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October 2013 News

October 31, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Tulsa postal worker is killed in four-vehicle pileup - Tulsa World

Layers of Redundant Management Have Been Eliminated, USPS Says - Dead Tree Edition

Springfield postal worker attacked

APWU Contributes to Fight To Save Historic Post Offices - PEN

Take a bite out of crime? Oh, it’s just the new mailboxes - NY Daily News

Sen. Schumer fights to end alcohol mail restrictions - USA Today

A man was sentenced to three years behind bars Wednesday for stabbing a postal worker

Nassau police investigate 3 postal incidents

Postal driver charged in theft of 40,000 pallets from White Plains center - The Journal News

October 30, 2013 - Comments (Count)
GOP lawmakers eye federal-retiree benefits in upcoming budget talks - Washington Post

Postal worker who stole, threw away thousands of letters hired as state employee - MyNorthwest.com

500 garbage bills never reach Pottsville residents - Republican Herald

No Mailboxes to Be Placed on City Property or Right-of-Way - Wayne County Journal-Banner Online

Seven arrested in Portland postal privatization protest

Voyager Card Program for Highway Contract Routes - Unidentified and Unrecovered Fuel Overpayments - Office of Inspector General

October 29, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Sale of Stamford post office on hold: U.S. District Court grants temporary injunction - Save the Post Office

17 More Ways USPS Is Not Like a Real Business - Dead Tree Edition

Postal Worker Pleads Guilty To Stealing $450,000 Worth Of Mailed Jewelry – Consumerist

Postal worker saves Greensboro woman - MyFOX8

Video: Postal worker aids woman suffering medical emergency

The Inbox Trumps the Mailbox - Business 2 Community

October 28, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Cyber Awareness: Protecting the High-Tech Side of Mail - Office of Inspector General

The Nation blames Tea Party for USPS rate hike - Politico

U.S. Postal Service: Time to Go Public? - InvestorPlace

Postal Clerks Could Get Back Pay for Window Hours - Fedweek

Redrawing the Battle Lines for Last Mile Delivery - PostalVision 2020

Post Offices sold and for sale: An update on the inventory - Save the Post Office

Some N.J. mail carriers told to report for work during Superstorm Sandy - Washington Times: An OIG report on the USPS’s hurricane response said managers told employees they must report for work on the day the massive, devastating storm hit, despite the fact that the facility was within a mandatory evacuation zone.

October 27, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Issa bill would open FEHBP to all Americans, but at what cost? - Federal News Radio

Study says direct mail still a key segment - Gazette

October 26, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Mail Handlers to Receive Wage Increase Effective November 16, 2013 - PEN

Video: Postal Worker Pleads Guilty In $450K Jewelry Theft Case - CBS Dallas

Post Office at VFW? Shea Mentions Possibility to Keep USPS in Village

Reward offered in Torrance post office burglary - abc13

Bill Would Open FEHBP To All Americans - FedSmith

Video: Antlers Postal Worker Sentenced For Stealing Package

Ex-Willimantic postmaster accused of getting 55 pounds of pot in mail - The Bulletin

October 25, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal Service could save more than $17m with better oversight of fleet - Washington Examiner

Plantersville, AL office robber named

New Zealand cuts postal service to three days a week - The Guardian

October 24, 2013 - Comments (Count)
We're listening: The Postal Service holds 8,500 POStPlan meetings, but why? - Save the Post Office

Exigent Request Should Fail, Says Author of Last Postal Bill (Senator Susan Collins) - Direct Marketing News

Workers complain of delivery delays at Conroe post office - The Courier

Bridgewater woman assaults postal worker by pulling, grabbing her hair, police say - NJ.com

NALC: New MOU on CCA staffing - PEN

October 23, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Why did the Stamford post office close? Conflicting answers, disturbing questions - Save the Post Office

Will future postmen even ring once? - Boise Weekly

USPS used 14M more hours than need for mail processing in 2012, IG says - Fierce Government

NALC: CA Carrier Critically Injured - PEN

Former Indiana postal employee pleads guilty to mail fraud - 14 News

Mail Handlers: Unfair Labor Practice Challenging USPS Lean Mail Processing Project Resolved - PEN

Federal Agencies Lost 6,000 Jobs in September - The Postal Service - which has seen an overall loss of about 200,000 employees over the last six years -- added 1,400 jobs last month - GovExec.com

Open Season and Your Health Insurance - FedSmith

Post Office $5.6 Billion Default Raises Urgency of Reforms - Money News

MailPro - Misguided Marketing - aka, You Can't Make This Stuff Up - intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

F.Y.I. Dept: IRS paid out $132 billion in bogus tax credits over last decade - Washington Times

October 22, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Magazine industry chief rails against USPS - New York Post

Video: Postal worker struck in Compton; hit-and-run driver sought - PEN

Stamp of approval at USPS - FCW

Postal Service truths - Yakima Herald Republic

October 21, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Netflix May Ditch DVDs Sooner Rather Than Later - Businessweek

APWU Objects to the Methodology Used by USPS in Calculating Workshare Discounts - PRC via PEN

USPS is casting ‘enthusiastic employees’ for holiday ad campaign

Postal Service Takes a Leading Digital Role - Office of Inspector General

Small Business: Targeting mailers to save on postage - Newsday

Postal Family To Appear On “Family Feud” - FedSmith

October 20, 2013 - Comments (Count)
USPS #fail - Save the Post Office

A post-Postal Service world? - The Charleston Gazette

October 19, 2013 - Comments (Count)
USPS: Notice to All USPS Employees with Military Service - PEN

ELM Revision: Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) updates to Servicemember and Qualifying Exigency Leave

Feds arrest Romanian nationals accused of placing skimming devices in 2 Pittsburgh post offices

2013 Penalty Overtime Exclusion - PEN

October 18, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Rolando to AZ Daily Wildcat: "Using largely fictional numbers and inaccurate information to paint a sky-is-falling picture, the author called for the end of the Postal Service."

Activists Take The Helm of Postal Union - Labor Notes

USPS Responds To Criticism of Its Annuity Estimates - Dead Tree Edition

Postal Unions against Carper-Coburn Bill - Kokomo Perspective

Deputy PMG: "Exigent Increase Not a Done Deal" - Direct Marketing News

October 17, 2013 - Comments (Count)
APWU Wins ‘Global Settlement’ Remedy Case
Clerks in Small Offices to Receive Back Pay If Supervisors Worked in Excess of Limits in Contract

POStPlan Re-evaluations of Level 18 Offices in FY 2014 Won’t Impact Incumbent Postmasters Until FY 2016 - NAPUS

No Closures! No Cuts! No Delay of the Mail! - PEN

Video: Police seek suspects after mailman attacked while on route - WGN-TV

US Postal Service Privatization: The Dark Side - Epoch Times

Multi-Channel Retailers Scramble to Find Alternatives in Response to Proposed Postal Rate Increase of Nearly 6%

October 16, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal Carrier Delivery Becomes Lifesaving Stop

Why the U.S. Postal Service Is in Even Worse Shape Than You Think - Businessweek

Postal workers' strike: Royal Mail should expect a battle royal -  The Guardian

USPS Comes Up With Yet Another Way to Discourage Early Retirement - Dead Tree Edition

Former Missouri mailman charged with sexual abuse while on mail route - KOAM

Even on stamps, D.C. worrywarts rip away the fun - Pilot Online

October 15, 2013 - Comments (Count)
How Does The Congressional Government Shutdown Affect OWCP Claims? PEN

Royal Mail offers £300 to postal workers to cross picket lines - The Guardian

Senator Grassley Advises Iowans on Postal Mail Delays to Washington, D.C. - PEN

Denny's Offers Free Food to Federal Employees - Manassas, VA Patch

The path to postal nirvana: An entitlement program for the mail industry - Save the Post Office

Sausalito neighbors rally to help critically injured mail carrier - Marin Independent Journal

Have You Hugged Your Postal Clerk Today? - Huff Post

Drones to deliver parcels in Australia starting in March - Computerworld


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October 14, 2013 - Comments (Count)
A U.S. Postal Service IPO? It's Not as Daft as It Sounds - Businessweek

UK: Shadow minister demands investigation into Royal Mail sale - Post & Parcel

Video: Postal Worker Prevents Man from Losing Thousands to Lottery Scam

On the 5th Birthday of Dead Tree Edition, It's Time To Reveal the Real D. Eadward Tree - Dead Tree Edition

October 13, 2013 - Comments (Count)
The Impending Implosion of the Postal Service - Townhall

It's time to close Sun Valley post office - Editorial: Reno Gazette-Journal

If Congress wants Postal Service to be a self-sustaining operation, it has to loosen its micromanaging grip - The Olympian

October 12, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Why the U.K. Can Privatize Its Postal Service, but the U.S. Can’t - Yahoo Finance

Former postal employee who stalked female co-worker pleads guilty to breaking into her Texas Township home - MLive

USPS Wins Global Innovation Award - Direct Marketing News

Why Your Snail Mail Costs A Tiny Fortune and Other Fun Facts from the USPS - Business 2 Community

Postal Worker Can’t Deliver The Mail Until Someone Removes That Scary Spider Web - The Consumerist

FYI: The Redesigned $100 Note

October 11, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal Service Reviewing Allegations Against Palatine Letter Carrier - PEN

Charges filed in post office threats - ABC Newspapers

Local postal workers train to save lives in a bioterrorist attack - ABC 10

Portugal to Sell 70 Pct of National Postal Service - ABC News

Video: Fresno Mail Carrier Fired For Throwing Away Mail About Obamacare - PEN

Mystery Valentine appears in Elgin mailbox, more than 100 years later - Elgin Courier News

Oh, please, Mr. Postman
"...unnamed members of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition idiotically raised alarms with the Postal Service, which then idiotically buckled. The stamps are headed to the shredder." - NY Daily News

Postal Service Gets $16.7 Million Supercomputing Upgrade - HPC wire

New Postal Workers Leadership Vows to ‘Stop the Bleeding’ - In These Times

October 10, 2013 - Comments (Count)
How would an exigent rate increase impact mail volumes and revenues? - Save the Post Office

Postal worker shot with airsoft gun while delivering mail - WATE TN

Video: PMG On The State of The Postal Service - PEN

Lets address U.S. Postal Service misconceptions - Tulsa World

October 09, 2013 - Comments (Count)
A Message from APWU President-Elect Mark Dimondstein - PEN

NALC: 2013 Letter Carrier Heroes of the Year

Postal Workers Elect New Leaders Who Pledge to Build a Movement - Labor Notes

Postal Worker Union Mutiny Imperils USPS Chief's Agenda - Businessweek

Berkeley postal service disrupted after human excrement put in mail box - SF Gate

Postal worker indicted for stealing from mail she was handling

Cleveland mail carrier gets national award for aiding ailing postal patron

APWU: Guffey Out, Dimondstein In

Two Station Managers Charged With Bribery - WBAL Radio

USPS Customers Frustrated by Long Downed Mailboxes

Minnesota man cited after attack on postal worker - St. Cloud Times

Video of postal worker driving onto Georgia yard gets 3.7M views - Atlanta Business Chronicle

October 08, 2013 - Comments (Count)
APWU 2013 Unofficial Election Results

PostCom: Members of Congress are Wrong on the Postal Monopoly - PEN

What's Weighing Down the Postal Service? - Dead Tree Edition

Darrell Issa's Health-Care Plan Is Basically a Plush Obamacare - The Atlantic [PEN Ed: just give the people one more year to decide whether they want this or not and cease giving anyone or any company an exemption...that's extremely simple]

Free the Postal Service - If Congress wants it to be a self-sustaining operation, it has to loosen its micromanaging grip. LA Times

Delivering a High Honor to a Postal Worker Turned Hero - FOX8

October 07, 2013 - Comments (Count)
APWU Election Ballot Count - PEN

Think Before You React
FedSmith - An EEO complainant who blew his top over his company’s settlement offer through a mediator told the company they could keep it and just fire him. So they did.

Iowa police: Postal Service vehicle crashes

Postal Worker Allegedly Assaulted Over Postage Due Package

COBURN GOT IT WRONG ON THE USPS MONOPOLY - PostCom

The Postal Service couldn't be more troubled, but no help is coming - Politicus

Switzerland's postal service has admitted it accidentally sent mail to people who recently died welcoming them to their new homes

Who likes their supervisor? Bill Moore honored at the Westwood branch of the U.S. Postal Service

Feds take down ObamaCare website for repairs

October 06, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Ralph Nader wants Senator Diane Feinstein (D-California) to introduce legislation to put a halt to the sell off of USPS buildings around the country. Why Feinstein? As it turns out, Feinstein’s husband, Richard Blum, is chairman of the C.B. Richard Ellis Group (CBRE), which has an exclusive contract to negotiate the sale of USPS real estate. - Corporate Crime Reporter

5 Minnesota Post Offices receive bomb threat letters

Postal workers call for safe havens in Milwaukee

Opposing View: Who Caused the Government Shutdown? Obama and the Democrats are at Fault

Who’s behind the government shutdown? Some of the same people trying to privatize the Postal Service - Save the Post Office

October 05, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Nine Ways the Postal Service Is Not Like a Real Business - Dead Tree Edition

PRC is Closed, But Mailers Contend With Exigency Threat - Direct Marketing News

Man steals package, purse from postal truck - Salem News

Retired postal carrier sentenced to prison for $400,000 embezzlement - The Buffalo News

October 04, 2013 - Comments (Count)
USPS properties for lease: Business as usual or a new approach to excess space? - Save the Post Office

Video: Laziest Postal Driver Ever Drives Over Lawn Instead Of Walking On Sidewalk  - Huff Post

PMG’s Credibility In Doubt Again - PEN

Postal Service needs independent oversight, commissioners warn - Post & Parcel

Postal Service should move toward European model - Tampa Bay Times [PEN ED: I don't think so - and neither should our nation]

October 03, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Burrus, former APWU president, closes his blog

Obamacare Glitches Show Why We Still Need the Post Office - US News

USPS Documents Expose How Local Police and the Federal Government Spy on Your Mail - Open Watch

Ashes Of Allison Kelley's Late Husband Lost By U.S. Postal Service, She Claims - Huff Post

Police: Mailing Meth Becoming More and More Common

October 02, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Ralph Nader writes Senator Feinstein on potential conflict of interest in CBRE's sale of post offices - Save the Post Office

HP to host ID management hub for USPS - FCW

Reid offers to 'talk' tax reform and suggested changes to ObamaCare if GOP ends shutdown (Video)

POStPlan implementation 60 percent done: Hours reduced at over 8,000 post offices - Save the Post Office

Postal Service nears crossroads - MassLive

Shutdown Obscures Congressional Inaction - Roll Call

Postal Service Won’t Shut Down but Will Default on Its Debt

Postal shootings hearing in Memphis resumes after outburst - Times Free Press

Carrier crashed into a bridge while on the job in rural Morrison, IL

October 01, 2013 - Comments (Count)
USPS Announces FY 2014 Pay for Performance Program and National Performance Assessment Corporate and Unit Indicators

The Postal Service (yawn) defaults again - Federal Times

Ex-prison guard charged with killing 2 Tenn. postal workers restrained after court outburst - Fox News

Washington Idiots Shuts Down PRC - PEN Blog

Long-running feud over Obama health care law plunges nation into government shutdown - The Washington Post [PostCom quote: "Yup. Our Congress. Our President. The people WE elected. As the saying goes: "People get the government they deserve." Well....that's a bit harsh. At the very least, we deserve the government WE ELECTED. Think about that the next time you step into the voting booth. - PEN Ed: I agree.]

DEM Senate Rejects GOP House Bill to Delay Part of Health Law -WSJ

Sale of historic Stamford Post Office challenged in federal court - Save the Post Office

Mail fraud? U.S. Postal Service is set up by Congress to fail

USPS OIG - Closed

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