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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
October 2011 News
October 31, 2011
Paranormal
Post Office? Your Postal Blog
Arkansas
Update: Post Offices Off the Closing Lists
Save the Post Office -
Battle
Over USPS Future Enters Critical Period
-
Philistines at the Gate: The Venice Post Office
on the Chopping Block
Save the Post Office -
Poll: Mail
5 days a week OK
Politico -
Man
attempts to steal fire truck after post office
burglary
-
October 30, 2011
Delegation
Questions Possible Closures of Fairbanks Post
Offices -
How to
save the US Postal Service: A retired USPS
worker speaks out -
October 29, 2011
Congressmen meet with Postmaster General
-
USPS to
Sell 2011 White Christmas Ornament
-
Postal
Service to close Mansfield processing facility -
up to 100 jobs would leave the city
-
Save the Post Office: A
Q & A With Blogger and NYU Professor Steve
Hutkins NYU Local -
Postal
worker attacker charged with threatening in-laws
-
A Not-so
Universal Postal Service
The Big Fat Marketing Blog -
Robber
costs postal worker his job?
-
October 28, 2011
Watchdog
Issa seeks new role other than hounding Obama
-
Close
urban, not rural, post offices
-
APWU
Launches Petition Drive To Save America’s Postal
Service
Also see
NALC
-
Pasco
postal carrier plucked gift cards from mail,
feds say -
Post
office employee convicted of money-swap scam
San Francisco Chronicle -
Mail
carrier dies in collision with coal truck
The Indiana Gazette -
NATIONAL
LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
-
42.2
Trillion Btu to Deliver the Mail
Postal
Workers Fire Back on Pensions
CNBC -
PMG Tells
Customers "We're Here To Stay"
-
Who's
picking up the tab? 4 Obama campaign donors have
dinner with the president
Washington Post -
Nassau
County Cops Say 4 Men Cheated Banks, Post Office
In Check Scam
CBS New York -
USPS Makes
Local Direct Mail Postcard Marketing More
Complex Than Necessary
Business 2 Community -
October 27, 2011
GDP and
the Postal Market
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Former
head of Richmond postal credit union to serve
one year for stealing more than $50,000
- Richmond Times-Dispatch -
USPS filed
a final rule with the Federal Register amending
regulations with regard to Post Office closings
(PDF) - via League of Postmasters -
Obama-Appointed Judge Rejects City’s Suit
Against Postal Service
-
Tree
planting to observe 1991 Royal Oak Post Office
shooting -
Junk
Mailers Get a Postage Price Break. You Don't.
-
Accident
Claims Life Of Indiana County Mail Carrier
-
Federal
Register - The Postal Service is amending its
regulations to improve the administration of the
Post Office closing and consolidation process.
-
Three
Teens Arrested in Robbery and Beatings of Mail
Carriers -
APWU:
Creating Desirable Duty Assignments
-
Former
Postal Carrier Admits Mail Thefts
-
Military
Post Offices in Iraq to Close Nov. 17
-
Join the
Fight to Keep Six-Day Mail Delivery
AFL-CIO NOW BLOG -
October 26, 2011
The
Twisted Logic of the Postal Service: Fewer post
offices, and more post offices without a
postmaster - Save The
Post Office -
Let the
sunshine in: USPS declares an "open door" policy
on taping closure meetings
Save the Post Office -
Enterprising crooks ditch email for
old-fashioned mail fraud
-
What to do
with the postal service
-
Charities
Oppose Plan to End Their Postal Discounts
-
Dog
causing mail problems in Norfolk
October 25, 2011
The
deafening silence of a $1.3 trillion industry on
the Issa bill -
How Google
Uses Direct Mail Marketing to Grow its Business
-
Fox Pundit
To Rural America: If Privatized Postal Service
Doesn’t Work For You, You Can Always Move!
-
The Truth
About the Post Office's Financial Mess
CNBC -
Unconscious Woman Rescued From Home With Help Of
Postal Worker
October 24, 2011
The
Incredible Shrinking Postal Service
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Postal
Service Mixes Up Its Fruits
Dead Tree Edition -
Pricing
Challenge – US Postal Service
Innovation Excellence -
Proposal
to end FERS is dishonest
Federal Times - Issa offers no cost-savings
estimates for killing the FERS pension
program... -
USPS
Policy Regarding Social Media Such As Facebook
-
$641
million: The price of disgruntled postal workers
Federal Times -
Notice to
All Post Offices With Rural Delivery Service:
Rural Carrier Guarantee Period
October 23, 2011
The Postal
Service Runs Amok: How Not to Close a Post
Office
Save the Post Office -
The Postal
Workers Strike of 1970: ‘Our Backs Were Against
the Wall’
The Indypendent -
Tough
postal decisions can avert wider pain for all
-
Postal
Service must deliver change to survive onslaught
of technology -
October 22, 2011
Out of
Thin Air: New Numbers on Declining Mail Volumes
Save the Post Office -
Union ad
accurately depicts post office's problems
Tampabay.com -
Postal
workers mark 10-year anniversary of anthrax
attacks
Washington Post -
Detroit
postal contractor paid bribes for 8 years before
helping feds -
Post
Office Closings Threaten Native Voting Rights
Indian Country Today Media -
Taxpayer
Bailout for the Post Office?
Fox News Video featuring 'too much fun in the
sun' Florida Congressman Ross -
Rare Coin
Worth Nearly $400000 Missing From Western
Springs Post Office
October 21, 2011
PMG
DISCUSSES HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL
PEN Ed: just one step closer to privatizing the
post office -
Burrus
Responds: Not Giving Up on 6-Day Delivery
Dead Tree Edition -
Company
launches parcel consolidation service
-
Lincoln,
NE postal contractor indicted
-
Lawmakers
Fight For Saturday Delivery
Also see
Vote to
Preserve Six Day Delivery via
PostCom -
October 20, 2011
GAO Says
USPS Mail Trends Highlight Need to Fundamentally
Change Business Model
-
APWU
Questions and Answers On the Contract
-
No
Windfall Possible for UPS and FedEx from USPS
Problems
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Mailers:
Rate Hike Won’t Help USPS
The Big Fat Marketing Blog -
Merchants
Say 2012 Postal Rate Increase Means Less
Catalogs Mailed -
Issa-Ross
Postal Reform Act: No Taxpayer Bailout
Americans for Tax Reform - PEN Ed: please leave
them a comment or two -
GAO:
Potential Financial Effect on the U.S. Postal
Service of Increased Voting by Mail
-
Mailers
Getting Cold Feet About Postal Service Cuts
Dead Tree Edition -
Rep. Bruce
Braley Discusses Efforts to Stop Post Office
Closures -
Letter
Carriers: Congress Is Killing The US Postal
Service -
APWU:
October 2001 Anthrax Attacks - Remembering
Postal Heroes -
Impact
of USPS First-Class Mail Rate Increase on Retailers -
October 19, 2011
WSJ: Is
the Postal Service Worth Saving?
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
USPS,
Help! Send Trays!!! (or at least have a Plan B)
Postal Affairs Blog -
Analysis:
UPS, FedEx poised to gain from USPS pain
-
Can the
postal service be saved?
Chicago Tribune -
Statement
from Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe on
the Tenth Anniversary of the Anthrax Crisis
-
President
Obama: Respect workers’ Rights - Emancipate
United States Postal Workers
ERIC L. WATTREE -
Car
Crashes Into Post Office, Leaves Gaping Hole
Why
Mailers Support Radical Downsizing of the Postal
Service
Dead Tree Edition -
Postal
workers fired up about changes
-
Cash-strapped Postal Service to charge 45cents
per stamp
Washington Times -
Postal
Worker Pleads Guilty to Mail & Worker's Comp
Fraud -
October 18, 2011
USPS Price
Increase Coming In January
-
Congressman Kucinich Issues Statement of Support
for United States Postal Service Employees
-
Ex-Postal
Employee Attacks Postmaster -
A Conflict
of Visions: The Pension Dispute, Periodicals
Mail, and the Great Postal Debate
Save the Post Office -
USPS REPLY
RIDES FREE PROGRAM REVISED -
Super
committee gets mixed messages on USPS
GovExec.com -
Statement
of the National League of Postmasters on Markup
of the Issa Bill -
Memphis
truck company admits taking postal service for
$100000 ride
Memphis Commercial Appeal -
Potential
Rate Increases to Run Less Than 6% Above CPI
Over Next 3 Years -
A DECADE
LATER USPS REMEMBERS ANTHRAX CRISIS
-
Legislation could allow Postal Service to move
funds -
A proposal
to save 2000 PO jobs at Dalton Ave.
-
'Privateers' prepare to plunder post office
-
Postal
Service Delivers the Holidays to Service Members
Worldwide for Only $12.95 with Priority Flat
Rate Boxes
October 17, 2011
America's
postal situation needs clear-headed thinking
Gene Del Polito -
APWU:
Video of Union’s Fight to Save USPS Now
Available -
Postal
Reform after the House Committee Markup
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Miami-Dade
Postal Carrier Assaulted, Robbed
-
Letter
Carriers Launch Offensive to Fight Cutbacks
Washington Post -
Throwing
in the Towel on 5-Day Delivery?
Dead Tree Edition -
Lawmakers
inch closer to compromise over Postal Service
rescue plan -
Please,
Mr. Postman, raise my postage!
-
Pallets,
Trays, and Tubs – Where Are You?
-
October 16, 2011
Letter
Carriers Bring in Top Financial and Policy
Experts to Advise upon Postal Reform
- Also from Save the Post Office see
NALC
Brings in the Big Guns and NY
Times
Postal
Union Turns to Wall Street for Advice on Its
Future - Also
Postal
union retains former Obama 'car czar'
-
U.S. still
needs viable postal service -
Now we
can't even afford the mail? Please
-
October 15, 2011
Postal
Workers Swiped, Sold Seized Narcotics
The Smoking Gun -
THE U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE: NECESSITY FOR THE NATION
-
Neither
Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom Of Night, Just
Workers’ Comp, Will Keep US Postal Workers From
Their Appointed Rounds
- PEN Ed: It is obvious to me that a NON-postal
employee has no idea the physical toll caused by
many postal jobs. See this related article:
USPS needs
private sector approach to workers' compensation
-
Former
Caldwell, ID Carrier Pleads Guilty to Theft
-
Revolt in
Virginia Hollow Complicates Postal Service
Survival -
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More Postal News
October 14, 2011
APWU:
House Panel Approves Postal ‘Destruction’ Bill
Amendment Prevents Bargaining to Limit Layoffs
-
NALC
President Rolando issues statement on the GAO
report on the CSRS dispute -
Summary Of
The Issa-Ross Postal Reform Act As Amended
Also see:
Oversight Committee
Approves Issa-Ross Postal Reform Bill
|
Issa reform
bill moves forward in Congress
|
Summary of comments
made during mark-up of Issa-Ross bill
-
The Postal
Service isn’t owed a big refund, GAO says
Also see:
GAO
SUMMARY REPORT |
NALC
Response |
USPS not
pleased with overpayment report |
Refund to
Postal Service wouldn't solve its problems, GAO
says |
Federal
Times -
Postal
Study Is Bad News For Publishers
Dead Tree Edition -
Postal
worker charged with stealing drugs from mail
New York Post -
Mailers
Now Facing Large Rate Increase
-
Former
Houston-area mail carrier pleads guilty to child
pornography charges -
October 13, 2011
Senator
Tester blasts Postmaster General for lack of
transparency -
Postal
Service’s ‘welcome kit’ raises privacy concerns
-
Postal
Service worker suffers head injury in crash
between mail truck, pickup
The Saginaw News -
Communities fight back against post office
closings -
October 12, 2011
Unions and
Veterans Tell House Panel To Vote No
-
The Postal
Service debate, round two (Or three? We've lost
count.)
Washington Post -
The Post
Office Is Doomed. Some Say Good Riddance
-
Protect
the U.S. Postal Service, Support Its Workers and
Defend the Public Interest
Congressional candidate Norman Solomon -
APWU
President Says Issa Bill Would Destroy USPS As
We Know It -
Workers'
comp costs Postal Service more than it should,
IG finds
Federal Times -
PMG Visits
Morgan P&DC In NYC (PDF) -
Senators
angry at threatened postal closures
-
City
opposes transfer of carriers at Menasha Post
Office -
Minot
woman awarded money for post office accident
-
NRLCA
Elects Jeanette P. Dwyer as First Female
National President
October 11, 2011
Delivering
Postal Service Reform
by none other than your favorite broken
record...Mr. Issa -
Mailbox
Bomb Shakes Albuquerque Neighborhood
-
Thursday
Committee Vote on Issa-Ross Postal Bill
-
Haste
Makes Waste: The Hidden Cost of Closing Post
Offices
Save the Post Office -
Postal
Service Revenue: What Should be Done?
USPS OIG -
Postal
Service Revenue: Structure, Facts, and Future
Possibilities (PDF)
OIG -
October 10, 2011
Please Mr.
Postman, Look and See, If There's a Six-Pack in
Your Bag For Me
Dead Tree Edition -
5 Day
Delivery FAQs
Multichannel Merchant -
Also see:
Editorial
on USPS cutting Saturday delivery
-
Health
care is making the postmaster general angry
Washington Post -
$4.3
million spent on U.S. Postal Service employees
who did nothing, according to audit
Rock River Times -
Postal
Service to continue post-anthrax safeguards
-
October 09, 2011
Why Are
the Postal Service's Financial Problems Such a
Surprise?
Dead Tree Edition -
Postal
service revenue can't keep up with payroll
-
Effective
Use of Every Door Direct Mail
-
City
postal workers face uncertain future
Portsmouth Herald -
October 08, 2011
Postal
workers have the right, protected by the First
Amendment, to publicly oppose the closure or
consolidation of postal facilities
-
Sen.
McCaskill Defends Post Office Services
-
The U.S.
Office of Personnel Management is issuing final
regulations (PDF) to amend
the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
regulations to provide eligible Federal
employees up to 12 administrative workweeks of
unpaid leave under the FMLA for qualifying
exigency purposes. -
USPS Says
They Make Customer Service Top Priority
-
Twisted
government accounting behind Postal Service woes
-
The
Internet Myth: Why Email Isn't Killing Snail
Mail
Save the Post Office -
Postal
Workers PAC Sticks to Regular Mail
-
Congress
steps up backlash against US post office
closures
Post and Parcel -
Business
Impact on Printers, Pre-sorters and Mailing
Houses -
October 07, 2011
Hiring
freeze helped soften hit of USPS reorganization
Federal Times -
APWU
Challenges Proposed Changes to USPS Service
Standards -
Senator
Baucus Introduces Bill to Aid Cash-Strapped
Postal Service and Keep Remote Rural Offices
Open -
Questions
and Answers On Non-Traditional Assignments
-
More feds
doing life sentences
Federal News Radio -
APWU and
USPS Establish Guidelines on Alternative Dispute
Resolution Procedures -
USPS Eyes
Prepaid Card Market -
Senators
Introduce Protecting Rural Post Offices Bill
-
Life In
Prison In Postmaster Murder -
Mailman
beat up for not loaning cell phone to teen
-
MERKLEY,
MORAN, TESTER INTRODUCE PROTECTING RURAL POST
OFFICES BILL -
Postal
Supervisor Guilty of Mail Theft Gets Federal
Prison Time -
October 06, 2011
Postmasters Request Meeting With USPS To Discuss
RIF Avoidance -
Postal
Service Stops Delivering To Bronx Building Due
To Leaky Pipe! -
Good News
- USPS Revenue Continues To Grow
-
USPS faces
competing interests in path to reform
-
USPS AMP
Studies -
Bill would let US Postal Service use
pension overpayments -
USPS
proposal would oust FEHBP for single health plan
-
October 05, 2011
USPS
Reminds Employees
must not engage in campaigns for or
against changes in mail service (PDF) - 21st CPW
-
Why the
Postal Service Exists
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Rep.
Lynch: Postal bill has support
To read more about the Cummings Lynch
bill to help USPS
click here
-
Video:
"How Issa Would Save the U.S. Postal Service"
PEN Ed: I wonder if Darrell would like to buy
the Golden Gate Bridge from me? -
Congress
members Ask Postmaster to Take Buffalo Off List
-
Postal
Supervisor Charged With Workmen’s Comp Fraud,
Lying to Postal Personnel -
OIG:
Digital Currency: An Opportunity for the Postal
Service? -
USPS
Reductions Won’t Affect its Door-to-Door Anthrax
Response Capability -
Postal
Service’s 2011 losses narrow (but only because
of a gimmick)
Federal Times -
USPS could
help 73m 'unbanked' people into digital economy
Post and Parcel -
Closing
rural post offices would hurt businesses
-
Congressional offices confront an increasing
amount of mail -
Direct
marketing spending to hit $163 billion in 2011
October 04, 2011
Some MN
postal workers missed a paycheck
..."a programming glitch at our payroll
processing center resulted in errors on the
checks of approximately 5,000 rural carriers
nationwide." -
Post
Office Closings: Updated List and Projections
Save the Post Office -
Somerville
Postal Employees Indicted On Drug Trafficking
Charges -
New Postal
Service ads cite old-fashioned benefits
Federal Times -
Former
U.S. Postal Service carrier charged in mail
theft -
Talk Radio
Says Issa Continues Fight To Save USPS
PEN Ed: - Huh? -
The United
States Postal Service: The Ultimate Stalled
Brand -
October 03, 2011
Issa: USPS
must shave labor costs
-
GAO cites
benefits of Census-Postal Service teamwork
Also see
Census
Bureau and Postal Service Should Pursue
Opportunities to Further Enhance Collaboration
-
Setting
the Record Straight, part two: The NY Times Does
It Again
Save the Post Office - Also see
Setting
the Record Straight, part one: The Postmaster
Takes the National Review to School
-
USPS:
Vultures Roosting in the Eagle's Nest
-
Postal
Service must keep Saturday mail
-
Tampa Supports Postal Workers
-
Fight to survive: USPS's management,
four unions at odds over plan of action
El Paso Times -
RIF
Competitive Areas for the Postal Service
October 02, 2011
APWU Files
Unfair Labor Practice Charge
The APWU recently filed an unfair labor practice
charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB)
protesting the Postal Service’s refusal to
provide the union with information regarding
Area Mail Processing (AMP) feasibility studies.-
Fight The
PMG's Quest To Undermine Service
(PDF)
APWU Western Region Alert -
Reading
the Writing on the Envelope
PEN Ed: Clueless article from the NY Times -
A Losing
Battle? The Fight To Save The Postal Service
NPR -
Postal
Service financial rescue plan in works at White
House -
Sioux
City's USPS Mail Processing Center closes for
good -
October 01, 2011
Census
Bureau and Postal Service Should Pursue
Opportunities to Further Enhance Collaboration
- "...using mail carriers to conduct
census field operations at USPS pay rates would
not be cost-effective. In 2010, USPS mail
carriers cost on average about $41 (city) or $34
(rural) per hour" [ PEN Ed: how did they arrive
at this cost...anyone know?] -
With
historic losses looming, Postal Service launches
new ad campaign
Washington Post -
The Post
Office Goes Negative
New York Magazine - PEN Ed: be sure to add your
comments at NYM - seems obvious that a young kid
wrote this. -
OUR VIEW:
USPS cheapens an honor
Bakersfield Californian -
Postal
Service health plan still on the radar
GovExec.com -
Former
postal carrier claims local mail is routinely
thrown in the trash -
Witness
for the Post Office: The Mayor testifies, the
Postal Service cross-examines
Save the Post Office -
Tell
Congress To Stop Killing The Post Office
-
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