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November 2015 News
November 30, 2015
Video: 2 Seriously Injured After USPS Truck Lands on SUV in Maryland - PEN
Video: USPS Truck Driver Killed in Crash in Fort Worth - PEN
Video: Amazon shows off new prototype delivery drone - PEN
Online Sellers Protest Changes to USPS Mobile App - eCommerce Bytes
IG Taps Valbridge To Bring Transparency to USPS' Real Estate Portfolio - ALM Globe St
November 29, 2015
Postal Service bumps up collection times at hundreds of points across Kansas - Capital-Journal Online
Royal Mail postmen to get mini cameras to prove they HAVE delivered in case of a dispute with the customer - Here's a picture of your parcel... hidden behind the rubbish bin - Daily Mail
November 28, 2015
Video: Florida Carriers Getting Extra Security During Holiday Season - PEN
Video: USPS to deliver mail 7 days a week during holiday rush - PEN
Postal workers put down razors to support former colleague - The Republic
USPS investigating how seven pounds of weed was delivered to family’s new Arlington home - Dallas Morning News
Postal worker charged with stealing $3,500 - PENN Live
Man accused of sending threatening letters to U.S. presidential candidates - Miami Herald
November 27, 2015
No arrest 2 years after Rock Hill native postman killed outside DC - The Herald
Photographing the post offices of Michigan's Upper Peninsula - Save the Post Office
Video: MA USPS clerk admits to stealing about $10K in gift cards, cash - PEN
November 26, 2015
Tennessee postal employee arrested while shooting up heroin - WRCB TV
Texas postal worker struck in head by metal object thrown at vehicle in Ropesville - KCBD TV
Accused Muslim-hating Postal Service worker denies threatening, spitting at woman wearing hajib in Brooklyn - NY Daily News - Related: I’m Frightened’: After Attacks in Paris, New York Muslims Cope With a Backlash - NY Times
November 25, 2015
Thefts From U.S. Postal Service Vans Prompts Community Alert In Chicago - CBS Chicago
Video: Thieves Break Into Coloma Post Office Before Holiday Rush - PEN
Cops arrest post office worker for anti-Muslim attack on hijab-wearing Brooklyn mom - “I’m not crazy, I work in the post office,” Dainton Coley, 33, told his victim after he threatened to burn the Muslim woman’s mosque down during the Friday evening hate crime, police sources said. - NY Daily News
November 24, 2015
Postal Service Letters FROM Santa Program - Santa’s Personalized Response to Your Child’s Letter - PEN
Video: Take a Picture with Charlie Brown Characters - PEN
Postal Worker Arrested In Alleged Hate Crime Against Muslim Women In Brooklyn - CBS New York Update
The Post Office Ain’t Broken. It’s in Profit, So Why Fix It? - Rolando via Newsweek
Former postal employee arrested in alleged investment scam - Investigators say Lawyer Stanley Jr. solicited co-workers, residents on mail route in bogus operation.
Michigan postal worker pocketed cash, avoids jail - Detroit Free Press
Video: Albuquerque mailman shot at while on the job - PEN
Video: Man Believed To Be Postal Worker Wanted In Alleged Hate Crime On Muslim Women In Brooklyn - PEN
APWU: Holiday Clerk Assistants, PSEs - Peak Season Exception Period
North Dakota postal worker pleads guilty to stealing money - WDAY
Few Postal Jobs Will Be Cut in 2016 - Dead Tree Edition
November 23, 2015
Video: Bixby, OK residents report irregular mail delivery - PEN
Video: Porch Pirating – Online Shoppers Beware - PEN
Who do you trust with your money: The post office or Walmart? - Fusion
Post Office Continues Sinking as the Band Plays On - Newsweek
USPS LLV rolls onto side after drivers side front tire comes off - WFMZ TV
Poll: 1 In 5 Americans Trusts The Government - 80% Are Positive About USPS - NPR
Post Office Delivers Cute Letter With Drawn-On Stamp - abc13.com
Ordinary Americans can show Congress how to save the U.S. Postal Service - Washington Post
November 22, 2015
Video: Gyrocopter pilot admits he fears prison time but plans to keep working - PEN
Fargo postal worker tackles man accused of stealing package - WDAY
Ketchum, ID council looking at home mail delivery - Idaho Mountain Express
November 21, 2015
Video: Colorado Neighbors On Alert After Woman Caught On Camera Breaking Into Mailbox - PEN
Video: Gyrocopter pilot who landed at the Capitol pleads guilty - PEN
Woman who went to deliver 9-pound package of crystal meth is Akron postal worker - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Idaho Postmaster Relief Sentenced for Stealing from Post Office - Twin Falls Times-News
Residents Of Ohio Housing Development Fuming Over Postal Plans To Remove Mailboxes - ABC 22
Video: Mail Stolen From Burlingame, CA Postal Facility - PEN
On Sundays, the Amazon mail must go through - Press Enterprise
Don’t privatize postal service - Daily Journal
A U.S. postal worker in Branson is accused of falsifying several magazine orders for a fellow employee to get back at her for rebuffing his sexual advances - Branson Tri-Lake News
Michigan bicyclist seriously injured in collision with U.S. Postal Service vehicle - MLive
November 20, 2015
PMG delivers Thanksgiving message to employees - PEN
NAPUS: Part-Time Postmasters Pay Increased To $15.63 Per Hour - PEN
Video: Heart of the Holidays - USPS ready to serve businesses, video shows - PEN
Video: Package Pickup Locations Offer Safe Alternative To Doorstep Delivery - PEN
Video: Turn your post office into a bank? Idea is on the table - PEN
APWU: Tell the Postmaster General: Make Postal Banking a Reality Now - PEN
Video: Suspect In Custody For Northeast Philly Post Office Robbery - PEN
Nearly 900 absentee ballots in Summit County thrown out for lack of postmark - Ohio.com
How to lose $5 billion - The United States Postal Service has more troubles than long queues - The Economist Newspaper
Mail Delivery Danger Zones - Springfield, MO - Ozarks First
Long Beach Man Arrested for Altering Purchased Money Orders, Depositing for Larger Amount - Long Island
Pottstown Police announce conviction in mail carrier assault - The Mercury
November 19, 2015
Video: How a new scam threatens to steal your identity - PEN
Post office relocated to 259 Nassau amid debate - The Daily Princetonian
Michigan mail carrier hospitalized after Postal Service truck, car collide in Bay County
U.S. Postal Service’s DRIVE 25 – Improve Customer Experience - OIG
USPS is Hiring Career Clerks Off-the-Street
Leader Of Meth For Mail Ring, "Superman", Sentenced To 14 Years - PEN
Video: Man Hit by Mail Truck Tuesday Morning in Peoria, IL - PEN
Video: Vandals target local Vegas mailboxes - PEN
Anchorage mail carrier stole drugs from mail - Alaska Dispatch News
Video: Think security for receiving and delivering packages for this holiday season - PEN
No Mail Delivery in Much of Eastern Washington Wednesday - NBC
eBay scammer steals identity of OIG agent investigating him - The Register
Woman killed after crashing into Postal Service truck in Elizabethtown, KY - Wave 3
November 18, 2015
Video: Dimondstein Appears on ‘The Big Picture’ with Thom Hartmann - PEN
NALC: 2015 Penalty Overtime Exclusion - PEN
Mail Handlers Received Guaranteed Wage Increase Effective November 14, 2015 - PEN
NPMHU: Wounded Warrior Federal Leave Act Signed Into Law - PEN
Tuscaloosa, AL Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes to Deliver Drug Packages - PEN
Cayuga County, NY Postmaster Convicted Of Embezzlement - PEN
New mission won’t save U.S. Postal Service - Newsday
NPMHU: USPS Issues Financial Report for FY2015 - PEN
Store coming to Lakewood's historic post office - Asbury Park Press
Jimmy Fallon Tells ‘Esquire’ About the Time He Almost Became A Mailman
November 17, 2015
Nine New Jersey Postal Employees Indicted For Fraudulently Collecting Unemployment Benefits While Employed - PEN
USPS: New video explains Self Plus One enrollment type - PEN
Bipartisan Majority Favors Giving US Postal Service More Freedom to Act Like a Business - PEN
South Carolina CCA administers CPR - PEN
New survey seeks to fix what ails the USPS - Federal Times
Man reports mail theft after encountering fake postal worker - KETV Omaha
USPS offers new education discounts - PEN
USPS hiring 30,000 seasonal employees nationwide - WHBQ 13 Memphis
Study: Millions of Packages Enter U.S. Without Screening
USPS Proposes New Print Technology Promo for 2016 - DM News
November 16, 2015
Postal Service’s Financial Report Brings Good News - Reports of Losses Are ‘Essentially a Fraud’ - APWU
28 Charged in $9.5 Million Fraudulent Billing Health Care Fraud Scheme to Siphon and Steal Money from Workers' Compensation Program - PEN
APWU: Disbursement Schedule for $56 Million Settlement for Small Offices - PEN - Also see: APWU: Lessons of a $56 Million Settlement
USPS Digital Mail - INFORMED DELIVERY APP - PEN
Video: Postal worker killed in northeast Las Vegas crash identified - PEN
Indiana woman arrested for biting police officer, postal worker - WTHR
As Congress remains gridlocked, the USPS loses - The R Street Institute
Post-Holiday Blues? - OIG
Don’t Let the Hatch Act Destroy Your Federal Career - FedSmith
Video: Eyewitness News Looks Into Complaints at North Houston Post Office - PEN
Carpe diem, or dumb and dumber? - The AWPU board and president said they supported him (Sanders) because he supports them, and working folk everywhere. Fair enough. But why did they do it this early, and bet on a candidate that is such a long shot? - Federal News Radio
Sellers Say January USPS Rate Hike Threatens Their Business Model - eCommerce Bytes
Measure to Measure: Data, management, and the reliability of the mail - Save the Post Office
A New Social Engineering Mission Won’t Save Postal Service - Inside Sources
November 15, 2015
Video: Vegas postal worker dies in crash - PEN
Video: Walking A Cold Route - PEN
Video: CCA - City Carrier Assistant - It's Not As Easy As It Looks - PEN
November 14, 2015
USPS to Implement Sweeping Regulatory Change with Projected $55 Million Impact Leaving Less than 2 Months to Comply - PEN
Did Rand Paul Suggest Eliminating The Postal Service? - PEN
Ralph Nader: For America’s Unbanked: Re-Establishing The Postal Savings Bank - Eurasia Review
Is USPS growth hindered by legislation? - Christian Science Monitor
Postal Service revenue gain allows 'limited flexibility' to invest - Federal Times
Postal reform arriving via snail mail - Washington Examiner
November 13, 2015
Postal Service Reports End of Fiscal Year Results - PEN
NALC President Rolando’s statement on USPS’ FY2015 financial report - PEN
Alabama Resident and U.S. Postal Worker Pleads Guilty for Involvement in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Ring - PEN
Video: Sanders scores major union endorsement over Clinton - PEN
Video: Tulsa neighbors demand more action against dog - PEN
Federal jury awards $150,000 to disabled letter carrier who sued Postal Service - Portland Press Herald
Former postal employee gets probation for stealing medications to help ailing son - News Herald
Modesto police, Postal Service see rise in mail theft - The Modesto Bee
Lima postal worker honored for saving police officer from dog attack
Emerging “B2Me” Parcel Delivery Models - PostalVision 2020
November 12, 2015
The Postal Service's "Retail Channel Strategy": A blueprint for privatizing the post office - Save the Post Office
Video: Frustration mounts as Vegas post office lines stretch over two hours - PEN
Video: Off-duty postal police officer wounded in shooting in Newark - PEN
Trucking Company Employee Charged With Stealing U.S. Mail - PEN
Video: Caught on camera: Cordova, TN homeowner says postal worker manhandled his mail - PEN
APWU Executive Board Endorses Bernie Sanders for President - PEN
Video: Santa Fe woman: USPS worker drove through my yard - PEN
Postal Workers Union Endorses Bernie Sanders, in Boost to Underdog - WSJ
USPS Gets Help Sorting Packages - eCommerce Bytes
November 11, 2015
Veterans: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
Video: Jay Leno Shows USPS Carrier How Delivery Can Be Sped Up - PEN
Video: Postal Service temporarily stops delivering mail to Tulsa neighborhood because of 'aggressive dog' - PEN
Video: Transgender employees at center of controversy over restrooms at Pittsburgh North Side post office - PEN
Tennessee man exposes himself to letter carrier - WJLE
Egregious Incidents of Package Delivery Mayhem - eCommerce Bytes
Probation given to former Arkansas letter carrier in mail thefts - Arkansas Online
Former Kansas City postal employee pleads guilty to stealing from cash drawer - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Postal Service apologizes for epic package toss - UPI
November 10, 2015
Video: USPS Holiday "SLAMMED" - Newest USPS video - PEN
Too Many Giant Mergers - APWU President via NY Times
USPS red ink is Washington’s - NALC President via Washington Times
Ohio USPS manager convicted of using government credit card to buy gas - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Video: California residents upset postal service isn't protecting their mail - PEN
Corrected ‘mistake’ stamps could net Waterville bookstore owner up to $60,000 - Portland Press Herald
Video: Caught on cam: Kenmore, WA carrier 'air-mails' package from Jeep - PEN
Video Update: USPS worker fired after THROWING $199 package of delicate electronics from customer's driveway to his front door - PEN
Postal Service releases on-time performance reports for Q4 2015 - Save the Post Office
‘Fed up’ Japanese postal worker stashed 29,000 undelivered items at her home - bored with work - Japan Times
3 Men, Woman Arrested In Connection With Ongoing Mail Thefts In California - CBS Local Media-Los Angeles
Florida Gyrocopter Pilot May Not Serve Jail Time - Aero-News Network
November 09, 2015
Video: FOX25 Investigates fraud within the US Postal Service - PEN
Postal worker recalls exhausting rescue mission - The Gainesville Sun
USPS: Use PostalEASE to update health care options online - PEN
Postal Service relents: Granite Quarry residents can use town name in mailing addresses - Salisbury Post
A new line of business for the post office: Banking? - CBS News
Bernie Sanders’s passion for the prosaic — or why the Post Office is part of what makes America great - Washington Post
Knik, AK postal investigation still unresolved - KTOO
Official summary and final vote tally report for the director of retired members election - NALC
November 08, 2015
Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a man convicted of sending a mail bomb that exploded at a post office three decades ago has been arrested on a parole violation - KSL
It was once socially acceptable and surprisingly affordable to send children by parcel post - Boing Boing
November 07, 2015
Former Ohio PMR, postmaster relief, indicted on theft charge - Athens Messenger
Gyrocopter Pilot Douglas Hughes: ‘I’m Proud of What I Did’ - Roll Call
Postal Service’s ‘Priority’ Should Be Delivering Mail - Townhall
Congressman Blum spends the day as a postal carrier - KWWL
USPS Has Shed 250K Employees in the Past 20 Years - Here’s How - Government Executive
November 06, 2015
APWU Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge in Response to ‘Stay Survey’ - PEN
Postmaster General and CFO Host Web Call on U.S. Postal Service End of Fiscal Year Results - PEN
Will Japan Post's Huge IPO Teach the U.S. Post Office to Privatize? - Bloomberg - Also see: What the U.S. doesn’t like about Japan’s post offices - Washington Post
Former Colorado city carrier assistant admits to stealing computer - The Pueblo Chieftain
Video: USPS Worker Throws Greensboro, NC Man's Package to Front Door - PEN
Lawyer: Man in gyrocopter flight to Capitol to plead guilty - The Lufkin News
Felony Theft Charge Filed Against Tracy, Hamilton Post Office Employee - KNIA KRLS
Letter carrier receives award for his heroic actions - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Stay Protected from "Porch Pirates" this Holiday Season - KVRR Fox News
Sacramento couple sentenced for 2012 burglary of postal vehicle - The Sacramento Bee
November 05, 2015
U.S. Postal Service Expects to Deliver More than 15 Billion Pieces of Holiday Mail and Packages This Year - PEN
Fourth Dayton area postal worker charged with illegal conduct this year - Dayton Daily News
Video: Bernie Sanders Plan to Transform the USPS - PEN
Video: Former Pennsylvania Postal Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing Cash - PEN
Postal worker union says prices will rise if Staples acquires Office Depot - Sun Sentinel
Video: Absentee voters miss mark: Why the mail may be to blame - PEN
Video: Indiana carrier accused of stealing prescriptions out of mail - PEN
Video: Racy flyers showing nude women OK in U.S. mail? - PEN
U.S. Postal Service To Hire 30,000 Employees For Holiday Season - Fox Business
Former Illinois Carrier Pleads Guilty to Workers Compensation Fraud - PEN
APWU: NLRB Calls Interference on Staples - PEN
Office Depot-Staples deal is 'bad for business,' says report from American Postal Workers Union - The Business Journal
Debating the future of the USPS - Post & Parcel
Alabama USPS Truck Driver Wins $1M Prize - WSB-TV Atlanta
Federal Employees’ Right to Disobey Is Becoming Clearer - FedSmith
November 04, 2015
Video: Dad, a postal employee, thinks his son is taking him to Niagara Falls. Watch son spring a big surprise. - PEN
USPS: Open season information available online - PEN
Two former post office employees charged with embezzling funds - PEN
3 W. VA People Charged with Stealing from US Postal Service - WDTV 5 News
US Postal Service offering reward leading to arrest of a mail carrier attacker in TN - WREG
No-contest plea in postal worker’s death - Appeal-Democrat
How USPS Thinks It Can Predict The Next Cyber Breach - Nextgov
November 03, 2015
Videos: Postal Service’s holiday TV ads debut - PEN
Video: Count on USPS - PEN
Matamoras, PA letter carrier rescues woman trapped in burning car - PEN
Temporary Emergency Committee of the Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet Nov. 13 - PEN
Postal worker fed up with rude customers - 13newsnow.com
NYC postal employee alleges harassment, bloody beating by NYPD after he unknowingly gave directions to cop killer - NY Daily News
Video: Georgia woman says postal worker damaged her package - PEN
California Carrier Dies From 2004 Fall At Work - Press Democrat
Found on the net: Defense lawyers have accused a St. Louis prosecutors' office of creatively using the "postman's gambit," in which prosecutors strike people from a jury because they work for the US Postal Service. Prosecutors have argued that postal workers tend to be "disgruntled" and lack ambition, and that's why they don't want them on juries. - MotherJones
Suspect arrested after allegedly being in possession of large quantity of stolen mail - Fontana Herald News
November 02, 2015
Senator Thomas Carper: "Reforming the Postal Service" - PEN
Videos: Best Buy Is Trying Out One-Day Delivery in San Francisco Area - PEN
USPS, Staples Produce a Mound of Documents - PEN
Long Island Postal Workers Rally Against Cuts To Benefits, Wages - CBS New York
Police Investigating Reports Of Mail Tampering In Ashland - CBS Boston
Postal Service advised to turn competitors into partners - Federal Times
Postal workers decry cuts in service, wages at Melville rally - Newsday
NPMHU: Two-year Budget Approved by House and Senate - PEN
OIG Audit Asks: Do You Like to Sample New Products Before Buying Them?
NAPS calls on Congress to mitigate potential increases to Medicare Part B Premiums and Deductibles - PEN
Co-opetition in Parcel Delivery: An Exploratory Analysis (PDF) - OIG
More hope for postal reform - Norfolk Daily News
Landscapers hired to clean up Yuma post office - The Yuma Sun
Cooperative Competitors - OIG
Postal Views Podcast #15 (USPS Military Veterans)
November 01, 2015
A threat to public safety and the economy via the U.S. mail - Tampa Bay Online
Letter Carriers, USPS work on funding retiree health care - The Community Word
No double-dipping when it comes to stamps - Mail Tribune
Wal-Mart Wants to Use Delivery Drones, Our Skepticism Reaches New High - IEEE Spectrum
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