August 31, 2016
- PMG Addresses NAPUS and Postmasters At Convention – People More The Mail
PEN - Video: Colorado mail carrier nearly swept away by flash flood water
PEN - Video: USPS Message Delivered To Winchester Residents: No Rail, No Mail
PEN - MVS Continues to Fight Subcontracting
PEN - APWU: Support Services Division Battles Outsourcing
- Canada Post and Postal Workers reach two-year agreements
Yahoo News - The U.S. Postal Service, a National – and Constitutional – Treasure
Rolando via Lexington Institute
August 30, 2016
- Butterfly Stamp to Alight On Post Office Locations Across Nation
PEN - Video: Atlantic Beach neighbors concerned about packages left on mailboxes
PEN - Salmonella from chicks in the mail
The Hill - Video: Thieves target mailboxes with USPS key in San Francisco neighborhoods
PEN - The exception to Postal Service motto about delivering mail
Washington Post - Video: Vehicle crashes into Louisiana Post Office sending 4 people to hospital
PEN - Oregon USPS LLV Catches Fire After Crash
KAJO - eBay weighs in on Canada Post dispute
Toronto Sun - Bastrop County mail theft investigation nabs 3 suspects, 1 at large
Statesman
August 29, 2016
- Call of Duty – Postal Operations Continue After Devastation
PEN - USPS seeks employees for TV ads
PEN - OIG: Image Is Everything
- Star Trek™ Forever Stamps to be Dedicated Sept. 2 in NYC
PEN - Canadian postal workers delay possible job action for 24 hours as contract talks continue
Financial Post
August 28, 2016
- Former Ohio NALC Treasurer Pleads Guilty To Stealing $16,347
PEN - The Fed and labor agree: Workers need a raise
Cincinnati.com - Canada: Postal workers union give details of job action if no deal is reached Sunday
Comox Valley Echo - Year date mistake on Henry James first-day cover available from USPS
Linns - NPMHU: President Hogrogian and Secretary-Treasurer Gardner Re-Elected by Acclamation
August 27, 2016
- Federal Authorities Charge 33 People with Crimes Against the U.S. Postal Service, including Theft of Mail by Employees – PEN
- Video: Retired postal employee says government mistake could cost him $89,000
PEN - Tragic Mistake: Indianapolis Postal Employee Shot By Police
IndyStar - When the U.S. Postal Service Also Delivered Babies
Wall Street Journal - Federal and local officials meet in Modesto to combat mail theft
Modesto Bee - Mail thieves target rural neighborhoods in Fairbanks
Newsminer - Oldest floating US post office scrapes rock, runs aground
U.S. News & World Report
August 26, 2016
- Video: Postal workers mourn loss of pregnant co-worker gunned down on Detroit’s west side
PEN - Video: Federal, Local Officials Hold Town Hall Meeting on Mail Theft in Sacramento
PEN - Postmaster loses home in Indiana tornadoes, continues to deliver mail
WKRN Nashville - Sonoma woman saved in freak post-office crash
Sonoma News - In The Grand Canyon, USPS Still Delivers Mail By Mule
Smithsonian Insider - Canada Postal Workers Union Files 72-Hour Notice of Job Action
Bloomberg
August 25, 2016
- Former Alabama USPS Employee Charged With Theft of Mail
PEN - AZ: Ex-Postal Service worker sentenced to prison for mail thefts
ABC News Arizona - Video: Opposition to Trans-Pacific Partnership grows as APWU rallies against deal
PEN - Video: P.O. box thefts in Hawaii trigger federal investigation
PEN - Bristol, CT police mistake postal worker for package thief
The Bristol Press - Video: Letter carriers not always visited by a friendly face
PEN - Miamisburg, OH postal worker questioned about mail theft
Dayton Daily News - Former Iowa Postmaster Changes Plea To Guilty In Postal Fraud Case
KIMT - An open letter to the postmaster general of the United States
Dan Casey @roanoke.com - Sometimes, the postman rings not even once
Philly.com - FedEx Is Making All of Its Logos Purple and Orange, Its Most Recognized Color Scheme
Adweek - USPS Ups Its Ecommerce Parcel Game
Multi Channel Merchant - The Postal Service’s birthday blues
Opinion – The Detroit News - Mail of more than 100 Manteca victims recovered
Manteca Bulletin
August 25, 2016
- Video: Opposition to Trans-Pacific Partnership grows as APWU rallies against deal
PEN - Video: P.O. box thefts in Hawaii trigger federal investigation
PEN - Video: Letter carriers not always visited by a friendly face
PEN - Former Iowa Postmaster Changes Plea To Guilty In Postal Fraud Case
KIMT - An open letter to the postmaster general of the United States
Dan Casey @roanoke.com - Sometimes, the postman rings not even once
Philly.com - FedEx Is Making All of Its Logos Purple and Orange, Its Most Recognized Color Scheme
Adweek - USPS Ups Its Ecommerce Parcel Game
Multi Channel Merchant - The Postal Service’s birthday blues
Opinion – The Detroit News - Mail of more than 100 Manteca victims recovered
Manteca Bulletin
August 24, 2016
- Video: As post office walls crumble, town leaders look for options
PEN - Video: Texas neighborhood can’t get packages for 2 years
PEN - APWU President Dimondstein: We Can Forge Ahead, Build Power & Win!
APWU News via PEN - USPS Celebrates National Park Service Centennial with Stamps, Framed Art and Keepsakes
USPS news via PEN - POSTAL WORKERS PROTEST TPP
Politico - Video: Switzerland enlists robots to help deliver mail
PEN - FedEx, UPS moved in unison to hike ground delivery rates since ’06, firm says
DC Velocity
August 23, 2016
- Video: CBS2 Demanding Answers: Why Are Lines So Long At Bushwick Post Office?
Supervisor says “if you film it, I will break it” – PEN - Video: Neighborhood surprises mailman after lightning strike fire
PEN - Video: Tennessee neighbors not getting mail, medication; U.S.P.S. says road isn’t safe to turn around
PEN - Postal Service attaching warning letters to suspected scams
…some claim ‘Big Brother’ is watching – Fox 4 Now - Deliveries to Two Maine Islands In Jeopardy After Postal Serivce Crackdown
Maine Public Broadcasting - Richmond Post Office temporarily closed due to mold issue
WTVR - Man charged with felony in hit-and-run that seriously hurt postal service worker
Montana Standard - U.S. Postal Service Honors Festival of Diwali with a Forever Stamp
PEN - Rural Bedford County post office is among tiniest in the country
August 22, 2016
- Special delivery? Florida letter carrier helped distribute drugs, feds say
Kanas City Star - Mail carrier missed after 3 decades delivering to Branford houses
New Haven Register - OIG: Dirty Little Secrets of Advertising
August 21, 2016
- “Hambone” – The Old-school Mailman Retires
Williston Herald - Roanoke area postal customers submit numerous complaints regarding mail service on Inspector General’s website – Roanoke Times
- Canada Post workers rally outside office of Liberal Member of Parliament Jim Carr
Winnipeg CTV News
August 20, 2016
- Video: Ceremony to mark 30th anniversary of Edmond Post Office massacre
News OK - A Mail Boat Stays Afloat
NY Times
August 19, 2016
- USPS: Louisiana Service Disruption Alert
PEN - Survivors still feel physical, psychological effects 30 years after first ‘postal’ mass shooting
NY Daily News - California Congressman Kevin McCarthy to join in fight against mail theft
ABC News Bakersfield - Post office caught up in massive California wildfire
Linns - Antioch resident thanks postal worker who rescued her from rattlesnake in home
Antioch Herald
August 18, 2016
- Video: North Dallas condos targeted again by mail thieves
PEN - Louisiana flood: Where can I pick up my mail?
Times-Picayune - USPS faces $111K in fines after OSHA inspection again finds workplace safety hazards at Silver Spring facility – PEN
- String of Mail Thefts Shake Malibu
Malibu Times - US Postal Inspection Service Funds TV Program on CBS
eCommerce Bytes - Video: Apartment, condo mailbox broken? Good luck getting it fixed
WCPO Cincinnati
August 17, 2016
- Dumpster-dropping mail carrier out of a job, may face charges
Count on 2 First - OIG report: USPS needs to diversify and expand logistics offerings
Post & Parcel - The Postal Service test drives its new Service Performance Measurement system
Save the Post Office - Suspect in postal theft arraigned
Crossville Chronicle - USPS revenues from package mail continue to grow, along with costs
Linns - The Postal Service’s Red Ink and Birthday Blues
Inside Sources - Woodland Hills Post Office faces wrecking ball of ‘urbanization’
LA Daily News - Service disrupted in Louisiana flood aftermath
USPS News Link - APWU: COLA Increase
PEN - NALC Convention Updates Page
- Man flashes badge, says he’s a police officer to get mail
The Spec
August 16, 2016
- Video Update: Florida mail carrier makes dumpster delivery
PEN - ‘Injured’ Ohio postal worker seen on vacation at Sea World, Mt. Rushmore
PEN - Video: Officials Think Counterfeit Master Key Could be Behind String of California Mailbox Break-Ins
PEN - Fargo, ND USPS manager pleads guilty to swiping $700 from envelope
InForum - Magazine Readers Are Wealthy & Well Educated, USPS Study Finds
PubExec - U.S. government has spent $5.4 million during the past two years to finance a children’s television show about postal inspectors
Deadline - How the Postal Service Can Keep Up With Amazon and Uber
GovExec - Longtime Utah lawmaker Brown sues over his 9-vote primary loss – contends post office practices in rural counties unfairly disqualified 70 ballots
Salt Lake Tribune
August 15, 2016
- USPS: Franked Mail Pre-election Ban In Effect – PEN
- Photo: Fort Myers postal worker caught dumping mail – PEN
- Update: Starting In August 2016 Social Security Will REQUIRE You Provide Your Cell Phone Number To Login – PEN
- Health care rate hikes: An unintentional ‘October surprise’ – PEN
- OIG: The Evolving Logistics Landscape and the U.S. Postal Service (PDF)
- OIG: How Could the Postal Service Make Better Use of the Kaizen Process?
- OIG: Logistics 2.0 – An Ongoing Revolution
- Wildfire burns post office and businesses in Northern California town – Charlotte Observer
- NAPUS: Ways and Means Committee “Tables” WEP Bill – PEN
- Why the U.S. Postal Service’s net losses for the year are growing – Linns
- Canada Post talks stall as strike mandate set to expire – Toronto Star
August 14, 2016
- Video: San Antonio neighborhood deals with numerous cases of mailbox vandalism – PEN
- PRC Hosts Technical Conference on USPS Performance Measurement Data – PEN
August 13, 2016
- Federal Authorities Target Inland Empire Mail Thieves – PEN
- Video: Online mail forwarding scam hits North Texas seniors – PEN
- Video: USPS issues apology after man reports finding dumped mail – PEN
- Pennsylvania woman claims postal worker caused collision – Penn Record
- Postal Contract Narrows the Gap between Tiers – Labor Notes
August 12, 2016
- Man Indicted for Armed Robbery of Mail Carrier in Rancho Cordova – PEN
- Video: North Carolina woman fuming over missing packages USPS claims they delivered – PEN
- Video: Postmaster General visits Bismarck to address mail volume issues – PEN
- New 1-Cent Apples Stamp is Always Ripe for Mailing – PEN
- Video: Mailman Helps Fight Flames Until Firefighters Arrive – PEN
- Video: Illegally parked postal trucks driving Harlem residents crazy – Pix 11
- Gilby, ND Post Office indefinitely shuttered over mold worries – Grand Forks Herald
- California mail theft victims frustrtaed, looking for extra security – Kern Golden Empire
- House members send mail on taxpayer’s dime, vulnerable ones do it much more – AJC
- Update: Missing Virginia postal employee found safe
- Heitkamp: Postal Service needs flexibility to innovate and expand
- The U.S. stamps that prove bold predictions for the future were wrong – Linns
- Retired Sewickley Valley mail carrier making new kind of delivery – TribLive
- Canadian Postal Workers Stare Down Canada Post
- Mail problems continue in South Bay, CA
August 11, 2016
- Florida Postal Employee Charged in Child Porn Case – PEN
- Money for fight against Muscular Dystrophy embezzled by Michigan postal employee – PEN
- Video: Paying it forward: Virginia postal employee goes above and beyond – PEN
- Video: North Dakota post office sends back tribal disbursement checks – PEN
- Trump mailer defaced before delivered – PEN
- 4 pounds of meth, coloring books mailed to Hawaii – San Francisco Gate
- Vandals damage mailboxes around the county
August 10, 2016
- Video Update: Remember this – “Who in the world bolts down a mailbox in the middle of a sidewalk?” well, USPS has now moved the box – PEN
- Video: Nissan Altima in police chase linked to missing Virginia postal employee– PEN
- I Always Wanted to Be a Mail Carrier. Until I Was One – Pity your postman – Seattle Weekly
- Maine Postmaster Relief Sentenced to Probation for Embezzling Postal Funds – PEN
- Senator Carper Statement on U.S. Postal Service Financial Losses – PEN
- NALC statement on USPS’ FY2016 Q3 report – PEN
- APWU Statement Regarding USPS Third Quarter Financial Report – PEN
- Should USPS Abandon Its Non Postal Pursuits? – eCommerce Bytes
- Texas neighborhood reaches out to Congressman for mailbox repair help – then USPS replaces the cluster boxes – News 4 San Antonio
- Think Amazon’s Drone Delivery Idea Is a Gimmick? Think Again – NY Times
- Former California postal worker pleads guilty in theft of 6,000-plus credit cards – OC Register
- OIG: Do Mail Schedulers Make Mail Processing More Efficient?
- USPS counts on ‘broad bipartisan support’ for reform amid losses – Fed New Radio
August 09, 2016
- OSHA finds Indiana Postal facility exposed workers to asbestos hazards; agency proposes more than $49K in fines – PEN
- Video: PA Postal Employee Aids Police In Deadly Shooting Investigation – PEN
- NJ carrier charged with assaulting co-worker during delivery route – News 12
- U.S. Postal Service Reports Fiscal Year 2016 Third Quarter Results – PEN
- NAPUS: Comparison of House and Senate Postal Reform Bill – PEN
- USPS is testing kiosks to ease eBay seller frustrations – Business Insider
- U.S. Postal Service Revenue Rises on Shipping Growth, but Losses Mount – WSJ
- Missing Caroline County VA postal worker in need of medication – WRIC
- APWU: Convention Resolutions Now Posted
August 08, 2016
- Postal Service Fights Back Against Rising Dog Attacks With New App – Bloomberg
- Legislation could help mail get delivered … and on time – Portland Tribune
- NALC: Convention grievance moratorium
- Online Shopping Increase Takes a Bite Out of Mail Carriers – Bloomberg
- The federal government’s $500 million subsidy to magazine publishers – Brookings
- We count on the mail – Troy Daily News
August 07, 2016
- Vandal goes postal on Texas neighborhood mailboxes – Victoria Advocate
- Canada Post workers protest at Prime Minister Trudeau’s Montreal office – Toronto Sun
August 06, 2016
- Video: Glen Falls, NY carrier saves, mother, son from falling tree – PEN
- Video: Denver asks “Who in the world bolts down a mailbox in the middle of a sidewalk?” – PEN
- NAPS Responds To USPS Objection To MSPB Provisions In Postal Reform Bill(PDF)
- Two Lifelong Democrats Who’ve Been Postal Union Members for 30 Years Explain Why They’re Voting for Trump
- Taking the bite out of mail delivery – ctpost
August 05, 2016
- Suspicious package burns Mountain City, TN postal worker – WJHL
- Postal Worker Accused of Stealing While On Mahwah, NJ Route – Mahwah, Patch
- Baton Rouge police bomb squad checks out suspicious package on top of postal vehicle – The Advocate
- Another rash of mailbox thefts in American Canyon – NAPA Valley Register
- Songbirds in Snow Forever Stamps Take Flight – PEN
- USPS Tests Package Dropoff Kiosks for eBay Sellers – eCommerce Bytes
- Video: Driver who ‘blacked out’ surrenders in death of postal worker, Vietnam vet
- APWU: Check It Out: Updated Organization Materials – New Welcome Book and PSE Brochure
- House Committee Approves Bill To Allow Post Offices To Offer Banking Services – Heartland.org
- Investigation continues into San Diego area mailbox thefts – Ramona Sentinel
- Postal service snubs N.J. town’s zip code quest, mayor outraged – NJ.com
- Video: Central Iowans still experiencing post office problems – KCCI
- USPS: Granting Appeal Rights to EAS Employees is ‘Unnecessary’ – GovExec
- Amazon’s latest weapon in the e-commerce wars: Its own air force – Washington Post
- It’s time to make it harder to get dangerous drugs through the mail – Washington Post
- Checks Stolen From Drop Boxes, Altered and Cashed
August 04, 2016
- Postal Service releases 2015 Household Diary Study – Save the Post Office
- Suspect ID’d in winter hit-and-run death of postal worker, Vietnam vet – WTAE
- USPS Helps Rural Businesses Attract Global Customers – eCommerce Bytes
- U.S. Stamps: Born Aug. 4: Louis Armstrong – Linns
- Video: Rat infestation forces post office to stop mail delivery to apartments – PEN
August 03, 2016
- OSHA finds Osceola, Iowa Postal facility exposed workers to electrical, chemical hazards; proposes $44K in fines – PEN
- Postal worker says dog attack was ‘horrendous’ – KWCH
- Patriotic Spiral Forever Stamp Features Festive, Energetic Design – PEN
- Cost of moving post office out of Pearl? $13.9 million above market value – Oregon Live
- Video: No rail, no mail – post office stops delivery to resident over porch steps – PEN
- 2 hurt when Postal Service semi, SUV collide in Chicago – Chicago Tribune
- When Chicago’s ‘Stamp King’ stumbled upon a legendary piece of postal history– Linns
- More mailbox thefts in American Canyon – Nappa Valley Register
August 02, 2016
- Video: Heat Isn’t Holding Back Postal Workers From Delivering Mail – Everything Lubbock
- Video: Hidden Camera Catches Mailman’s Sweet Routine With A Misunderstood Dog – The DoDo
- Congresswoman Comstock Calls for Hearing on Insurance Premium Spikes for Federal Employees – PEN
- Mail truck rolls out of control, takes out boxes
- GS Marketing Wins USPS Irresistible Mail™ Award for Q1 2016 – PEN
August 01, 2016
- NALC’s Rolando Supports Forcing USPS Reitrees Into Medicare…whether they want it or not
- Guilty plea in attack on postal carrier in Kansas City – Kanas City Star
- Video: This man unveiled his biggest secret to his girlfriend with the help of PostSecret – PEN
- Video: Chicago’s River North Post Office Reopens After More Than a Dozen Hospitalized – PEN
- Rome, OH postal clerk lauded for helping save customer’s life – Star Beacon
- Stamps.com Provides Color on USPS Pricing – eCommerce Bytes
- OIG: Internal Controls over Voyager Card Transactions – LAX Los Feliz Station, CA (PDF)
- OIG: The Freebie that Pays
- Starting In August 2016 Social Security Will REQUIRE You Provide Your Cell Phone Number To Login – PEN