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TOP POSTAL NEWS
July 03. 2009
- Traffic Accident Claims Life Of Longtime Local Mail Carrier -

- Former postmaster sentenced in theft
Bangor, Maine - The former Vanceboro postmaster told a federal judge Thursday she stole $4,616 in postal money to feed a gambling habit. -

- Peorian allegedly shot at Postal Service truck -

- Pierre's Hand Car Wash owner pleads guilty to defrauding Postal Service -

- Should the Post Office go to five-day mail delivery? -
- Karl Malden and The Post Office
- First-class carrier's move upsets Lititz

July 02. 2009
- Mail Carrier Shot As Robber Fled Bank -

- USPS: Going Out of Business Sale -
by Rick Owens - PEN

- Americans okay with 5-day -

- President of the National Association of Postmasters Comments on Royal Case -

- Chicago letter carrier faces sexual assault charges -

- Postal worker pleads guilty to tossing mail into dumpster -

- List Reveals Possible Post Office Closings In Connecticut -

- U.S. Postal Service targeting Jackson's delivery and distribution center for review; could result in closure -
- Postal service must make tough choices to survive -
- Florida Editorial: Postal predicament -
- Postal Pick-up Slip Lists Number for Sex Hotline -
- Carrier pleads guilty to dumping mail

July 01. 2009
- APWU: Consolidating Stations
At a meeting at USPS Headquarters on June 23, the Postal Service briefed APWU Clerk Craft officers about plans to consolidate operations in large stations and branches. Managers also provided the union with an updated list of 3,243 stations and branches in Level-24-and-above installations that are being reviewed. At the briefing, postal officials said that among the stations under review, 740 already had been identified as candidates for consolidation and/or closing. -

- Gun-wielding post office robber kicks in back door, locks clerk in room
man wielding a handgun kicked in the back door of a West New York post office and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and valuables after locking the clerk in a back room early this afternoon, authorities said. -

- Happy Anniversary - USPS ZIP Code
Today the USPS ZIP Code turns 46 years old. However, the cartoon figure, Mr. ZIP, originated serveral years earlier. Mr. ZIP, was adopted by USPS as the trademark for the Zoning Improvement Plan or ZIP Code, which began on July 1, 1963. More -

- Postal carrier's letter ignites complaints -

- Carrier Robbed at Gunpoint in SC -

- Dozens of Del. Post Offices to End Bulk Mail Service Tuesday -
- What's your hurry? Grand Rapids-area post offices collect mail only once a day -
- APWU: Rehab Act Expanded -
- Ark-La-Tex post offices may close -

June 30. 2009
- Number of Postal Employees Continues to Decline
USPS filed their ON ROLLS AND PAID EMPLOYEE STATISTICS with the PRC recently. The results of this report indicates that the decline in the number of postal employees continues. Due to automation and the decline in volume the clerk craft is losing the greatest number of employees. From June 2008 to June 2009 the clerk craft lost approximately 8% of their employees - a loss of 15,374 employees. -

- Postal Unions Slam Saturday Mail Cut Plan -
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

- Rural carrier pleads not guilty to identity and mail theft -

- Public speaks out against post office closure in Florida -

- Quincy. IL City Council adopts resolution urging Postal Service not to close Quincy mail processing, distribution center -
- Former Postal Worker Facing Prison Time -
- Modern postal service could use Ben Franklin�s help -
- U.S. Post Offices observing holiday early -

June 29. 2009
- Ask Burrus: Will USPS Not Be Able to Make Payroll Soon?
Employees are hearing that the Postal Service will not have sufficient funds to pay employees come September. Many of us are worried that we will not get paid. Is the rumor true? What is the union planning on doing to prevent this from happening? -

- Mail priorities - POSTAL CUTBACKS IN AGE OF E-MAIL -

- OIG: What�s the Right Level of Financial Reporting? -

- Stamped for extinction
It dawned on me that an entire generation has been raised without ever receiving a love letter. They have never experienced the anticipation of ripping open a perfume-laden envelope with page after page of handwritten raw emotion. I�m sorry, but getting a text that says "miss you" is hardly the same thing. -

- APWU: Latest Consolidation List -
- Postal Service may close some local post offices -
- Backcountry mail pilot helps preserve way of life -

June 28. 2009
- More Theft By Union Officials
Listed in this article are some of the 2009 investigations and charges of theft by union officials. -

- Friends rally to keep popular Brookside mail clerk�s job -

- Mail Carrier Robbed At Gun Point -

- Mail Carrier Finds Infant In Plastic Bag -
- MATV launches its online mail portal for Same-Day & Next-Day Mail delivery to any address in the U.S. -

June 27. 2009
- Richmond, Va. APWU Official Indicted for Theft -

- Carwash company accused of bilking U.S. Postal Service of $1600 and discharging wastewater into the Lehigh River -

- Postal Service loses $677 million in May as volume declines -

- PRC Job Opening: Commission Secretary and Chief Administrative Officer - Salary Range: $117,000‐ 153,000 -

- APWU: Drive for Sick-Leave Credit Gains New Life -
- Santa Monica, CA locals react to possible loss of mail delivery -
- Wyden, Merkley Urge Congress, Postal Service to Protect Oregon's Vote-by-Mail
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: It's outstanding and affordable
- Canada Post seeks 20% price increase by 2014

June 26. 2009
- Americans OK With Fewer Mail Days to Fix Postal Budget
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- APWU: Unions Rally for Healthcare, Now! -

- NAPUS: House Panel OKs Postal Relief Bill -

- MSPB Sustains Supervisors Demotion -

- House Approves FERS Sick Leave Bill -

- Save Your Post Office!
A rallying cry can be heard across the country, from the swanky streets of SoHo to the tiny town of Randolph, Kan.: "Save Our Post Office!" As the United States Postal Service, weighed down by a crippling multibillion-dollar deficit, shrinks down its operations, post offices across the country are on the chopping block. -

- Local (Florida) Postal Workers May Lose Jobs -

- Window clerk suspended for not helping customer complete over 100 custom forms -

- Postal Carrier's Embezzlement Stamped Out -
- USPS: Health Savings Accounts

June 25. 2009
- Postal Service launches study on the elimination of Saturday delivery
In response to the financial crisis facing the Postal Service due to the severe national recession and the impact of electronic substitution, postal management has launched an internal study on the feasibility of eliminating Saturday delivery across the United States. -

- Let Post Office, Not ACORN, Take Census? -

- Key House Panel Passes HR 22
A House subcommittee has approved an amended version of H.R. 22, legislation that would provide temporary relief from a provision of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act that requires the Postal Service to prefund the healthcare benefits of future retirees. The funding obligation � combined with the nation�s sharp economic downturn � has brought the USPS to the brink of insolvency. -

- Former postmaster sentenced in mail theft case
A former postmaster has been placed on probation for two years for stealing prescription pain medication from packages mailed to veterans in Zortman, a town just south of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. -

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- APWU request OIG investigation into AMP study -

- NAPS: House Panel Approves Financial Relief for the Postal Service -

- Complaints Fill Hearing About Federal Employees' Health Plan -

- 21 postal jobs will stay in Mansfield

June 24. 2009
- NALC: Subcommittee Marks Up HR 22 -

- Utah Rep. Chaffetz suggests mail carriers conduct Census -

- USPS: Most Post Offices will close at 12 noon on Friday, July 3, 2009 -
- Privatize the Post Office -
- A 21st-Century Postal Service -
- Troubled U.S. Postal Service looking to close offices -
- Postal Service May Boost Ride-Alongs -
- UK: Pot-smoking postman burned mail -
- Buchanan scores audit of post office plan -
- Glens Falls mail sorting to relocate to Albany
- Postal inspectors investigate mail theft at Clemson
- Former postal worker sentenced
- Mail carriers go nuts for residents in a jam

June 23, 2009
- NRP settlement clears path for hundreds of held grievances -

- HR 22 Markup Could Miss the Mark -
NAPS Update

- Former postal worker, faces sentencing on fraud charges -

- About WaPo�s postal editorial -
- Fraud trial for postal worker begins -
- Postal Service a forgotten issue -
- Carrier pleads not guilty in theft of mail -
- Mail trucks deliver without a license -
- Contract carrier going to prison for stealing mail
- Family of hawks halts mail delivery in Liberty
- Business Meeting Notice
- Schumer opposes post office merger

June 22, 2009
- APWU on Five-Day Delivery: Don�t Do It! -
- Movement on H.R. 22 -
- APWU: No more face to face step 3 meetings -
21st Century Postal Worker
- OIG Reviews Estimates of Postal Service�s Liability for Retiree Health Care Benefits -
- OIG: Hollywood�s Take on the Postal Service -

- Too Big to Mail? -
- Postal Service chugs on -
- Workers win some, lose some on Hill -
- Downsizing the post offices -
- Benefits: Are We There Yet? -
- Postage hikes force firms to cut costs -
- Kitten Dropped in Mailbox Adopted by Postal Worker
- PRC Adopts Final Rules on Confidentiality of Non-public Materials

June 21, 2009
- I've got the blue postal box blues -

- Marine gets a not-so-special delivery -

June 20, 2009
- 31 New Jersey Sites May Close -
Also see Closing Connecticut Branches

- Troubled USPS eyes help from Congress -

- New Castle mail processing facility to remain open -
- PostCom Wonders What Postal Employees Are Prepared to Do to Save USPS -
- NAPUS News Hotline -
- APWU Endorses Trumka for AFL-CIO President

June 19, 2009
- Work Longer For a Smaller Benefit? -

- Did postal worker steal gift card? -
- Letter: U.S. Postal Service must make delivery system 'viable' -

- Obama�s choice as chief of protocol for the State Department did not file tax returns for 2005 and 2006 - blames USPS -
- Neighborhood still not getting mail over pit bull -
- Postal clerk convicted of embezzlement, fraud -
- DMM Revision: Extended Enrollment Period for the Standard Mail Saturation Mail Volume Incentive Program

June 18, 2009
- Part 2 � Incentive Pay and its Significance
I met with a long-time mentor of mine: the Honorable Carolyn Gallagher. Carolyn happens to be the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the United States Postal Service. I asked her some very blunt questions about the news surrounding the compensation package that Mr. Potter had received as the Postmaster General. WOW! I was more than just a little surprised by her answers. -