POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
October 2010 News
October 31, 2010
For Postal
Service Retirements, Slow Going Ahead
- Dead Tree Edition -
October 30, 2010
What Will
Potter’s Departure Mean For USPS?
Big Fat Marketing Blog -
Postal
Service Files Rate-Case Appeal
Dead Tree Edition -
Postal
Service called slow to exploit IT
Postal Affairs Blog -
Post
office shootings still on the minds of Henning
residents -
October 29, 2010
Burrus
says "...my responsibility is
not to be fair and balanced, but to align the
union with legislators who promote a pro-labor,
pro-postal agenda. If you want “balance,” I
suggest you watch a circus performance; but do
not look for it in my efforts on behalf of
postal employees." -
Journal
and Courier Online says "What
began as a civil public meeting to discuss a
planned mail processing consolidation quickly
turned into a heated debate between residents
and postal service officials." -
Man admits
to killing former Capitola postal worker
-
Elections
2010 – One Lump or Two?
NAPUS Newsletter (PDF) -
Postal
First Services Industry to Commit to CO2
Reductions - USPS Press
Release -
Retirement
Planning - Trick or Treat -
Do Young
People Prefer Print Marketing?
ZD Net -
October 28, 2010
Fake
postage stamps are real worry
NY Post -
Postmaster
learns from GM's woes -
Paper
Power: Why Campaign Mailers Still Thrive in the
Digital Age -
Postal
Service Mails Fraud Warning to 129 Million U.S.
Households -
APWU
member tells Burrus it is her right to know what
is going on in negotiations -
Arlington
police ID postal worker slain while walking dog
outside apartment -
Fed Power
in a Close Election -
Roanoke
Post Office investigates brazen mail theft
October 27, 2010
Pittsburgher Donahoe to lead struggling Postal
Service -
Has USPS
Became a Criminal Enterprise?
Eric L. Wattree -
Cato
Spouts Off About Potter Retiring
-
$250 shot
for retirees
Federal News Radio -
Johnston,
RI mail carrier charged with taking cash from
mail -
Stealing
money from greeting cards gets postal carrier 2
years probation -
Potter to
Resign as PMG; Mail Groups OK With Legacy
DirectMag -
NALC
President on Potter Retirement
-
Postmaster
General John E. Potter discusses retirement and
his successor - Washington
Post -
Postal
supervisors should show how to speed up delivery
-
October 26, 2010
Burrus
Shocked, Disappointed By Retirement of PMG
Potter -
Who is the
new postmaster general?
Washington Post -
USPS Press
Release - Potter to Retire -
Postmaster
General John E. Potter stepping down
Washington Post -The nation's top
mailman is turning in his bag, retiring after a
lifetime of service with the U.S. Postal
Service. Postmaster General John E. Potter will
retire on Dec. 3 after nine years at the helm of
the mail agency, the Postal Service said Monday.
His deputy, Patrick R. Donohoe will succeed him.
In a statement, Potter did not elaborate on his
departure, but singled out the Postal Service's
roughly 594,000 full and part-time workers.
Also from
WP -
Related:
Potter Quitting the Worst CEO Job in
America - Dead Tree Edition -
APWU Grows Impatient With Pace of
Contract Talks
As expected, USPS proposals have included efforts to maximize supervisory
control of the workplace and reduce costs by removing previously
negotiated contractual protections. -
Postal Bankruptcy: U.S. Postal
Service drowning in debt and out of lifelines -
Opinion from the Cato Institute -
Henning: One Week After Double
Postal Murder -
Postal Worker Accused of $90,000
Theft -
October 25, 2010
Postal
worker shot while delivering mail
-
Full
Service Requirements and Risks
Postal Affairs Blog -
Former
Granville, NY Postal Employee Admits Theft
-
Postal
Workers Rally in the Streets of Bowling Green
-
October 24, 2010
Henning,
TN Says Goodbye to Slain Postal Workers
Saturday afternoon, this tiny Tennessee town
said goodbye to 32-year-old Paula Robinson and
59-year-old Judy Spray. -
Related:
Rural post
offices lack security -
USPS
forces removal of newspaper vending boxes
-
Magazines
dumping the Postal Service, dumping issues on
doorsteps -
December
Penalty Overtime Exclusion -
U.S.
Postal Inspectors
Includes link to application for Postal
Inspector position via Postal Employee Network -
Rural
Carrier Guarantee Period -
New
Memorandum of Policy: Postal Service Policy on
Workplace Harassment - Postal
Bulletin -
FYI: 2011
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Plans
Compare all federal plans for 2011:
Health
|
Dental
and/or Vision |
Other OPM
Insurance Information -
October 23, 2010
Rate-Case
Appeal Is a No-Lose Venture for USPS
Dead Tree Edition -
Police
Continue Hunt for Clues in Murder of Two Post
Office Employees -
Gamefly
recent PRC testimony says
"The Special Processing Afforded To Netflix
Returns Is Much More Than Just One Manual Cull"
(PDF) -
Beechview
postal worker avoids theft charges
-
October 22, 2010
Postal
Service Appeals PRC Decision on Exigent Price
Request -
Alabama
postal employee arrested after attacking
coworker -
Federal
Eye: Postage rates may still go up
-
Mass. GOP
asks postal service to investigate Dem. campaign
mailings -
Former
Postal Supervisor Found Guilty Of Operating $10
Million Illegal Gambling Ring
-
Postal
Notes: Tragedy at West Tennessee Post Office
hard to fathom -
Hartford,
CT Letter Carrier Robbed On Delivery Route
-
Dog
attacks halt mail service to neighborhood
-
USPS Rated
Among Best Companies for Hispanics
-
October 21, 2010
Henning
Post Office Shooting: Employees' Fight For
Camera Denied By USPS -
Former
USPS Contractor Ordered to Pay $300,000 in Back
Wages -
USPS
Workshare Company Quicksort, Inc Agrees To Pay
$4.2 Million To USPS -
Postal
Service electrical problems pervasive
-
Postal
pickets warn mail service will decline
-
October 20, 2010
APWU:
Notion that USPS Can’t Afford Unions Is A Cheap
Shot -
Baltimore
postal worker admits stealing mail
-
OIG
2011Audit Plan (PDF) -
OSHA Fines
USPS $210,000 For Violations At Columbus
Distribution Center -
APWU:
Second Early Out Payment Scheduled for Oct. 29
-
Updated:
Post Office Killings: Reward Increased; Rumors
Running Rampant -
APWU:
Advice Center Now Available for Retirees
-
October 19, 2010
Possible
Postal Union Criminal Actions
-
Rural
carrier and window clerk killed in Tenn. post
office shooting -
Reward
Being Offered For Information on Henning Post
Office Shooting - Updated:
Post
Office Murders: Customers near shooting speak
out -
Postal
Service Faces Major Changes
Kiplinger -
Post
office burglar in Cambridge lacked exit plan -
called 911 for help -
PostCom
tells us "The U.S. Postal Service
has filed for a review before the
U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia regarding the
Postal Regulatory Commission
decision
in Docket No. RM2009-3
concerning Consideration of Workshare
Discount Rate Design -
The OIG
Wants Your Help on Audits! -
Walking
with the Mailman
The Book, the Man, the Blog -
USPS
Overtime Trick or Treat
Ron Williams, Jr -
October 18, 2010
Mail
bonding -
Business
Services Administrator Agreement At USPS - Not
OK - Postal
Affairs Blog -
How
Federal Employees See Themselves (And Are Seen):
One Man's Opinion - Also see
Republicans have little love for federal workers
-
October 17, 2010
Guffey to
lead Postal Workers Union
Federal Times -
Congressman Issa: Where Are All Those Postal
Supervisors? -
Dead Tree Edition -
Louisiana
postal worker critically injured in crash
-
October 16, 2010
NALC
Before the PRC - SIX-DAY TO FIVE-DAY STREET
DELIVERY AND RELATED SERVICE CHANGES, 2010
(PDF) -
Also see statements before the PRC from (PDF):
Mail
Handlers |
USPS
-
The Eagle
has Landed... -
APWU:
Guffey Elected President, Bell Wins as VP
- Also see
APWU
Offers DVDs Honoring President Burrus
-
For USPS'
Full Service program, the payoff is in the mail
Government Computer News -
Friends,
co-workers honor New Orleans postman killed
while on duty -
Suit
against US Post Office dismissed
-
Readers
Cry Foul Over Mailing Mag's Cover
Dead Tree Edition -
October 15, 2010
Postal
Service echoes Enron abuses
Washington Times - The United States
Postal Service (USPS) keeps blaming outside
factors for its financial woes while repeatedly
ignoring or excusing revealed mismanagement and
major scandals. -
USPS Plans
to Cut 14 Additional Jobs at Elmira
-
APWU
Unofficial Ballot Results
Also read here
APWU
Election Ballot Count -
Shipping
rates rise, but companies can still save
Washington Post -
USPS LOOKS
TO STAKEHOLDERS FOR NEW IDEAS
-
October 14, 2010
OSHA fines
Postal Service $212,500 for willful safety
violations, electrical hazards at Huntington
facility -
Postal
commentator Gene Del Polito asks "WHERE DO
THINGS GO FROM HERE?" -
8 Florida
postal workers accused of stealing mail
-
APWU Sets
the Facts Straight on the USPS
APWU President William Burrus has
ridiculed assertions about the Postal Service
that appeared in a recent column in the
E-Commerce Times: “There were so many
misstatements in your article I hardly know
where to begin.” -
Federal
agency says Postal Service stinks
-
USPS
'Droop Test' Snags Delivery of Kansas Weekly
Count the weekly Marion County (Kansas) Record
as one of the first victims of the U.S. Postal
Service’s new “droop test” for periodicals. In a
note to readers, Managing Editor Susan Berg said
delivery of the paper to “will call” subscribers
and of out-of-county mailed copies was delayed
because of the new regulation. -
Mailers
Alliance Fights 'Nonsensical' Price-Cap Ruling
Dead Tree Edition -
2 arrested
for allegedly pointing gun at postal worker
-
October 13, 2010
Getting
USPS back to black
Federal News Radio interviews Lorie
Nelson, Director of Financial Reporting, Office
of Audit, Office of Inspector General, USPS -
Fears over
jobs as UK Government unveils plans to privatize
Royal Mail - Overseas firms
will be among those allowed to buy 90% of the
Royal Mail, with 10% going in shares to postal
workers, which ministers said would be the
largest of its kind of any privatization. -
Letter
carrier sues homeowner over dog attack
-
Letter
carriers protest pressure to work faster
Postal employees say the pressure to deliver
mail and return to the office by 5 p.m. is
mounting and the “unwritten rule” is creating a
hostile work environment. -
NAPUS
Interviews PRC Chair Goldway About Exigent Rate
Case -
Chairman
Goldway Interview Audiocast
-
Informal
Ruling Makes Postage Increase of 1.7% Likely in
January - Dead Tree Edition -
POSTAL
SERVICE AND MAILERS: IT'S ABOUT COMMON INTERESTS
- PostCom -
Lynchburg,
VA woman sentenced for post office thefts
-
October 12, 2010
Post
Office Shows Where U.S. Is Headed: Kevin Hassett
Bloomberg - ...high-priced labor,
which accounts each year for about 80 percent of
costs, leads to high-priced mail services, and
even higher costs for taxpayers. In 2010, almost
90 percent of the approximately $4 million
contributed to campaigns by postal unions went
to Democrats. -
Petaluma
mail center would keep bulk mail
-
October 11, 2010
Congressman Connolly: Congress must address USPS
problems - Fed. News Radio -
"The way to success is not to raise prices and
lower service," Connolly said. "I'm frustrated
that there seems to be no vision coming out of
the Postal Service leadership." -
OIG Blog:
Electronic Postage Statements – Boon or Bust?
-
Misguided
Mail - Video -
Granville
postal worker pleads to theft charge
-
Question
Posed to LA Political Candidates
Question: Would you support
privatizing the U.S. Postal Service?
Alexander: Since the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, the U.S. Postal
Service operates as a semi-independent federal agency, mandated to be
revenue-neutral. The USPS receives no taxpayer funding, but is forced to
operate under federally mandated laws prohibiting it from being
revenue-neutral. It is evident that the current "semi-private" system that
the Post Office is currently operating under is not working. Together,
taxpayers and Congress must decide if the USPS should become entirely
private, allowing the Post Office to make its own operating decisions or
be prepared to have the USPS move back to being a full government agency,
where it would receive taxpayer funding to maintain a revenue-neutral
budget.
Gibbs: Yes. FedEx and UPS have been successful and profitable
businesses. There is no reason why the US Postal Service should not be as
well. -
Mail
carrier aids accident victim
-
October 10, 2010
80% of
post offices losing money
Federal Times -
Ex-Pound
Ridge Mail, NY Carrier Is Sentenced For Larceny
-
W.VA
Residents Upset After Mistake At USPS Stops
Their Home Delivery -
October 09, 2010
USPS
Getting Its Retirement Act Together? Nope
Dead Tree Edition -
Mailman
makes going postal happy in central PA
-
October 08, 2010
APWU: USPS
Liabilities are a Colossal Sham : OIG Says USPS
Could Recover $142.4 Billion
-
PRC Chair
Goldway Discusses Exigent Rate Decision and
Universal Service - NAPUS PDF
-
Feds Get
Ready to Grab, Store, and Share YOUR Health
Information - PEN Ed: More
change you can believe in. -
Postal
worker denies accusation of over $85K theft
-
Former
Jacksonville mail carrier pleads guilty using
woman's credit or debit card
-
Letter
carriers saving lives -- six days a week
Washington Post - Also from the Post
read
Letter
carriers doing good deeds - six days a week
-
Postal
Service Steps Up Communications With Potential
Retirees - Dead Tree Edition
-
New USPS
Instructions for Reemploying Former or Retired
Postal Employees -
eRetire -
A New Employee Application on LiteBlue
-
Spring
Lake postal employee accused of mail thefts
resigns; may face prosecution
-
Wytheville
postal terrorist sentenced to 40 years in prison
-
October 07, 2010
USPS
Should Set a Good 'Postal' Example
PEN Inside Front -
Can the
USPS Be Saved?
E-Commerce News - Opinion -
Rate
Increase Coming in 2011
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
The Big
Postal Hike is Dead, But Rates Could Jump Up to
2 Percent Next Year - Folio
Mag -
Q&A: PRC
Chairman Goldway on Exigent Rate Case Ruling
- Multichannel Merchant -
Postal
Windfall
GovExec.com - The U.S. Postal Service has been
scrambling to address the strict funding
requirements of its pension and retiree health
care funds, but several legislative steps could
bring the agency $142.4 billion in cash to be
used, in part, for employee benefits. -
USPS Seeks
Guidance On Its Rate Cap
Dead Tree Edition - The U.S. Postal Service is
asking for
a ruling on something that
was supposed to be clear -- how much it can
increase rates without getting special
permission. -
Voting By
Mail: The Perfect Solution
Fed. News Radio - Were APWU ballots lost
in the mail? -
October 06, 2010
The Postal
Service needs to think outside the letter box
- Washington Post -
Inspector
general: Pension payment reform could cure
Postal Service financial woes
- Direct Marketing -
Postal
employee awarded $125000 by jury
A federal court jury has awarded a U.S. Postal
Service employee about $125,000 in back pay
after finding that her full-time position was
eliminated because of complaints that she was
being discriminated against for being a woman. -
National
Reassessment Process Update - Unemployment
Compensation -
20
Individuals Indicted for Participating in Drug
Trafficking - 7 Are Letter Carriers
-
Waiting
For The Next FEHBP Surprise
Federal News Radio -
October 05, 2010
PMG:
Message to Employees -
Murder of
postal HCR still unsolved, one year later
-
USPS
searches for break even point
Audiocast (MP3) from Federal News Radio with
Renee Sheehy, economist, Office of the Inspector
General, USPS. -
Curbed enthusiasm: Macon post office
requests curbside mailboxes, confuses residents -
Potter to
WSJ: Give the U.S. Postal Service the Freedom to
Compete -
Postal
worker accused of putting knife to customer's
throat -
Fort Worth Post Office scrutinized
in Postal Service inquiry -
Why did
federal health-care costs increase?
Washington Post - Also see
FEHBP
Premiums: Burying The Skunk -
USPS
Operation Appreciation
by Ronald Williams, Jr. -
October 04, 2010
Postal
Service Rewarding Resignations
The Post-Journal - ''It appears unethical to
hire back former executives at nearly twice
their former pay to advise new executives,'' the
inspector general's report noted. Most taxpayers
probably would view that as an understatement. -
AK Senator
Comments On The Impact No Saturday Delivery
Would Have on Alaska -
OIG:
Summary of Substantial Overfunding in Postal
Service Pension and Retiree Health Care Funds
-
OIG Blog:
What Next for the Postal Service in 2011?
-
USPS seeks
innovative, legislative relief for financial
woes - Federal News
Radio - Potter said USPS must factor in the
employee union contracts and the constraints of
those collective bargaining agreements. -
Stamp out
postal inefficiencies
Wisconsin State Journal -
Postal
worker delivers mail with one leg
-
Opinion:
Pushing the Envelope -
October 03, 2010
USPS Has
Too Many Supervisors And Too Many Employees,
Congressman Says - Dead Tree
Edition -
Postal
Service says mail found at home of deceased
Arkansas postmaster to finally be delivered
-
Carriers
sue Postal Service
Site requires registration -
U.S.
Postal Truck Slams into Home
-
October 02, 2010
Potter
defends free health insurance for USPS
executives - Federal Times -
Shipping
rate hikes: Postal Service is out, FedEx is in
-
Undelivered Mail Found In Deceased Postmasters
Home -
Potter:
Postal Service faces tight 2011 after $6B FY
2010 loss - DM News -
APWU:
Rough Week for USPS Highlights Importance of
Bill to Fix Finances -
Postal
Service expects $6 billion year-end loss as mail
volume continues decline - could end six-day
delivery - Washington Post -
NEW SOLID
BLUE SHIRTS FOR LETTER CARRIERS
from Postal Uniform Discounters
USPS on
track to ‘run out of cash' in a year
Federal Times -
Can PRC
Decision Change Postal Practices?
Also from the Big Fat Marketing Blog see:
Did the
PRC’s Decision Send a Message to the USPS?
-
Mailman
arrested for theft of cellphone, obscene
pictures -
October 01, 2010
Postal
Service anticipates $6 billion year-end loss
Also see
US Postal
Service Had $6 Billion Loss in 2010
-
Federal
employees' health insurance premiums to increase
7.2 percent [PEN Ed: change
you can believe in] -
What if
the Postal Service runs out of money?
Washington Post -
PRC
Decision Only a Partial Win for Mailers
Dead Tree Edition -
Postal
Service Suffers Three Stinging Defeats
Nat. Assoc. of Postal Supervisors -
Sen.
Carper Statement on Postal Regulatory
Commission’s Decision to Deny Latest Postal Rate
Increase -
Marketers
praise PRC decision to deny 'exigent' postal
rate increases - DM News -
Ohio leads
on closing list -
USPS set
to become “broadcast medium” as First Class mail
declines - Post and Parcel -
Mail Carriers Deliver Despite Hot
Temperatures
It may be hot, but mail carriers say they'd rather beat the heat than
dodge the cold. -
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