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- Is mail delivery on the way out?
Editorial: Cincinnati.Com
Facing rising costs, greater competition and lessening demand, the Postal Service may be just months away from historic changes in the way it operates, the Associated Press reported Friday. Mail delivery may be cut to three times a week or once a week, or recipients may have to go to the post office to pick it up - or pay extra for delivery. Also see: Wait a minute, Mr. Postman - don't go | Death of the mailman? | Mail service's future debated -

- NALC: Tentative agreement reached on new contract
The NALC reached tentative agreement today with the USPS on a new five-year National Agreement for all 222,000 city delivery letter carriers throughout the nation. The pact, which includes new limits on contracting out of city letter carrier work along with provisions covering wages, benefits, and working conditions, will be submitted to the NALC membership for rank-and-file ratification. Tentative Agreement Highlights | Postal Service scraps plans for private carriers -

- CONTRACTED DELIVERY ALIVE AND WELL UNDER NEW
NALC CONTRACT - Editorial by Rick Owens
The NALC recently announced that a tentative agreement has been reached with USPS. The NALC site states "The proposed contract includes new limits on contracting out of city letter carrier work in more than 3,000 city delivery installations." It is my personal opinion that carriers nationwide should immediately demand that either the NALC or USPS, or both, provide them with a complete list of these delivery installations BEFORE ratification is considered. More -

- How, or if, you get your mail could change (a lot)
Reader comments
"Maybe we can get rid of the U.S. Postal Service? What do we get in our mail that justifies keeping it?" And from the Northwest Herald ...more comments: "Maybe the Postal Service should cut back on $50,000 salaries, five-week vacations, too many paid holidays, matching retirement contributions, super health care insurance and life insurance plans that double and triple an employee's salary, etc. Also, cut back on the number of less-than-productive employees who function at a reduced capacity, due to alleged 'work-related' injuries." Also see What's the future of snail mail? -

- Groups seek end to USPS monopoly on mailboxes
Federal Times
A group of taxpayer and consumer advocates are calling for an end to the U.S. Postal Service’s monopoly on mailboxes. In response to a Federal Trade Commission request for comment in the May 1 Federal Register, the group questions a rule that bars putting letters or packages in mailboxes without paying a fee to the Postal Service. -

- Letter carrier faked dog bite claim for profit, investigators say: letter carrier was arrested Friday in Freedom, a town near Watsonville, following a month-long investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General into allegations that she tried to extort hundreds of dollars from one of her customers. -

More Postal News
Friday - August 10, 2007
- Former postmaster in trouble with the feds -
- Woman Says USPS Won't Send Package To Officer -
- Wasp woes halt mail
- The 411 on CASS
- Deutsche Post faces ‘bloodbath’ as mail monopoly crawls to end

Thursday - August 9, 2007
- Postal carrier back on job - Receives no back pay
- Who's to blame for missing mail?: District postal manager points finger at city, city councilors -
- Chicago postal service is rebounding
- NALC: Agreement ballots in the mail -
- Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Heat!
- Rate hikes spur transpromo use

Wednesday - August 8, 2007
- BMC supervisor sentenced for stealing
- USPS destroys millions of letters to try to stop scams?
- NALC: Retirees Will Receive Retroactive Pay -
- Kildee vows to fight plan to transfer postal jobs
- Mailers’ Technical Advisory Committee - focus on measurement
- Postal security: Detecting bio-chemical hazards and weapons
- APWU: Online Registration Now Available for All-Craft Conference
- Residents oppose construction of 15-acre mail processing plant
- Dyker Heights Carrier Aids Elderly Ladies - NY
- Postal Service tests reaction
- Many factors could delay mail delivery
- USPS sued for misuse of data - Revisited by DM News
- Postal service extends Relm Wireless contract

Tuesday - August 7, 2007
- Kenner, LA letter carrier facing charges -
- Dog bite leads to 4-hour surgery for mail carrier -
- Former postmaster admits drug offense
- Authorities seek mail box bombers
- Mail jobs may leave Flint, MI site
- Postal Service frustrates

Monday - August 6, 2007
- USPS: "too dangerous" to deliver mail in Sahuarita, AZ -
- PRC, Senate postal subcommittee discuss service standards
- The Upside of Double-Dipping - Mike Causey: Fed. News Radio
Does it pay to work after retirement?

Sunday - August 5, 2007
- Letter carriers thank returning vets
- BEING CHALLENGED WITH DOIS PROJECTIONS
Denny Belden - Editor The Belden Factor -
- Newspaper Says New USPS Rules Delays Delivery of Their Paper
- 'Pops' Earns Special Delivery

Saturday - August 4, 2007
- NALC's Young: "I wanted to update you on what is happening on Capitol Hill regarding contracting out" -
- Accused Mailman Shooter Worked at City of Omaha Pool - Will Be Charged as an Adult
- Former Postal Employee Says He Is the Kissing Sailor
- Judge spares dog that bit Calgary letter carrier

Friday - August 3, 2007
- NALC: Contract accord features wage hikes, job protection -
- USPS looks to union to help curb costs and avoid contracting -
- APWU: Postal Regulator Tells Congress of Failures in Consolidation Planning
- Lawsuit over personal data brings out postal workers -
- APWU: Union Members to Question Presidential Candidates -
- Ex-postal worker gets 8-day sentence in theft
- Controversial Wyandanch post office weighed in DC
- Postal changes impact 50 percent of Arlington deliveries
- Postal service considering options for mail delivery in Waco
- Postal regulation reform may need a second look

Thursday - August 2, 2007
- Postmaster accused of discarding mail
- Ex-postal worker on probation
- Norwich residents upset post office telling them to
move mailboxes
- 17.5% of Standard Mail Color-Coded Incorrectly in Mobile, AL
- Teen arrested in letter carrier shooting -
- Fire In Postal Service Truck Destroys Mail
- Service standards workgroup to make recommendations to USPS
- Catalogers turn to postcards

Wednesday - August 1, 2007
- Ex-postmaster pleads guilty to federal charge -
- USPS is Requesting a Decision by PRC Regarding Permanent Premium Forwarding Service - PRC.gov -
- LETTER CARRIER ATTACKED BY PIT BULL
- Service Standards at the Postal Service: Are Customers Getting
What They Paid For? -
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- UPS to Offer Benefits to Same-Sex Couples
- Eagan / Postal facility remains on track

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