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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
April 2011 News
April 30, 2011
Feds bust
Sacramento mail carrier in stolen drugs probe
-
Postal
Service takes blame for not delivering sample
ballots to some Monmouth voters
-
Mail
delivery continues in Alabama after deadly
string of tornados - Also see
USPS Mail
Service Updates -
Rochester
man sentenced for stealing $56000 in fuel from
postal service -
APWU: New
Address for Grievance Appeals
Witnesses, Including Postal
Employee, Chase After, Tackle First National Bank Robbery Suspect
April 29, 2011
Did
Darrell Issa Sabatoge the USPS-APWU agreement
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
USPS makes
changes as audit warns of “flawed” contract data
-
Guffey to
Union Members: Don’t Let Anti-Labor Politicians
Stop You From Voting -
APWU:
Additional
Questions and Answers About the Tentative
Agreement -
The Postal
Service’s $75 Billion CSRS Pension Claim Should
Not Slow Efforts To Fix Critical Short- And
Long-Term Problems -
Postal Journal - Also from Postal Journal see
Rationalizing Postal Costing In The 21st Century
-
Postal
Carrier Robbed in North Wichita
-
PRC:
Postmaster Associations Comment on USPS
Regulation Changes (PDF) -
Receptionist Job at PRC Open - Salary $40,439.00
to $64,701.00 -
Postal
Service Hosts Forum for Workers Affected by
Consolidation
April 28, 2011
2,000
postal management employees take $20,000 buyout
offers -
Incident
At Annapolis Post Office Forces Evacuation
-
U.S.
Postal Service considers closing 4 Montana
offices
Post offices in Cardwell, Crane, Redstone
and Shawmut are being considered for closure in
Montana, part of an effort that may result in
the closure of 2,000 to 3,000 offices
nationally. Al DeSarro, spokesman for the West
Area Region of the U.S. Postal Service, said the
process could take up to nine months to
complete.
-
New United
States Postal Service Proposal Unfair To Staten
Island Residents? -
Chiropractor gets 70 months in prison for fraud
- Most of the patients at the clinic were U.S.
Postal Service employees eligible for federal
workers’ compensation benefits, prosecutors
said. -
Bristol
mail carrier gets probation for stealing
prescription drugs -
U.S.
Postal Service and British Royal Mail Team Up to
Sell Official Royal Wedding Collectibles
-
APWU: MMO
Agreement Reached -
April 27, 2011
Hallmark
launches postage-paid Mother’s Day cards
-
NAPUS Says
USPS Proposed Changes Would Illegally Change The
Definition of Postmaster and Illegally Deny
Statutory Post Office Protections
-
PRC says
"A valid business case exists to consolidate
mail processing operations from the Beckley PO
into the Charleston P&DC"
(PDF) -
Outrage
Over Vandalized Flag At Post Office
-
Valpak
Sponsors NALC’s Stamp Out Hunger; Sends Message
to Americans to Donate Food -
Postal
Service favored Netflix, regulators rule
-
Crime-fighting postal inspector transferred out
of VI
FAST Release 16.0 Scheduled
April 26, 2011
Postal
Service master key lost in Napa
-
United
Parcel Service Volume Down in First Quarter
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Alexandria
mail processing units will transfer to
Shreveport and
Bristol
mail processing operations moving to Johnson
City -
Post
Office merger war on workers
-
Why Taking
Early Retirement Incentives is a Good Idea
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
U.S.
Postal Service : Another Looming Crisis
-
Sellers
Unhappy after Amazon Tweaks Online Postage
Labels
April 25, 2011
Cameras
are going to be used to watch letter carriers
case on one day counts
- PDF -
It's Good
News, Bad News For USPS and Fed Retirees
Dead Tree Ed -
USPS to
lure big brands with postage-back guarantee
-
In Loma Linda, the checkmate is in
the mail -
APWU Honors Those Killed or Injured
on the Job -
April 24, 2011
The Rise
of E-commerce - How does it affect FedEx, USPS,
and UPS? - Courier, Express,
and Postal Observer -
Explosion
destroys Doe Run Post Office
-
April 23, 2011
Burrus
Says New APWU Contract Agreement is Not Fair
BurrusJournal.org -
What
Happens If the APWU Rejects the Contract?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Cutbacks,
automation slow mail delivery in Chicago suburbs
-
Former
NASCAR Driver's Dogs Attack Mail Carrier
-
Davis
Junction postal worker fined for burning ads
-
Flat
Sequence System machines move forward at Carol
Stream Post Office -
May 2
Deadline for Public Comments to Oppose Postal
Service’s Proposed Regulations
- NAPUS
Trial in
postmaster slaying moved to Tyler County
April 22, 2011
Henning
post office reopens 6 months after fatal
shootings -
Link corrected -
Two postal
workers charged -
Postal
Union Brings Back Work, but Divides It
-
Va., W.Va.
lawmakers question postal consolidation
-
Postal
truck strikes, kills Chesco toddler
-
Federal
judge in Birmingham gives 4 women taste of jail,
then probation - one was a
postal employee -
Gov.
Branstad implores Postal Service to curtail its
closures
5 Brutally
Honest Green-Themed Promotions I'd Like To See
Not postal but Dead Tree would like to share
these thoughts with you.
April 21, 2011
PRC Says
USPS Discriminated Against GameFly
-
Burrus: To
APWU Members - It's All About Me
-
Sioux City
Gears Up for Postal Showdown with Public Forum
-
OIG: The
Postal Service Role in the Digital Age
(PDF) -
USPS to
Use Smartphone Potential -
The United
States Postal-Online Ordering-eMailbox-Bank
Service?
Dead Tree Edition -
Post
Office Finds Missing Package Containing Woman's
Ashes
April 20, 2011
Ross' plan
to overhaul civil service
Federal Times -
USPS
Offers New 'Every Door Direct Mail' Service
-
USPS HATCH
ACT PROHIBITION - CERTAIN IMAGES NOT ALLOWED IN
WORKPLACE -
Sen.
Schumer urges Postmaster General to reconsider
Utica Post Office consolidation
-
Zumbox
Announces High Volume Digital Postal Mail API
Program for Large Independent Mailers
-
Taking the
Postal Platform to the Digital World
OIG Blog -
SUV Slams
Into Texas Post Office
Postal
Affairs Blog Milestone
April 19, 2011
The United
States Postal-Online Ordering-eMailbox-Bank
Service?
Dead Tree Edition -
For FERS
Folks: the Money Decision
Federal News Radio -
National
League of Postmasters
Says STOP!
We are still working to stop the proposed
changes to Title 39 CFR. We want to remind
everyone if you have not already done so to
contact all your members of Congress as soon as
possible regarding Title 39 CFR Part 241. This
is just a cloaked plan, by USPS, to close 1000s
of Post Offices. -
Injured PA
Postal Worker Found Unconscious Outside Post
Office -
APWU: Tax Delinquent Bill Aimed at Federal
Workers Passes House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
-
Defense to challenge confession in
postal killings -
April 18, 2011
Burrus
Journal: Justifying Your Decision
I have read the justification/excuses for
electing to support an agreement that transforms
postal employment in a very negative way for
existing and new employees far into the future
and the reasons fail to pass the smell test. -
Massive
Losses for APWU in Tentative Agreement
-
Postal
worker accused of stealing gift cards
-
Tax Day
not what it used to be at Post Office
-
April 17, 2011
The
Washington Post Does Not Understand the Postal
Service
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Chicago
Mail Carrier Robbed At Gunpoint On South Side
-
More on
the Lady Liberty stamp from NY Daily News
- Also see
The post
office’s Statue of Liberty snafu is a huge boost
for Las Vegas - and
The Price
of Printing Bad Stamps -
Threatening To Go Postal, Retired Postal Worker
Arrested -
April 16, 2011
Cops
hunting suspect who attacked 58-year-old postal
worker in Queens - See
video -
Half of
Online Sellers Unfazed by USPS Move to 5-Day
Delivery -
Post
office uses Vegas Liberty statue for stamp by
accident
"We still love the stamp design and would have
selected this photograph anyway," Roy Betts, a
spokesman for the post office said in a
statement. That's good news, since USPS has
already printed three billion of them. -
Man speaks
about postal worker's assault
-
Postal
worker hit by bus in Philadelphia
-
Mail
carrier charged with stealing gift cards out of
the mail -
San
Antonio Mail Worker Charged with Taking Drugs
from Packages -
April 15, 2011
Unfortunate RIBBS Setback
Postal Affairs Blog
PRC Chair:
No Five-Day Postal Delivery Anytime Soon
Five-day mail delivery, if it ever happens, is a
few years down the road, according to the
chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission. -
Mailman
suspended after defecating in public
-
Woman
charged in anthrax hoax
-
Postal
inspectors warn of change-of-address scam
-
APWU:
House Hearing Sets Troubling Precedent
-
USPS to
flaunt mail’s smartphone potential with summer
sale -
Muslim
Woman Admits to Sending Bloody Pig's Foot to
King -
Pawnee
Postal Worker Struck and Killed by Train
April 14, 2011
More
Postal Workers Indicted For Unemployment Fraud
Since March, 14 US Postal Service
employees have been indicted on federal charges
of fraud. Prosecutors say they were collecting
unemployment from South Carolina while working
for the postal service. -
Guffey
Elected Vice President of AFL-CIO
-
Postal IG:
Disability Program Needs Work
Wall Street Journal -
Wheeling
could lose more postal jobs to consolidation,
study examines processing operations
-
Union says
Sioux City mail-sorting center to close
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More Postal News
April 13, 2011
U.S.
Postal employee in Birmingham, 2 vendors charged
in $300,000 kickback scheme
-
Report
says Obama will endorse plan that would cut
feds' benefits
Federal Times - President Obama is
expected to endorse a deficit reduction plan
Wednesday that would take sharp bites out of
federal pay and benefits. -
Allegations of Inaccurate Time and Attendance
Records by USPS -
Ohio
Letter Carrier Indicted -
APWU: Two Postal Service Reform
Bills Introduced in Congress -
New Videos
from APWU Pres. Guffey -
New York
Postal Employee Indicted For Workers Comp Fraud
-
U.S.
Postal Service Consolidates Data Centers, Saves
Energy -
5 USPS
employees face fraud indictments
-
Sioux
City's Mail Processing Center To Move to Sioux
Falls
April 12, 2011
Mobile, AL
police arrest 17-year-old in alleged carjacking
of mail carrier -
Video
-
Key
lawmaker wants to bring pay-for-performance to
feds
Federal Times - The chairman of the House
federal workforce subcommittee is looking to the
U.S. Postal Service for ideas on a new pay
system that could replace the General Schedule
for federal employees. -
Could Radio
Frequency Identification Make the U.S. Postal
Service the Premier Delivery System?
- OIG Blog -
APWU
President:
Clearing
Up Confusion About the Tentative Agreement
- A few provisions of the Tentative Agreement
have been misunderstood by some union members.
APWU President Cliff Guffey sets the record
straight in video messages. -
Also from APWU:
An
Agreement For Our Times -
Burrus
from his journal -
U.S.
Postal Service, Great for Sending Cocaine
-
Accused
Erie postal worker enters special probation
program -
Zumbox will
deliver digital postal mail for New Zealand
-
USPS
estimates $50K in savings with post office
closure
April 11, 2011
USPS:
Small Footprint Flat Sequencing System (FSS
Lite)
USPS is currently conducting market research and
seeking to identify potential sources for a
Phase II of their Flat Sequencing System (FSS)
Program. -
USPS to
Offer Forever Postage for Priority Mail
Flat-Rate Packaging -
Canada
postal worker denied use of radiation detector
for Japanese mail: union official
-
Resident,
postal service satisfied by resolution of
mailbox battle
April 10, 2011
Do We
Really Need New Laws To Get More Postal
Employees To Retire?
- Dead Tree Edition -
Detroit
Postmaster and Mayor meet over shootings, wild
dog attacks -
Woman
Receives Postcard From Greece 46 Years After It
Was Sent -
April 09, 2011
NALC:
Support H.R. 1351: United States Postal
Service’s Pension Obligation Recalculation and
Restoration Act of 2011 -
Also see:
NALC
Legislative update -
Postal
worker charged with passing fake money
-
Postal
employee dad caught between job, caring for
special-needs daughter -
Detroit's postmaster is imploring
Mayor Dave Bing to crack down on dangerous animals and residents because
his mail carriers are dodging vicious dogs and bullets
-
NAPUS Leaders Design Strategy to
Stop USPS’ Illegal Regulatory Changes -
Letter carrier tackles purse
snatcher -
Post
Office wants street-side mailboxes installed
-
April 08, 2011
Commission
Urges Further Study Before Stopping Saturday
Mail Delivery -
Delivering
for America ... six days a week
-
PRC: If
the current continuing resolution expires
at 12:01 a.m. on April 9, 2011 without passage
of an FY 2011 appropriations bill or a further
continuing resolution, the Postal Regulatory
Commission will be required to shut down. -
U.S.
Postal Service RIBBS site infected by malware
Postal Affairs Blog - Also see
USPS
website hit by Blackhole Exploit Kit
-
April 07, 2011
NALC:
Politicizing postal bargaining
This week’s unprecedented congressional hearing
on a negotiated agreement between the U.S.
Postal Service and one of its craft unions shows
just what letter carriers and the rest of the
postal workforce are up against in the 112th
Congress. -
Some APWU
Contract Savings Would Come at Expense of Other
Postal Unions - Dead Tree
Edition -
The Battle
Between Public Unions and the Government Goes
Postal -
Postal
Service Five-Day Delivery Plan Faces Long Odds
in Congress -
Red Bank
Local unanimously voted to reject and vote NO on
the proposed APWU Contract -
Rightsizing the USPS Network
-
Post
office says Ohio consolidation not smooth
-
Forget the
postmaster; lobbying Congress last hope for Post
Office -
Battling
the Elements: Rain or Shine -
Man found
guilty on all counts in post office robbery,
kidnapping trial -
Taxpayer
Alert: The Coming Postal Service Bailout
Fiscal Times -
Retired Postman Falls
Victim to Mail Theft and Bank Fraud
Countdown
to the Food Drive
April 06, 2011
Postal
Governor Miller peddles nonsense at House
hearing -
Thieving
postmaster gets 5 years’ probation
-
Rep.
Stephen Lynch (PDF) has
introduced a new postal bill (H.R. 1351), the
"USPS Pension Obligation Recalculation and
Restoration Act of 2011." Among the key
features, it would: (1) order OPM, in six months
from the date of enactment, to recalculate USPS’
past, present and future CSRS pension obligation
for those employees that served as both federal
workers prior to 1971 and postal employees
post-1971, using an updated methodology. Any
resulting surplus from the recalculation is then
transferred over to the Postal Service Retiree
Health Benefits fund. (2) call for the immediate
repayment of the Postal Service’s FERS surplus
of $6.9Billion, by applying $5.5Billion towards
USPS FY 2011 Retiree Health Benefits Payment,
$1.2B towards USPS upcoming Workers Comp Payment
and the resulting $200 million or so should be
applied to the Postal Service’s existing debt.
Courtesy of
Postcom
-
Issa:
Postal Service-Union Deal Falls Short
-
Collective
bargaining can be win-win
Guffey Opinion at Politico -
Testimony from yesterday's postal oversight
hearing from
Postcom:
Maintenance Craft Questions and Answers On the
Tentative Agreement -
Missed
Opportunity in the USPS Oversight Hearing
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
April 05, 2011
Guffey
Defends Collective Bargaining
-
Bill seeks
multi-billion dollar rebate for US Postal
Service -
LETTER TO
THE EDITOR: Not a Postal Service bailout
DAVID C. WILLIAMS - U.S. Postal
Service inspector general -
More on
the APWU Health Insurance Deal
Dead Tree Edition -
Postal
Workforce Costs Sustainable?
Hearing today -
The Postal
Workforce – Preparing for the Future
OIG Blog -
USPS: A
dead monopoly walking -
Court says
Adventist postmen can't get Saturday off
-
Postal
worker runs red light & crashes
-
Postal
Service labor agreement to save $3.8 billion
over four years
GovExec.com -
Oshkosh
mail processing center closing
Proposal
to move Helena postal services to Great Falls
sparks protest
April 04, 2011
McDavid,
FL Postmaster Pleads Not Guilty
-
The Mail
Is Here! -
April 03, 2011
ARK postal
carrier robbed at gunpoint -
Issa set
to grill postmaster general over finances, union
contract -
Carrier
Named 'Hero Of The Year' Arrested On Drug Charge
-
Turlock
Postal worker arrested on fraud charges
-
April 02, 2011
NALC and
USPS agree to new JARAP
The National Association of Letter Carriers
has entered into a new Joint Alternate Route
Adjustment Process (JARAP) with the United
States Postal Service for 2011. -
OIG: USPS
Overtime Usage (PDF)
The OIG reviewed the Postal Service’s overtime
usage in FY 2010 and found it paid $2.86 billion
in overtime compared to $2.44 billion in FY
2009, representing an increase of 17.2 percent,
or $419.5 million. -
Three are
accused of trying to rob post office in KY
April 01, 2011
APWU:
Management Must Convert PTFs
-
The
National League of Postmasters
president states "The LEAGUE is concerned that
the Postal Service is trying through regulation
to accomplish what it has not been able to
accomplish through legislation." -
OIG
recommends to USPS
(PDF)..."Pursue a delivery unit assistant
initiative to have transitional employees or
part-time flexible employees perform in-office
activities including casing and preparing mail
for carriers." -
Oversight Committee to Scrutinize
Postal Workforce Costs -
OIG says Chicago District Not
Operating At Peak Efficiency (PDF) ..."carriers in the
Chicago District used approximately 16 minutes more per carrier route than
carriers on the average route in the nation." -
Postcom shares
with us: Materials from a press briefing on the Postal Service's proposed
rule on the closure of post offices, stations, and branches.
Background |
Overview |
FAQs
-
USPS proposes streamlining review
process for closing post offices -
Senator McCain's Postal Executive Pay Amendment
Explained
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
OIG Blog: Is Five-Day Delivery in
the Future? -
NAPUS and League Leaders Commit to
Joint Effort to Protect Post Offices
Norfolk police look for suspect in
postal vehicle shooting
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