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November 2013 News

November 30, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Police to retrace mailman's route today - wusa 9

False Postal Delivery Leads to Home Invasion

Mail backed up in North Dakota oil boom town - CNBC

Couriers gear up for busiest time of the year - The Frederick News-Post

November 29, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Video: USPS criticized over mailman murders - 9news

Post office nixes mail delivery after dog bites mail carrier - Rapid City Journal

2014 Social Security and Medicare Tax Withholding Rates and Limits - Postal Bulletin 22377

City Carrier Assistants Who Elect Self and Family Coverage in the NALC CDHP or NALC Value Option Receive USPS Contribution - Postal Bulletin 22377

November 28, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal Service wins appeal on S.F. SRO deliveries - SF Gate

A former St. Louis USPS supervisor was arraigned in federal court and accused of opening and stealing packages at the post office

Postal Workers Worried About Safety After Dark - CBS Chicago

Rural Alaska postal worker receives prison sentence for theft of cash from packages - Alaska Dispatch

Ex-postal worker pleads guilty to stealing veterans’ mail-order pain meds - Kingsport Times-News

November 27, 2013 - Comments (Count)
APWU: The Great Postal Giveaway USPS Sends Jobs, Work to Staples - PEN Blog

PMG’s Thanksgiving Message to Employees

Customer Services Supervisor “Cleans Up” Financially While Receiving Workers’ Compensation Payments - Office of Inspector General

Where you can get Harry Potter stamps — and where you can’t: A list, map, and complaint - Save the Post Office

Postal worker’s death raises concerns over late deliveries - The Washington Post

BB fired at postal carrier halts mail route delivery - Times Union

November 26, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Video: Union Reps Say District Manager Has Blood On His Hands - PEN Blog - Also see Union Leaders Demand Policy Change After On-Duty Murder Of Md. Postal Worker - CBS Baltimore

Postal Inspectors Offer Reward Of Up To $100,000 Regarding Fatal Shooting of MD Letter Carrier - PEN Blog

Postal worker’s murder keeps spotlight on carrier problems - Chicago Sun-Times

A former Montgomery, AL postal employee who opened fire at the main post office has been sentenced to 10 years and one day in federal prison

NALC Retirement Community Opened to Mail Handler Retirees - PEN Blog

Not All Flat Rates Are Equal, Even if They Look Like It - Office of Inspector General

November 25, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Video: $125K reward offered in fatal shooting of postal worker - Also see: NALC: Letter carrier killed while delivering the mail

Vigil Held For Postal Worker Killed On Duty In Landover - CBS Baltimore

Postal Workers Say Letter Carrier Death In Cheverly Was Preventable - Video - DC News

Congress needs to step up delivery - Pilot Online

Retail Facility Relocation Process - Office of Inspector General

November 24, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Letter carrier shot and killed on his route about 7:20pm Saturday night

PEN 2002 Petition: Eliminate USPS After-Dark Mail Delivery

Cyber sting nets alleged Anchorage child pornographer - follow this link to verify that this person is/was a postal station manager

In War for Same-Day Delivery, Racing Madly to Go Last Mile - NY Times

November 23, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Mail carriers hold vigil to bring attention to assaults during deliveries - Chicago Sun-Times

Overnight mail taking 3 days after Pasco changes - Video

Deer runs through window at Poplar Bluff post office

The Postal Service is running out of stamps - Fierce Government

USPS ad for ‘holiday stamps’ omits Christmas — includes Kwanzaa, Hanukkah - Washington Times

November 22, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal Service Wins Court Order to Protect Pennsylvania Businesses from Scam Artist

Veteran Says Postal Workers Have Stolen Medication

Postal Service Bends Over Backwards for Amazon, While We Get Crummy Service - Alternet

PRC Approves Annual CPI-Based Postage Rate Increase (PDF)

Video of Angry Birds: Magpies attack postal workers in New Zealand

November 21, 2013 - Comments (Count)
A U.S. Postal Service supervisor was arrested after federal authorities say he stole a package that had been loaded with cocaine and held a tracking device

Postal worker attacked in Forest Hills, police say - Allegheny Co. News

Editorial: Postal service future: Can it deliver? - Tulsa World

Postal worker caught stealing from mail gets 4 months of house arrest, 2 years of probation - The Monitor

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November 20, 2013 - Comments (Count)
A letter carrier walked out (of work) and said he would only come back "when these intolerable working conditions had been corrected"...he was fired and lost his MSPB case. FedSmith

F.Y.I.: Census ‘faked’ 2012 election jobs report - New York Post - Also see House panel to investigate unemployment data - CNN

Amazon's Decision to Deliver on Sunday Called a Retail Industry 'Game-changer' - Supply Chain Brain

Postal Reform Encounters Another Major Setback - GovExec

Mysteries of the Amazon deal: Why the Postal Service is skimming the cream on Sundays - Save the Post Office

Postal worker admits falsely claiming work injury - Newsday - Also see Postal Worker admits faking injuries to collect $50G in disability - Fox

Florida: Mail truck hit during Hollywood drive-by shooting - Sun Sentinel

USPS says Detroit mail carrier was carjacked at gunpoint

November 19, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Harry Potter stamp riles Postal Service panel, traditional stamp collectors - The Washington Post

Digitals Still Dig Physical Mail - When Enhanced by Digital Features - Office of Inspector General

Mail thieves striking post offices late at night

Congress still hates the U.S. Postal Service - LA Times

Video: Disabled woman endures lengthy fight to get her mail - CBS 3 Springfield

Amazon Sunday Packages Won’t Stem Postal Losses - Bloomberg

Postal Service Officially Taken Over By America Haters - Mother Jones

November 18, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Video: Mail carrier struck by van in Wentzville, MO

Is the U.S. Postal Service ready to be sold off? - The Great Debate

Postal Service partnering with Staples in another move with national retailers - Washington Post

U.S. government corruption - Brainerd Dispatch

Postal Service Counters Replace UPS Services at 82 Staples Locations; Chain Offers Rewards on USPS Shipping Services - A Post Office? Yeah, We've Got That

Postal Service records revenue increase, but losses remain as overhaul bill appears to stall - The Washington Post

Postal Service in Wichita looking into mail theft by glue traps - Wichita Eagle

November 17, 2013 - Comments (Count)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Funeral of Print Media - Dead Tree Edition

Sources of change: The Postal Service breaks down the mail volumes for the PRC - Save the Post Office

The U.S. Postal Service Follows The Paper With Amazon - Seeking Alpha

NAPUS: Next Round of Postings for Level 6 Postmaster Positions will Begin on December 17, 2013

NAPUS: Reminder of Moratorium on POStPlan Implementation

USPS: Revenue growth, record productivity can’t offset operating losses

FYI: The lead contractor on the dysfunctional Web site for the Affordable Care Act is filled with executives from a company that mishandled at least 20 other government IT projects, including a flawed effort to automate retirement benefits for millions of federal workers - Washington Post

November 16, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal Service narrows loss in latest fiscal year - New York Post

APWU President Says "Don’t Believe the Type" - PEN Blog

NALC: USPS made $600M delivering mail in 2013 - PEN Blog

U.S. Postal Service Has Seventh Straight Yearly Loss, Faces $40B Shortfall - 24/7 Wall St.

Postal Service lost $5 billion despite first revenue gain in five years - Washington Post

Missing Colusa Postal Worker’s Body Found - CBS Sacramento

November 15, 2013 - Comments (Count)
The U.S. Postal Service said Thursday it would not disclose the financial terms of its deal with Amazon

Postal Service still losing money, but no movement on legislation - Washington Post

The U.S. Postal Service, Amazon, and Me - The New Yorker

Two Former Postal Workers Indicted on Mail Charges - My high plains


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November 14, 2013 - Comments (Count)
The Oxymoron at the Root of USPS's Woes - Dead Tree Edition

The Postal Service’s Burden - Sen. B. Sanders via NY Times

Congress Wasn't Going to Save the Postal Service Anytime Soon - GovExec

USPS 2014 Rate Hike to Impact Online Sellers - eCommerce Bytes

Postal Inspector: Man Used Mail To Get Revenge

Wreaths mark Royal Oak postal shooting anniversary

Roving dogs stop mail delivery in central Salinas neighborhood - The Salinas Californian

November 13, 2013 - Comments (Count)
No More Day of Rest for Postal Package Delivery - Office of Inspector General

The State of the Shrinking Postal Service Workforce - Governing

Senator Carper: Statement on USPS Announcement Regarding Sunday Package Delivery - PEN Blog

Amazon USPS deal: A clever arrangement that doesn’t stop the post office’s doom. - Slate

What's fair is fair: Amazon customers get delivery on Sunday, SRO residents get none at all - Save the Post Office

Mystery shrouds postal service deal with Amazon - CBS News

PostCom tells us "The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs is scheduling its markup up of the Senate postal reform bill for November 20 at 10 a.m."

November 12, 2013 - Comments (Count)
At this point, Amazon might as well just buy the Postal Service - Washington Post

NALC: Letter carriers deliver, even on Sunday - NALC via PEN Blog

The Unlikely Alliance That Ended Sunday Mail Delivery ... in 1912 - The Atlantic

Detroit postal employee arrested after fight at postal sorting center - The News Herald

Postal clerk tips off Postal Inspector to victim being targeted by scam - FOX 6

Australian postal service introduces video stamps - CNET

USPS Is Converting Part-Time Workers Into Full-Time Employees - GovExec

Amazon Is Closer Than Ever to Running the U.S. Postal Service - Wired Business

The next chapter in postal privatization: Post Offices inside of Staples - Save the Post Office

The Innovation Unit Dilemma - Office of Inspector General

November 11, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal Service to Make Sunday Deliveries for Amazon - NY Times

Amid capitol turmoil, Postal Service crisis drags on - Atlanta Journal Constitution

eBay Confuses and Irks Sellers with Holiday Shipping Discount - eCommerce Bytes

November 10, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Tribal Lore: Whistleblower lawsuit claims Northrop Grumman gave USPS false FSS performance reports - Save the Post Office

A whistleblower is claiming that his former employer, Northrop Grumman, defrauded the U.S. Postal Service by providing it false information about the Flats Sequencing System. Dead Tree

November 09, 2013 - Comments (Count)
NALC: CCAs converted to full-time career status - PEN

APWU: Contracting Enforcement - PEN

Feds indict Pike man for postal burglary

Disgusting delivery causes huge stink

November 08, 2013 - Comments (Count)
How to Save The Incredible Shrinking Post Office - Huffington Post

Carrier tells police she was robbed delivering mail in Flint

20 year veteran carrier arrested in Palm Beach County, accused of stealing credit cards instead of delivering them

Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet Nov. 15

Angry resident goes after postal worker for driving through pile of leaves

APWU President Issues Call For a ‘Grand Alliance’

Woman Claims Letter Carrier To Blame For Dog’s Death - CBS Pittsburgh

Wausau man gets $40,000 settlement from US Postal Service - WSAU News/Talk

Alabama letter carriers apologize for late delivery - The Alexander City Outlook

November 07, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal carrier robbed in Northeast Philadelphia

Florida letter carrier arrested on mail, credit card fraud charges - Sun Sentinel

New Bedford woman assaults mail carrier for skipping her house - South Coast Today

NAPS requests an end to EAS Pay Freeze

Idaho Postal Employee Sentenced for Misappropriating Postal Funds - PEN

Woman denies stealing mail while a postal worker in South Mississippi - The Sun Herald

NALC: Carriers hurt in accidents work on recovery, warn of future injuries (PDF)

Postal Reform Hits a Snag - Direct Marketing News

November 06, 2013 - Comments (Count)
WA letter carrier punched in bizarre attack; reward offered for info on suspect - Q13 FOX News

Two historic post offices in Connecticut get gutted - Save the Post Office

Penn Hills, PA mail carrier investigated for not delivering junk mail - Allegheny Co. News

Amid Capitol Turmoil, Postal Service Crisis Drags On - NY Times

Postal Service expects boom in holiday packages - USA Today

U.S. Postal Service to deliver record 420 million packages this holiday season - NY Daily News

Postal employees pepper sprayed inside Northeast Portland building - Oregon Live

Man accused of hate crime after threatening mail carrier - Chicago Tribune

Authorities looking for suspect in attack on Tacoma letter carrier - The News Tribune

Appeals Court To Decide If Post Office Should Deliver To San Francisco SRO Tenants - CBS San Francisco

NW Iowa Man Charged With Postal Insurance Fraud

November 05, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal Service Overpaid Truckers $61.5 Million for Their Gas - Washington Free Beacon

TN Medal of Honor recipient to appear on postal stamp

New postal union leader promises more aggressive defense of ‘public postal service’ - The Washington Post

USPS's Own Words May Doom Its Rate Increases -Dead Tree Edition

Moving? Beware change of address sites - video: ABC Action News

November 04, 2013 - Comments (Count)
APWU correction added: APWU: Pay Raise Set for Nov. 16

Pushing the Envelope Hits 5-Year Mark - Office of Inspector General

Video: Murder-Suicide Suspected In Deaths Of Local Man, Girlfriend - both were postal employees

Dianne Feinstein Delivers Postal Profits to Hubby - Townhall Finance

Mail carrier mauled by dog in Liberty Township - video

Postal inspectors' advice could save you a fortune

The periodical postal onslaught is now in full force -  NOLA

November 03, 2013 - Comments (Count)
PostCom says "The ENTIRE cost of providing the nation a universal mail delivery system is underwritten by the postage dollars that MAILERS (not management and not labor) pay.

A range of Senate Democrats have serious concerns about the U.S. Chamber’s bill to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service - The Hill

Wyoming, MI man threatens mail carrier for calling 911 during altercation, feds say

Former Tabor City, NC postal clerk accused of stealing $16,000

November 02, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Portlanders Kicked, Arrested for Protesting Post Office Privatization - Labor Notes

Postal carrier injured in hit-and-run - Winston-Salem Journal

Teens accused of trying to rob a Riviera Beach postal carrier

Is boy dressed as blue Postal Service collection box the most convincing Halloween costume of 2013? - Metro News

November 01, 2013 - Comments (Count)
NAPUS: Most Everyone Agrees That USPS is Incapable of Administering its Own Health Benefits Plan - PEN

APWU Wins Call Center Pay Case - PEN

APWU: Pay Raise Set for Nov. 16 - PEN

NALC: 2014 retiree COLAs - 1.5% for FERS & CSRS

Video: GA postal employee accused of stealing mail - PEN

Former Montgomery, AL mail carrier sentenced to more than 9 years - The Montgomery Advertiser

Postal Service paid $122K to foot bill for temporary Aspen managers - Aspen Daily News

Postmaster Investigation Continues - Jamestown Post-Journal

Private industry should take over the Postal Service - The Desert Sun - PEN Ed: another clueless writer

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