Journal

Video: No More Political Mail!

postalnews blog

POStPlan Implementation: 5,600 offices under review, hours to be reduced at 500 on Nov 17

Save the Post Office

FSS Is Saving Big Bucks, USPS Claims

Dead Tree Edition

APWU Celebrates Obama Victory

APWU News

No new buyouts on Postal Service horizon

Federal News Radio

OPM makes dent in retirement backlog as claims continue rolling in

Federal News Radio

Get ready for FEHB open season

postalnews blog

Judge freezes assets of company that advertises phony postal job opportunities

Associated Press

How postal politicians fared last night

postalnews blog

Colin named acting Eastern Area VP

postalnews blog

USPS Urges Sandy Evacuees to Provide New Address for Alternate Delivery

postalnews blog

Postal delivery returns to the Rockaways

Connecticut Post

Rochester NY ET pleads guilty to mail theft and tampering

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Sandy leaves some Social Security recipients high and dry

Reuters

U.S. border parcel drop-off centres face stricter enforcement

CBC News

Unions cool to Senate postal bill, but give to its backers

The Hill's On The Money

USPS demands $394 million from Northrop in contract lawsuit

Federal Times

Gopost pilot program expands to more locations

postalnews blog

Mail Truck Stolen from Fargo ND Found in Grand Forks

KVLY/KXJB - Fargo/Grand Forks

Man gets 71 months in prison for mailing 5.6 million items without postage

postalnews blog

How to Survive Free Shipping This Holiday Shopping Season

eCommerce Bytes

A stormy election year proves the worth of Oregon's vote-by-mail system

The Oregonian

Sandy Swamps Post Office and Other Shippers

LiveScience

USPS reform possible, but Congress must act soon

Federal Times

VIDEO: Alabama Mail carrier’s vehicle bursts into flames

postalnews blog

The Desk: Problems with sweaty mail and rain-soaked packages

The Oregonian

Protesters rally to save mail center

Eugene OR Register Guard

One of Sandy’s victims: a Staten Island postal worker

postalnews blog

Charges fly in Oregon secretary of state race over rules for ballots lacking postage

The Oregonian

Hurricane Sandy and USPS Efforts to Recover - How Mailers Can Help

intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

Lack of postmark could invalidate absentee ballots in Iowa

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil

Post-storm mail service finds new ways to deliver

Asbury Park Press

Video: Ballots delivered without proper postage raises questions in Oregon

postalnews blog

USPS says Northrop should be on the hook for contract overruns

Federal News Radio

Video: USPS may bill local board of elections for absentee ballot postage confusion

postalnews blog

USPS in ‘emergency’ mode to deliver ballots from states hit by Sandy

Government Executive

California letter carrier headed to trial for alleged groping

Victorville CA Daily Press

Postal workers take 'extraordinary measures' to deliver mail after Sandy

Federal News Radio

Postal Service acknowledges Birmingham absentee ballot problem

CBS 42 Birmingham, AL

U.S. Postal Service Cures Holiday Headaches with Free Priority Mail Flat Rate Boxes

Press release

Deluge of mailings a nuisance for Ohioans

But experts say mail is the best way to get messages to stick in voters’ minds
Columbus Dispatch

Ban on overseas lithium battery shipping likely to end soon

Stars and Stripes

Greeting cards vs. social media

Highlands Today

Postal workers consider buyout

Akron Beacon Journal

Congress ties Postal Service into knots

Remapping Debate

Earthscapes Stamps Jigsaw Puzzle: A Perfect Holiday Gift

postalnews blog

Sandy delays NALC contract arbitration hearings

postalnews blog

Video: Postal carrier displays Obama sign in mail truck

KPRC TV Houston

How the Postal Service foundered: Parceling out the responsibility

Save the Post Office

Postal Service to Cut Trucker Jobs on Flimsy Environmental Pretext

Labor Notes

Delays in Florida voters receiving absentee ballots likely due to bar code issue

Palm Beach Post

Connecticut letter carrier attacked by customer

Waterbury Republican American

USPS set to expand use of lobby assistants and self-service kiosks

postalnews blog

Postmaster General urges quick action in lame duck session

Federal News Radio