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May 2013 News

May 10, 2013 - Comments (Count)
USPS: Second quarter $1.9 billion loss highlights continued urgent need for comprehensive legislation - Also see NY Times - Bloomberg - CNN Money

Postal workers’ struggle spreads across the world - Workers World

Unionized workers rally to save Postal Service plant at Stewart

Complaints Prompt Postal Service To Change Mind On Eastern Carolina Closings

Accused Erie postal worker to serve special probation - GoErie.com

Donahoe Lays Out the Future of the USPS - Multichannel Merchant

A Petition That Just Might Save the Post Office - The Nation

Critics blast USPS plan to ship Brooklyn mail to Manhattan first - NY Daily News

Postal Service no longer making changes to retail hours

May 09, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Sequester, Postal Departures Weigh on Retirement Claims Backlog - GovExec.com

The writing on the wall in Reading: The Postal Service pulls a fast one - Save the Post Office

NAPS: Are Federal and Postal Employees Taken For Granted?

Make Mommy Proud - Contribute to the Nation’s Largest Single-Day Food Drive

NALC: Updated list of vacancies available for transfer opportunities - as of May 8

We petition the Obama administration to: Save the Postal Service-Save American Jobs

USPS: Prohibitive Email Use

OIG Blog: Community Connection: Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

Legal Memo Advised Postal Service Against Ending Saturday Delivery - NY Times

Postal worker injured in crash while delivering mail - FOX Carolina

Releasing Names and Federal Employee Salaries (Since 1816) - FedSmith

Feds: SD man mailed dog feces to county official - Savannah Now

Post office halts tenants’ delivery - The Herald

May 08, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Post Plan initiative reaches 1-year mark
One year after the date USPS announced its strategy for low-activity Post Offices, nearly 6,000 have been converted to reduced-hour facilities to generate cost savings.

Lawyer: Postal Service board members risked “removal” over ending Saturday mail delivery – Federal Times

Postal theft charged in federal indictment

USPS Backs Off From Price-Hike Gambit - Dead Tree Edition

NAPUS: Congressional Attack on Federal Health Insurance (PDF)

Defense seeks to ban death penalty for man accused in shootings of Henning postal workers - The Commercial Appeal

CHARTS: U.S. Postal Service volume declines - Columbia Missourian

May 07, 2013 - Comments (Count)
What's Possible for the USPS? - Actually Great Things - PostCom: by William Holden, President & CEO of Holdenart

USPS launches SEAM pilot program - via PEN Blog

Crown Post Office staff go on strike - BBC News

Rep. Bonamici tells carriers of need for postal service reform - Daily Astorian

Long Beach U.S. Postal Service Mail Processing Operations Consolidation Is Slated For July 1

Blade Runner, Terminator, Minority Report and the deliberate sabotage of the Postal Service - Patheos Press

USPS employee database - 2013

May 06, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Local letter carriers stick together through Postal Service upheaval - Columbia Missourian

What is holding up Secure Electronic Mail - Courier Express and Postal Observer

Service Standards changes last July cause additional delays for non-local mail copies - NPR


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May 05, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal workers too scared to deliver mail in crime-ridden Brooklyn neighborhood, Brownsville - NY POST

In bad faith: How the Postal Service is selling the Redlands post office - Save the Post Office

Postal workers picket their boss, US Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe - San Francisco Bay View

U.S. Postal Service Wins 10 Federal Green Challenge Awards - Gant Daily

Fewer Postal Workers Will Revive 'Dead Letters

May 04, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Postal Worker Raped During Her Break - NBC4 Washington

Ralph Nader: The Plight of the Postal Service - Huff Post

Government Travel Card – OIG Audit Projects

USPS Salutes the American Flag - PEN Blog

Video: U.S. Postmaster General Donahoe: Judy Woodruff - Businessweek

FECA: Case Examples Illustrate Vulnerabilities That Could Result in Improper Payments or Overlapping Benefits - PEN Blog

Postal worker honored after run-in with gator - Live5News.com - Charleston, SC

May 03, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Eight More U.S. Reps. Co-sponsor Postal Service Protection Act

NAPUS: Non-career Employee Health Benefits Plan to be in effect for January 2014

NALC: Updated list of vacancies available for transfer opportunities —as of May 1

USPS: No delivery until "Moose" the pit bull goes - Connect TriStates

Menomonee Falls police ask people to use U.S. Postal Services mailboxes

KFDM learns Postal Service study supports ending customer service at Walden Road center - KFDM Channel 6

Postal Service Plans Another VPO Opening - Inside Indiana Business

Upcoming relocation, downsizing of 'Sgt. Riayan A. Tejada Post Office' draws jeers from Postal Workers Union - NY Daily News

May 02, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Congress, FEHBP and ObamaCare - Pay & Benefits Watch - GovExec.com
Also see Postal temps to gain health insurance under ObamaCare - Washington Post

Dismantling the legacy: More post office suspensions, relocations, and sales - Save the Post Office

Postal Loss Seen at $6 Billion as Donahoe Asks U.S. Congress Aid - Businessweek

WHAT WILL IT TAKE? - PostCom

APWU: Union Challenges POStPlan, Demands Jobs

Rural mail carriers violating Florida's seat belt law

Bay Port postal worker reaches deal, will avoid jail time

- Postal worker on harrowing saw attack: Ex-con wouldn't stop - NY POST
- Buried ex-postal worker was strangled to death

May 01, 2013 - Comments (Count)
Act may save postal service - Statesman Journal

USPS: The Next Amtrak? - DM News

Congress blocks needed reform in operation of Postal Service - Yakima Herald

Postal Inspector: Brooklyn Mailbox Targeted By Thieves Is Now Safe To Use - CBS New York

DeFazio bill seeks action on Postal Service - The Register-Guard

Owner Of Dog That Attacked Postal Worker Apologizes - FOX2now

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