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NOVEMBER 2009
November 15, 2009
- Mom of 'proud soldier' dissatisfied with postal service -
- USPS, UPS, FedEx Express and the RLA -
- Summer Sale Boosted Catalog Mailings, Paper Exec Says
- South side woman protests closure of post office

November 14, 2009
- Do not be fooled (Ed: Good article) -
- Mobile post office will not return to Jersey City

November 13, 2009
- Charges against Richmond, Va. Postal Workers Official Indefinitely Dropped -
- New developments about mail carrier and man accused of assaulting her -
- Man killed by VP's Secret Service vehicles -
- West Sunbury woman pleads guilty to Postal Service theft
- Netflix Spends $600 million on postage yearly

November 12, 2009
- Paducah postal worker gets 22 years probation on theft charge -
- PRC Investigation of Suspended Post Offices -
- Mishawaka, IN man arrested after assaulting mail carrier -
- Healthcare Reform End Game
- UPS to raise 2010 shipping rates

November 11, 2009
- Officials of Arkansas Postal Workers Local Indicted for Fraud -
- Fort Payne, AL postman accused of mail theft -
- US Attorney - Dozen Defendants (including a postal employee) Arrested For Passport Fraud -
- Police: Teens shot paint balls at letter carrier -
- Small-Parcel Shippers to Get USPS Rate Breaks
- Carrier was the Right person in the Right place at the Right time
- Gracious Montgomery, AL clerk teaches lesson

November 10, 2009
- Missing mail prompts investigation of former postal employee -
- Postal Service announces mix of price cuts, increases for 2010
- Mail carrier delivers help to veterans
- AL’S BACK

November 09, 2009
- OIG: Disappearing Collection Boxes -
- 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
- Company responds to closure fears -

November 07, 2009
- 35 Excessing Notices Go Out to Elmira Postal Workers (VIDEO) -
- Postman in fair condition after collision

November 06, 2009
- CSRS vs. FERS: Somebody's Got it Made! -
- Andrews: USPS must explain Logan Twp. closing
- Family of murdered Alabama mail truck driver searches for answers
- Post Office stops mobile service in Jersey City

November 05, 2009
- Annual/Sick Leave Into TSP Dollars? -
- Mail carrier found slumped in Boynton Beach stamped with DUI charge -
- FERS Sick Leave Cure: Rumor vs. Reality -
- Child Support Company Sued By U.S. Postal Service -
- Albany, NY Postal Customers Speak Out -
- How to avoid drowning in Open Season's flood of choices -
- Caught Like a Burglar With the Goods in Hand -
- Eight Challenges for a Postal Business Model -
- More than Stamps: Adapting the Postal Service to a Changing World -
- 2010 Shipping Services Prices (PDF 2.06 mb)
Effective January 4, 2010 | Also see U. S. Postal Service Announces 2010 Shipping Prices
- New Service Targets the Cost and Customer Service Impact of Undeliverable Shipments
- GAO: Postal Financial Challenges Continue, with Relatively Limited Results from Recent Revenue-Generation Efforts

November 04, 2009
- Who could replace Potter? -
- Summary of USPS HQ/Management Associations consultative meeting on October 28 -
- Mail Truck Rollover Kills Driver
- IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Mail
- Are 19 L.A. communities losing their U.S. Post Offices?

November 03, 2009
- Family battles post office over shredded death certificate -
- Former Postal Employee Sentenced For Stealing From Mail -
- Postal carrier charged with littering after dumping mail -
- Pitney Bowes Asks - What’s next for the USPS? -
- Dear Mr. Postmaster General, you’ve started a trend… but… -
- Preference-Eligible Employees Should Look to the CBA
- USPS to release Intelligent Mail additions this month
- Wrong to close efficient postal center

November 02, 2009
- Postmaster faces man with gun at Post Office - Also see: 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.' -
- Monday Morning Federal Newscast -
- Are There Other Viable Alternatives for 6-Day Delivery Operations? -
- The Challenge: Postal Wages and Discounts -
- Pricing Volume Mail -
- Dead letter - The world's ailing postal services -


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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..."
- View USPS Official Organizational Chart
- 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." -

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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