postalnews.com: June 2014

Monday, June 30

USPS announces “up to 82″ facilities to be consolidated next year
Postcom Comment
APWU to Launch Vigorous Campaign Against Plant Closures, Consolidations
APWU News Comment
All in a day’s work: carrier saves a life, continues route
good.postalnews.com Comment
Editorial: Keeping the USPS alive
The Daily Iowan Comment
Subtle Violations of Postal Regulations Can Cost Mailers Millions
Dead Tree Edition Comment
SEIU Votes to Boycott Staples
APWU News Comment
First upright $2 Jenny Invert pane auctioned
Linns Stamp News Comment
Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for June 30
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
Protesters against USPS-Staples partnership demonstrate in Downtown Berkeley
The Daily Californian Comment
New Postal Museum exhibit: "Behind the Badge: The US Postal Inspection Service"
Smithsonian National Postal Museum Comment
Video: PMG says USPS can provide 15 minute notice of package delivery
postalnews blog 4 Comments
Sunday, June 29
Oklahoma post office receives unexpected delivery following storms
KFOR Oklahoma City 1 Comment
Video: Authorities contacting victims of accused Maryland mail thief
Baltimore Sun Comment
Video: USPS plan to cut hours at smaller Iowa post offices picks up
postalnews blog Comment
Video: USPS losing tens of millions annually subsidizing shipments to Alaska
Washington Post Comment
Free-standing postal boxes are easy prey for ID thieves
Dallas Morning News Comment
Saturday, June 28
Video: Post Office Investigating After Mail Found Opened and Scattered Around Ohio Neighborhood
WSYX TV Columbus OH Comment
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat stays mail carriers, part time or not
Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post by NRLCA President Jeanette Dwyer 1 Comment
Hattiesburg mail carrier celebrates 55 years with Post Office
WDAM Hattiesburg 3 Comments
Friday, June 27
Legislation to extend sale of tiger semipostal stamp
Linns Stamp News Comment
Kent WA postal workers hospitalized after hazmat exposure
KOMO Seattle Comment
Video: Pennsylvania Community Shocked by Charges Against PMR
WNEP TV Comment
Video: San Jose Postal Inspector Arrested, Accused of Stealing, Destroying Mail
KNTV San Jose 2 Comments
How the USPS could help solve the student loan default problem
Fiscal Times Comment
USPS working on stamp ordering simplification
Linns Stamp News Comment
Portugal approves sale of state-owned CTT postal service
Eu.PostNe.ws Comment
Thursday, June 26
Video: Letter Carrier Delivers Baby To Full-Term While Working
KELO TV Sioux Falls Comment
Former postal worker charged with stealing drugs and later breaking into post office
postalnews.com Comment
Audio: Interview with Tom Day, USPS Chief Sustainability Officer
Federal News Radio 2 Comments
Video: LLV flipped onto roof after being rear-ended in Western NY
WIVB TV Comment
Exigency, Round 2
Direct Marketing News 2 Comments
Wisconsin postmaster accused of theft
postalcrime.com Comment
California letter carrier found guilty of child molestation
Victorville Daily Press Comment
Letter: Efforts to gut postal service
Rutland Herald Comment
Wednesday, June 25
House Committee Passes Amendment Restoring Six Day Delivery Requirement
Press release 60 Comments
Corpus Christi letter carrier threatened with gun
KRIS-javascript:void(0)TV Comment
Maryland Letter Carrier Struck by Vehicle, Flown to Shock Trauma
WHAG TV Hagerstown Comment
USPS revenue up 3% in May- YTD operating surplus $1.3 billion
postalnews blog Comment
Video: USPS emergency drill prepares workers for the real thing
WLBZ TV Bangor Comment
Casting call: city letter carriers, retail clerks needed for USPS ad campaign
USPS News Link Comment
Video: Connecticut postal workers in court on fraud, larceny charges
WTNH New Haven Comment
CBO: Issa’s postal bill would save USPS $23.6 billion, cost taxpayers $6.6 billion
postalnews blog 1 Comment
Postal Service vehicle flips onto side from collision with minivan in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Gazette Comment
Issa silences Democrats, tells them they aren’t allowed to question his “integrity”
postalnews blog 1 Comment
Tuesday, June 24
Former Capitan NM Postmaster Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
postalcrime.com 2 Comments
USPS to open call center in former REC site
Wichita Eagle Comment
In peace time and in war there will always be mail call
Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) Comment
How Aging Trucks Could Doom Nationwide Mail Delivery
Businessweek 1 Comment
Elmira CA post office fights to survive
Vacaville Reporter Comment
Housing project loses mail delivery over broken lock
New York Post Comment
Monday, June 23
Decline in FedEx's SmartPost volumes laid at the feet of Amazon's defection
DC Velocity Comment
APWU: The Video the PMG Doesn’t Want You to See
APWU News 7 Comments
Police charge 82 year old postal worker with mail theft
postalnews.com Comment
USPS Helps Restaurants Reach New Patrons With Every Door Direct Mail
What will the USPS call “Every Door Direct Mail” when they stop doing door to door delivery?
Press release Comment
Valassis pulls newspaper coupons, swithches to USPS
Tampa Bay Times 1 Comment
Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for June 23
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
NALC: Saturday mail delivery “on the chopping block” in Congress this week
NALC News Comment
Postal Workers Due In Court In Workers Comp Fraud Case
CBS Connecticut Comment
Sunday, June 22
Abandoned backpack closes East Texas PO
Eastex Advocate Comment
Connecticut men charged with using mobile app to commit money order fraud
postalcrime.com Comment
Cool Jobs: The Postal Mural Preservationist
Federal News Radio Comment
Saturday, June 21
Experts: New UPS Dimensional Weight Pricing Will Have Significant Impact
Multichannel Merchant Comment
"Groundswell of support" for Massachusetts postmaster
Greenfield Recorder Comment
Video: Lakeland FL residents stunned by mailman’s arrest
postalcrime.com Comment
Mail truck, pickup truck in head-on crash in Georgia
Rome News-Tribune Comment
Friday, June 20
Cataloger Scores an NSA From the Postal Service
Direct Marketing News Comment
USPS announces Maura McNerney as new VP/Controller
postalnews.com 11 Comments
Fake APC stamps found used on mail from online purchase
Linns Stamp News Comment
Video: Stolen mailboxes in Visalia CA help uncover a crime even larger
KFSN Fresno 1 Comment
U.S. district judge rules USPS whistle-blower case vs. Lance Armstrong can proceed
Washington Post Comment
Mail carrier honored for quick action
Cape Cod Times Comment
Thursday, June 19
Letter carrier accused of killing dog with a rock surrenders to police
postalnews.com Comment
Kentucky postmaster sentenced for mail theft
Ledger Independent 8 Comments
Video: Florida Letter Carrier Honored After Saving Woman’s Life
postalnews.com Comment
FedEx reports drop in SmartPost volume
postalnews.com Comment
For National Postal Workers Day, Neopost asks: “What is the nicest thing a postal worker has ever done for you?
postalnews.com Comment
Snail mail snooping safeguards not followed
POLITICO.com Comment
The world’s largest postal network wants to become a bank—and it should
Quartz Comment
USPS solicits bids for new delivery vehicles
postalnews.com 4 Comments
NALC: Say it ain’t so, Joe- USPS CFO tries to bamboozle the WSJ
NALC News Comment
Canada Post workers rally in Halifax
CTV News Comment
Dog attack on mail carrier shuts down delivery to owner, 3 neighbors
Bergen Record 3 Comments
Anti-gay group refuses mail with Harvey Milk stamp
Wonkette Comment
Wednesday, June 18
Wyoming letter carrier dies after losing control of vehicle
Casper Star Tribune Comment
Felony arrest warrant issued for letter carrier who killed Yorkie with rock
Fort Worth Star Telegram Comment
Video: USPS apologizes for Guam address change fiasco
postalnews.com Comment
Alabama letter carriers credited with saving customers' lives
AL.com Comment
Franking Mail Subject of Legislation from Rob Woodall, Tammy Duckworth
Roll Call Comment
Pilger NE: The mail survives a tornado, the post office doesn't
AL.com Comment
N.J. woman rear-ended by mail truck driver busy eating a sandwich
New York Daily News Comment
Postal Service Explores Sensors, Data Collection Via Vehicles, Mailboxes, Machines, Letter Carriers'
Weekly Standard 2 Comments
Tuesday, June 17
Judge dismisses grand theft charge against ex-Idaho City postmaster
Idaho Statesman Comment
USPS claims rate hike didn’t cause drop in periodical volumes
USPS News Link 5 Comments
U.S. Postal Service: ‘The Financial Hole We’re In Is So Deep’
Corporate Intelligence - WSJ 9 Comments
UPS follows FedEx, introduces dimensional pricing
Press release Comment
Man who twice stole from USPS gets 7-year sentence for theft of special mail key
postalcrime.com Comment
Postal Reform - Laying the Cards on the Table
Quad/Graphics Leading Change blog 1 Comment
Letter Carriers’ 2014 Annual Food Drive collected 73 million pounds of food
good.postalnews.com Comment
Vermont letter carrier rescues visually impaired woman from lunging dog
good.postalnews.com Comment
OIG: USPS needs to act on replacing its delivery fleet
USPS OIG via postalnews.com 8 Comments
Cincinnati Postal Service to hold full-scale emergency exercise
WXIX TV Cincinnatti Comment
Video: San Francisco Postal Service ranks amongst worst recycling offenders
KTVU San Francisco Comment
Australia Post deliveries could be reduced to three a week by end of year
Aus.PostNe.ws Comment
Monday, June 16
NALC: Fact-checking The Washington Post’s ‘Fact Checker’
NALC News Comment
With Cantor Gone, House GOP Drops Postal Rescue for Highway Fund
postalnews.com Comment
Alert postal workers help catch a thief
postalcrime.com Comment
Farmers markets featured on upcoming USPS forever stamps
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
How many people would be ‘out of work’ if USPS eliminates Saturday delivery?
Washington Post 7 Comments
USPS Suspends Delivery Confirmation in Underperforming Countries
EcommerceBytes Comment
Pitney Bowes Introduces Mailstream On Demand for Off-Site Communications Production and Delivery
Press release Comment
Imperforate U.S. stamps in the mailstream
Linns Stamp News 1 Comment
Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for June 16
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
The Postal Service Is Not a Congressional Piggy Bank
Roll Call Opinion Comment
Sunday, June 15
Police, Fire respond to call of powdery substance found at McAlester OK Post Office
postalnews.com Comment
Postal worker alerts Cheshire CT police to ‘untimely death’
New Haven Register Comment
Video: Marijuana Seized By Police in Kentucky Mailed As ‘Pet Supplies’
WTVQ Lexington 1 Comment
Illinois postmaster’s quick thinking foils con man
Jacksonville IL Journal Courier Comment
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! launches 2nd annual Strange Mail Contest
postalnews.com Comment
Saturday, June 14
NALC blasts PMG for endorsing highway budget scam, misleading Congress
NALC News Comment
Looking Ahead: 2015 Postal Pricing Adjustments
QuadGraphics Leading Change blog Comment
Massachusetts Postal Worker Indicted for Stealing Thousands of Pieces of Mail, Christmas Gifts
postalcrime.com Comment
Dimondstein: Editorial was wrong and disrespectful
(In a footnote, the newspaper says it was attacking the postal workers union, not "hard working postal workers". It says there's a difference, but doesn't explain...)
Foster's Daily Democrat 9 Comments
One group’s Flag Day wish: Flags for feds who died in the line of duty
Washington Post 1 Comment
Video: Mailing laws stymie Las Vegas man, despite insurance
postalnews.com Comment
Friday, June 13
Seven Connecticut postal workers charged with unemployment benefit fraud
postalnews.com Comment
Is Staples trying to bribe teachers so they won’t support postal workers?
postalnews.com Comment
Potential Participants in Class-Action Settlement Should Exercise Caution, APWU Warns
APWU News 1 Comment
Video: Woman in wheelchair fights to move mailbox off highway
postalnews.com Comment
Iowa postal worker gets jail time for mail theft
postalcrime.com Comment
Appeals court upholds firing of 44 year Chicago postal employee
postalnews.com 5 Comments
Not much chance for postal reform any time soon
Linns Stamp News: Washington Postal Scene 3 Comments
Pitney Bowes Expands Direct Mail Services in Southeastern U.S.
Press release Comment
Thursday, June 12
Mail thieves strike again in Wichita
KSN Wichita Comment
Video: Postmaster General’s State of the Business message for employees June 12 2014
postu.be 5 Comments
Pennsylvania window clerk stole $55K in money orders and cash
postalnews.com Comment
Will Cantor's Defeat Sink the Highway-Postal Delivery Deal?
Direct Marketing News Comment
Video: Iowa letter carrier helps save elderly customer’s life
postu.be Comment
Video: Mail not being delivered to 300 Imperial MO apartment units
KMOV St Louis Comment
Money order scheme gets Alabama postal worker home detention and probation
postalnews.com Comment
Video: Colorado letter carrier honored for helping police nab burglars
KMGH Denver Comment
Cresco TX downtown business owners and USPS reach compromise on CBUs
Cresco Times Comment
Wednesday, June 11
Albany DM promoted to Manager, Package Platform
postalnews.com via postcom Comment
Suspects allegedly stole 29 residential mailboxes and tossed them from interstate highway overpass
masslive.com Comment
National Education Association, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Join ‘Stop Staples’ Movement
APWU News Comment
Colorado clerk saves co-worker’s life
USPS News Link Comment
Video: USPS Packages Go Missing or Undelivered in Ohio
WSYX Columbus Comment
Video: Canada Post union releases list of first homes to lose mail delivery
CanadaPostNews.com Comment
Postal Service yanks Fort Worth Post Office off the market
Fort Worth Business Press Comment
Global postal downturn will leave letterboxes feeling lonely
Sydney Morning Herald 2 Comments
Police identify Butler PA mail carrier struck by car on Friday
Butler Eagle Comment
Kokomo letter carrier’s husband ejected from city council meeting on dog ordinance
postalnews.com Comment
Australia Post workers consider striking
Aus.PostNe.ws Comment
Tuesday, June 10
Florida postal worker charged with stealing checks from the mail
South Florida Sun Sentinel 5 Comments
USPS proposes halving hours at West Springfield PA Post Office
Erie Times-News Comment
Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour confirms 900 jobs will be axed
Aus.PostNe.ws Comment
Astoria Story:Queens Post Office Reopens After Two-Year Absence
Going Postal Comment
Video: Hundreds of pieces of mail found in a North Tulsa gutter; post office investigating mail theft
KJRH Tulsa Comment
Man drives car into New Hampshire Post Office
Brattleboro Reformer 1 Comment
Endicia Releases Unique Return Shipping Solution
postalnews.com Comment
Monday, June 9
Nation’s first mobile Village Post Office opens in Texas
postalnews.com Comment
House GOP Plan to Fund Highways – strangely – puts USPS in Jeopardy
Delivering for America 7 Comments
USPS pays employee to drive letter carrier who lost license due to DUI
postalnews blog Comment
PMG Donahoe supports GOP plan to have USPS finance highway repairs
Washington Post Comment
Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for June 9
Linns Stamp News Comment
Maine Congressmen Call on Speaker Boehner to Preserve Saturday Mail Delivery
postalnews.com 10 Comments
FedEx changes could boost shipping rates 30% to 50% in some cases
SupplyChainBrain Comment
Sunday, June 8
Jury finds Oregon letter carrier guilty of groping, burglary
postalnews.com Comment
Pennsylvania letter carrier flown to hospital after being hit by car
Butler Eagle Comment
NALC Legislative Update: Six-day under attack
National Association of Letter Carriers Comment
Government rules out Australia Post sale, for now- but delivery days may be cut
postalnews.com Comment
Saturday, June 7
It's Time for Postal Unions and Mailers To 'KISS' on USPS Reform
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Video: Wedding invitations go missing in the mail
WWLP Springfield MA Comment
Watch for More Flexibility in USPS Promotions
Direct Marketing News Comment
Bronx postal worker charged with workers comp fraud
postalcrime.com 2 Comments
Ex-postal worker admits she took gift cards, cash from mail
postalcrime.com Comment
Portland Mail Carriers Stick up for Older Adults
Care2 1 Comment
A Postal Worker Union Guy's Economic Case for Keeping Saturday Delivery
Businessweek Comment
Friday, June 6
Video: Mad man attacks Oklahoma letter carrier with a bat
KFOR Oklahoma City Comment
Boston postal worker gets 2 years in prison for stealing iPhones from mail
postalcrime.com Comment
Hot Rods Forever Stamps on Sale at Post Offices Today
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
USPS tells window clerks to be on the lookout for altered money orders
postalnews.com Comment
APWU: Honoring One of Our Own on Anniversary of Normandy Invasion
APWU News Comment
Poor Moya! Royal Mail boss’s pay was cut by $1 million- to a mere $2.3 million!
postalnews.co.uk Comment
PRC Commissioner says radical change needed for USPS to survive
Watertown Daily Times Comment
Residents of Alabama town concerned for future of post office
Shelby County Reporter Comment
Jersey Post marks 70th anniversary of D-Day
postalnews.co.uk Comment
OIG says USPS violated its own contracting rules in Diebold deal
postalnews.com Comment
North Carolina letter carrier honored for saving woman’s life
Winston-Salem Journal Comment
Video: USPS Systems at Work
USPS Video via postu.be Comment
The Monopoly That Haunts the U.S. Paper Market: USPS
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Thursday, June 5
New Jersey letter carrier saves woman's life
Bridgewater-Raritan NJ News - The Alternative Press Comment
Cleveland VMF manager charged with extorting bribes in exchange for work contracts
Cleveland Plain Dealer Comment
Postal Banking to the rescue in both Canada and the U.S.
Canadian Union of Postal Workers 2 Comments
Mail carrier robbed at gunpoint in Tukwila WA
KOMO TV Seattle Comment
USPS losing millions to fuel-guzzling contractors
FierceGovernment 1 Comment
Canada Post suspends service in Moncton as RCMP manhunt continues
CanadaPostNews.com Comment
Houston letter carrier's murderer to be released from prison
KPRC Houston Comment
Scammers mirror USPS web site
Maryville MO Daily Forum Comment
Georgia: USPS tells local candidate she can't campaign on PO property
Canton-Sixes, GA Patch Comment
Wednesday, June 4
Staples exec mocks postal workers at “town hall” meeting
NH Labor News via postalnews.com Comment
Idaho postal worker gets probation for embezzlement
postalcrime.com Comment
USPS pays $55K in EPA fines for storage tank violations in Virginia
postalnews.com Comment
Stolen mailbox found empty in Phoenix alley
ABC15 Arizona Comment
North Dakota postmaster charged with taking funds
Associated Press 1 Comment
Post Office, Mailers Are at an Historic Juncture
Direct Marketing News Comment
When work burns down: New Jersey letter carrier fights fire, then delivers mail
NJ.com Comment
Siemens gives up trying to sell mail processing equipment division
postalnews.com Comment
Postal service blows it! Why Wal-Mart and Google are cleaning its clock
"Postal Service has long resisted offering banking services. Here's why they -- and we -- could live to regret it"
Salon Comment
Video: Customers react to the theft of 20,000 pieces of their mail
postalnews.com Comment
Cost of Using eBay Hassle Free Returns Goes Up
EcommerceBytes Comment
Tuesday, June 3
Mail collection box stolen in Phoenix; $10K reward offered
KTVK TV Phoenix 1 Comment
USPS disputes article that questioned value of Village Post Offices
liteblue.usps.gov Comment
Mostly Forgotten History: The early United States Postal Service
Daily Kos Comment
USPS May Delay Next Price Increase
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Postal Unions Express Joint Opposition to USPS Highway Fund Scheme
postalnews.com Comment
Staples Execs Get an Earful At Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
APWU News Comment
Audio: NALC President Fred Rolando discusses USPS finnces
FederalNewsRadio.com Comment
U.S. Postal Service offers reward in explosion at Marin CA post office
Marin Independent Journal Comment
Thrift Savings Plan Funds Move Back to Black in May
Government Executive Comment
Monday, June 2
Supreme Court rules poisoning a mailbox doesn't violate chemical weapons treaty
Philadelphia Inquirer Comment
USPS year to date profit from operations reaches $1.4 billion
postalnews blog Comment
Catonsville MD letter carrier accused in theft of 20,000 pieces of mail
postalcrime.com Comment
Catalogs as the New Window Displays
USPS Office of Inspector General blog Comment
Mail industry denounces US plan to fund highways with postal cuts
Post & Parcel Comment
Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for June 2
stamps.postalnews.com Comment
Video: Postal inspectors say grandparents scam continues across U.S.
postalcrime.com Comment
Sunday, June 1
Mail handler quits job to milk cows
Scranton Times-Tribune 2 Comments
Load Leveling Forces Mailers To Rethink Delivery Dates
Direct Marketing News Comment
Video: Postal workers sickened by bear repellent in NE Philadelphia
postalnews blog 1 Comment

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