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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
July 2014 News
July 31, 2014
Florida man hits postal carrier over no mail
- Chron
Postal Employee Accused Of Eavesdropping
- WWNY TV 7
Federal charges possible in postal worker battery
case - Fox 59
Woman imprisoned for stealing checks from and
mail
Criminals target cluster mailboxes around
Albuquerque
All the Post Office Needs Is a Little Repackaging
- Direct Marketing News
Tax Fraud Is Huge These Days -
PEN
Postal Service hiring administrator to oversee
firing - The Washington Post
For Alabama postal worker, honesty the best
policy - Alexander City Outlook
July 30, 2014
Video: Four Mail Carriers Attacked in South
Florida Since April - PEN
USPS seeks new site for La Jolla letter carriers,
downplays importance of audit requested by Congress -
La Jolla Light
The USPS's Hail-Mary Idea: Embrace 3-D Printing
- The Atlantic
Alabama Postal Employee Involved In Stolen
Identity Tax Refund Scheme
- PEN
Postal carrier who threw out the mail sentenced
to time served
Maryland an pleads guilty to stealing 2,000
postal carts, selling them for scrap - The Republic
Postal
Service spanked over insurance ads - CBS News
Ralph Nader visits Berkeley, urges support of
historic post office - The Daily Californian
Postal Service Driver Drunk When She Flipped
Truck - NBC 10 Philadelphia
150 Person Arkansas Town Keeps Post Office
- KUAR Public Radio
July 29, 2014
Video: Gone Postal's NALC Convention Highlights
- PEN
Texas man allegedly sent 500 'white powder'
letters
- CNN
NALC Covention
USPS's Aging Delivery Fleet to Conk Out in 4 Years
- eCommerce Bytes
Editorial: Time to privatize mail service
- Press Enterprise
Georgia man threatens to shoot postal worker (if
she ever maced his dog) - Online Athens
Mail carrier on unpaid leave, accused of stealing
mail from customers
People Use Government to Stay Connected: The Post
Office
- Center for Effective Government
July 28, 2014
Video: Linns Monday Morning Brief - July 28, 2014
- PEN
Why Are Postal Workers Boycotting Staples?
- The Nation
The Road to a New Delivery Fleet
- Office of Inspector General
Postal Service seeks RIF administrator as layoffs
loom - Federal Times - Also see PEN's article:
USPS Seeks Reduction-In-Force Administrator
Door Slamming on Home Mail Delivery?
- Target Marketing
USPS Says Click N Ship Technical Issues Are Over
- eCommerce Bytes
Are Shippers Responsible for Legality of Goods
They Transport? WSJ
July 27, 2014
Video: OK letter carrier collapses on the job
from intense heat exhaustion - PEN
Ralph Nader to Speak at Berkeley Post Office
- PEN
USPS Seeks Reduction-In-Force Administrator
- PEN
Former Dallas CEO says he has few regrets after
losing verdict - Dallas Morning News
July 26, 2014
Will Labor Solidarity Save the Post Office?
- Huffington Post
Dog Bites Mail Carrier and Supervisor is Removed
- FedSmith
West Virginia PMR Admits Taking Over $2000
- PEN
F.Y.I.:
Typical Household, Now Worth a Third Less
Foxborough boy with brain tumor gets 100,000
cards and packages on his 6th birthday - The
Boston Globe
Feds say Bellmawr, NJ postal worker sold pirated
DVDs - Courier Post
A USPS Worker Called 911, and Then His Bosses
Called Him a Terrorist - Businessweek
July 25, 2014
Video: Stephen Sombrotto addresses NALC
convention - PEN
NALC Convention Chronicle - Thursday
(PDF)
NPMHU President Hegarty Addresses Delegates of
the 69th Biennial NALC Convention - PEN
A tale of postal woes continues
- Linns Stamp News - The member of Congress who wrote the 2006 law that
has been widely blamed for the United States Postal Service’s financial
crisis is defending that act ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Postal Service Revenue
Rising - PEN
APWU: Deliberations Continue on Constitutional
Resolutions and More - PEN
Video: Baltimore Carrier Admits To Stealing And
Embezzling Over 20,000 Pieces Of Mail - PEN
Video: Ed Schultz address NALC Convention
- PEN
Postal Inspectors Need Help In
Mail Carrier Robbery
Postal Service Uses Birthday Bash to Fight
Privatization - Public News Service
2 men steal master key from North Miami postal
worker
July 24, 2014
Rep. Richmond Introduces Bill to Expand USPS to
Include Basic Financial Services - PEN
Military Mail Changes Will Save $4 Million Annually,
Official Says - defense.gov
Claremont postmaster accused of school theft
- WCAX.com
A mail truck and minivan collide spreading mail
across a Duluth roadway - Northland's News Center
Video: Stand Up, Fight Back! - OUR Walmart and
Fight for 15 - PEN
Postal Banking: An Urgent Public Need
- PEN
Union Plus Supports Union Families with $20K
Student Loan Giveaway - PEN
Mail Handlers President Hegarty Addresses
Delegates at the APWU 2014 National Convention - PEN
Video: OUR Walmart, Fast-Food Workers Inspire
Convention Delegates - news + video - PEN
San Jose: Disgraced postal inspector indicted on
federal mail theft, drug charges - Contra Costa
Times
You can't take politics out of the Postal Service
- Opinion - Victorville Daily Press
USPS board of governors headed for full
membership - Linns
APWU Convention News - Day 3
(PDF)
July 23, 2014
Postal Worker (wearing her uniform) Goes on
Violent Salon Rampage Over Botched Hairdo, Police Say
- DNA Info - Also see
NY Daily News
Your Mail Delivered - After Dark
- CNN
Late mail: U.S. Postal Service is struggling to
deliver mail before 5 p.m. in South Florida - wptv.com
APWU: ‘The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale’
- PEN
Video: Chicago Staples Protest
- PEN
APWU: Convention Video: The Labor Movement: Time
for a New Day - PEN
Wausau Residents Show Up for Meeting - USPS Is a
No Show
Union Boss: Don't Privatize The Post Office
- Daily Caller
Is your mail arriving after dark? USPS service
cuts are to blame, watchdog says - Washington Post -
Also see:
D.C. area rises to the top - for late mail
delivery
July 22, 2014
Capital District Working Too Many Carriers After
Dark - PEN
Feds of the future: Not a pretty sight!
- "The successful federal agency of the 21st century will look like the
U.S. Postal Service!" Say what? Is that a misprint, a misquote or what? -
Federal News Radio
Postal Workers' Battle With Staples Comes To
Chicago - Chicago Business
Florida Letter Carrier Rescues Mother and Child
- PEN
Late Payments for Highway Contract Routes at the
Indianapolis, IN, Processing and Distribution Center
(PDF) - Office of Inspector General
Video: APWU Says ‘Dump the Postmaster General!’
- PEN
Editorial: Time to privatize mail service
- Some CA newspaper
All aboard! Former KC Southern postal car to get
new home - The Joplin Globe
Brilliant Frugal Living: The fabulously frugal
USPS - The Daily Local
Family Without Mail For Months, In Need Of New
Mailbox
July 21, 2014
Postal Unions 1, Staples 0
- The Motley Fool
How the USPS Can Save $75 Billion Without Cutting
Services
- Quad Graphics says USPS should manage its own healthcare plan - I say
USPS can't even manage USPS and should stay OUT of the insurance business.
PEN Ed.
Piney Flats,TN man sentenced in counterfeit
postage scheme
Video: Standing Up, Fighting Back - Stop Staples
- PEN
Video: Linns Monday Morning Brief
- July 21, 2014 - PEN
Package Services: Get Ready, Set, Grow!
- Office of Inspector General
Amazon sorting center planned for Nashville
- The Tennessean
Carrier claims she was attacked by dogs in Dupo, IL
-
Madison - St. Clair Record
Carpenters to picket letter-carriers' convention
- Will the NALC cross the carpenters picket lines to attend their
convention? - Philly
NALC: 69th Biennial NALC Convention in Philadelphia
APWU National Convention Gets Underway
Speech: American Postal Workers Union (APWU),
Chicago - Speech by Billy Hayes, President,
Communications Workers Union (U.K.)
NAPS Final National Convention Resolutions Posted
- PEN
Why Staples Stock Has Plummeted 30% This Year
- Motley Fool
Postal Service has vision of providing banks for
underserved consumers - Herald Tribune
Could 3D Printing Save the Postal Service?
- Brookings Institution
July 20, 2014
Jay Galione and Gone Postal: The Documentary - Radio Interview
- Interviewed by WVKR FM 91.3 Activist Radio
FedEx Cries Foul Over Postal Service Price Cuts
- Dead Tree Edition
Letter carriers arrive for convention with
worries for future - Philly.com
Amazon launches Sunday delivery from Kent
warehouse - The Seattle Times
Suspect on the run after robbing Kingdom City
Post Office - ABC 17 News
July 19, 2014
Postmaster plans to plead guilty in postal fraud
- Washington Times
Carper Hasn't Given Up Hope on Postal Reform
- Fedweek
RSS coming to more than 400 Post Offices
nationwide - PEN
Pot-by-mail operation foiled by Racine post
office - WISN Home
July 18, 2014
An open letter to U.S. Postmaster General Donahoe
- Vermillion Plain Talk
Video: Popular postal worker’s family finds
forgiveness after his death - PEN
Postal Service Urged To Move Forward On Banking
Proposal - Mint Press News - Also see:
Video: Senator Elizabeth Warren Discusses
Proposal for Financial Services at the Post Office -
PEN
Staples, USPS Use Trickery to Try to Derail
Boycott - PEN
FedEx charged with trafficking drugs for Web
pharmacies - USA Today
No stamp of approval for mail sorting move;
supervisors sending postal service letter in opposition
- Times-Standard Online
The post office isn’t a dead letter
- Standard Speaker
Rally planned in Worcester in response to noose
at post office - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Could the U.S. Postal Service become a banker?
- Birmingham Business Journal
July 17, 2014
Six-day mail clears major hurdle
- PEN
Video: Mail delivery stops because carrier can't
U-turn - WINK-TV News
No FEAR Act training reminder
- PEN
Bad Data, Penalties as a Revenue Stream, and the
USPS One Way Street - Postal Affairs Blog
Man, Woman Charged In Texas Post Office Break-Ins
Plead Guilty
Anthrax Letters, Now on View, Represent the
Serious Threats Faced by the Post Office - Smithsonian
Mag
Video: Postal Workers trying to keep cool during
summer - PEN
Indictment Alleges Mail Carrier Stashed
Deliveries - ABC News
Should USPS Move Into Financial Services?
- eCommerce Bytes
Experts Debate USPS Financial Services
- Credit Union Times
ID theft arrest after Woodmere man's mail gets
forwarded without his knowledge - Newsday
Amazon Sunday delivery: Key facts to know as USPS
rolls out service nationally - GeekWire
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More Postal News
July 16, 2014
Video: PMG State of the Business - July 15, 2014
- PEN
Darrell Issa’s postal embarrassment: Momentum
builds for cheap banking option - Salon
Postal Privatization Protest Is Having an Effect,
So Staples Resorts to Trickery - NJ Today
Video: Mail Thief Caught On Camera
- PEN
Postal Board Nominees Would Hand Rate-Setting
Authority to USPS - Direct Marketing News
Residents: Hey postmaster, this Uptown station
needs a real fix - NY Daily News
Driver Accused of Hitting Mailman Fights Lawsuit
- Sea Coast Online
Netflix Quietly Killed Off Saturday DVD
Deliveries - Business Insider
July 15, 2014
PMG gives update on Staples relationship
- PEN
Vicki Kennedy Testifies on Capitol Hill Regarding
Nomination to the USPS Board of Governors - PEN
Video F.Y.I. - VA Whistleblower Says Disability
Claim Dates Were Also Altered - PEN
Customer and employee rights when USPS solicits
customers to change the mode of mail delivery -
PEN
Are you more inclined to use Click-N-Ship or PC
Postage rather than visit a retail outlet to save money on Priority Mail?
- Office of Inspector General
Silver City Postal Clerk Charged With 56 Counts of
False Entries and Reports
- Silver City News
False Charges, Reprisals Against Post Office
Worker Prompts Anti-Retaliation Lawsuit - CBS St. Louis
Staples Terminates Deal With USPS
- PEN
Undeliverable As Addressed Mail
- OIG Audit Report (PDF)
A Rare Win For The Unions? Staples Abandons
Postal Service Trial
- WSJ - Also see:
Staples, USPS end program to set up mini-post
offices in stores - Reuters
IG: U.S. Postal Service not resolving problems
for biggest customers quickly enough - Fierce
Government
NYSUT joins A.F.T. in urging members to boycott
Staples - Capital New York
July 14, 2014
The Truth About Saturday Delivery
- Delivering for America via PEN
Video: Linn's Monday Morning Brief - July 14,
2014 - PEN
Fact-checking the postmaster general
- NALC via PEN
Florida Letter Carrier Saves Stroke Victim
- PEN
Postal Service Privatization Brings Staples
Boycott - Public News Service
USPS Must Ensure Reassigned Employees are Qualified
for New Positions - Fedweek
Nominations of Hon. James C. Miller III, Stephen
Crawford, David M. Bennett, and Victoria Reggie Kennedy to be Governors,
U.S. Postal Service - Senate.gov
AFT Delegates Adopt 'Don't Buy Staples'
Resolution, Rally in Support of U.S. Postal Workers -
APWU
Confirmation Hearing US Postal Service Governors
- will air today at 3 P.M. on C-SPAN
Concerns over mail sorting operation move
- Times Standard
July 13, 2014
The USPS, a bypass and a little history
- The Bismarck Tribune
Postal carrier helps elderly woman who fell
- Newark Advocate
MURPHY, HIMES STATEMENT ON USPS ANNOUNCEMENT TO
CEASE PLANS TO REROUTE SOUTHPORT MAIL DELIVERIES - PEN
Post office workers honored with Memorial Room
- Del Rio News-Herald
Door-to-door uptown mail delivery returns in Lake
Placid - News-Sun
July 12, 2014
USPS sets the record straight - Postal Service
isn’t going away - PEN
Postal Employee Removed from Federal Service For
Hatch Act Violations - PEN - See related:
Double standard? Pro-Obama IRS worker suspended,
postal employee fired for political violation
Maintenance Craft Settles Dispute on Custodial
Staffing; Will Convert More Than 3,150 PSEs -
PEN
NAPUS: Six-Day Delivery Remains the Center of
Attention, Senate to Hear USPS Board of Governor Nominees
- PEN
USPS responds to Wall Street Journal letters to
the editor - PEN
Issa's Last Ditch Effort to Eliminate Saturday
Mail Delivery Falls Short - GovExec.com
A postal worker based out of Ahwahnee, CA
was killed in a head-on collision while driving home from work in North
Fork Thursday night.
State investigating noose found in Worcester post
office - Fox Boston
July 09, 2014
Postal Service shoots itself in the foot
- The Times Leader
Rolando: How low will he, the PMG, go?
- PEN
Feds tell Postal Service to give more public
access to mural in Somerville's Union Square post office
- Somerville - Wicked Local
What if Google ran the post office?
- Roanoke Times
Teachers union urges boycott of Framingham-based
Staples
July 08, 2014
USPS suit one of top 10 most expensive
discrimination settlements of 2013 - PEN
AFL-CIO Dubs Staples and USPS ‘Low-Wage Villains’
- PEN
Former Reagan Budget Director Could Return to
Postal Board - Direct Marketing News
A Modest Proposal - A Plea for Predictability
- Postal Affairs Blog
Rating the U.S. Postal Service on Customer
Satisfaction - Postal Affairs Blog
Postlandia - The Pennsylvania
Gazette
Article written by Evan Kalish writer of the
Going Postal Blog
The Privatization of Greece's Postal Service Is
Underway - Businessweek
Video: San Antonio postal customers locked out of
their mail - PEN
Video: Woman angry postal worker threw package,
damaged it - PEN
Rating the U.S. Postal Service on Customer
Satisfaction - eCommerce Bytes
The Fate Of Rural Post Offices
- KHAS TV
National Newspaper Association criticizes future
USPS cutbacks - Dateline
July 07, 2014
AFSCME, UNITE HERE Join ‘Don’t Buy Staples’
Movement - APWU News via PEN
Amazon quietly rolls out Sunday delivery in
Seattle and Portland; Coming soon to Bay Area, Boston and more cities
- GeekWire
PRC Reviews USPS FY 2013 Performance Goals and FY
2014 Plan - PRC news via PEN
Rural Carrier saves mail after LLV catches fire
- PEN
Updated Information on the July 8th LAC Posting
for Impacted Postmasters - PEN
Video: Rooftop fire shuts down south Vegas post
office - PEN
Updated POStPlan FAQs and Incentive Payment FAQs
- PEN
Video: Linns Stamp News Brief for Monday July 7
- PEN
IG: Postal Service could make hundreds of
millions of dollars as 3D printing rises in popularity
- Fierce Government
If It Prints, It Ships: 3D Printing and the
Postal Service - Also see:
Have you ever used a 3D printer? -
Office of Inspector General
Welcome to PubLetters; you can’t spell Drink
without “Ink”
While Amazon Dreams Of Drones And Phones, Google
Attacks With Trucks And Bucks - Forbes
Why Postal Service Banking Is a Bad Idea
- US News and World Report
Postal Service has spent $190,000 on unopened
office - The Times Tribune
July 06, 2014
The Case of the Never-Ending Case: Bill Moore vs.
the U.S. Government - At the center of the
drama, which has now dragged on for 25 years, is an agency that prides
itself on being boring in its routine: the U.S. Postal Service. - Huff
Post
The most insane law by Congress, ever?
- Most Americans have never heard of the Postal Accountability and
Enhancement Act of 2006. The mind-numbing title alone sounds like it could
put a hardcore insomniac to sleep. The truth is, it’s one of the most
insane laws Congress ever enacted. - The Roanoke Times
Senator Hoeven Working to Keep Minot Area
Processing Facility Operating - PEN
Do You Owe Back Taxes and Have a TSP Account? Be
Forewarned - FedSmith
Another fight looms over Saturday mail delivery
- The Hill
July 05, 2014
Video: Alabama USPS Worker Caught Throwing
Packages Into Ravine - PEN
AFSCM applauds boycott of staples in support of
postal workers?
- Examiner - Also see:
http://union-news.org/
Editorial: Congress fails to deliver on mail woes
- Lima Ohio
July 04, 2014
USPS: Employee input sought for next generation
of vehicles - USPS news via PEN
Murkowski Gets FedEx to Rethink its Rural P.O.
Box Policies - PEN
Video: Friends shocked, town in mourning
following shooting at post office - PEN
USPS Employees Used Travel Cards for Grocery
Shopping, Eating Out - GovExec.com
Video of Birmingham, AL postal worker throwing
packages into a ravine leads to resignation -
Looks like the person who filmed this video has chosen not to share it
with the general public. - AL.com
Classroom Supplier Staples Provokes Ire of
Teachers' Unions - Education Week Teacher - Also see:
Teachers, postal workers weigh Staples boycott
- USA Today
The Post Office Isn’t Dead Yet
- Counter Punch
Postal Service to close dozens of mail centers
- The Hill
Do You Want To Pay for USPS Shipping With Cash Or
Bitcoin? - Nextgov.com
July 03, 2014
Postal Service worker charged in sex assault
case; LAPD seeks leads - LA Times
Postmaster critically hurt in shooting at Carroll
County, MO post office
How Big Data And The Internet Of Things Will
Change The Postal Service - Forbes
Sen. Franken to Postal Service: Don’t Close Mail
Processing Centers in Minnesota - PEN
July 02, 2014
NALC: Distribution of campaign literature by
e-mail - PEN
APWU: Arbitrator Rules: Excessed Employees Must
Meet Minimum Qualifications Before Reassignment
- PEN
APWU: Arbitrator Denies Union's Grievance
Protesting PVS Conversion to Highway Contract Route
- PEN
Neopost USA Receives Overwhelming Response from
Americans Celebrating National Postal Worker Day
- PEN
Lisa Bowes at Postal Affairs Blog Responds to
USPS - PEN
Video: Postal Inspectors: New Site To Fight Mail
Schemes
- PEN
USPS Responds To Postal Affairs Blog Article
And, Postal Affairs'
Lisa Bowes responds
- PEN
Bipartisan privacy board says NSA Internet spying
program is an effective tool - Fox News - not postal,
just FYI
CSRS and The Windfall Elimination Provision
- Fedweek - not postal, just FYI
The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Devastating Blow
to Public Unions - National Journal
Postal IG Considers Ways Leverage "Last Mile"
Delivery Network - FEDweek
Postal Worker's Bias Suit Picked Up by High Court
- Courthouse News Service
USPS seeks e-commerce market share with Priority
Mail price cut - Post & Parcel
Staples boycott grows - NW Labor
Press
Salary Search for Federal Employees - Postal Employees - Federal Unions -
and more - Feds Data Center
Why I still cling to the mailman
- Christian Science Monitor
Letter finally makes it to Pittsfield 83 years
late - Central Maine
NAPS REITERATES OPPOSITION TO USPS PLANT CLOSURES
- PEN
July 01, 2014
USPS Files Notice With PRC To Change Priority
Mail Rates - PEN
USPS takes steps to grow shipping business
- PEN
Post Plan completion date extended
- PEN
Postal Service offers postmasters early
retirements ahead of RIFs - Federal Times
Penalties as a Revenue Stream, aka Spend a Buck
to Save That Penny - Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
USPS Network Rationalization Update
- PEN
DMM Advisory - Rationalization of Our Network of
Mail Processing Facilities - PEN - Also see:
USPS ANNOUNCES PLANS TO RESUME PLANT CLOSINGS AND
CONSOLIDATIONS - PEN
OIG: Monitoring of Government Travel Card
Transactions (PDF)
Is Postal Reform Becoming One Big Clusterbox
- DM News
July 1st Is National Postal Workers Day
- Turn to 10 - Also see:
Neopost USA Wants to Collect Short Tales For
National Postal Workers Day - PEN
APWU to Launch Vigorous Campaign Against Plant
Closures, Consolidations - PEN
How people in rural Alaska get their groceries:
Courtesy USPS - The Washington Post
USPS to close up to 82 more processing plants in
2015 - Post & Parcel
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