POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
NOVEMBER 2009
November 30, 2009
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Police:
Drunken Mail Carrier Arrested -
PEN Ed: Not a postal employee
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Postal
Service future gets input from First Coast
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Credit Card
Solicitations on the Decline, USPS Hurting
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Postal
Service asks for return of equipment in Western
NY
November 29, 2009
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The shrinking
post office -
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Stamp of
disapproval: Postal Service considers moving
Marysville sort to Sacramento
- Also see
Mail center closure foes
seek separate study
November 28, 2009
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Postal
employees retire after more than 30 years
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Holidays get
busy for the Postal Service
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Norman hotel
delivers home feel for public, postal workers
November 27, 2009
- Blizzard of catalogs stuff
Americans' mailboxes: Merry mail or holiday
headache? -
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Residents
Speak Out Against Post Office Closures
November 26, 2009
- Curious
to see who made the White House State Dinner?
Who Made the Exclusive Guest List? -
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Everything
You Need To Know About Full-Service Intelligent
Mail Discounts -
Also see
Postal Affairs Blog -
Black Monday? -
November 25, 2009
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To reduce
costs: Postal Service focuses on internal
management of mail transport equipment
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Holiday
Packages: Who Ships Fastest, Cheapest?
Hint: It isn't UPS or FedEx -
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Postmaster
has Hatch Act problems? -
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SF postal
worker who died on route ID’d
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USPS launches
PO Box growth initiative
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Former postal
employee sentenced for destroying mail
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Police:
Census worker staged death to conceal suicide
November 24, 2009
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Letter
carrier collapses, dies delivering mail
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Northampton
postal workers protest service cutbacks
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Minneapolis
to send mail to virtual mailboxes
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Postmaster
pays price of doubting
November 23, 2009
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Russia's
postal service to cut 33,000 managerial jobs in
2010 -
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Postal
Service Trims List of Targeted Stations
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USPS
redesigns to aid Mac users
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Package
Delivered to Wrong Address Leads to Scam Arrest
November 22, 2009
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Hooah Mail!
Postal service to speed up for soldiers in
Afghanistan -
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FL Letter
carrier arrested for mail theft
November 21, 2009
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Illinois man
gets four months for restraining postal worker
with ax handle -
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Postal
Service backs down on SF closures
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Danville mail
truck shooter indicted
November 20, 2009
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Postal
Service calls for cuts of 40 Kalamazoo area
jobs, $2.5 million -
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Blizzard of
catalogs stuff America's mailboxes: Merry mail
or holiday headache? -
- Pay Raises
Set for Nov. 21
- APWU and NPMHU 1.2%
- NALC 1.9% and NRLCA 1.5%
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Leaking
package sparks request of mailing public
November 19, 2009
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South Bend
man charged with threatening postal carrier
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Postal work
is no walk in the park -
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The
nitty-gritty of Open Season options
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London, KY
mail sorting could move to Lexington
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Former
Alabama Carrier Under Investigation for Mail
Theft
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USPS'
possible-closings list about to get shorter
November 18, 2009
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Mayor of
North Pole, Alaska says The Grinch (USPS) has
stolen Christmas -
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Feds charge
Danville mail truck shooter -
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NEW USPS HR
WEBSITE LAUNCHES TODAY (Note: You
still must access the HR site from a USPS
computer)
November 17, 2009
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Carrier found
drunk inside Marion home -
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APWU
Picketing C-Ville -
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'Save Our
Service': Postal workers fight for their jobs
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Accounting
change boosts USPS bottom line -
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Williamsburg
Post Office Is Pissing People Off
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2 South
Jersey post offices begin sales of greeting
cards -
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APWU: Arbitrator Rules Maximization
Provision Only Applies to Work Hours of PTFs -
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Gillibrand, Tonko want
reprieve for condemned post offices
November 16, 2009
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Too Many
Holidays? -
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Mail center
employees rally against job losses -
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One-stop
shopping -
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OIG: Betting on the Postal Service?
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Yuma mail
carrier has unique bond with rural folk
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Former postal
worker sentenced
November 15, 2009
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Mom of 'proud
soldier' dissatisfied with postal service
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USPS, UPS, FedEx Express and the RLA -
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Summer Sale
Boosted Catalog Mailings, Paper Exec Says
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South side
woman protests closure of post office
November 14, 2009
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Do not be
fooled (Ed: Good article) -
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Mobile post
office will not return to Jersey City
November 13, 2009
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Charges
against Richmond, Va. Postal Workers Official
Indefinitely Dropped -
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New
developments about mail carrier and man accused
of assaulting her
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Man killed by
VP's Secret Service vehicles -
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West Sunbury
woman pleads guilty to Postal Service theft
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Netflix
Spends $600 million on postage yearly
November 12, 2009
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Paducah
postal worker gets 22 years probation on theft
charge -
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PRC
Investigation of Suspended Post Offices
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Mishawaka, IN
man arrested after assaulting mail carrier
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Healthcare
Reform End Game
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UPS to raise
2010 shipping rates
November 11, 2009
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Officials of
Arkansas Postal Workers Local Indicted for Fraud
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Fort Payne,
AL postman accused of mail theft
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US Attorney -
Dozen Defendants (including a postal employee)
Arrested For Passport Fraud -
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Police: Teens
shot paint balls at letter carrier -
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Small-Parcel
Shippers to Get USPS Rate Breaks
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Carrier was
the Right person in the Right place at the Right
time
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Gracious
Montgomery, AL clerk teaches lesson
November 10, 2009
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Missing mail
prompts investigation of former postal employee
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Postal
Service announces mix of price cuts, increases
for 2010
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Mail carrier
delivers help to veterans
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AL’S BACK
November 09, 2009
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OIG:
Disappearing Collection Boxes
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So, Who Drew
the Short Straw?
Do the new benefits approved for FERS employees
give them a better deal than their older
colleagues under the CSRS retirement plan?
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asked readers
and he got an earful. -
November 08, 2009
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Company
responds to closure fears -
November 07, 2009
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35 Excessing
Notices Go Out to Elmira Postal Workers (VIDEO)
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Postman in
fair condition after collision
November 06, 2009
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CSRS vs.
FERS: Somebody's Got it Made! -
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Andrews: USPS
must explain Logan Twp. closing
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Family of
murdered Alabama mail truck driver searches for
answers
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Post Office
stops mobile service in Jersey City
November 05, 2009
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Annual/Sick
Leave Into TSP Dollars? -
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Mail carrier
found slumped in Boynton Beach stamped with DUI
charge -
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FERS Sick Leave Cure: Rumor vs.
Reality -
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Child Support Company Sued By U.S.
Postal Service -
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Albany, NY Postal Customers Speak
Out -
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How to avoid drowning in Open
Season's flood of choices -
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Caught Like a Burglar With the Goods
in Hand -
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Eight Challenges for a Postal
Business Model -
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More than Stamps: Adapting the
Postal Service to a Changing World -
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2010 Shipping
Services Prices (PDF 2.06 mb)
Effective January 4, 2010 | Also see
U. S. Postal
Service Announces 2010 Shipping Prices
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New Service
Targets the Cost and Customer Service Impact of
Undeliverable Shipments
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GAO: Postal Financial Challenges
Continue, with Relatively Limited Results from Recent Revenue-Generation
Efforts
November 04, 2009
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Who could
replace Potter? -
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Summary of
USPS HQ/Management Associations consultative
meeting on October 28 -
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Mail Truck
Rollover Kills Driver
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IRS Employee
Pleads Guilty to Stealing Mail
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Are 19 L.A.
communities losing their U.S. Post Offices?
November 03, 2009
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Family
battles post office over shredded death
certificate -
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Former Postal
Employee Sentenced For Stealing From Mail
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Postal
carrier charged with littering after dumping
mail -
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Pitney Bowes Asks - What’s next for
the USPS? -
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Dear Mr. Postmaster General, you’ve
started a trend… but… -
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Preference-Eligible Employees Should
Look to the CBA
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USPS to
release Intelligent Mail additions this month
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Wrong to
close efficient postal center
November 02, 2009
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Postmaster
faces man with gun at Post Office
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Family:
Post office job pressures led to threats
PEN Ed: I once worked for this PM when he was in
our city. He was the first supervisor in my
career that
issued discipline for what he called 'extending
time
for personal gain.' -
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Monday
Morning Federal Newscast -
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Are There Other Viable Alternatives
for 6-Day Delivery Operations? -
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The Challenge: Postal Wages and
Discounts -
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Pricing Volume Mail -
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Dead letter - The world's ailing
postal services -
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In Rain, in Snow, but Not on
Saturdays?
Although your mailbox may be overflowing with catalogs and a few holiday
cards may have started to appear, the United States Postal Service is in
crisis. For fiscal year 2009, the Postal Service reported a net loss of
$3.8 billion, despite more than $6 billion in cost cuts. Meanwhile, total
mail volume fell by nearly 26 billion pieces, or 13 percent. -
APWU: Postal Projections for 2010
Spark Predictable - and Misplaced - Alarm
The Postal Service’s Integrated Financial Plan for Fiscal Year 2010
projects losses of $7.8 billion, and major mailers and USPS executives -
along with some members of Congress - have pointed to this grim forecast
as evidence that the Postal Service needs a major overhaul in order to
avoid collapse. -
USPS wants to cut Saturday
deliveries - is this a good business idea?
Smart Planet -
Berkeley Postmaster: Employee's tie
part of uniform - Also see (from a city carrier)
Mandating ties knot so bright -
Irvington, NJ postal carrier charged
with stealing gift cards to buy Thanksgiving dinner provisions
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Postal workers awarded $75 million
Already facing billions of dollars in losses, the United States Postal
Service was ordered earlier this year to pay $75 million in lost overtime
to nearly 1,500 Pittsburgh-area union employees. -
Aircargo says "USPS cuts hours worth
65,000 jobs" -
$50,000 reward for help capturing
N.J. post office robbers -
Postal Service Says Injuries and
Illnesses Declined in FY 2009 -
Dunkin’ Donuts Makes A Special
Delivery: Free Coffee To All United States Postal Service Letter Carriers
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Former Rural Carrier Accused of
Workers Compensation Fraud -
Mail carriers protest postmaster's
tactics
Saying they feared “workplace violence” brought on by an oppressive
management style, about 20 letter carriers picketed outside the Chappaqua
post office Monday afternoon. -
Post office fires woman diagnosed
with leukemia
A North Smithfield woman who was diagnosed with leukemia said the post
office intends to fire her because she used too much sick time. -
Ex-supervisor sues Postal Service
over firing
A former Spokane postal supervisor is suing the U.S. Postal Service,
saying it wrongly fired him after he refused to accept a late delivery of
Netflix DVDs back in 2007. -
USPS Announces Short-term Supervisor
Selection and Placement Process
The National League of Postmasters state "For quite some time now, the
Management Associations have challenged Postal Headquarters on the
significant number of supervisor vacancies and we are, therefore,
gratified that something is finally being done about it."
Read the Selection and Placement
Memo -
Financial Plan for 2010 Retains
Six-Day Delivery
“The 2010 plan, which estimates a revenue decline of $2.2 billion, a net
loss of $7.8 billion, cost reductions of more than $3.5 billion and a
reduction in mail volume of 11 billion pieces for the year, is based on
the assumption that there will be no change in the number of delivery days
per week, and no change in the current retiree health benefits payment
schedule.” NALC Bulletin -
The Postage Discount No Mailer Wants
Dead Tree Edition -
Ex-postal worker gets 46 months in
gasoline scam
Philadelphia Inquirer -
Senator: USPS to resume North Pole
Santa letters
Washington Post -
Rep. Ros-Lehtinen intervenes in
postal staffing
Florida Keys -
Mail Volumes Have Declined Faster
Than The Postal Workforce, But That Might Change
Dead Tree Edition -
UPS vs. FedEx vs. USPS. Which is
best?
Practical eCommerce -
Can the Postal Service be Saved?
CBS News -
Postal Service to block 'Dear Santa'
letters to North Pole, Alaska - Also
see
Congressional delegation to take on Postal Service
over North Pole
The U.S. Postal Service, citing security and privacy concerns of children,
will no longer forward "Dear Santa" letters to the Alaska town of North
Pole, putting in jeopardy the town's 55-year-old volunteer
letter-answering effort by the town. -
Also see:
AK volunteers strive to save Santa
letter service
Canada Post (contract) Letter Carrier
Drops and Loses Mail (YouTube video) -
Do you feel Members of Congress
should be forced to enroll themselves in the health care plan they vote
for?
Congressman John Fleming - "In response to the almost 2 million Americans
that have contacted my office in support of House Resolution 615, I have
introduced an Amendment to the Pelosi health care bill that will
automatically enroll all Members of Congress and all Senators in the
public option." PEN Ed: If site is too busy with traffic try again later.
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The End of Mail? (Just Kidding)
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Carrier charged with fraudulently
obtaining disability pay in excess of $400,000 -
Police: Mail Carrier Found Drunk,
Eating Leftovers
More on hungry drunk carrier -
USPS To End Saturday Service?
The Atlantic Monthly -
Those Who Tell Workers to Sacrifice
Fail to Understand Postal Realities
APWU -
Postal Service Ends 2009 with $3.8
Billion Loss
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) today filed its 2009 fiscal year-end
financial results, showing a net loss of $3.8 billion for the year —
despite cost-cutting efforts resulting in $6 billion in cost savings and a
$4 billion reduction in required payments for retiree health benefits.-
Fact & Fiction: The US Postal
Service
APWU Web News Article -
Postal service, union officials
disagree on delivery dates
Rocky Mount, NC mail carriers are being misinformed by their supervisors
that the post office is trimming a day from weekly delivery starting next
October, the head of the local postal worker’s union said. Postal
officials deny the allegation. -
NYU prof: It's no longer 'going
postal,' it's 'going Muslim' -
Potter insists on five-day delivery
as part of Postal Service reform
John Potter, postmaster general and CEO of the US Postal Service, used the
open session of the November 13 USPS Board of Governors meeting to press
again for structural reform of the agency, insisting that real reform must
reduce the number of delivery days from six to five per week. -
Postal Customer Satisfaction Score
Reaches Four-Year High -
US Post Office doesn’t keep track of
DUI records of it’s drivers? Umm… (see video) -
Postal Service Price List Effective
January 4, 2010 -
Massa rips U.S. postmaster general,
requests face-to-face meeting -
Supreme Court reviewing former
postal employee's case
“When your supervisor grabs you and tells you he’s going to blow your
brains out and you get fired, we know that in America that isn’t right,” -
Connolly seeks answers on
long-term-care premiums, is skeptical about cuts in mail delivery -
How Does Labor Law Matter for the
USPS? -
How Would You Make Over the U.S.
Postal Service?
With bankruptcy looming, the U.S. post office needs a major fix. Inc.
asked Inc. 500 CEOs how they would approach the problem. -
Congressman Hodes Wants Pay Plan For
Cheated NH Postal Workers -
Also see:
Somersworth postal union head claims
time sheets were altered -
OIG Audit (revisited): Use of COR
For Route Adjustments
While the Postal Service completed 15,634 routes using the COR system
(Carrier Optimal Routing), it did not complete an additional 39,237 routes
in the 32 districts reviewed.2 We also found that in the majority of cases
it did not track reductions in vehicle mileage changes due to COR system
route adjustments. -
Driving the Customer Away
The Postal Service has many problems not of its own making. What it
doesn't need are postal employees creating new ones that could drive its
largest customers away. -
Job Cuts or Wage Cuts
Alan Robinson, President of Direct Communications Group, says "...given
the difficulty of selling eliminating long-standing contract provisions to
their members, postal unions and the Postal Service are likely heading
toward an arbitrated contract agreement where an arbitrator will be asked
to make the choice between jobs and compensation." -
150 plants and 400,000 employees
On November 5th, former Deputy Postmaster General Michael Caughlin
suggested that the Postal Service in order to survive must have a much
smaller footprint with possibly 150 plants and 400,000 employees. He made
his remark in response to a question of Representative Danny Davis at the
hearing of the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of
Columbia Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform. -
Postal Subcommittee Trolls for Data
on New Postal Products
NAPUS Newsletter -
Union President Criticizes USPS For
Lack of Diversity in Executive Staff
“It is inexcusable that women and people of color have been relegated to
such a small role in the managerial structure..."
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View USPS Official Organizational Chart
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View Burrus Letter -
PRC Goldway Wary of Service Cuts
Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway has called for a
review of the U.S. Postal Service’s liability and payment schedule to fund
its Retiree Health Benefit Fund (RHBF), according to testimony before a
House Subcommittee. -
At hearing on future of Postal
Service, no dearth of despondency
Washington Post Federal Diary: The sky outside the Rayburn House Office
Building was bright Thursday morning, but it was all gloom and doom in
Room 2154. PEN Ed:
Watch This Hearing -
Read Testimony -
Placement of Non-Bargaining
Employees In An Off-Duty Status
Doug Tulino: VP, Labor Relations -
Postal Service: Rumors of death
exaggerated
JOSEPH BRECKENRIDGE, USPS Communications, Alabama and North Florida: "The
world is changing, but the Postal Service is not going away. Count on it."
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Postal Service eyes options beyond
layoffs and buyouts
Government Executive -
Feds weigh impact of new FERS sick
leave benefit
Federal Times -
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