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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
November 30, 2008
- APWU: Non-Compliance a Persistent Problem
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Christmas Gift to Federal Employees: Surprise, We're Cutting Your Benefits! -
- PRC Approves Service Measurement Systems
- Going for 200000 this year at the Bethlehem Post Office

November 29, 2008
- Does USPS Hide Its Lower Cost Services? -
- Former city mail carrier gets probation in thefts -
- Postmaster's retirement ends small town's mail
- Postal Service stops anti-graffiti painters in Mt. Washington

November 28, 2008
- USPS FY 2009 Cost Containment Strategies -
- US Postal Service is bleeding red ink -
- Claims of mysterious illness investigated

November 27, 2008
- PRC ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT - Form 10K
PEN Ed Note: Make certain to read the section entitled 'Fiscal Year 2008 Executive Officer Compensation' on page 38 of this report. -

- Mail Carrier Confronted by Skunks

November 26, 2008
-
Feds say Detroit mail handler stole phones -
- Will direct mail remain a top channel?
- President's Message - National League of Postmasters
- Contributions wanted for injured Wellfleet-Maywood mail carrier
- Study to determine fate of mail center
- Bastrop, LA post office rumors unfounded
- Economy impacting postal deliveries
- Canada Post misleading Canadians about level of services during strike

November 25, 2008
-
APWU Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Elimination of Tour 2
The APWU has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the Postal Service [PDF], alleging that management failed to bargain over a nationwide plan to consolidate mail processing into two tours. -

- What ails the mail? Businesses cite lateness -
- Bronx Consolidation Plan – Finally – ‘Not Approved’
- B to B Interviews Nanci Langley - vice chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission
- Lesser Charge Filed Against Former Michigan Mail Carrier
- Colfax Postal Carrier Honored for Saving Man's Life
- Cinder blocks thrown through windshields of 5 postal trucks
- APWU: Uniform Allowances Increase

November 24, 2008
- CFO GLEN WALKER PREVIEWS ‘09 IN VIDEO -
- Overview of the Interim Route Adjustment Process
  Letter Carrier Connection  -
- Blue Mailboxes Disappearing
- Married With Kids - shopping for health insurance
- Letter Carriers' Food Drive boon to underprivileged over the holidays

November 23, 2008
- Something Old, Something New for the Postal Community
- Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet
- Postal worker arrested - driving mail truck while intoxicated
- Letter carrier pleads guilty to stealing mail, credit cards
- IRISH POSTAL FRIENDS - Paddy Doran and a few friends have founded a site for their fellow Irish postal employees. Check it out

November 22, 2008
- Federal Workers' Compensation - It's What We Do!
- NALC-USPS Reach New Agreement On Expedited Route Adjustments
New MOUs: M01694 | M01695 -
- Union decries conditions for postal workers -
- Mailman fails to deliver, becomes local hero
- Postal Service Goes After DHL Shipping Business With Campaign -

November 21, 2008
- Unprecedented Route Adjustments Coming Soon! -
- Postal Service faces big deficit and possible layoffs -
- American Express, Meredith Seek Postal Agency Relief
- Take Saturday off -
- Mail Protest
- Woman Killed in Crash While Delivering Mail
- Rural mail carrier's car catches on fire
- US Postal Service cuts hours
- USPS Closing Chattanooga Remote Encoding Center

November 20, 2008
- ‘Stakeholders’ Urge Congress To Give USPS Legislative Relief -
- NEW T-3 DELIVERY VEHICLES GO INTO SERVICE | See PHOTOS -
- If You Die While Still Working for Uncle Sam, What Happens to Your Benefits?
- Former mail carrier pleads guilty to delay, destruction of mail
- Green Gift Idea - Stop Junk Mail With 41pounds.org!
- Removal of 300 mail collection boxes begins
- Uniform and Work Clothes Program Allowances Under the USPS-APWU National Agreement

November 19, 2008
- Postal, Federal Employees Can Now Wear Election Gear -
- The US Postal Service seeks legislative change to Refinance Postal Retiree Health Benefits, not a handout
- Mail carrier accused of smoking crack cocaine in truck -
- USPS Denies Existence of Program to Eliminate Tour 2 -
- Judgment day arrives for 'Mailman Steve'
- OIG Audit Report – Management of Delivery Points – Southeast Area
- Postal worker pleads guilty to Bath card thefts
- US Postal Service To Honor Colfax Mail Carrier Hero

November 18, 2008
- APWU: Labor Department To Implement Onerous FMLA Rule Changes
- Mail Handlers: BMC TASK FORCE ADOPTS ACTION PLAN TO DEAL WITH POSSIBLE SUBCONTRACTING -
- Picketing Postal Employees Oppose Merger
- US Postal Service losing money: what it means for you
- Canada Post Technical Workers Begin Strike Over Sick Days

November 17, 2008
- Postal Service investigates boss's VIP mortgage -
- FEDERAL COURT DIGEST: Mail thief sentenced to prison
- Some post offices trim hours, routes
- Your 2009 Survival Kit - Federal News Radio

November 16, 2008
- Next up for bailout? USPS -
- Labor Department finalizes new family leave rules
Also see AFL-CIO Blog
- Guide To Assist NALC Union Officials, and Carriers, Regarding the Interim Route Adjustment Process -

November 15, 2008
- Tour Compression and Two Tour Initiative
- Registered sex offender faces disorderly conduct for alleged obscene letter to his letter carrier
- Postal Workers Picket In Front Of Federal Building
- Postal Stimulation - NAPUS Newsletter -
- 2 sentenced for $67,000 postal theft

More Postal News
November 14, 2008

- Debt, but No Layoffs, at Postal Service -
- U.S. Postal Service monopoly is outdated -
- USPS Seeks to Realign Its Retiree Health Benefit Obligations -
- DHL Express has announced it’s leaving the U.S. domestic market - USPS is going after their customers -

November 13, 2008
- USPS $2.8 Billion Year-End Loss -
- 40,000 Layoffs at the Postal Service – NOT TRUE
Also see here -
- Should the USPS stop one delivery day? -
- Mail delivery controversy at Mar Vista Gardens continues
- Increased efficiency - Post office alters delivery routes in Burley; Magic Valley to see other changes in January
- Letter carrier fired after mail dumped in the desert
- A Tax-Free TSP Payout? Federal News Radio
- A symbol of Americana may soon vanish from the landscape
- Shipping Services January 18 Pricing Change

November 12, 2008
- Election Results Could Mean Change for the Postal Service -
- What needs a bailout: The post office -
- Lynn, MA postal worker busted for oxycodone
- There's a mail delivery dilemma in Meriden
- USPS Seeks eSourcing Solution
- Postal Service laying off 40000 is "inaccurate"
- APWU Health Plan Takes Lead in Introducing New Hearing Benefit and Cap on Prescription Drug Costs

November 11, 2008
- Nationwide Hundreds of Postal Employees Say They're Ill with What They Call Severe, Mysterious, Respiratory Problems -
- USPS Presentation On the Effects FSS May Have On the Number of Deliveries to a Carrier Route -
- USPS Managers Meet in Chicago
- Happy Birthday, EAP
- The Check Is Less Often In The Mail
- Who Really Needs The Post Office Anymore? Certainly Not Me
- Logistics and transportation: USPS cutting back staff

November 10, 2008
- Deutsche Post Plans US Withdrawal, Cedes Market to UPS, FedEx
- Wearing or Displaying Presidential Candidate Items after the Election - See related story Postal worker sent home for wearing Obama T-shirt - - Endicia Users Among First To Receive U.S. Postal Service Volume Rebates
- Austrian postal service plans drastic layoffs

November 9, 2008
- Keeping our heads in the economic crisis -
- The Earnings Warning Hiding in Your Mailbox
Also see Expect Less Junk in the Mail As Marketers Continue Cutbacks
- Postal worker sent home for wearing Obama T-shirt -

November 8, 2008
- Interim Route Adjustment Process: Field Observation -
- Postal Service Employees Charged With Drug Conspiracy
- Rural Carrier Changes Plea to Insanity
- Contract mail carrier accused of stealing dog
- “bad apple” mail carrier -
- USPS Scraps Western Iowa Consolidation Plan

November 7, 2008
- RIF Competitive Areas for the Postal Service
- NJ mail carrier admits embezzling from local NALC -
- GAO UNVEILS NEW TRANSITION WEB SITE - LISTS TOP “URGENT ISSUES” FOR NEXT PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS
- Suspension of direct mail delivery triggers outrage among Mar Vista Gardens tenants
- One Daily Newspaper Goes Electronic — What About The Rest?
- Prison for Odessa carrier over undelivered mail
- Cousins, mail carrier foil apparent child abduction
- NAPUS: Presidential Elections Have Postal Consequences
- USPS: 2009 Social Security and Medicare Tax Withholding
- Christmas Pay Procedures for Rural Carriers
- USPS: 2008 Open Season and Other Benefits and Payroll Election Opportunities
- USPS Publication 2013, Vision 2013, and Publication 2013-A, Vision 2013 Overview
- Richard Valorose would like for you to check out his new site Buy More Stamps - we love the title!

November 6, 2008
- Burrus Hails Election Results As Signifying ‘The System Has Changed’
Also see Letter Carriers’ Union President Young Applauds Obama Election as President | Victory for Obama is Win for Working Families! -

- APWU: Union Requests Documentation Of Supervisors Performing Bargaining Unit Work in Small Offices -
- INTERIM ALTERNATE ROUTE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS
- Confusion Reigns Over Intelligent Mail Barcodes
- Dogs clash with mail carriers--and it's no joke
- FTC Charges GA Marketers with Operating a Postal Job Scheme
- GIS Gives United States Postal Service a Crime-Fighting Edge

November 5, 2008
- Supervisors and Postmasters Want More Input -
- Rural mail carrier says he will plead guilty -
- W.Va. postal employee pleads guilty to theft
- Teens charged in attack on mail carrier

November 4, 2008
- 'Postal workers must not be made the scapegoat for losing political campaigns'
- Postal worker loses job over illegal disclosure -
- Mail delivery in limbo
-
Key West testing electric vehicles to deliver mail
- Postal Service won't close Sioux City mail center
- Mailing options taking toll on US Postal Service

November 3, 2008
- Arbitrator Orders USPS to Revise Certain FMLA Form Letters
View Award Summary -
- Craft Jurisdiction for Flat Sequencing System (FSS)
- New Jersey Postal Manager Jailed 33 Months for Bribery/Kickback Conspiracy
- Police find 13,000 pieces of missing mail in van
- NAPUS Newsletter - What's At Stake in 2008
- VOTE BY MAIL REACHES RECORD NUMBERS
- Suspicions Confirmed Department?
- P.S. Collections - Jewelry and Gifts from Stamp Designs

November 2, 2008
- 250 USPS HQ EMPLOYEES MAY LOSE THEIR JOB -
- Psychologist convicted of defrauding worker’s comp agency -
- Former Officer-In-Charge of Alaska PO sentenced for assaults
- 13000 pieces of unopened mail to be returned to Bonny Doon residents
-
Letter carrier gets 5 months for stashing mail
- World's Smallest Postal Service

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