Monday, August 15
Hallmark CEO: USPS should redesign, not cut, to get out of the red
Kansas City Star
USPS cutbacks "not good news for the real estate community"
"The government is no longer a solid tenant"
GlobeSt.com
GlobeSt.com
Sunday, August 14
Postal service, long a gateway to middle class, is facing big cuts
Washington Post
Saturday, August 13
Rural carriers prepared to fight USPS's anti-union efforts
Rural Carrier Updates
The Shock Doctrine: Why the Postal Service is scaring the hell out of us
Pat Donahoe 6/23/2011: "we’re not going broke"
Pat Donahoe 8/12/2011: "the Postal Service will be insolvent next month"
Save the Post Office
Pat Donahoe 8/12/2011: "the Postal Service will be insolvent next month"
Save the Post Office
Postal Service proposal to break contracts is blasted by unions
Washington Post
DMA Applauds Postal Service’s New Cost-Cutting Proposals
Press release
Friday, August 12
Postal Service Job Cut Plan 'Tough' to Do
"It would make the federal government the largest contract breaker in the country."
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
Mailhandlers: “Has Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker been named the new PMG?”
Mailhandlers Union via postalnews blog
NAPS “Deeply Apprehensive” About USPS Legislative Proposals
NAPS Legislative and Regulatory Update
Is the Postal Service's Proposal Constitutional?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
Did the postal service bargain in good faith?
postalnews blog
The Big Lie about postal ‘bankruptcy’
National Association of Letter Carriers
Laying off postal workers won't be cheap
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
Saving the great American post office
The federal government subsidizes oil companies- why not the USPS?
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer
Postal Service Recognizes Political Reality
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
also: Postal Service Cutting 228,000 Career Jobs -
also: Postal Service Cutting 228,000 Career Jobs -
Thursday, August 11
Post office makes a profit Congress won't let it keep
National Association of Letter Carriers
Pennsylvania Mail Contractor Charged With Making False Mileage Claims
postalnews blog
NY legislators ask PMG not to consolidate Mid-Hudson GMF
Press release
First Village Post Office debuts in Washington state
Marketplace
Wednesday, August 10
How to Lie With Charts
Take a close look at the charts the USPS uses to justify closing post offices...
Save the Post Office
Save the Post Office
OIG says USPS falsified Pay for Performance scores to save money
postalnews blog
The Future of the Postal Service: An Analysis
Mailing Systems Technology
Sources of the USPS deficit: Postal Service 23%, Congress 77%
postalnews blog
Congressional resistance to PO closing plan grows
Save the Post Office
Tuesday, August 9
Another USPS worker expected to plead guilty to conspiracy in Detroit
Associated Press
Workers, pols rally to save Staten Island's postal service
Staten Island Advance
In the Sorting Office: another view of postal privatization in Europe
London Review of Books
US post offices spreading over time, 1700 to 1900
postalnews blog
Postcom podcast: The government’s use of mail
Postcom via postalnews blog
PRC Docket No. N2011-1 and the Future of the Post Office
Save the Post Office
Monday, August 8
North Carolinal carrier killed after crashing into a church
Fayetteville Observer
Why does the Postal Service want to destroy the Post Office?
Save the Post Office
When is a bonus not a bonus?
When it's a U.S. Postal Service executive bonus.
Federal Times
Federal Times
SE Missouri post office reopens after floods
Associated Press
PRC Conducting Study to Allow More Flexible Costing And Pricing
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
Sunday, August 7
Saturday, August 6
Video: PRC Vice Chair Mark Acton on the Future of USPS
postalnews blog
Brothers plead guilty in postal attack
Charleston WV Gazette
The Downsizing of the Postal Workforce Slows
Dead Tree Edition
(... and according to the photo attached to this newspaper article, the USPS is still recruiting more managers?)
(... and according to the photo attached to this newspaper article, the USPS is still recruiting more managers?)
Connecticut Rural Carrier Arrested for Theft From Mail
North Branford, CT Patch
Friday, August 5
Sen. Tom Carper Statement on Most Recent USPS Financial Losses
postalnews blog
Darrell Issa Statement on Postal Service Losses
postalnews blog
Postal governor resigns amid real estate scandal
Federal Times
Camas woman moves to Vancouver, but mail takes a side trip
The Oregonian
Massachusetts postal worker crashes into tractor trailer
New England Cable News via postalnews blog
Frederick plant's closing angers union leader
Frederick MD News-Post
GOP Congressman calls on PMG to halt Oshkosh consolidation
postalnews blog
Thursday, August 4
Frederick Mail Processing Operations Moving To Baltimore
Frederick News-Post
Vigil in Modesto: PO Auction ends tomorrow, and whoever wins, we all lose
Save the Post Office
Postal Service woes could hit poliical campaign mailings
campaignsandelections.com
Postal workers on edge after recent armed robberies
WJLA TV Washington
Wednesday, August 3
Postal worker sentenced for viewing child porn at Utica post office
Utica Observer-Dispatch
Kansas City postal worker found guilty of stealing from mail
Press release
DMA: Issa/Ross “Reform” Legislation Would Hurt Nonprofits
Press release
Camden wants a refund- says USPS delayed thousands of certified letters to avoid overtime
WTXF TV Philadelphia
Tuesday, August 2
FMLA requests to be handled by shared services center
postalnews blog
The debt ceiling and letter carriers
NALC via postalnews blog
USPS backs down on Sioux City FOIA request
KCAU-TV Sioux City
Audit finds Green Bay mail center insufficient for absorbing Oshkosh operation
... but USPS plans to go ahead with move anyway...
Oshkosh Northwestern
Oshkosh Northwestern
Destroying unions won’t fix the Postal Service
Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post by APWU President Cliff Guffey
Monday, August 1
Post office closing: Sign of deep trouble for Postal Service
Baltimore Sun
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