Friday, October 31

Video: Political mail straining postal service

postalnews.com

‘Don’t throw traditional stamps into the [postal] dumpster,’ former USPS committee member warns

Washington Post

APWU, USPS Extend Memo on Filling Clerk Craft Residual Vacancies

APWU News

Former USPS exec says financial crisis is "over for now"

Linns Stamp News

What's in a name? How the USPS tries to hide its operating profit

NALC Economics blog

Video: Florida postal employee dealt prescription drugs while at work

postalnews.com

Kentucky woman charged with breaking into PO boxes

Harlan Daily Enterprise

Update: Rural carrier dies in Illinois vehicle crash

Chicago Sun-Times

Video: Postal problems completely resolved at New Orleans high rise after TV news reports

postalnews.com

Thursday, October 30

Postal worker killed in vehicle crash near Joliet IL

Chicago Sun-Times

Video: APWU’s Dimondstein Says Don’t Let PMG Put USPS in a Museum

APWU News

USPS to Berkeley: Drop Dead!

Berkeley Daily Planet

Video: Oregon postal worker takes action to put crooks behind bars

postalnews.com

Saving the mail - A Q&A with Sen. Tom Carper on his bipartisan plan for postal reform

Republic 3.0

Pundit says USPS snooping increases need for privatization

postalnews.com

Postal service among the American institutions in danger if GOP wins the Senate

postalnews.com

Video: Tacoma letter carrier accused of stalking, assaulting women on his route

Tacoma News Tribune

North Carolina postal worker charged with dealing drugs

WRAL Raleigh

Wednesday, October 29

Postal Service expects 14% surge in holiday deliveries

USA Today

USPS 2014 Holiday Shipping Tips and Deadlines

postalnews.com

GAO: Montana mail service has suffered since 2011 cutbacks

The Missoulian

Ex-firefighter sentenced to two months in jail for racist attack on mailman

NY Daily News

Is the postal service shooting itself in the foot?

Barton, Vermont Chronicle

Postal Service begins expanding into 1500 Staples

Save the Post Office

USPS should evaluate service slowdowns before closing more plants

Bladen Journal

Snail Mail Gets Slower: Why USPS Is Missing Its Own Mail Delivery Goals

Government Executive

Video: How the Postal Service is helping monitor snail mail

PBS Newshour

Connecticut letter carrier saves customer’s life

good.postalnews.com

Video: Tireless Ohio Postal Worker Retiring After 58 Years on the Job

WTTE TV Columbus

Evansville MDO charged with stealing veterans’ precriptions

postalcrime.com

Sunday, October 26

Friday, October 24

UPS Delivers Strong 3Q Results

"Last mile" deliveries by USPS "increased more than 50%"
United Parcel Service

Video: USPS hiring in Dakotas and Montana

postalnews.com

Video: Mail theft in Denver caught on camera

postalnews.com

Houston post office saved in rare victory for consumers, activists

Houston Chronicle

Auditor warns of mail delays in Tucson

Arizona Daily Star

North Houston Post Office Burglarized

KPRC Houston

Canada converts 100,000 customers to cluster boxes, only 4.9 million to go

Save the Post Office

Postal Service gets green light to test grocery delivery

Federal Times

Pit bull attacks letter carrier in Chicago suburb

Chicago Tribune

Maryland: mail truck hits woman in wheelchair

Waldorf Enquirer Gazette

Thursday, October 23

Damaged Iowa post office collapses

WQAD TV

Pennsylvania postmaster sentenced for stealing mail, money

The Progress

Free Shipping Is Going to Cost You More

Wall Street Journal

Postal Clerk Pleads Guilty to Stealing Drugs from Mail and Burglarizing Post Office

postalcrime.com

Shandon CA residents say issues with the mail have gotten out of control

New Times San Luis Obispo

USPS: Customers should know the facts about change of address services

USPS News Link

Video: Baby found abandoned in SW Houston post office lobby

KPRC TV Houston

APWU to Harvard President: Stop Staples Deal or Quit Board

APWU News

Postmaster General Wins Dubious Publishing Honor

Dead Tree Edition

Tuesday, October 21

Another reason not to shop at Staples- your credit card info may be compromised

New York Times

Raw video: Porch camera captures package theft

postalcrime.com

West Virginia PMR sentenced to probation, fine for theft of postal funds

postalcrime.com

Canadian firms stamped out of Canada Post community mailbox contract

CanadaPostNews.com

Video: No mail delivery? Get a ferret!

Satire from CBC's Rick Mercer Report
CanadaPostNews.com

Video: USPS Apologizes For Declaring Man Dead

WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul

The election traffic jam in San Francisco mailboxes

San Francisco Chronicle

Video: Canada Post ends home delivery for thousands

CanadaPostNews.com

Audio: employees hope public pressure delays or blocks USPS plans to move Roanoke processing to Greensboro

WFIR Roanoke

Monday, October 20

Video: 15,000 postal service jobs could disappear

MSNBC

How to Get Away with Destroying America's Postal Heritage

Postal Service Twists the Law to Sell Berkeley's 1914 Main Post Office
Save The Berkeley Post Office

Ohio letter carrier helps injured woman

good.postalnews.com

Rural carriers union restricts access to its web site

Ruralinfo.net Postal News

Kentucky: Postal clerks' jobs uncertain after consolidation

Paducah Sun

Sold American: An inventory of USPS disposed properties, 2009-2014

Save the Post Office

Video: Royal Mail faces mounting challenges

postalnews.co.uk

Google Loves Print, This We Know, For Its Guidelines Tell Us So

Dead Tree Edition

Batman Stamps: Collectors Say Despicable, USPS Says Brilliant

Businessweek

Wednesday, October 15

Letter carrier helps woman suffering a seizure

good.postalnews.com

The Postal Service’s Union-Busting Law Firm

APWU News

Video: Mail service stalls (again) in Alaska North Slope whaling village

postalnews.com

Harrison OH letter carrier under investigation for mail theft

postalcrime.com

Next in postal privatization: Goin Postal counters in 2,000 Walmarts

Save the Post Office

PMRs and PMR Annuitants Receive MOU Impact Notice

postalnews.com

Could Amazon plus Uber be the click-and-collect dream delivery combo?

Financial Times

Resident warns of USPS consolidation impact on mail delivery times in Northern California

Siskiyou Daily News

Video: How a letter is sorted and delivered by Royal Mail

The Telegraph

Tuesday, October 14

West Virginia letter carrier helps lost boy get home

good.postalnews.com

Customer says Canada Post took 4 days to close unlocked mailbox

CTV Vancouver News

The world's very first floating ZIP code is in Michigan

Michigan Radio

Reward offered in Des Moines stolen mail case

Des Moines Register

Thieves break into cluster box in British Columbia

Castanet

Why mail still matters in politics

Columbus CEO

New Jersey letter carrier charged with theft in connection with stolen tax return checks

South Bergenite

USPS looking to buy up to 10,000 right hand drive vehicles in the next 2 years

postalnews.com

Newspaper Subscribers May Be the Unseen Victims in USPS Plant Closings

National Newspaper Association

Google Express expands delivery service to compete with Amazon

Wall Street Journal

Thursday, October 9

Mail stolen from Pittsburgh letter carrier's vehicle

"The carrier's personal car was parked on Miller Street and had a postal placard on it when it was vandalized."
WTAE Pittsburgh

APWU: Remedy for Violations of PSE Cap- Conversions, Not Terminations!

postalnews.com

Texas couple sentenced to prison for theft of over 50,000 pieces of mail

postalcrime.com

Report: USPS leaves communities in the dark on changes to 95 facilities

Washington Post

Long Island man killed in repair shop accident at Hicksville post office

Newsday

Former Postal Service Employee Indicted For Scheme To Defraud Workers Comp

postalnews.com

Video: Vandals blow up Racine mailboxes

postalcrime.com

McGowan replaced as USPS stamp chief; Tackett acting manager

Linns.com

9 suspects snared in sticky-mailbox thefts

White Plains Journal News

Supermarket exec nominated to Postal Service board of governors

postalnews blog

Rhode Island postal worker taken to hospital after forklift accident

Providence Journal

Tuesday, October 7

Feds Will Pay 3.8 Percent More Toward Health Care Premiums in 2015

"Postal employees will face much more dramatic increases, and will contribute an average of 18.7 percent more toward their premiums next year. OPM officials said the bargaining process has caused the employee share to go up."
Government Executive

California letter carrier rescues woman from burning home

good.postalnews.com

Video: Postal worker attacked by dogs in Schenectady

postalnews.com

Letter carrier robbed at gunpoint in Miami

WPLG TV Miami

West Unity, Ohio Post Office employee under investigation

Bryan Times

Video: PO box holders say they were never notified by USPS about break-ins

postalnews.com

Postal inspectors looking man in Seattle mail thefts

KIRO TV Seattle

Video: KC boy recounts crash with postal truck that killed his 13-year-old best friend

WDAF TV Kansas City

Minnesota USPS service cuts called 'mindless,' 'nonsensical'

Business North

Death Penalty Sought for Postal Worker Slaying

KXAS TV Dallas Fort Worth

Army mailrooms cutting down on junk mail

The United States Army

Hefty Back Tax Bill For Scranton Postal Workers

WNEP TV Scranton

The New, Improved Generation of Instant Delivery Services

CityLab

Monday, October 6

Philadelphia Postal Worker Charged with Stealing Over $28,000 From Post Office

postalcrime.com

California man pleads guilty to stealing 57 batteries from mail trucks

postalcrime.com

Florida: "Irate" post office customer throws box at postal worker, police say

Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel

Canadian postal workers condemn “vultures circling” over end of home mail delivery

CanadaPostNews.com

You Have Mail a for-profit alternative to Canada Post home delivery

CBC via CanadaPostNews.com

MN lawmakers rally to save Duluth post office

Northland's NewsCenter

Agencies show mixed results containing workers' comp costs

Federal Times

Curbside Powers Same-Day Pickup at Target, Raises $8 Million

Re/code

Future Uncertain as Minnesota Letter Carriers Rally Today

Public News Service

Letter carrier, neighbor save house from fire

KGMI Bellingham WA

Video: Virginia Woman Says Money Was Stolen Out Of Birthday Card

postalnews.com

How the Postal Service put your change-of-address information at risk

Washington Post

Saturday, October 4

Boy dies following crash involving Postal Service truck in Kansas City MO

postalnews.com

Video: NALC President Emeritus Bill Young responds to Dave Noble

postu.be

Video: Postal worker ‘laughs hysterically’ trying to run someone over in front of elementary school

KOMO TV Seattle

Video: From Your House To Grandma’s. How Mail Gets Sorted & Delivered

"Hi, my name is Darrell and I want to know how the Post office sorts and delivers all that mail."
WFMY TV Greensboro NC

Jury convicts former Louisiana postal service employee for stealing gift cards from the mail

postalcrime.com

Kansas Supreme Court rules that FedEx Ground drivers are employees, not contractors

Bloomberg

The GOP's grand design for greater gridlock at National Labor Relations Board

Los Angeles Times

Economy helps the Postal Service continue to thrive

NALC Pres. Fred Rolando letter to the editor of the Palm Springs Desert Sun

White Plains NY postal workers use CPR, AED to save co-worker

good.postalnews.com

Texas letter carrier rescues man pinned under fence pole

good.postalnews.com

Thursday, October 2

Honoring 50 years of service at the Post Office

Lake Geneva WI News

NYC Financial District Residents Upset As Mail Bins Crowd Sidewalks

CBS New York

Election Mail, campaign guidelines for Post Offices

postalnews.com

Gun lobby sues to force USPS to allow guns on premises

Associated Press

Congress's Research Arm Cites Retiree Fund as USPS's Undoing

Direct Marketing News

Those Damned Hippies. They Rezoned the Post Office.

Daily Kos

NALC: CDRAAP guidelines now available

postalnews.com

Wilt Chamberlain stamp designs revealed

stamps.postalnews.com

Report Shows Half of Americans Plan to Shop Online Earlier for Holiday Gifts This Year

postalnews.com

The Postal Service Giveth, and the Paper Market Taketh Away

Dead Tree Edition

Amazon's Deal With the USPS Could Hold the Key to the Mail Deliverer’s Future

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