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Sunday - April 29, 2007
- Dog Attacks Postal Worker
- Post office: Walk to your mail -
- Rural carrier causes concern
- Carriers: Rural driving technique unsafe - also see Mail carrier improving after wreck
- Another closing in city hard to take - REC closing

Saturday - April 28, 2007
- Five local postal workers will be honored next week
- Retired postal employee wants to return letter postmarked in '67
- Dog Bites Canadian Letter Carrier
- Flood Damage at Milltown Post Office from PEN Reader
- PRC Releases Rate Opinion and Recommended Decision
- Closed post office upsets town

Friday - April 27, 2007
- FROM THE NALC
NALC and USPS agree on neutral arbitrator: President Young announced on April 26 that the National Association of Letter Carriers and the United States Postal Service have agreed on renowned arbitrator Richard Bloch as the neutral arbitrator in the impending hearings on the letter carriers' national agreement. Bloch and the two other panel members have set four weeks for testimony: Sept. 10-14, Sept. 24-28, Oct. 29-Nov. 2, and Nov. 5-9. "Given this schedule, it is anticipated that a decision on the contract will be rendered in mid-November," Young said. -

- Former Letter Carrier Made Pipe Bombs
- USPS Automation Perk?! Bring Employees In Later -
- Controversy Over Postmaster's Return Heats Up NY -
- Mail-sorting outfit also to exit Slidell
- USPS publishes new DMM with price changes
- USPS calls for dog safety
- Post office fixes aren't with glitches
- Truck slams Butler post office

Thursday - April 26, 2007
- Mail Handler President, John Hegarty, Blasts USPS Subcontracting -
- Video Coverage of NALC DC Protest on Contracting
Protest at USPS Headquarters (Video)
Protest on Washington Mall (Video)
- Iowa man arrested in "Bishop" bomb: threat case -
- Stoppage of mail service due to dog causes growls -
- APWU: Twin Falls, Cape Cod Consolidations Stopped
- Attacker wore postal uniform
- Post Office to Favor Big Mags, Spike Rates for Small Pubs
- Reyes calls for El Paso Postal Service changes
- Technology prompts closure of Modesto postal center
- Stop Junk Mail once and for all

Wednesday - April 25, 2007
- Ruling: No Religious Displays In Post Office -
- More Mail worries at Las Cruces -
- Security Causing Major Postal Delays to Congress -

- Legless Man Killed By Postal Service Truck In San Francisco
- Post office stops delivery to apartment complex
- Personalized Mailboxes - Disappearing Down a Lane Near You
- On display at UF, the art of war, courtesy of mailman
- Full Court to Reconsider UPS Lawsuit
- If dog is loose, Minneapolis Postal carriers won't deliver
- New Forever stamp is called `lousy investment'
- US Postal Service Ramps Up R&D of New Technologies
- Tiny town will lose post office, not service
- Federal employees selling transport cards
- Associate of Rep. Delay Tied to Abramoff Probe

Tuesday - April 24, 2007
- USPS OUT OF CONTROL - Contracting -
- USPS, letter carriers at odds - CO -
- Postal Service going private? -
- Judge orders psychiatric exam for postal worker
  accused of threats
- Twin Falls City will keep mail sorting facility
- Our View: We need better postal service
- Public meeting to be held on relocation of postal workers (LA)

Monday - April 23, 2007
- Mail woes linger in Las Cruces -
- "I can't thank you enough" -
- 'Makes Interesting Reading' Department -
   from PEN reader
USPS Solicitation: LLV Stowage and Retrieval System
LLV Stowage and Retrieval System Specs, etc
USPS Solicitation: Employee Assistance Program Services
Employee Assistance Program Services

- Board of Governors to Meet in D.C. May 1-2
- Leave stamp vending machines where they are

Sunday - April 22, 2007
- Postmaster Testimony Spotlights USPS Staffing Problems
  NAPUS Newsletter -
- Return to sender - Post office super sleuth helps thousands reclaim their lost mail. -
- Surprising details emerge on Post Office sale US investigators say
- Beaumont REC to close; 1000 to look for new jobs

Saturday - April 21, 2007
- Distribution Problems Delaying Mail Service In Las Cruces -
- Postal worker charged with making threat referring to Virginia Tech massacre -
- Postal service drops plan to shift mail processing from Twin Falls
- Beaumont Employees Worried About Losing Their Jobs

Friday - April 20, 2007
- TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS PROMPT POSTAL SERVICE
  TO CLOSE BEAUMONT REMOTE ENCODING CENTER -
- NAPUS Testimony Before Subcommittee -
- APWU: House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on USPS
  Burrus Update #11-07
I joined the other postal union presidents on a panel of witnesses, and testified about the APWU’s concerns regarding current operations. The APWU testimony [PDF] differed from that of the other unions, which asked Congress to enact legislation prohibiting the subcontracting of mail delivery.

Also at this hearing NALC's Young states: "In its dealings with the NALC and its management training programs, the Postal Service has signaled its intention to promote the outsourcing of mail delivery to new addresses whenever and wherever it can. I am here today to sound the alarm on this “penny-wise but pound-foolish” policy and to urge Congress to put a stop to it."  -

Also from NALC:
Fact sheet: Contracting Out, Collective Bargaining, NALC Contract
Letter sent to each senator and representative

- Commentary: Stop Postal Rate Hikes
- Collins grills PRC chairman on Standard Mail rate decision
- Spend money to mitigate the impact of postal rate increases

Thursday - April 19, 2007
- Postal Supervisors Concerned Over Contracting Out Delivery -
- Chicago Leaders Hope Service Will Improve
- Newburgh mail carrier charged in groping case -
- More Postal Workers To Be Hired In New Mexico
- Beaumont Postal Service Facility in Jeopardy
- Postal Comments at Washington Post - scroll for comments.
- Postal service warns of big, confusing changes ahead
- New postal rules could end small periodicals

Wednesday - April 18, 2007
- A Large Load to Sort in USPS Overhaul  -
- Mother Jones Says USPS BOG Approved Plan Mastered by Time Warner. Also see > Stamp Out the Rate Hikes

- President Young urges Congress to block ‘cancer of contracting out’ before it spreads:  -
- Postal Service Faces New Challenges
- GAO: Postal Reform Law Provides Opportunities to
  Address Postal Challenges
- OPM Director Suggests Retirement Reforms
- Postal Service does not foresee layoffs despite pressures
- USPS Annuity Estimates Now Available Through PostalEASE
- PRC Chairman Testifies Before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia
- Iowa residents not happy with coming postal changes
- 32 comments received on new postal law: PRC’s Blair
- Sen. Collins introduces sealed mail amendment

Tuesday - April 17, 2007
- LETTER CARRIERS PROTEST OUTSOURCING AT POSTAL HQ -
Also see: Carriers Picket USPS Headquarters
- USPS: Official Notices Often Aren't At All
- Professor Wins Prize For Book on Letter Writing

Monday - April 16, 2007
- We MUST Keep Visiting This Issue - PEN
Willie Higgins had to drive five miles to pick up his mail because of a USPS decision to privatize mail delivery. Letter Carriers deliver message: No privatization - A Beaverton postmaster’s decision to contract out mail delivery is producing a major outcry among union letter carriers. The dispute is a local skirmish in a national war of ideology within the United States Postal Service. -

More Postal News
- Former Dallas Carrier Sentenced for Mail Theft -
- Snail mail still crawls in New Orleans
- Slidell Council wants mail sorting to remain operative on North Shore
- Google Teams With PennySaver
- Postal rate increase means high prices in Bush
- Cataloger coalition files motion with PRC for more time

Sunday - April 15, 2007
- OIG Looking for Work -
- US panel to look into mail woes -
- POST PAST -
- Georgia mail mess could soon be resolved

Saturday - April 14, 2007
- Postal workers rally for their jobs
- DA: Mailman Wrongly Collected $85000 In Disability Benefits
- Bloomington, Watertown AMPs Halted; Bronx Study in Limbo
- Rogers Gets Bilingual Post Office
- Please, Mr. Postman
- Post Office takes pride in its service (scroll for story)
- Postal Service to open trailer in Gabriels April 16
- Postal Service warns pet owners about dog bites

Friday - April 13, 2007
- Feds charge 6 in housing scam - three of them postal employees -
- Former postal supervisor convicted after Iraq vet finds guitar in city
- A Stamp of Disapproval for Mail Delivery Contracting -
- Postal Service Awards Contract to Protect Employee Personnel Records: -
- USPS: New Quick Service Guides and New Ratefold
- As people multiply, area divides
- National Fuel unit, USPS strike deal
- Where have my customers gone? Beyond NCOALink
- USPS asks PRC to extend RPN test
- Mail scare empties courthouse

Thursday - April 12, 2007
- USPS HQ to be Picketed by NALC April 16 at 2 p.m.
  NALC Press Release -
- Rep. Davis sees Chicago post office delivering on promise
- The Millionaire in Your Carpool and Postal Buyouts
- Local Post Office Revenues Drop
- New Standards for Periodicals Mailing Services
- Wrong-side mailbox dispute resolved
- Postal pains: Clayton no longer a one-Zip town
- Slidell opposes postal transfer plan
- Forever stamp goes on sale today

Wednesday - April 11, 2007
- Postal reforms pledged - Postmaster adding 200 letter carriers, improved training: -  
- ‘Mystery shopper’ - "stupid upgraded service suggestion requirements": See related stories:  Rude postal clerk | Postmaster responds -
- Postal union leaders protest probe into anthrax attacks
- Paramus, NJ man guilty in $1M postage fraud
- Someone put copies of charges against Mayor Walker in mailboxes
- Incendiary devices found in mailboxes
- Police seek suspects in mailbox bombings
- 'Forever' stamps debut here tomorrow

Tuesday - April 10, 2007
- HCR Contractor Improperly Accepted Workers' Comp Payments -
- Carriers to Picket USPS HQ to Protest Contract Delivery -
- Florida mail workers face stiff penalties -
- "Master Imposter" Sentenced to 303 Years for Forgery -
- Delayed mail distribution blamed on winter storms -
- Cities Lack Postal Stamp of Approval -
- APWU: IT/ASC Workers Ratify 4-Year Contract
- Postal worker killed in vehicle crash
- Letter delivered after 53 years
- Mail viewing service allows users to check post online

Monday - April 9, 2007
- Young Tells Burrus: "Thanks, but no thanks for
  unsolicited advice -
- Second mailman expected to change plea in mail dumping case -
- New Product Aims to Eliminate Wasted Trips to Mailbox -
- PRC sets April 20 for comments on USPS RPN request

Sunday - April 8, 2007
- The new American rebel: low-techies -
- Retiring the rural route - "Frequent Stops - US Mail" -
- Letter Mailed In 1943 Returned To Sender
- Ask people who have cluster boxes how they like this
  form of mail delivery
- Lost art of letters
- New Postal System to Impact Many Businesses

Saturday - April 7, 2007
- NALC: IMPASSE! Going To Arbitration -
- Postal Employee Network Founder Retires
On Monday April 2nd PEN founder Rick Owens - that's me! - retired from USPS after 34.5 years of service. Of those years, the last 32 have been spent as a city letter carrier and the remaining 2.5 as an LSM, letter sorting machine, operator. I will miss my coworkers very much - many of them have worked side by side with me for over 20 years. It already seems strange not having to punch a time clock - I'm certain I will get over that very quickly. Please see > Goodbye Time Clock - Goodbye DOIS - I WILL NOT Be Back in 8 -

- Keys of Post Office Clerk Aboard Titanic to be Auctioned -
- US Postal Service Worker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $400,000 In Money Order
- Why Are We Raising Postage Rates?
  Guest Editorial - Ronald Williams, Jr.
- Postal rate increase to be felt at the checkout line in Bush Alaska

Friday - April 6, 2007
- More USPS Contracting Opportunities
USPS is seeking contractors for the following: Automated Letter Movement System and Terminal Handling Services.

- Mailer despair: The unaccounted mover
- Citizens discuss mail delivery
- Residents miffed over proposed ZIP code change
- Pursuit of post office fails to move ahead in Freedom

Thursday - April 5, 2007
- NALC: Postal Record article on contracting out -
- Former temp carrier pleads guilty to dumping mail -
- APWU: Equal Pay Day Arrives April 24 -
- "Don't worry, my dog won't bite." Local mail carrier bitten
- NYC letter carriers keep eye on elderly
- Fed Ex Package Leads To Arrests In Drug Bust
- Looking for your mail? Try columnist Bob Baird's house

Wednesday - April 4, 2007
- Passport Clerk Charged In ID Thefts Using Passport Info -
- Carrier rescues children - Stops runaway minivan -
- Carrier Foils Suspected Burglary Attempt -
- The Disappearing Tax Break - Mike Causey: Federal News Radio
- Postal prices go up; service goes down
- After 53 years, letter mailed and delivered
- No solution for postal retiree

Tuesday - April 3, 2007
- Postal Service reservists eligible for back pay -
- Rates, reform main topics at NPF
- United regains $400 million Postal Service contract
- USPS asks PRC to extend RPN test

Monday - April 2, 2007
- Postal employee arrested in Kentucky bank robbery -
- Wary mail carriers watching your dog -
- PRC issues procedural schedule for USPS rate reconsideration
- Modern methods could stamp out postal station

Sunday - April 1, 2007
- Postmasters, Managers, Supervisors Under Tremendous Pressure - Read their letter -

- APWU: Employee Free Choice Act Introduced in Senate
- Office mailrooms sent packing
- Postal officials focused on cluster mailboxes, so our stories did, too
- Ochopee: The world's smallest post office

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