Wednesday, October 23
Former Indiana postal employee pleads guilty to mail theft
WFIE Evansville
Why did the Stamford post office close? Conflicting answers, disturbing questions
Save the Post Office
Workers complain of delivery delays at Conroe TX post office
"mail left to accumulate in undelivered six-foot piles at the facility for times as long as a week"
Conroe Courier
Conroe Courier
USPS will keep delivering for America if Congress allows
Billings Gazette
OIG: USPS used 14 million more hours than needed for mail processing in 2012
Fierce Government
Tuesday, October 22
Magazine industry chief rails against USPS
(and she's not too happy with cyclists or her own children either...)
New York Post
New York Post
Royal Oak postman honored for delivering patron’s final wish
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
USPS says "MailPro News for Mailing Professionals" will no longer be mailed to mailers...
"Hopefully nobody currently in direct mail will follow in the USPS’ short-sighted footsteps…"
intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
Monday, October 21
USPS seeks employees to appear in holiday commercials
postalnews blog
Netflix May Ditch DVDs Sooner Rather Than Later
Businessweek
USPS Board to meet in closed session tomorrow
postalnews blog
Sunday, October 20
Fundraiser set for injured Illinois postal worker
Northwest Herald
Saturday, October 19
Late Mail Deliveries Upset Residents in the D.C. Region
NBC4 Washington
Mail service cutbacks affect accounts receivable teams
Institute of Financial Operations
Friday, October 18
Postal Service to put cluster mailboxes in Vicksburg
Vicksburg Post
Obamacare woes need a paper cure- like the USPS?
postalnews blog
Deputy PMG: "Exigent Increase Not a Done Deal"
Direct Marketing News
USPS Responds To Criticism of Its Annuity Estimates
Dead Tree Edition
Thursday, October 17
APWU Wins ‘Global Settlement’ Remedy Case
Clerks in Small Offices to Receive Back Pay If Supervisors Worked in Excess of Limits in Contract
APWU News
APWU News
Package thieves in Hollywood possibly used mail master key
KABC TV Los Angeles
US Postal Service Privatization: The Dark Side
Taxpayer assets could be sold on the cheap
Epoch Times
Wednesday, October 16
Residents of Missouri town don't like USPS delivery plan
Customers would have to provide their own cluster boxes, and they can't have locks?
Wayne County Journal-Banner
Wayne County Journal-Banner
Postal Carrier Delivery Becomes Lifesaving Stop
WFMY TV Greensboro NC
USPS Comes Up With Yet Another Way to Discourage Early Retirement
Dead Tree Edition
Tuesday, October 15
Missouri: Former mailman charged with sexual abuse while on mail route
KOAM TV Joplin MO
The path to postal nirvana: An entitlement program for the mail industry
Save the Post Office
Sausalito neighbors rally to help critically injured mail carrier
Marin Independent Journal
Drones to deliver parcels in Australia starting in March
Computerworld
Monday, October 14
Sunday, October 13
Connecticut town wants its own post office and ZIP code
Norwich Bulletin
Local postal workers train to save lives in a bioterrorist attack
KGTV San Diego
Saturday, October 12
New Virgin and Child Forever stamp available
postalnews blog
Police, Feds Investigating Palmer MA Post Office Break-In
WGGB TV Springfield
Why the U.K. Can Privatize Its Postal Service, but the U.S. Can’t
The Exchange - Yahoo Finance
Postal Service to issue Harvey Milk stamp
San Francisco Chronicle
Friday, October 11
Charges filed in Minnesota post office threats
Anoka County Union
Shirley Chisholm to be honored on Black Heritage stamp
postalnews blog
USPS issues Poinsettia Holiday Forever stamps
postalnews blog
Instant 35% profit for Royal Mail speculators
postalnews blog
Mystery Valentine appears in Elgin IL mailbox, more than 100 years later
Elgin Courier News
postalnews.com welcomes our wingnut visitors!
postalnews blog
Thursday, October 10
New Postal Workers Leadership Vows to ‘Stop the Bleeding’
In These Times
How would an exigent rate increase impact mail volumes and revenues?
Save the Post Office
Postal worker shot with airsoft gun while delivering mail
WATE Knoxville
Berkeley postal service disrupted after human excrement put in mail box
San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, October 9
Kristin Seaver Named Acting Capital Metro Area VP
postalnews blog
Video: PMG’s “State of the Postal Service” - postalnews blog
The PMG talks about alternative health plan proposals for postal workers and retirees
postu.be
postu.be
Video: NH Widow Relieved Husband’s Lost Ashes Were Found
postalnews blog
2013 Letter Carrier Heroes of the Year
National Association of Letter Carriers
A Message from APWU President-Elect Mark Dimondstein
postalnews blog
USPS Customers Frustrated by Long Downed Mailboxes
KUTV Salt Lake City
Two Maryland post office managers charged with taking bribes
postalcrime.com
Tuesday, October 8
APWU begins posting unofficial election results
APWU Election web site
Video: Delivering a High Honor to a Postal Worker Turned Hero
postalnews blog
Government Shutdown Stalls Post Office Auction
Yankton Press & Dakotan
Retirement Backlog Falls 22 Percent in September
Government Executive
Darrell Issa's Health-Care Plan Is Basically a Plush Obamacare
The Atlantic
(So apparently the GOP shut down the government so they could replace Obamacare with FEHBP- a more generous, FAR more expensive plan? Oh- OK...)
Monday, October 7
Post office vehicle crashes in Sioux City
Sioux City Journal
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