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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
November 2011 News
November 30, 2011
Advertising on Postal Vehicles "Could Raise
$360M a Year" -
USPS
begins new year with $139 million loss
BtoB Magazine -
Postal
Service email would raise too many doubts
-
2 postal
employees plead guilty to taking drugs intended
for veterans
Lexington Herald Leader -
San Jose
Post office on lockdown after masked man leaves
package -
Postal
worker from Wallingford, charged in theft of
mail from North Branford -
North
Queens: USPS plans to cut 700 jobs in
Whitestone, save $31M
Queens Chronicle -
November 29, 2011
On Falling
Mail Volumes, A Tale of Two Stories
Save the Post Office -
Why
Congress can't save the Postal Service
CNN -
Editorial:
Postal gun ban should be tossed
Denver Post -
Indiana
Postal Employees Fear Possible Job Loss
Indiana Public Media -
Johnson
City, TN postal employees protest proposed move
to Knox, gather petition
Kingsport Times News -
OIG
Report: Alaska Bypass: Beyond Its Original
Purpose (PDF)
Also see Bypass mail needs big changes,
inspector general says -
Association of United States Postal Lessors
Advises Lessors NOT to Pay CBRE Commission Fees
-
Evaluation
of Post Office Discontinuance Accounting
Procedures
OIG Audit Projects -
Union
leader urges community support for 207 U.S.
Postal Service mail processing jobs that could
get cut in Saginaw -
US Postal
Service By The Numbers (Infographic)
November 28, 2011
OIG: Can
the Postal Service Afford Alaska Bypass?
-
38 postal
execs earn more than Cabinet members
Also see Washington Post
Salaries
of top Postal Service executives revealed
-
Audit
finds central Va. mail center had nation's
highest volume of delayed mail
-
Colorado
couple's lawsuit over post office gun ban is
allowed to proceed
Denver Post -
November 27, 2011
Week in
Review: The discontinuing continues
Save the Post Office -
Dear
Santa, Please send the Post Office a miracle
Save the Post Office -
On USPS
Privatization, George Will Strikes Out
Dead Tree Edition - Also see
George
Will Is Confused by Numbers at the Post Office
-
Mail
facility belongs in New Orleans
NOLA.com guest column by N.O. Mayor Mitch
Landrieu -
November 26, 2011
The New
York Times Editorial: How many things can you
get wrong in 300 words?
Save the Post Office -
Congress
is well along the path toward fixing the Postal
Service
Washington Post - Also at WP see another useless
opinion
Privatize
the nation's mail delivery Washington Post
-
Postal big
rig flips in Palo Alto -
Postal
Service offers good service, low costs
Mandate
foisted onto Postal Service at root of its
problems -
Postal
Service Pins Hope on Holiday Packages, Shipping
Growth -
November 25, 2011
The
Terrorist at the Post Office
-
Occupy
Post Office -
Overhauling the Post Office for the 21st Century
New York Times -
November 24, 2011
Donahoe
says bills 'do not come close' to saving the
USPS
Federal News Radio -
Time to
end the Postal Service
PEN Ed: On this day of giving thanks...lets all
give thanks that not all of us are as naive as
this writer. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL PEN
READERS! -
Cost-effectiveness of potential FEHBP reforms
questioned
USPS Chief Human Resources Officer Anthony
Vegliante argues that a USPS-specific program
would address employees' unique needs more
effectively than FEHBP - PEN ED: they cannot
favorably manage our postal service - tell me,
how could they manage health care for employees
and retirees? -
The Best
Postal System Money Can Buy -
Can you
deliver mail in the dark?
NALC Branch 1100 -
Mailman
describes what he saw during a quadruple
shooting
November 23, 2011
OSHA
Orders USPS Trucking Contractor To Reinstate
Whistleblower -
USPS Warns
Missing Mail Bins Could Mean Big Fines Or Jail
Time -
Congress
must act quickly to stem Postal Service losses,
PMG says -
Joliet
postal worker stole mailed credit cards
-
Postal
officials think they'll save $900,000 shifting
Staten Island mail processing operations to
Brooklyn -
E-mail,
Retirement, Health Benefits Hurt USPS Bottom
Line -
Hundreds
Protest Possible Postal Center Closure
-
Volkswagen
eT: Electric Postal Vehicle for 2020?
November 22, 2011
Postal
Service Hires Evercore for Restructuring Advice
-
Rolando
holds press conference at National Press Club
-
Postal
Service Announces Shipping Prices for 2012
-
No check
in mail for U.S. Postal Service debt woes
-
OIG:
eMailbox and eLockbox: Opportunities for the
Postal Service
Read White
Paper (PDF) -
November 21, 2011
Postmaster
General urges Congress to to reevaluate current
postal reform bills -
USPS
Negotiations Continue Past Deadline With NALC
and NPMHU
Also see
NALC
and
Mail
Handlers -
Sen.
Sanders’ Bill Addresses USPS Crisis
-
US postal
chief says overhaul bills inadequate
Also see
Postmaster
general: Bills to fix Postal Service 'do not
come close' -
Mail
carrier fought off knife-wielding robber
Mailhandlers Extension of Bargaining Reflects
Uncertainty of Postal Reform
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Could
Forever Stamps Become Worthless? What Bankruptcy
Might Mean for USPS -
A failure
to deliver solutions to Postal Service’s
problems
Washington Post -
Mail
discount is critical for nonprofits
-
TX postal
workers decry proposal on consolidation
-
November 20, 2011
NAPUS: A
Tale of Two Postal Bills and National Study
Affirms Strong Support of Post Offices
(PDF) -
How Many
People Use the Post Office? Does the Postal
Service Even Know?
Save the Post Office -
November 19, 2011
NY REP.
ENGEL SAYS POST OFFICE NEEDS OVERHAUL NOT
U-HAULS -
What
Killed the Postal Service? PAEA Looks
Suspiciously Guilty
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
NALC Says
Contract Negotiations Near Deadline
-
Rep. Nick
Rahall - "In many areas of my district,
there is no cell phone service, no Blackberries,
no Internet. Residents and businesses depend on
their post office for basic communications, for
sending letters, paying bills, receiving
medication. -
USPS
Delivery Failure Notification eMail Scam
-
Tensions
boil at post office, leading to hostile work
environment and mail dumping allegations
-
Former
Asheville postal worker sentenced to probation
on disability fraud charges -
Fairbanks postal contractor is
accused of hiding more than 100 articles of undelivered mail in a storage
locker
November 18, 2011
GAO Says
Action Is Needed to Maximize Cost-Saving
Potential of Alternatives to Post Offices
-
What does
it take to save a post office? Looking at
Appeals on Closings
Save the Post Office - Also see
Things
fall apart, the center cannot hold: Time tells
the story -
Thurgood
Marshall, Jr. Elected Chairman of USPS Board of
Governors -
How the US
Postal Service Fell Apart
TIME -
LA Times
Circulars Wind Up in USPS Trash
-
Would
barring ban on layoffs save Postal Service?
FederalNewsRadio.com -
Readers
talk back on postal workers, pay issues
Washington Post -
USPS job
review program has brought slew of complaints
Federal Times -
Miss.
postal workers charged with mail theft
Jackson Clarion Ledger -
The Postal Service Is Losing $50
Million Every Year Because It Can't Keep Track Plastic Bins
-
November 17, 2011
Another
Florida postal worker attacked, robbed
Also see
Robber
beats mail carrier, steals keys
-
GAO: USPS
needs a retail network revamp
The Hill -
New
Orleans area Postal Service workers fear being
set adrift in sea of red ink
-
USPS Says
Attorney Fees, Back Pay, or Wages Will Be
Reported As Taxable Income
-
Cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service still owes
retired postmaster -
Postmasters Not Happy With Proposed Pay Package
-
Postal
workers deliver a message
-
APWU Says
Watch Your Mail and Tell Your Legislator To Vote
No On H.R. 2309 -
Fact vs.
fiction -
USPS
Reminds Employees That The Percentages
Used to Tax Supplemental Wages Are Different
From The Normal Taxation Percentages -
Tester
pushes for more accountability from Postmaster
General -
New
leaders for the U.S. Postal Service's Board of
Governors
Federal Times -
Penalty
Overtime Exclusion
November 16, 2011
APWU Asks
Are Those Posted Duty Assignments Desirable?
-
Should
Postal Employees Delay Retirement?
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
OPM:
Problem of late pension payments getting worse
Federal Times -
Post
office 'hit list' riles small town's residents
Montgomery Advertiser -
Postal
Inspectors Search for Mailroom Thief
-
Postal
Reform Critical to U.S. Companies
-
Suspect
sought in USPS worker assault
USPS to
run out of cash in 2012, even without federal
payments
Post and Parcel - Also from P&P see
USPS
records $5.6bn loss, thanks to deferred
healthcare payment -
NALC
President Rolando Regarding USPS Losses
-
Issa:
Postal Service’s $5.1 billion loss shows action
needed now -
After $5.1
Billion Loss, Postal Service Predicts Weaker
2012
New York Times -
Postal
Service will resume FERS retirement
contributions next month
GovExec.com -
November 15, 2011
Postal
Service Ends Fiscal Year With $5.1 Billion Loss
Also see
Washington
Post and
Federal Times -
Post
office near default? Losses mount to $5.1B
Federal News Radio - In the event of a shutdown,
private companies such as FedEx and UPS could
handle a small portion of the material the post
office moves, but they do not go everywhere. -
U.S.
Postal Service Said to Weigh Hiring
Restructuring Advisers -
Negotiating Early Retirement Incentives
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
7 Reasons
the Jury Is Still Out on Flats Sequencing
-
Postal
Employee Saves Co-Worker's Life
- Video -
Binding
the Nation Together – as long as it’s
profitable…
Let’s be clear. We are talking about a very poor
community that needs the USPS as no other
community does -
PostCom
tells us "The U.S. Department of Justice has
ruled that it is not in favor of USPS stopping
FERS payments. USPS must pay balance and begin
biweekly payment starting early December 2011."
-
Another
post office closing: It's the same old story,
don't you know?
Save the Post Office -
U.S.
Postal supervisor admits taking bribes from
vehicle-maintenance contractor
-
Piles Of
Mail Found In State Forest, USPS Investigates
Hartford Courant -
Lagging
economy US postal chief's "biggest fear"
-
November 14, 2011
Offering
eMailboxes to Consumers: An Opportunity for the
Postal Service?
OIG Blog -
Donahoe
Says Forget Exigent Case; It's CPI
Multichannel Merchant -
Cain backs
collective bargaining for public employees
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -
USPS
pension payments could finance early retirements
-
1991 post
office rampage still painful for workers
The Detroit News -
See video -
November 13, 2011
Letter
Carrier Defends USPS With Angry Congressman
Walsh - Video -
The Week
in Review: Rallies, briefs, complaints, letters,
and road trips
Save the Post Office -
Abuse of
power: Bypass mail bill could violate US
Constitution
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner -
Postal
workers talk about impact of careers beyond
delivering mail
Williamsport Sun-Gazette -
Ex-postal
worker: didn't know about theft charge
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November 12, 2011
Singing
the Post Office Blues
Save the Post Office -
U.S.
Postal Service Overhaul, Part 2
C-SPAN Video -
First
trial in works in USPS corruption probe
-
APWU
member's complaint dropped in exchange for audit
Salt Lake Tribune -
November 11, 2011
"No other
public or private business in America"
except for the U.S. Postal Service must fund 100
percent of employee retirement and retirement
health costs in advance -
USPS
proposal to leave federal health benefits
program questioned
GovExec.com -
Bad News
Comes in Threes: How Congress, Industry, and
Management Have Made a Mess Out of Things
-
Former
Hiltons postmaster indicted -
'Occupy
Duluth' Marches against Postal Service Cut Plan
-
PRC Chair
Addresses Key Postal Issues In Q&A
Multichannel Merchant -
White
House Office of Management and Budget Responds
to Rural Letter Carriers Petition To Save 6 Day
Delivery -
Senate
Committee Grants NAPUS Requests
-
Measure
targeting workers comp benefits draws criticism
-
USPS Going
Ape Over Missing Pallets -
Thousands
of veterans would lose jobs if Congress passes
postal legislation
Workday Minnesota -
November 10, 2011
APWU:
Senate Panel Approves Postal Legislation
APWU says the legislation would provide
"Short-Term Relief and Long-Term Damage" -
APWU Says
Mandatory Overtime to End Soon for Many
-
Senators
Look To Slash Benefits For Disabled Civil
Servants -
Postal
Service Submits Harsh Proposals at Mailhandler
Bargaining Table -
USPS
MANAGEMENT SALARY FREEZE -
USPS
Issues Final Decision on Postmaster Pay Package
for Fiscal Years 2011-2015
NAPUS -
NALC: A
job-killing bill that will dismantle the Postal
Service -
Senator
Coburn Proposes to Allow Americans to Pay to Not
Receive Mail -
Postal
Service to customers: We want our stuff back!
-
Moving
toward the End-Game: A moratorium maybe, a
Goldway dissent, a PMG promise
Save The Post Office -
Former
Poulsbo post office worker gets seven days in
jail for stealing mail
GAO:
Federal Employees' Compensation Act: Preliminary
Observations on Fraud-Prevention Controls
November 09, 2011
Senate
committee approves funding shift for postal
buyouts
Federal Times - A Senate panel overwhelmingly
approved bipartisan legislation Wednesday that
would allow the U.S. Postal Service to tap part
of a pension fund surplus to pay for a massive
employee buyout program. Also see
Senate
committee approves bipartisan Postal Service
reform bill - Federal News
Radio -
Notes from
today's Senate hearing on postal reform
Postcom -
Former
Senior Executive For U.S. Postal Service
Sentenced To Two Years in Prison for Bribery
-
New
service stops junk mail before it's sent
-
PostCom:
Senator introduces amendment that would allow
states to implement a 'do not mail' option
(PDF) -
Senators
Udall and Bennet Urge Senate Leadership to
Consider Rural Communities in Postal Service
Reforms -
Lagging
economy U.S. postal chief's "biggest fear"
-
Comparing
UPS, FedEx, and USPS: Which is Best Now?
-
November 08, 2011
Opposition
To USPS Pursuing Exigent Rate Case
-
U.S.
Postal Service ready to close New Orleans
facility -
PRC:
STATEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
REGARDING ITS EXIGENT REQUEST
(PDF) -
Postal
Unions Honor Military Veterans and Oppose
Destructive Bill in New TV Ad
-
Preserving
an American Institution
Sen. Susan Collins -
USPS Opens
Website To Offer Excess Properties For Sale
- Also see
Federal
Times -
Senate
Committee To Vote on 21st Century Postal Service
Act -
Criminal
Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union
Official -
Opinion:
Two Sides to Every Postal Legislation Story
Jim Tierney for Multichannel Merchant -
TV
commercial to honor NALC's veterans
-
The Postal
Service, the Economy, and the Federal Budget
-
PMG to
Announce Plans for Fixing the USPS's Finances at
a National Press Club Luncheon on Nov. 21
-
Postal worker allegedly threw mail
in Dumpster at church -
Congress
didn't do Postal Service any favors
-
November 07, 2011
Return to
Sender; No, Return to Congress: Reforms for the
Failing -
OIG Blog:
How Far Does Your 44 Cents Go?
-
Even when
reported accurately, USPS figures are specious
SunHerald -
Creative
thinking can keep letter carriers on their
rounds
South Bend Tribune reader opinion -
Post
Office Closes- Reportedly evacuated due to
asbestos -
The
mailman and his monsters -
November 06, 2011
Valpak
advocates closing more post offices
Save the Post Office -
Will
postal workers join the ranks of the unemployed?
-
November 05, 2011
Dismantling the Public Realm: Post Offices for
Sale
Save the Post Office -
Court: The
National Labor Relations Board
(PDF) found
that USPS committed an unfair labor practice
under section 8(a)(1) and (a)(5) by refusing to
provide the National Postal Mailhandlers Union,
Local 313, with the personal aptitude test
scores of twenty-two USPS employees unless the
Union first obtained their consent. -
Chemical
spill shuts down post office
Package at
Ranson post office contained cookies; 'pop' was
from light fixture -
Unions
don't like parts of the latest postal service
rescue plan -
Car fire
lands postal worker in jail
WSB Atlanta -
Postal
Service Board of Governors to Meet Nov. 15
November 04, 2011
Federal
union workers join Occupy protesters
Washington Post -
Postal
Service Tells E-Mailing Businesses Paper Can’t
Be Hacked -
Hallmark,
DST, other KC companies rely heavily on U.S.
Postal Service -
USPS far
from dead letter, its chief says
Washington Times -
Feds
arrest rural Calif. postmaster in theft case
San Jose Mercury News -
"THE OPERA
ISN'T OVER UNTIL THE FAT LADY SINGS"
by postal commentator Gene Del Polito -
Five
questions for Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe
USA Today video -
Observant
mail carrier report leads to four theft arrests
From 11/03/2011 Postal Bulletin
November 03, 2011
US Postal Service -
Things to do NOW
Written by Guy Nohrenberg - a California
carrier. Please post your comments. -
Mail
carrier arrested on theft charges in Peachtree
City
WGCL Atlanta -
Postal
worker who struck Dershowitz sis-in-law with
truck charged
New York Post -
Senate
Postal Quartet Introduce Postal Legislation
NAPUS -
NAPUS Asks
Senate Committee to Include a Moratorium on Post
Office Closings and Consolidations as Part of S.
1789 -
Important
Info in the USPS Optimization FAQs
Postal Affairs Blog -
SENATORS
ANNOUNCE BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT TO SAVE POSTAL
SERVICE FROM BANKRUPTCY
- 21st CENTURY POSTAL SERVICE ACT OF 2011 -
Would authorize USPS to offer buyouts to
employees to help reduce its workforce. - Also
see
APWU
and
NALC
-
The Hill
-
Clarifying
retirement incentives
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Senate
Bill: Indications of the Scale of Early
Retirements Expected
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
NALC: It's
the end of mail delivery to your door
-
Poor
Penmanship Spells Job Security for Post Office's
Scribble Specialists
Wall Street Journal -
Postal
Worker Charged With Animal Cruelty
WGRZ-TV -
The first
RAOI post office closes, more Village Post
Offices open, but where's the hoopla?
Save the Post Office -
Colby,
Kansas postmaster under investigation by USPS
-
Man
sentenced for assaulting postal carrier
-
Mine's
Bigger Than Yours: Quad and Donnelley Squabble
Over Co-Mail
November 02, 2011
Controversy Surrounds Commemoration Of Post
Office Shooting Anniversary
CBS Detroit -
USPS
revising plan for "Village Post Offices"
CNBC - The financially troubled U.S. Postal
Service has determined that its plan to replace
money-losing offices with retailers contracted
to offer basic services will not work in many
rural communities. -
86
Gulfport Postal Workers fear for their jobs
-
Postal
Service compromise in the works?
Washington Post - A bipartisan group of senators
closely tracking the fate of the U.S. Postal
Service is set to unveil legislation Wednesday
that would overhaul the mail agency’s finances.
- Also see
Compromise
postal bill coming in the Senate
(Federal Times) -
Postal
Service loses bid for slowdown on rate case
appeal
Federal Times -
Ten years
after anthrax, how safe is your mail?
Washington Post -
Funding
Woes Force Many Changes In USPS Practices
NY1 -
Postal
Service estimates millions in savings from
proposed Indiana consolidations
Greenfield Daily Reporter -
November 01, 2011
Feds flee
costliest health plans
Federal Times -
A new call
for a moratorium on closures, and more post
offices may close, not on any list
Save the Post Office -
eBay Urges
Sellers to Sign Petition for Postal Reform
Without Rate Hikes
Auctionbytes -
APWU, USPS
Agree on New Position Description:
Delivery/Sales Services and Distribution
Associate -
PostCom
tell us: "Word has it that
Sens. Lieberman, Carper, Collins, and Brown will
be proposing a bipartisan postal reform bill
some time this week" -
Dog Struck
By Mail Carrier, Witnesses Say Intentionally
WGRZ-TV -
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