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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
May 2011 News
May 31, 2011
Can
Progressives Fix the U.S. Postal Service?
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11 Things You Should Know About The
U.S. Postal Service Before It Goes Bankrupt -
USPS to
reveal ideas on digital mail services this
summer
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Postal strike has less punch as
online world grows
Regarding Canada Post strike - What if they called a postal strike and
nobody noticed? -
Police in Kentucky and Connecticut
are looking for a postal worker after seizing over 56
pounds of marijuana that was being shipped between the two states. -
Post office bigwig defends changing
face of rural life -
Former Elgin Postmaster to Serve 37
Months in Prison For Embezzlement from Postal Service and Tax Fraud
Ordered to Pay $771,666.15 in Restitution to Postal Service and IRS -
May 30, 2011
BUSINESSWEEK BALDERDASH
Perspective by postal commentator Gene Del
Polito -
Sun is
setting on rural post offices
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Financial
crisis strikes Postal Service as mail volume
drops
Sun Sentinel -
May 29, 2011
The Wrong
Way to Sell EDDM
Postal Affairs Blog -
A tough
fiscal lesson, right there in the mail
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A new
trial date has been set for the McDavid, FL
postmaster arrested last
month on attempted sexual battery and false
imprisonment charges. -
May 28, 2011
Why Your
Postman May Be Smarter Than He Looks
Forbes -
Bronx, NY,
workers, community fight to save postal jobs
-
USPS
Checkout Process for Employee Retirements and
Separations - ELM
update 5.19.2011 -
Postal
Worker Faces Robber, Bomb Threat
-
Images:
Behind the Scenes at the USPS Palatine
Processing and Distribution Center
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What’s
New: Every Door Direct Mail-Retail
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NY city to
pay $2 M after inmate's death
(a postal worker) -
Robber
posing as mailman takes $600
USPS Clerk
Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor
May 27, 2011
The US
Postal Service Nears Collapse
Businessweek -
Mail
carrier who defecated in yard gets to keep job
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Court
Allows Federal Manager to be Sued After Firing
Employee
A PEN source tells us..."A recent court decision
has many federal managers and supervisors asking
serious questions about their exposure and
personal liability in civil or 'personal
capacity' lawsuits for work-related matters and
decisions." For legal representation of Postal
Service employees in civil and criminal cases,
see ELM 668 Legal Assistance Provided by the
Postal Service -
Click Here
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Postal
Service Helps Motorists Gear Up for Driving
Season
May 26, 2011
Could USPS
Shut Down July 2012?
-
USPS Banks
on QR Codes in Summer Sale
The Big Fat Marketing Blog -
Even
Tornadoes Won't Stop Mail in Joplin
-
91-year-old Alabama postman Morris Wilkinson
stamps 70 years of service -
2011: The
Beginning of the End/End Of The Beginning?
-
May 25, 2011
Court
Decision May Lead to Hike in Postal Rates
Dead Tree Edition -
Criminal
Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union
Officials
-
The
Washington Times states
"Officials at the U.S. Postal Service proudly
point out that they don’t take a dime of
taxpayer funding, but they do accept billions of
dollars in government loans." -
Appeals
Court Remands USPS Exigent Rate Case Back to PRC
The Court found what they concluded is ambiguous
language and has sent the case back to the PRC -
includes statement by Sen. Collins. -
USPS April
Financials (PDF)
Net loss? $747 Million -
Alaska
Sen. Murkowski: Postal Service move threatens
bypass mail service -
U.S.
Postal Service Voted No.1 for Supplier Diversity
-
May 24, 2011
What next
for postal unions after signing of Postal
Service-APWU contract?
Federal Times -
USPS Says
New APWU Contract Saves $3.8 Billion
-
Feds say
recorded phone calls and surveillance video
are part of the evidence against five people
accused of taking bribes from a Detroit
contractor who repaired Postal Service vehicles.
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Postmasters Complaint Regarding USPS Proposed
Changes In Post Office Closures
(PDF) - Also see
Federal
Times -
20 Percent
Hike In Your Health Premiums?
-
APWU: It’s
Official: APWU, USPS Sign New Contract
-
May 23, 2011
Comparing
Labor Cost Proportions at the USPS, UPS, and
FedEx
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer - PEN Ed:
Workplace Economics prepared a comparison like
this for APWU way back in 2002
click here
to read that report (PDF) -
Treasury
raids your pension - but don't worry, Geithner
says -
“Addressing the U.S. Postal Service’s Financial
Crisis”
PRC Chairman Ruth Goldway (PDF) -
May 22, 2011
Retired
Postal Worker Spit Own Feces At Officer
-
UPDATE:
Busloads of Letter Carriers at Royal Oak Farmers
Market to Protest Budget Cuts
-
Could the
Postal Service Grind to a Halt in FY 2012?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
APWU Guide
to Local Negotiations 2011
KY Rural
Mail Sorting Centers Starting to Close
May 21, 2011
Will FedEx
Be Stiffed by USPS?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
USPS
NEGOTIATES CHANGES IN BURGER KING COMMERCIAL
-
Ex-postal
worker from sentenced for fraudulently claiming
injured worker benefits -
Police say
no charges for postal worker in fatal accident
-
OK postal
worker pleads guilty -
CA postal
worker pleads to grand theft charge
-
Former
Otis area USPS mail carrier sentenced to jail
and 2 years probation
-
May 20, 2011
MAIL
VOLUME CONTINUES TO DECLINE
-
2
Hearings, 2 Weeks, and 1 Message
NAPUS newsletter (PDF) including Budget-Cutters
Focus On Our Pensions -
U.S.
Postal Service Expands to 100,000 Locations
-
How many
federal and postal employees are eligible to
retire?
Washington Post -
Congress
must give Postal Service the flexibility to
survive -
Chicago
letter carrier wins $500 per week for life
-
Oklahoma
Postal Workers Plead Guilty -
USPS lacks
plan for aging delivery truck fleet
Federal Times -
May 19, 2011
The USPS
Needs Fairer Pension Rules, Not a Bailout
Sen. Collins, PMG, and Guffey respond to WSJ
editorial -
Senator
McCaskill expresses concern to Postmaster
General about five-day delivery and post office
closure proposals -
League of
Postmasters Tell Senate Committee That Closing
Post Offices Is Not a Serious Cost Savings
Measure -
“Addressing the U.S. Postal Service’s Financial
Crisis” (PDF)
Testimony of Margaret Cigno, Director, Office of
Accountability and Compliance Postal Regulatory
Commission - "A sizeable portion of the U.S.
population depends on the mail to manage their
lives and stay connected with their government.
A Commerce Department study reports that as of
2009, 31 percent of U.S. households did not have
Internet access at home, and nearly one fourth
of households did not even use the Internet. The
mail remains the one universal service
connecting the American people to commerce,
government, news, and the social institutions
they depend upon." -
Sen. Akaka
Says Congress Does Not Need to Inject Itself In
the Collective Bargaining Process
-
Next up on
the bailout list: The mailman?
CNN -
NALC: Sen.
Carper introduces postal reform bill
-
Mobile
Barcode Promotion Approved by PRC
Postal Affairs Blog -
Neighborhood Mail and the Future of the Postal
Service
OIG Blog -
May 18, 2011
Florida
Rep. Dennis Ross says Just a tip for any USPS
Union Member -
PMG Says
Postal Service Finds Itself in Dire Financial
Straits -
NAPUS
Tells Senate Subcommittee They Are Deeply
Concerned About USPS -
Your Threat Level: Pretty Darn High!
Federal News Radio: The all-important pay and benefits package of federal
and postal workers, and retirees, is under attack as never before. -
Federal News Radio tells us
- The U.S. Postal Service will begin to default on its financial
obligations just over four months from now unless Congress takes action to
relieve it of its obligation to pre-fund retiree health care accounts, its
leader told lawmakers Tuesday. -
Postal Service expects $8.3 billion
loss this year
Federal Times -
REVIEWING WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FOR
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES (PDF) - Statement of Susan M. Carney,
Director of Human Relations at APWU, before the Subcommittee on Workforce
Protections, Committee on Education and The Workforce - reviewing workers'
compensation for federal employees. -
The United States Postal Service’s
Criminal Assault on the Middle Class, and the Illusion of American Justice
-
Post
office's plea: Stop Saturday mail delivery
-
Guffey to
Senate Subcommittee: Legislators Must Apply
Pension Overpayments to Pre-Funding Bill
-
Sen.
Carper Introduces Comprehensive Postal Service
Act
Also see
Mailing
Industry Reacts to Introduction of Senator
Carper’s POST Act -
Postal
Service threatens again to not pay retiree
benefits -
Postal
Service Faces Financial Shortfall Unless
Congress Addresses Mandates -
"I Want My
Mail" - video shown at the National Postal Forum
-
GAO Report
Says Strategy Needed to Address Aging USPS
Delivery Fleet - Also see
Report:
Postal Service needs new trucks, can’t afford
them -
25
Beaumont postal workers to be relocated as
operations move to Houston -
Postal Workers Report Not Receiving
Paychecks
More Than 100 Employees Did Not Get Paid -
Man's best
friend can be a mail carrier's worst enemy
-
Live Pipe
Bomb Found in Forest Hills USPS Mailbox
TransGuardian today paid a claim for a $21,000
USPS Priority Mail parcel
which disappeared in the mailstream. The
precious metal belonged to a shipper based in
New Jersey.
Postal
Workers Receive Paychecks After 'Glitch'
May 17, 2011
OSHA cites
US Postal Service facility in West Palm Beach,
Fla., with 8 safety violations, more than
$164,000 in fines -
Also see:
OSHA
Proposes $93,500 In Fines to USPS for Recurring
Hazards -
Postal
Employee Lottery Winner Is Accused Of Killing
Detroit Landlord -
Thousands
in Checks Stolen from U.S. Mail
-
Senator
Baucus Meets with Postmaster General
Senator Urges Postal Service to Detail a Long
Term Plan for Montana Service -
Yakima
Postal Carrier Donates $1400 Worth of Food to
Food Drive -
THE NEXT BAILOUT? The Post Office
Has Lost Nearly $20 Billion In Four Years -
Arson
suspected at Sioux City's Morningside post
office
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More Postal News
May 16, 2011
Cato Slams
Postal Vision Conference
PEN Ed: so what else is new? -
Processing
Time for Calculating Annuities is Getting Worse:
Is it OPM's Increasing Workload?
-
$50K
Buyout and a Pony? -
May 15, 2011
How the
Postal Service Subsidizes The Wall Street
Journal -- and Why It Should Stop
- Dead Tree Edition -
Help a
postman - write a letter today
-
Editorial:
Chico mail delivery change a good idea
-
May 14, 2011
Detroit
contractor still fixing US postal vehicles
despite bribery accusations
-
The Coming
Postal Bailout
WSJ: Congress wants taxpayers to save mail
worker pensions. -
Postal manager accused in bribe scam
shot in '93 Dearborn rampage -
Postal
Workers File Lawsuit Against Postmaster in
Brownsville
Three postal workers have filed a lawsuit
claiming racial discrimination. -
Postal
Service Uncertainty Hurting Paper Industry
-
Billings
postal worker sentenced for mail theft
-
New Jersey
man charged following robbery at Olyphant post
office
May 13, 2011
FIVE
POSTAL SERVICE SUPERVISORS INDICTED FOR TAKING
BRIBES IN EXCHANGE FOR DIRECTING MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN MAINTENANCE WORK ON POSTAL VEHICLES
TO A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR
-
Burrus
Says The Process is Completed
-
NAPUS:
Request for Rate Retention for EAS Employees Who
Are Changed to a Lower Grade During a RIF Period
is Denied by USPS -
APWU:
Changes to Federal Workers Compensation Laws
Would Negatively Affect Postal Workers
-
Former
mail carrier indicted for 30-counts of mail
theft -
Explosion
that killed Kimball postal worker unsolved after
35 years; $100K reward still stands
May 12, 2011
APWU
Members Ratify Contract
Also read
Washington
Post -
FOIA
Request for Postal Study Details Denied
-
"Where
Have All the Letters Gone? - The Mailing
Industry and Its Future"
- Click on
witnesses name for files -
POSTAL
INSPECTOR AND FORMER LAW FIRM PARALEGAL CHARGED
WITH PERJURY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
-
PRC May
cause Fresh Postal Pain
Also read, from Postcom,
WHY 23
PERCENT RATE INCREASES SHOULDN<T EVEN BE
DISCUSSED (PDF) -
Postal
Workers Challenge Md. Consolidation Plan
-
Man
charged in beating of New Bedford postal
supervisor -
Postal
workers ratify contract with 3.5 percent raise
May 11, 2011
Why Mail
Matters: Macy's
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
-
Postal
Watchdogs Trying to Unleash USPS Innovation
USPS Ends
Second Quarter With a Net Loss of $2.2 Billion
-
Salaries
of top Postal Service executives revealed
Washington Post -
Former
Bridgeton postmaster in federal court for
allegedly stealing $17,000 from U.S. Postal
Service -
Results on
APWU contract vote coming tomorrow
-
Postal
worker slaps person in Walterboro neighborhood,
authorities say -
Amex to
sell gift cards in US Post Office branches
-
ELM
Revision: Employee Relations - Ideas Program
-
POM
Revision: Establishment of City Delivery Service
-
After dog
attacks mailman, post office won't deliver to
neighborhood
May 10, 2011
USPS could
save millions under plan to revamp workers' comp
Federal Times - Under a draft proposal by the
Labor Department, workers' comp benefits would
be cut to 50 percent of monthly pay when the
employee reaches retirement age — defined as
between 65 and 67 — or one year after the
employee begins receiving compensation,
whichever is later, according to the report. -
US Postal
Service digital strategy “not ready for prime
time” -
Bill
Proposes Easier Access to Cluster Mailboxes
-
Postal service cutbacks will slow
deliveries from Eastern Kentucky -
May 09, 2011
Florida
postmaster under federal investigation
-
NALC Food
Drive - Saturday -
Questions
raised about report justifying mail
consolidation in Fayetteville
-
Post
office employees ask Chico for intervention in
office consolidation -
USPS Employee
Engagement for the Future -
May 08, 2011
A New
Slogan for the Postal Service: "Just Say No"
Dead Tree Edition - The Postmaster General
didn’t just tell major customers this week that
the U.S. Postal Service is a business and not a
government agency. He followed up with a move
right out of the corporate playbook – announcing
plans to stiff a major creditor. -
Ford and
Huff - Attorneys at Law (PDF)
National League of Postmasters: "...the Postal
Service's Proposed Rules are in significant
conflict with applicable law." -
Fort Smith
Postal Job Losses May Be Higher
-
Letter
carrier allegedly killed for key
-
Man
attacked mail carrier prior to standoff with
Oshkosh police -
Man of
Letters
Who do the folks in Chapel Hill, N.C., look to
when they want a special delivery? Rudy Tempesta,
the longest-serving mailman in the nation -
May 07, 2011
Ex-postal
worker sentenced for fraudulently claiming
injured worker benefits
-
Slow chase
ends with postal worker's DUI arrest
-
Blocked
from using excess funds to cover costs, USPS can
only watch as default deadline approaches
-
May 06, 2011
USPS:
Honoring Sacrifice -
Top 25 Dog
Attack Rankings
Which cities are most likely to produce the
largest number of dog bites for letter carriers?
-
The Future
of Retail Is Delivery - Sears and K-Mart
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Letters
sent from Dallas to D.C. schools are similar to
others containing harmless white powder,
referring to al-Qaeda
-
APWU
response to Issa Committee questions
-
Two
charged in slaying of mail carrier from Pembroke
Pines, FL -
PMG
Donahoe: Postal Service May Not Prepay Retiree
Health Benefits -
Coy, AR
Post Office robbed -
Unsung
Heroes: Recognizing Our Public Servants
-
May 05, 2011
Google
execs, tech experts focus on future of Postal
Service
Some of the folks responsible for developing and
promoting e-mail, e-commerce and social media
are banding together in an attempt to save the
U.S. Postal Service, the institution arguably
most threatened by the technological
developments of the past few years. Also see:
PostalVision
2020
-
Guffey
Tells Congress That USPS Will Continue as Vital
Public Service But Needs Relief from Pre-Funding
Requirement -
Residents
plead for downtown Danbury post office
-
Sen.
Harkin Opposes Proposal that Would Allow USPS to
More Easily Close Rural Post Offices
-
USPS
strikes back with promise of free tracking on
all parcels -
Deputy
postmaster general: Postal Service must fix
financial issues quickly -
Mail
Missing In Port Orange Angers Residents
PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- It's the case of the
missing mail. Dozens of Port Orange residents
said the bills and gifts they sent have
disappeared. -
May 04, 2011
Ex-postal
worker on trial in string of Chicago rapes
-
Frankie
Sanders: APWU Union Boss Put in Travel Vouchers
for Hotels Closed by Katrina
-
APWU Members Encouraged To
Contribute to Postal Employees’ Relief Fund - Also see
NALC -
Postal Worker Guilty In Tax Refund
Scheme -
Sen. Baucus Calls for Meeting with
Postmaster General -
Postal officials say someone robbed
post office in small Arkansas town
May 03, 2011
Shots
fired into postal vehicle on Fort Mill, SC route
-
GENERAL
USPS RIF NOTICES MAILED -
OIG:
Mystery Shopper Program (PDF)
"...We determined that the integrity and
objectivity of the Mystery Shopper Program was
compromised..." -
Hit with
new charges, Alabama contract driver admits
taking drugs from mail -
What if
USPS Really Listened? -
Sioux City
Congressional Delegation Wants Mail
Consolidation Study Made Public
-
To Grow
Mail Volume: Create Delivery Day Specific
Standard Mail
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Donahoe
wants rethink on USPS permits within a year
-
Stamping
Out Small Business? Rising Shipping Costs Prove
Challenge -
NAPUS
Updates
NAPUS & NLPM File With PRC To Oppose USPS
Regulation Proposals, Two –Thirds of Eligible
Employees Take Postal Service VER and Incentive
Offer, and Storms Hit Southern States (Relief
Available for Active and Retired Postal
Employees.) -
May 02, 2011
Burrus
Contract Analysis -
Hoping For
a Buyout? Hang Tight! -
Mail truck
involved in hit and run -
May 01, 2011
Postal
problems aren't what you think
Fredric Rolando - Athens Banner-Herald -
OPM to
boost initial payments to new retirees
-
Congressman To Review Arkansas Mailing Center
Move -
Smaller
companies embrace USPS sampling
-
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