postalnews.com: August 2013

Saturday, August 31

Berkeley post office clean-up was unplanned, say police
Berkeleyside Comment
Texas postal worker pleads guilty to mail theft
postalcrime.com Comment
The Postal Service Is Near Death and You Can Thank the Republicans
Politicus USA 12 Comments
End of an era: Tennessee Post Office closes as landlord questions move
Chattanooga Times Free Press 3 Comments
Stolen postal truck chase detailed
Albuquerque Journal Comment
Friday, August 30
NALC responds to PMG’s workroom floor video
postalnews blog Comment
Accounts clash on reason for Berkeley post office camp departure
Berkeleyside Comment
Eastern Kentucky post office burns
Fort Mill Times Comment
The PMG has a bridge to sell: The GAO report on the Postal Service healthcare plan
Save the Post Office 1 Comment
NALC: New Memorandum of Understanding on Filling Residual Vacancies
postalnews blog 1 Comment
Las Vegas: Bees sting 4 people, including letter carrier who is hospitalized
Las Vegas Sun News Comment
Youngstown dog attack puts mail carrier in hospital
Youngstown Vindicator Comment
Video: Iowa Postal Workers Protesting Proposed Changes
postalnews blog Comment
Counterfeit stamps land Iowa man in prison
WQAD Moline 1 Comment
USPS looking for holiday help
WHEC TV Rochester NY Comment
Thursday, August 29
Berkeley post office protesters leave site
Berkeleyside Comment
Postal Service Seeks to Lease Vehicles It Can't Afford to Buy
Government Executive 1 Comment
Military and Postal Veteran Survives Pit Bull Attack
FedSmith 2 Comments
Inside the Postal Startup That Wants to Stick It to the (Mail) Man
Wired 2 Comments
Court rules that mail handler's shift change was not an adverse employment action
Employer's Law Blog 2 Comments
Police shoot at stolen postal van
Albuquerque Journal Comment
Video: Georgia letter carrier says she was sexually harassed by acting manager
postu.be 1 Comment
Wednesday, August 28
Michigan letter carrier accused of stealing Kohl's coupons
Detroit News Comment
Berkeley post office protest leads to crime in area, authorities say
San Jose Mercury News Comment
USPS causing “confusion” with post office relocation process
Post & Parcel Comment
Letter Carrier National Agreement now available
postalnews blog 6 Comments
Is there a pattern here? Three more post offices closing over "lease disputes"
Save the Post Office 3 Comments
Business worries USPS will broadly raise rates to make more revenue
The Hill's On The Money Comment
A Customer Explains: "Why I Hate Dealing with the USPS"
Jewish Journal 7 Comments
Florida: Aripeka's small but beloved post office slated to close Sept. 13
Tampa Bay Times Comment
Montgomery letter carrier pleads guilty in tax fraud scheme
Montgomery Advertiser Comment
Appeal of Berkeley Post Office Closure is Dismissed by PRC
Daily Californian Comment
Iraq veteran must move mail box or lose mail service
WYMT TV Hazard KY Comment
Western NY mail handler admits stealing $128K worth of merchandise from the mail
postalcrime.com Comment
Tuesday, August 27
Ohio: New carrier decides to deliver some mail on his day off…
postalnews blog 6 Comments
Cleveland woman's mail delivery interrupted due to postal carrier fear of her 7 lb dog
WEWS TV Cleveland 6 Comments
Sketch of Hayneville postal driver robbery/shooting suspect released
WSFA Montgomery Comment
Exigency Extra
"considerations posed by parties that figure to be affected by" an "exigency" rate hike...
Direct Marketing News Comment
No way! PRC rejects appeal on post office closure for being late — by one day
Save the Post Office 3 Comments
Mailman at 72 With America’s Longest Route
Bloomberg 1 Comment
Carbondale IL mail processing moves to St. Louis
The Southern Illinoisan Comment
Minnesota post office ransacked
Grand Forks Herald Comment
Video: Vermont post offices facing slashed service
postu.be Comment
Monday, August 26
Editorial: Post office refuses to allow poster for Vietnam Wall replica tour
Coeur d'Alene Press 3 Comments
Nebraska window clerk pleads not guilty to theft of postal funds
postalcrime.com Comment
USPS finally pays soldier's insurance claim
WNDU TV South Bend Comment
Public Sector Has Some of Oldest Workers Set to Retire
"To comprehend the aging of the public sector, look no further than your mailbox."
Governing.com Comment
USPS year to date overtime costs reach $3.5 billion
postalnews blog 13 Comments
USPS apparently not 'Stronger than the Storm' in one Jersey shore community
NJ.com 1 Comment
Postmaster comes through big for those fighting wildfires
Salem OR Statesman Journal Comment
Bomb squad called to Ohio post office
Piqua Daily Call Comment
A smile, a word and a first-class fellow: Bakersfield window clerk is remembered
Bakersfield Californian Comment
Sunday, August 25
Postal inspectors check handwriting on local absentee ballots?
postalnews blog Comment
Postal Worker Killed In Hit-And-Run Crash Remembered As Loving Family Man
CBS Los Angeles Comment
Christmas for Pat: A heartwarming tale
Save the Post Office 1 Comment
Saturday, August 24
USPS worker killed in South Los Angeles rear-end crash
KABC TV Los Angeles Comment
Tennessee postal worker shot and killed by police in his own garage
postalnews blog Comment
Musical chairs in Reading PA leaves historic post office without a place
Save the Post Office 1 Comment
When postal workers double as first responders
NALC President Fred Rolando in the Pocono Record 4 Comments
$50,000 reward offered in Pennsylvania post office robbery
Delaware County Times Comment
Mail Handlers contract finalized
postalnews blog 1 Comment
South Carolina postal worker charged with stealing counterfeit cash from mail and then trying to spend it
The State 1 Comment
Camp at the Berkeley Post Office Continues
Berkeley Daily Planet Comment
Friday, August 23
NJ Postal worker sentenced to 3 years for stealing $390K via fraudulent tax returns
postalcrime.com 2 Comments
Postal Service’s July financial statement shows continued improvement
Save the Post Office 7 Comments
PMG defends “DonahoeCare”, doesn’t explain why HE won’t be using it
postalnews blog 8 Comments
Magazines, Newspapers Brace for Exigent Postal Rate Hike
Adweek Comment
Postal Service Issues March on Washington Fiftieth Anniversary Stamp
postalnews blog Comment
Oregon letter carrier charged with sexually assaulting 75 year old woman on route
Albany Democrat Herald 1 Comment
Former mail carrier explains discarding 2,000 items
Tampa Bay Times 3 Comments
Video: How mail gets processed, from the parcel’s point of view
postu.be Comment
New Orleans postal worker sentenced to probation for mail theft
postalcrime.com Comment
Wauwatosa postal carrier threatened, chased while on job
WTMJ Milwaukee Comment
Thursday, August 22
How Black Unionists Organized the 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom
Labor Notes Comment
Postal Service needs assist
Worcester Telegram Comment
Mailers tell BOG postal price increase would be self-defeating
postalnews blog 3 Comments
Vermont letter carrier denies groping woman on route
St. Johnsbury Caledonian-Record Comment
Unlikely Allies Rush To Save A Bronx Post Office's Murals
Preservation Watch - Curbed NY Comment
Inspector general begins probe of Postal Service conferences
Washington Post Comment
PMG tells postmasters no layoffs
postalnews blog 8 Comments
Postmaster general promises improvements in North Dakota "Oil Patch"
Dickinson Press Comment
Western NY postal worker sentenced to prison
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Comment
Indiana postmaster charged with possesion of child pornography
postalcrime.com Comment
NAPUS tries to adjust to changing times
postalnews blog Comment
Wednesday, August 21
Chained CPI could cost federal retirees thousands
Federal News Radio 1 Comment
USPS Chief Information Officer Ellis Burgoyne retiring
postalnews blog 5 Comments
High on NYC Landmark Panel’s List - A Post Office Lobby, Adorned and Ennobling
New York Times Comment
Can the U.S. Postal Service find a future running a gov't cloud-based authentication service?
Network World 1 Comment
Postal Service spokesman says no rural post offices in danger of closing
Nebraska Radio Network 1 Comment
Video: Springfield IL Postal Workers Picket
WICS TV Springfield IL Comment
Postcom: Where in the World Is the USPS Headed with Flats?
postalnews blog 1 Comment
Teen Neighbor, Mailman Honored For Rescuing Oklahoma Woman From Fire
postu.be Comment
San Antonio Letter Carrier Assaulted by Customer
KABB Fox San Antonio 1 Comment
California company fined $250K for fraudulent sale of postal uniforms
postalcrime.com Comment
Video: “If The Post Office Closes Horatio Will Be No More”
postalnews blog Comment
Tuesday, August 20
Fiasco in Freistatt: How the Post Office Became a Cluster Box
Save the Post Office 1 Comment
Stabbing near Berkeley PO demonstration raises questions about safety
The Daily Californian Comment
GAO: “DonahoeCare” would increase costs for postal workers and retirees, shift billions in costs to Medicare
postalnews blog 1 Comment
USPS Plan to Pull Out of Fed Health Benefits Could Cost Postal Workers
Government Executive 2 Comments
Postal health plan would save USPS money, but workers could pay the price
Washington Post 4 Comments
Mailers fear USPS Board is preparing exigency rate increase
Postcom Comment
Burrus: “I am bitter”
postalnews blog Comment
Postal Service’s financial plan: Make Medicare pay our bills
Washington Examiner 4 Comments
Monday, August 19
USPS Board to meet in closed session in Kansas City on September 24
postalnews blog 1 Comment
Will USPS Future Plans for Priority Mail Result in Higher Rates?
eCommerce Bytes 2 Comments
Sunday, August 18
Postal Service Applies Old Promise to New Priority
New York Times 2 Comments
Protester at Berkeley post office camp-in stabbed in thigh
Berkeleyside Comment
Misunderstanding results in many Berkeley post office protesters breaking camp
Contra Costa Times Comment
America's Post Office: Not As Doomed As You Think
Motley Fool Comment
Who's the stranger with my mail?
Springfield MO News-Leader Comment
Saturday, August 17
Phoenix police: Couple stole mail from 950 people, forged checks
Arizona Republic Comment
Army soldier wants USPS to pay for insured items stolen in the mail
WNDU TV South Bend 11 Comments
California: Traffic Snarled After Postal Big-Rig Flips
NBC Bay Area 1 Comment
Utah cyclist sustains critical head injuries in collision with mail truck
Deseret News 1 Comment
Post Office Sees Gain in Lost Weekend
As Agency Eyes Steps to Stem Red Ink, Residents on a Rural Route Brace for Possible End of Saturday Mail
Wall Street Journal 7 Comments
Friday, August 16
Two South Carolina postal workers indicted for delay of mail
postalcrime.com 2 Comments
Neopost and DMA Produce Guide to Successful Direct Mail
postalnews blog Comment
First 399 Clerk Craft PSEs to be Converted to Career Status
APWU News Comment
National ad campaign featuring USPS employees debuts
USPS News Link Story Comment
Illinois man gets prison time for snatching postal package
Associated Press Comment
Rural mail carriers ship themselves to St. Louis
St Louis Post Dispatch Comment
Let the Open Season Panic Begin!
Government Executive Comment
Frustration Builds as Mail Still Withheld in Chicago Neighborhood
DNAinfo.com Chicago 4 Comments
Ohio postal worker pleads guilty to workers comp fraud
postalcrime.com 1 Comment
Pennsylvania letter carrier held on theft charges
Delaware County Daily Times Comment
Did Netflix and the USPS have a falling out?
Save the Post Office Comment
Thursday, August 15
APWU Wins Major Subcontracting Case
APWU News Comment
Video: Postmaster General’s State of the Postal Service message to employees
postu.be 16 Comments
Video: Why do conservatives want to kill the USPS?
Thom Hartmann Show via postu.be 2 Comments
Sending mail around Hampton Roads to take longer after distribution operations move
Norfolk New Journal & Guide Comment
Letter carrier sues bakery after sign allegedly fell on him
Louisiana Record 1 Comment
Could These Apps Save the USPS?
PC Magazine Comment
MVS Arbitration
Burrus Journal Comment
If the postal service has to show a profit, why not the rest of the government?
Hays Daily News Comment
Coventry letter carrier pleads not guilty in theft of mail
Providence Journal Comment
Video: Postal Service looks to priority mail to raise cash
postalnews blog Comment
Wednesday, August 14
UPS Bets Big On Retail 3-D Printing
Fast Company Labs Comment
APWU: New MOU Strengthens, Clarifies PSE Seniority Rights
APWU News 2 Comments
UPS Jet Crashes in Birmingham, Ala.
Wall Street Journal 1 Comment
Woman hits gas instead of brake - Slams into VT Post Office
WVNY TV Burlington 1 Comment
Video: Man Jumps West Virginia PO Counter, Grabs Clerk By The Throat
postalnews blog 2 Comments
What it’s all about: The war on workers goes to the post office
Save the Post Office Comment
Tuesday, August 13
How the rubber band became a USPS staple
postalnews blog Comment
Go Paperless? Not Just Yet
Going Green Comment
Washington Post Editorial Board Endorses Darrell Issa's Postal Service Reform Bill
Daily Kos 7 Comments
Mailman injured, cited in a rollover crash in Louisiana
KSLA News 12 Shreveport 4 Comments
PRC to hear mayor's appeal of Berkeley post office sale
The Daily Californian Comment
Web Services to Challenge Post Office in Bill-Paying
New York Times Comment
Netflix Closes Connecticut Distribution Center, Blames USPS
Hartford Courant 3 Comments
Newburgh NY postal facility move to slow first-class mail delivery
Kingston Daily Freeman 1 Comment
Monday, August 12
Bernie Sanders: Congress Must Not Hobble Postal Service Rebound
postalnews blog 6 Comments
When good news is bad news: The Postal Service spins its Q3 financial report
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS Recycling Tracking Numbers from 2012
eCommerceBytes.com 2 Comments
Suspicious Substance At JFK Postal Facility Turns Out To Be Beauty Supplies
postu.be via CBS New York Comment
Without Pre-Funding Obligations The USPS Would Profit How Much?
NH Labor News Comment
Sunday, August 11
Merchants not so bubbly for postal service's alcohol delivery pitch
CNBC 2 Comments
Postal truck fire in New Castle County DE
WPVI TV Comment
US Postal Service stops discarding Imagination Library books
Blount County TN Daily Times 2 Comments
Weiner inserts his own campaign fliers into mailboxes
New York Post 8 Comments
Saturday, August 10
Girl, 7, suffers bumps, bruises when hit by postal vehicle
Las Vegas Review-Journal 1 Comment
Minnesota Postal Worker's Death Raises Safety Concerns
KSTP TV - Minneapolis and St. Paul Comment
Playing Post Office
Gail Collins in the New York Times Comment
Friday, August 9
NALC: USPS finances are rebounding strongly as economy improves
postalnews blog 10 Comments
APWU: USPS Issues Stamps Honoring Workers, But What About Its Own? - postalnews blog
APWU News 1 Comment
Darrell Issa's Legacy Is Gumming Up the Entire House
New Republic 8 Comments
USPS Says Its Actions to Improve Efficiency Helped Lower Third Quarter "Loss"
Press release Comment
USPS shows a $330 million year to date profit before (noncash) “trust fund” charge
postalnews blog 1 Comment
Postal workers save child from attempted kidnapping
USPS News Link Comment
Expiring leases send two San Diego post offices off for closure
Save the Post Office 1 Comment
Video: High rent forces post office move in Iowa City
postalnews blog Comment
Did Postal Service go ‘too far’ in halting mail delivery after attack on carrier?
Chicago Sun-Times 2 Comments
Men dressed as postal workers force way into Louisiana home; rob elderly woman
WWL TV New Orleans Comment
Thursday, August 8
Mail Handlers and USPS Reach Agreement on Fishgold Arbitration Questions & Answers
postalnews blog Comment
Rhode Island Letter Carrier Indicted for Allegedly Destroying, Stealing US Mail
postalcrime.com 2 Comments
Video: USPS Rejects California Chef’s Insurance Claim For Stolen Kitchen Knives
postalnews blog 5 Comments
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
"Carper is doing the bidding of the major mailers in his state"
Burrus Journal 3 Comments
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe on USPS Budget Solutions
Businessweek Comment
Postal contract driver and accomplice face five years in Connecticut robbery
Valley Independent Sentinel Comment
Authorities release photo of "vehicle of interest" in Alabama postal worker shooting case
WFSA Montgomery Comment
Berkeley protests continue despite warnings from US Postal Service
Daily Californian 1 Comment
13,000 pieces of mail recovered at Columbus postal carrier’s home
Columbus Dispatch 2 Comments
Friends remember Alabama letter carrier killed in vehicle crash
postalnews blog Comment
Wednesday, August 7
Is Cliff Guffey undermining the APWU when he testifies before Congress?
Clint Burleson, Presdient of the APWU's Olympia WA Local, and candidate for APWU Clerk Craft Director 1 Comment
Driverless mail truck rolls through residential neighborhood in Port Chester NY
postalnews blog Comment
Pennsylvania Letter Carrier Attacked By Pit Bulls
CBS Pittsburgh Comment
Berkeley post office protesters defy order to move
Berkeleyside Comment
Letter carrier assaulted in California road rage incident
Escalon Times 1 Comment
There’s a fungus among us: Mold strikes a third Illinois post office
Save the Post Office Comment
Hawaii: Burned post office on Kauai unlikely to be rebuilt
Associated Press Comment
Video: Three hurt after car plows into Hawaii post office
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Naches WA postal worker off the job for stealing mail
postalcrime.com Comment
Budget Cuts Are Delaying USPS and Federal Retiree Payments
Dead Tree Edition 2 Comments
Tuesday, August 6
Video: Mailman, neighbor save woman from burning house in Oklahoma
postu.be Comment
Video: Iowa Post Office Enforces Parcel Policy
postu.be Comment
APWU: PMG seeks to end Federal Employee Health Benefits Program for postal workers and retirees
postalnews blog 6 Comments
Berkeley: Authorities warn protesters to vacate post office
Contra Costa Times Comment
Beware the fungus! Two more post offices closed over mold problems
Save the Post Office Comment
Video: Yonkers post office robbed at gunpoint
postu.be Comment
Landmark post office in downtown Reading PA likely to close
Reading Eagle Comment
Senate finds bipartisan postal bill where House did not
Washington Post 16 Comments
Monday, August 5
Postal unions write joint letter to Reid against Carper-Coburn postal bill
postalnews blog 3 Comments
As prospects dim for postal reform, Senate bill already encountering flak
Federal Times Comment
USPS IT contract oversight deficient, says IG
FierceGovernment 1 Comment
Meanwhile.... USPS Awards Two Contracts To AT&T worth $53.5 million
postalnews blog Comment
USPS launches multi-channel marketing campaign to promote Priority Mail
postalnews blog Comment
Wrong ZIP on Rhode Island lighthouse first day covers
postalnews blog Comment
Door-to-Door Postal Delivery Is Part Of The American Experience
WGBH News Comment
Sale of main Berkeley post office building means loss of rich history
"...the public paid for Berkeley’s post office" (NOT the US Postal Service...)
The Daily Californian Comment
OPM: Retirement Backlog Gone by March 2014
Government Executive 1 Comment
Senate postal reform would reduce USPS payments into FERS
FierceGovernment 3 Comments
Speak Your Piece: 12 Points on Postal Service
"The wife of a part-time, contracted Postal Service driver explains a dozen things you may not know about rural America’s communications lifeline"
Daily Yonder 1 Comment
Three Due In Court In Connecticut Postal Truck Robbery
Valley Independent Sentinel Comment
Postal changes put an end to tradition of Missouri family
Ozark County Times Comment
Senator Carper introduces legislation to virtually end the USPS
NH Labor News 3 Comments
Sunday, August 4
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Postal Service Bill
postalnews blog 2 Comments
Postal Service loses money despite customer growth
MSN News Comment
International students could be hurt by USPS cuts
USA Today Comment
Proposal to Reduce Fed Workers’ Comp Benefits Attached to Postal Bill
Government Executive Comment
Postal worker robbed in southwest Houston; up to $50,000 reward being offered
KTRK Houston Comment
Saturday, August 3
Ruth: Is Congress in recess or not? It's hard to tell
Tampa Bay Times 1 Comment
The Senate does postal reform: Highlights and low points of the Carper-Coburn bill
Save the Post Office 11 Comments
Camping Protesters at Berkeley Post Office Told to Leave
Berkeley Patch Comment
Video: Postal Truck Driver Shot, Robbed at Hayneville AL Post Office
postalcrime.com Comment
NH postal worker's injuries not life-threatening: Few other details available about Thursday accident
Foster's Daily Democrat Comment
NAPUS: Initial Posting of 6 Hour Offices to Open August 20
NAPUS 1 Comment
Friday, August 2
Class Action Settlement Approved for 6,000 Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Postal Workers
postalnews blog 1 Comment
Royal Mail boss's £1.5m pay and bonus deal incenses unions
The Guardian Comment
Arbitrator: MOU Requires Union Agreement When Exceptions to PSE Wage Rates are Needed
postalnews blog Comment
APWU: Senate Postal Bill Is ‘Fatally Flawed’
postalnews blog 1 Comment
The end of creative mailboxes?
CNN Comment
Two Men Rob Atlanta Post Office
East Atlanta, GA Patch Comment
Chain collision injures New Hampshire letter carrier
Foster's Daily Democrat Comment
Thursday, August 1
USPS Eyes Alcohol Deliveries
National Public Radio 12 Comments
USPS gets creative with samples discount program
Marketplace 2 Comments
Video: Postal worker recounts details of pit bull attack
postu.be Comment
One More Way Banks Screw Regular People (And Why We Need to Bring Back Postal Banking)
Huffington Post Comment
Going, going, gone: Historic post offices on the GSA's auction block
Save the Post Office Comment
Donahoe's Postal Vision
Direct Marketing News 12 Comments
Video: Ohio Postal Worker Under Investigation
Agents with the DEA and the United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General spent hours hauling away bins of mail from a house in North Columbus
WSYX TV Columbus OH Comment
Post office safe cracked, operations resume in Amarillo
Amarillo Globe-News 1 Comment
Royal Mail strike ballot planned over privatisation
BBC News Comment

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