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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
September 2012 News
September 30, 2012
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Has USPS
Targeted the Wrong Plants for Closure?
Dead Tree Edition
Postal
Service Doesn't Have To Reduce Service To Save
Money, Regulator Says
Defense
wants Memphis judge to suppress confession,
other evidence in killings of Henning postal
workers
September 29, 2012
APWU Clerk
Craft Wins Jurisdiction On New AFCS 200 Operator
Position
Redrawing
the Map: A Look at USPS' Network Rationalization
Plan
PRC
questions cost-saving plan
Also see
The Hill
Call for
dismissal in USPS postal retail lawsuit
USPS
advised to delay facility closures
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New
PostCom publication: "Into the Postal Weeds"
September 28, 2012
Clerk
Craft Settlement Strengthens Seniority When
Excessing Occurs
APWU, USPS
Reach Agreement on NTFT Schedules
The Wait
for Postal Default
NY Times
Private
solutions to postal concerns
Delivery
mix-up leaves postal customer with empty mailbox
Times Union
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House
Inaction Brings USPS To Brink of Default – Again
September 27, 2012
Post
office employees charged with theft
The Tribune
APWU and
USPS Sign Agreement to Protect APWU Work
Former
Postmaster Gets 6 Month Sentence
Postal
Service Will Not Make September 30, 2012 Payment
to Prefund Retiree Health Benefits
Former
U.S. Postal Service Executive Pleads Guilty To
Embezzling Government Funds
Duluth
postal carrier pleads guilty to stealing Menards
rebate materials
Postal worker
pleads to illegally collecting unemployment
USPS
losses pass $14bn mark for the year
Post and Parcel
New York
Magazine Tries Manhattan Hand-Delivery to
Counter Postal Cutbacks
USPS
recycling policies hypocritical says one
big-time shipper
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Hatch Act
permits range of feds’ political action
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Postal
Worker Gets Prison Time for Embezzlement
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Nat'l
Postal Museum Launches Digital Memory Book
September 26, 2012
US Postal
investigators probe Torrington office
A letter sent on behalf of post
office employees to a postal service district
manager alleged the postmaster deleted and
altered hours within the employees' time card
system. It also said he was responsible for a
workplace environment of fear and rude treatment
toward employees.
OSHA Cites
Tucson, AZ Postal Facility for Exposing Workers
to Potential Injuries -
Warning
that postal service Armageddon looms
WTRV
Postal
Service to move closer to insolvency
CNN Money
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Mobile
Marketing Goes Postal with Holiday eCommerce
Promotion
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Time To
Socialize Social Media
September 25, 2012
NAPS:
Congress Prepares to Go Home, Issa Goes Small
Decimation
of CA MVS On Full Speed (PDF)
and more from 21CPW
U.S.
Postal Service Begins RFP Review
The Postal Service spent nearly $100 million on
ads in 2011, according to Kantar Media.
Criminal
Enforcement Actions – Postal Union Officials
Former
Postal Employee Sentenced
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OIG Blog:
Diagnostic Tools Drive Service Improvements
September 24, 2012
Carper
urges curbs on Postal Regulatory Commission
travel
Federal Times
Burrus
Journal: Missed Opportunity
The
incredible shrinking Postal Service: More tales
of suspensions, reductions, relocations, and
sell-offs - Save the
Post Office
Postal
Politics Affect Congressional Race
The Best
Annuity: FERS or CSRS?
Mail
carrier 'heroes' are eyes, ears, noses for
routes
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Nearly 46
years after starting 'temp' job, Mabel Galvin to
retire from Duluth post office
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Flexible
Spending Accounts
September 23, 2012
Will
Congress let the Postal Service make the tough
calls?
Dallas News -
Ready for
more junk mail? Postal Service hopes so
- AJC -
In Praise
of … Wait for It … the Postal Service
Time -
September 22, 2012
Postal
Service Gives Customers Chance to Get Cash For
Their Old Electronic Devices
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Postal
Service Plan: Kill Trees, Annoy People, Lose
Money
Bloomberg -
APWU:
Travel Delay Settlement -
US Postal
Service officials to Florida customers: Stop
crashing into our buildings -
NBCNews.com -
Cisco, TX
postmaster gets 10 years probation for child sex
crimes -
September 21, 2012
USPS:
Strategy for low-activity Post Offices continues
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OPM
Announces 2013 Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program Premium Rates -
APWU and
USPS Partially Resolve Software Dispute
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Letter
carriers recognized as 2012 Heroes of the Year
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OIG:
Taxing the Postal Service? -
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Witness
sees postal carrier using cell phone during
accident
September 20, 2012
Postal
worker acquitted in Dershowitz sister-in-law
crash death
New York Post -
Postmaster
General Stresses Comprehensive Legislation is
Key to Mailing Industry’s Future
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Postal
chief promotes service cuts to stay solvent
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
Congressman Smith Encourages Nebraskans to
Complete USPS Surveys -
Best time
to retire from USPS
Federal Times -
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Brazil's
postal workers go on strike in 23 regions
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Woman
sentenced for postal theft
September 19, 2012
PMG’s
employee message -
D.C.
postal carrier charged with mail theft
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APWU:
Honor the Contract; Join the Fight to Save the
USPS -
Several fall ill at Washington state
Postal Service building -
Courier
Express and Postal Observer Lives Again
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FedEx
Growth Continues to Rely on USPS
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Seeking
Revenue, Post Office Plans to Deliver More Junk
Mail
NY Times -
Clerk
avoids further jail time after skimming $17,000
from Postal Service -
APWU Must
Enforce Limits on Use of PSEs, Clerk Officers
Declare -
THE HOLES
THAT STILL NEED FILLING IN THE POSTAL REFORM
DEBATE -
September 18, 2012
Mailman
helps save woman from burning mobile home
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Postal
Service Reform Will Be a Lighter Measure,
Lawmakers Say -
GSA and
Postal Service can improve property management,
auditors say
Government Executive -
Postal
Worker Charged with Sexual Abuse
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Postal
worker pleads guilty possessing machine gun
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Postal
worker leaves hospital without heart
September 17, 2012
Consternation and confusion: Putting POStPlan in
place
Save the Post Office -
Lawmakers
concede Postal Service overhaul unlikely before
Nov. election
The Hill -
APWU:
Management and Privatizers Are Reading from the
Same Script -
Editorial:
Make Postal Service a priority
Philly.com -
September 16, 2012
NAPUS: A
Curious Issa Letter to the President of the
United States -
Postal
Service Offers Convenience and Simplicity Just
In Time for the Holidays
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September 15, 2012
Congressman Hank Johnson stands up for USPS
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Postmaster
collapses, dies while delivering
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Veteran
postal worker accused of delivering cocaine to
Orlando -
Save
postal service one letter at a time
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The Long
and Short Of A Schedule Award
September 14, 2012
Farewell
to Courier Express and Postal Observer
Dead Tree Edition -
We, the
Postal Service’ Publication for new — and old —
employees now available
NALC: New
white paper provides reality check on USPS
finances and postal reform
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Thousands
of federal employees could lose their jobs for
not paying taxes
The Baltimore Sun -
Seattle
District Celebrates Opening of the Nation’s 50th
Village Post Office -
Rep.
Waxman Responds to Possible Sale of Beverly
Hills Post Office -
To save
private jobs, Congress should OK postal reform
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USPS
notice of modification to existing systems of
records (PDF) - Federal Register
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Man
convicted of 2010 slaying of postal worker from
Pembroke Pines
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More Postal News
September 13, 2012
USPS
shouldn't be picking winners and losers
Journal-Advocate -
Judge
addresses mental exam in postal shooting
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Five
'First-Class' Direct Mail Tips From the U.S.
Postal Service -
Postal
Service between a rock and a hard place
Chattanooga Times Free Press -
Ex-postal
worker sentenced to prison for workers' comp
fraud -
Postal
employee accused of stealing $21,000
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Zumbox and
Computershare Bring Digital Postal Mail to
Financial Industry -
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Postal
worker cited after driving into girl on bicycle
September 12, 2012
PRC
Dismisses APWU Complaint
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NALC:
Six-day delivery preserved for now
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Ex-postal
supervisor gets probation in fake mugging
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Car slams
into postal truck -
Post
office troubles not related to mail
NALC's Rolando responds to this viewpoint
Overpaid
workers are root of Postal Service woes
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Mail-Truck
Driver Tried on Charges of Leaving Scene of
Fatal Bike Accident
NY Times -
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Unions vow
to fight extended pay freeze in spending bill
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Hearing
set in West Tenn. postal shooting case
September 11, 2012
Issa seeks
temporary postal reform in continuing resolution
Read
Issa's letter to Obama (PDF) -
Also see
Federal
News Radio article -
POStPlan
implementation: The surveys go out, the trouble
begins
Save the Post Office -
USPS Could
Save $1 Billion By Combining Delivery
Operations, Study Says
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Dead Tree Edition -
Congress
Returns Amid Low Expectations
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OIG Blog:
Remembering the Military . . . by Mail
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Woman
sentenced for theft from post office
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Post
Offices in East Canton Cut Hours
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September 10, 2012
Wayne
Knight, Seinfeld's 'Newman,' Says He Sympathizes
With Postal Workers Facing Cuts
- Huff Post -
Public Ok
With Privatized Post Office
NJ TODAY -
Widow's
Claim Against Postal Service Revived
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4-year-old
struck by postal truck -
Letter:
Blame both parties for bad bill
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Postal
Service deal hurts newspapers
Quad-City Times -
Postal
Service honoring Flight 93: Stamp cancellation
will be available
The Tribune Democrat -
September 09, 2012
Eight
Legislative Days in September: Will the House
Act on the USPS? -
Canyon
postmaster job being eliminated
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A $15K
flute in ‘lost & found’
September 08, 2012
NALC
Arbitration: USPS Offers NO raises, NO COLAs, NO
Layoff Protection -
'Byzantine
warren of fiefdoms' makes contracting fraud hard
to stop
On a hot summer day in 2011, two men
sat in a car outside of L’Enfant Plaza (USPS
headquarters) in Washington, D.C. Away from any
offices, they arranged a secret deal -- a $1
million bribe from a contractor in exchange for
a $1 billion federal contract. -
An Open
Letter to Senator Collins: It's time for a new
vision of the Postal Service
- Save the
Post Office -
Postal truck driver accused in
hit-and-run death of Marilyn Dershowitz, sister of famed lawyer Alan
Dershowitz, to go on trial Monday - NY Daily News -
Postal worker sentenced for faking a
mugging -
3,000 mail
handlers accept buyouts
Federal Times -
The End of
(Mail) Men
Slate -
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Cleveland
postal carrier discovers smoking package
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Postal
Worker Honored For Going Above And Beyond
September 07, 2012
PMG Paints
Positive Picture of Postal Service’s Future
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NALC Says
Arbitration Is Underway
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Holding
Congress Accountable on November 6
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Trial to
be set for postal worker who allegedly killed
Dershowitz's sister-in-law -
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United
States Postal Service runs drill preparing for
potential terrorist threats
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Postal
Service cleans up mail scattered along
interstate
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Fifty
years after the Plymouth Mail Robbery
September 06, 2012
Postal
Service Trial of '100 Percent Street Time' Fails
Dead Tree Edition -
Former
postal worker fined $2000 for mail theft
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PostCom:
Washington
Post: A recent Gallup Poll
provides a clue as to why Democrats largely
ignored federal employees in the platform issued
at the party’s Charlotte convention this week.
The public thinks government stinks. [PostCom
EdNote: Mark my words. If this administration
wins re-election, there'll be no hesitation to
throw postal unions under the bus when the hard
bargaining over postal reform begins.] -
Postal
employee sentenced for money order theft
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USPS
Postal Carrier Claims Resignation Was Due to
Hostile Work Environment -
September 05, 2012
The USPS’
Mission Continues To Be Service
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OIG:
Closing the Youth Gap -
Postal
Service woes hurt communities
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Where’s
the way out for Postal Service?
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Democratic
platform defends government initiatives
September 04, 2012
8 Reasons
USPS Productivity Is Declining: The Employees
Speak Out
Dead Tree Edition -
To NSA or
not to NSA? The Valassis Question
Save the Post Office -
Busting
myths about the U.S. Postal Service
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September 03, 2012
'Lifers'
show a loyalty that is now rare in workplaces
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Letters:
Postal profits
Pueblo Chieftain -
Legislation works against USPS
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September 02, 2012
Another
round of retiree benefits litigation on the
horizon - Washington Post -
Postal
worker helps deliver suspect to cops
Video: Boston Herald -
Postal
Service launches hotline for DNC changes
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USPS
Monthly Financial Data for July 2012
(PDF) -
September 01, 2012
Rolando:
What's really behind the Postal Service crisis
The Arizona Republic -
The truth
to what ails the US post office
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NAPUS
Executive Board Tackles Tough Issues in Oklahoma
City -
Postal
Service In The US Industry Market Research
Report Now Available From IBISWorld
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USPS: New
PS Form 3971
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Feds fail
to catch 117,000 collecting both disability,
unemployment
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