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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
March 2013 News
March 31, 2013
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Former
disgruntled postal worker who burned letters
finds thousands buried
A postal worker who was once called the laziest
mailman in the world is in trouble again. Also
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Lazy
postal worker burns, buries undelivered mail
Man
Arrested for Firing on Postal Worker with BB Gun
- NBC Bay Area
March 30, 2013
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APWU Wins
Huge Arbitration For Clerks in Small Offices
Not so
good Friday in Freistatt: Post office closed on
two days’ notice - Save the
Post Office
Former
USPS employee indicted for stealing more than
$10,000
USPS
Should Charge More Where It Can, Report Says
- GovExec.com
Postal Worker Struck By Livery Car
Driver in Flushing - DNAinfo.com
More undelivered mail found on
ex-postal worker's property - UPI.com
Postal
Service’s Congressional Fans Are Killing It
- Wall Street Pit
Postal
Contractor Convicted of Stealing Credit Cards
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Feds:
Consider injuries in Ohio postal sentencing
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Postal
Service Mobile App Tracks Packages, Locates
Mailboxes
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Gus Yatron
Postal Facility to lose 162 jobs
March 29, 2013
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Postal
Service to close more than 50 mail-processing
centers - Washington Post
New data
analytics tool gives Postal Service IG head
start on cases - Federal News
Radio
Mail
Handlers: USPS decision to advance 2014 AMP
Sites
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Mail truck
catches fire; postal cargo is saved
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USPS
Compliance Report Calls for More Aggressive
Pricing
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Postal
pain
March 28, 2013
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Google
tiptoes into same-day local delivery service
- CNET News
APWU
Denounces USPS Plans To Accelerate Closure of
Mail Processing Plants
USPS
accelerates closure plans for 55 mail processing
plants - Post & Parcel
Former
Postal Service Employee Indicted For Stealing
Over $10K - CBS Minnesota -
Also see
Former
Mechanicsville Postal Worker Sentenced to Prison
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Postal
woes impacting Norfolk
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Editorial:
Postal officials address cost over customers
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‘Atheist’
shoe company claims U.S. Postal Service is
discriminatory
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Postal
Inspection Service offers $25,000 reward in
Fordham Heights postal worker assault
March 27, 2013
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Liberate
the U.S. Postal Service - The
Denver Post
Authorities Search For Suspect In Alleged Bronx
Postal Worker Attack
Also see
Postal
worker assaulted on E. 183rd Street route
To
opponents of Postal Service plan, deficit not
their problem - News OK
Senator
Sanders Says The Postal Service Must Keep
Saturday Mail
Postal
Service looking for ways to adapt to change
- Daytona Bch News
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Chocolate
postal stamps to boost Belgium’s postal system
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Matternet
Founder Paola Santana Wants To Replace The
Postal System With Drones
March 26, 2013
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Postal
Service Chases Competition, Tracking Packages
and Workers - Labor Notes
Mystery
Shoppers: Measuring the Retail Customer
Experience - USPS OIG
Gov.
Dayton rallies support for preserving Saturday
mail delivery
USPS
Monthly Financial Data for February
2013 (PDF)
As
sequester furloughs loom, federal workers turn
to local union leaders - The
Washington Post
APWU: New
Retirees Participate In Union’s First-Ever
Telephone Town Hall
NALC holds
national ‘USA for 6-Day’ rallies
Postal
Service looking for ways to adapt to change
March 24-25, 2013
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The
Postmaster General May Have Washington's Worst
Job - Businessweek
Postal
Service confusion - Minot
Daily News
Supercomputing, big data: The postal service's
hidden cool factor - FCW
Hallmark Cards
delivers lobbying help to Saturday mail delivery
supporters - The Hill
March 23, 2013
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Congress
Is Strong-Arming The Postal Service Into
Bankruptcy Even Faster -
Think Progress
Lawmakers
Acknowledge Congress Must Pass Sensible Postal
Reform - NAPUS
Congress
Has a Constitutional Duty to Preserve and
Promote the Post Office - The
Nation
Saturday
Mail is Back...And it Will Sink the Postal
Service - U.S. News & World
Report
John
Ratzenberger, Cliff Clavin From 'Cheers': Postal
Service Lacks Common Sense
(VIDEO) - Huffington Post
PMG's
Comments at the National Postal Forum
NPMHU TO
JOIN WITH NALC ON MARCH 24
Cracking
the Federal Shipping Code -
USPS OIG
Postal
workers to rally Sunday in downtown St. Louis
- St. Louis Business Journal - Also see
North
Dakota postal workers will rally Sunday in
opposition to cutting Saturday mail service
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Cape
Girardeau rally planned to protest end of
Saturday mail
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'Delivering for
America' rallies in St. Louis, Kansas City,
Springfield and Cape Girardeau
March 21-22, 2013
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Is the
plan to end Saturday delivery DOA?
- Save the Post Office
Historic
La Jolla Post Office headed for closure & sale
- Save the Post Office
USPS Ranks
Last Among Postal Services Worldwide, Report
Finds - GovExec.com
Federal
ruling: Postal Service can't cut Saturday mail
Congress
to force Postal Service to keep Saturday
delivery - Bangor Daily News
Saturday
mail still in question under Congress’s funding
plan - Washington Post
Congress
Plays Postmaster, Imposes Saturday Delivery
- Fiscal Times
Mail on
fire after Postal Service 18-wheeler crashes
along Florida interstate
G.A.O.
Rejects Post Office’s 5-Day Delivery Claim
- NY Times
Postal
Service puts blame on carriers in traffic ticket
dispute
APWU:
Postal Service Protection Act Gains Co-sponsors
APWU
Fights USPS Abuse of PSEs in Small Offices
March 20, 2013
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Congressman Rahall Meets with West Virginia
Postmasters
Congress
drags its feet on halting Saturday mail delivery
- The Washington Post
Local
Postal Worker: "We need a postmaster who
supports the postal service and not one who is
actively trying to dismantle it"
- SFAppeal
Postal
workers rally to protest changes in mail; urge
Americans to ‘get active, rise up’
- Cumberland Times-News
Sen.
Corker Strongly Disappointed On Congress' Stance
On Postal Service -
Chattanoogan.com
NAPUS’
Message to Congress: ‘Get Out of the Way and Let
Us Serve the Public’
NAPUS:
Congressional Staffers Provide Insight into
Current Postal Reform
Now Obama
targets your FedEx, UPS packages
- World Net Daily
March 19, 2013
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APWU
Withdraws Subcontracting Lawsuit
Also from APWU see:
Updated
APWU Constitution Posted
Postal
Service looks to close five large New York City
Post Offices - Save the Post
Office
Lawmakers
slam Postal Service for silence on five-day
delivery - Washington Post -
Lawmakers scold USPS for not explaining how
ending Saturday delivery would save billions.
Postal
Service reform finds new life on Capitol Hill
- Federal News Radio
Don't
Blame the Internet for the Post Office Blues
- Businessweek
Digital
integration “fundamental” to future of mail,
says USPS chief - Post &
Parcel
McCain
criticizes CR for prohibiting Postal Service
from switching to 5-day service
- The Hill
USPS's
Options: a $14B Annual Loss or a $2B Annual
Profit - DM News
March 18, 2013
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Saturday
Postal Pullback in Limbo
Congress Poised to Continue Six-Day Service
Mandate, but Some Senators Look to Allow for
Leeway - WSJ
Prefunding
care is real postal cost
By Fredric Rolando - The Gazette
US Rep.
Lynch pushes bill to aid US Postal Service
- Boston.com
Congressional Staffers Provide Insight into
Current Postal Reform - NAPUS
March 17, 2013
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First
Person Singular: Gregory Campbell, deputy chief
inspector, U.S. Postal Inspection Service
- Washington Post
March 16, 2013
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Senator
Coburn: Amendment to Bill Requiring 6-Day
Delivery
See Amendment 68: "This amendment would strike
the rider in the bill that requires 6-day mail
delivery, thus allows the Postal Service to
manage their own operation accordingly."
Lawmaker
Proposes Bill to Return FERS Surplus to Postal
Service - GovExec.com
Feds:
Defendant in Postal Killings Planned Escape
- ABC News
Run For
Congress Could Cost Postal Employee His Job
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March 15, 2013
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Pitney
Bowes funds a study to privatize the Postal
Service, could make billions off the plan
- Save the Post Office
The postal
union dilemma: Shrink to survive or corporatize
- The Hill
Will email
kill the postal system? -
Tech Hive
Postal
truck strikes vehicle for developmentally
disabled in Bernardsville -
NJ.com
Ex-postal
unit contractor pleads guilty to cashing checks
- ABQ Journal
Senate
Mulls a Showdown on Saturday Mail Delivery
- NY Times
Post
office backs away from curbside edict
- Norman Transcript
What
Happens to Your Federal Benefits If You Leave
Before Retiring? - FedSmith
Postal
Service Should Consider Larger Role for Private
Sector, Report Says -
GovExec.com
Postal
Service urged to weigh contracting operations
- The Detroit News
March 14, 2013
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Postal
Service Turns to Six-Hour Shifts to Reduce Costs
- Pay & Benefits -
GovExec.com
Are Higher
Postal Rates in Your Future?
- DM News
Fairrington Logistics Introduces VisiMAIL –
Tracking Tool
Carrier
injured in car accident in Waterford, CT
March 13, 2013
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APWU: PSEs
Have Rights When Issued Discipline
Bravery
under fire: New Hampshire supervisor saves man
from burning vehicle
What are
the USPS and CBRE up to? The case of the
historic structure report on the Berkeley Post
Office - Save the Post Office
Washington
Examiner Says Postal unions still peddling
pension funding myth
Sorting
through postal service's routing fiasco
- Bakersfield Californian
Posts
failing to make digital mail work commercially,
says Accenture study - Post &
Parcel
Man
arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot
Eddington post office after flap over package
- Bangor Daily News
March 12, 2013
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Statement
from NRLCA President on Elimination of Six-Day
Delivery (PDF)
Postal
Unions Agitate to Keep Delivering the Mail on
Time and on Saturday - Labor
Notes
Plea
reached in Bay Area postal carrier thefts
- San Jose Mercury News
Manchester
mailman who allowed children to play in truck
pleads guilty on assault charge
Postal
Facility in SW Phila. Holds Anthrax Detection
and Response Drill
Despite
reports that Congress was planning to stop the
Postal Service from ending
Saturday delivery, an aide to Rep. Darrell Issa,
R-Vista, insisted Monday, “The House is not
standing in the way.” SF Chronicle - Also see
Issa says
new USPS delivery schedule can go ahead
- Fierce Government
Postal
union delivers distortions in new ad
- Watchdog.org
Includes NALC commercial video.
A Post
Office for the 21st Century: Universal
High-Speed Broadband - Huff
Post
Charging
for a New Address? - USPS OIG
March 11, 2013
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Postal
Workforce Is Both Shrinking and Growing
- Dead Tree Edition
APWU: Rep.
Lynch Introduces Postal Stabilization Act
OIG
‘Special Agents’ Don’t Have Special Rights
PEN Blog - APWU article
Aunt Mable
and the Postal Service
Postal Service can’t "force its way" onto
private property - Salt Lake Tribune
NAPS 2013
Legislative Agenda
NAPS news via PEN Blog
March 10, 2013
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Senator
Heitkamp questions postmaster general on
proposed changes to mail delivery
- Devils Lake Journal
How Did
the U.S. Postal Service Actually Add 4,500 Jobs
in February? - 24/7 Wall St.
Mailman
allegedly offered foot massage to local woman
- The Trentonian - See
Trenton
Letter Carrier and Hooker videos
March 09, 2013
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Republicans: Postal Service has green light to
end Saturday mail delivery -
The Hill
Updated:
Peters reintroduces bill to save La Jolla post
office; supports pre-funding retiree health
benefits - La Jolla Light
Feds Seek
Death Penalty in Tenn. Postal Shootings
- ABC News
Postal
Services speeds up closures at Pegasus facility
- Bakersfield Californian
Postal
Service's Sundance location appears poised to
shut down - Steamboat Pilot
Preservationists Fight Postal Service Over Sales
- NY Times
POStPlan
Implementation Update - NAPUS
March 08, 2013
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Is
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe Dooming the
USPS?
APWU: OSHA
Cites Maine, Michigan Facilities For Unsafe
Working Conditions
Legacy for
Sale: Historic Post Offices on the Market
- Save the Post Office
Berkeley
Councilman Proposes Email Tax To Fund Postal
Service - CBS San Francisco
Casual
dress is the norm for many postal workers
- kfoxtv.com
House puts
damper on USPS plan for 5-day delivery
- Federal News Radio
Landmark
Arbitration Award Reshapes California PVS
Subcontracting
APWU news via PEN Blog
More Than
One Thousand 6-Hour Postmaster Vacancies Posted
from March 5-20, 2013 - NAPUS
Lawmakers
Propose Lower Cap on USPS Executive Pay
- GovExec.com
Women in
the Postal Service and Philately
- Postal Affairs Blog
March 07, 2013
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Postal
worker dies after being hit by car in Port St.
Lucie, FL
Trenton
Letter Carrier and Hooker - 3 Videos
House
delivers rebuff to Postal Service plan for
ending Saturday mail delivery
- The Federal Times - Also see
Six-Day
Mail Delivery Must Continue, House Says
- NY Times
Milwaukee
Post Office again hiring City Carrier Assistants
- FOX 6 News
Two postal
employees accused of stealing mail
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 06, 2013
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A done
deal in Derby: The Postal Service decides first,
consults later, ignores the law
- Save the Post Office
APWU Wins
Motor Vehicle Subcontracting Case
Case Has Important Implications for All Crafts
NV postal
worker gets 2 years prison for ID theft
- Las Vegas Sun News
Postal
Worker Hit By Van In New Canaan
- The New Canaan Daily Voice
March 05, 2013
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Postal
Service Spends Thousands On Cheesy Video
Invitations - Huff Post
Marylanders support ending Saturday mail, but
racial and regional divisions lurk
- Washington Post
Postal
Service ‘welcome kit’ raises questions; White
House now cites Privacy Act -
Washington Times - PEN Ed: I questioned this
with my postmaster way back in 2006 - I was
basically told to mind my own business.
House
spending bill requires Saturday mail delivery
- The Hill
The new House GOP spending bill directs the U.S.
Postal Service to deliver mail six days a week,
against the wishes of the nation’s postmaster
general.
How the
Postal Service Is Being Gutted
- The Motley Fool
Let’s not
go postal - Vindy.com
Sequestration May Add to the Postal Service’s
Financial Troubles -
GovExec.com
March 04, 2013
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Postal
Service suffers from mismanagement
- Opinion: Marietta Times
Mail Models - How letter carriers
might save your grandma - Washington Monthly
USPS
Parcel Post Changes Could Be Costly for Online
Sellers - eCommerce
Muscle Car
Stamps at Daytona - You Tube
Video
March 03, 2013
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Bailout
BS: Darrell Issa’s Misinformation Campaign about
the Postal Retirement Funds -
Save the Post Office
Saving the
Postal Service - Minot Daily
News
World’s
postal services struggle with lower demand
- The Salt Lake Tribune
March 02, 2013
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Cash-strapped postal service faces economic
fallout from sequester - The
Hill
2006 law
contributed to today's U.S. Postal Service
problems - abc 7 news
Postal
Service faces fight over ending Saturday mail
- Chicago Tribune
Why Are
Environmentally-Conscious Senators Fighting For
Junk Mail? - Forbes
Man dead
after Postal Service tractor trailer crash
March 01, 2013
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Ex-postal
workers stole $3.5M in tax, benefit checks
- Atlanta Journal Constitution
Postal
workers honored for saving life of supervisor
- NJ.com
Orofino
postal service worker indicted on federal
charges - KLEW TV
2013
Postal Facts - intelisent
Postal Affairs Blog
Congressman Daines should vote for bipartisan
Postal Service bill
- Billings
Gazette
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