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News from Postalblog
Senator Schumer to propose end to restrictions on shipping
alcohol through USPS-
The end of the law would generate an estimated $225 million
of increased annual revenue and benefit the 12,090 postal-service
jobs in upstate New York.
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USPS OIG
Some N.J. mail carriers told to report for work during Superstorm
Sandy
A report by the U.S. Postal Service’s inspector
general on the service’s hurricane response said managers
at that post office 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.But
the floodwaters rose quickly, trapping several employees at
the facility and requiring rescue by the Coast Guard.
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USPS Management Proposing A New Retirement
System
Under the Postal Reorganization
Act, the Postal Service is obligated to provide wages and
benefits comparable to those provided in the private sector.
However, Postal Service management believes that the FERS
system is more costly and does not compare to retirement benefits
provided in the private sector. Comments
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PMG Tells Senate: USPS in Midst of Financial
Disaster, Liquidity Remains Dangerously Low
financial condition is so precarious, and the legislative
process is so uncertain, we’ve reached the point that we have
to consider price increases above the rate of inflation,”
said Donahoe.
In Senate Testimony, Guffey Blasts Carper-Coburn
Postal Reform Bill |
PMG: No PO or mail processing center
closures during postal reform bill debate |
Senator McCaskill Aims for Responsible
Postal Reform
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NALC: Few surprises in first of two
hearings on S. 1486 Comments
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GAO: USPS Proposed
Health Plan Could Improve Financial Condition, but Impact
on Medicare and Other Issues Should Be Weighed before Approval
The U.S. Postal Service
(USPS) would likely realize large financial gains from its
proposed health care plan, primarily by increasing retirees’
use of Medicare. Some elements of USPS’s proposal would add
uncertainties that could reduce funds available for its employees’
and retirees’ future health care.
GAO: USPS Healthcare Plan Would Hurt
Medicare, Postal Worker s |USPS
Plan to Pull Out of Fed Health Benefits Could Cost Postal
Workers |
USPS Plan: Make Medicare Pay Our Bills
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Video: Caring California Letter Carrier gets $500 from co-worker
via TV show
Kevin Wonten wanted to pay it
forward to his long-time friend Frank Betancourt. Both men
are veteran letter carriers with the United State Postal Service.
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PMG Responds
to GAO Report On USPS Healthcare Plan
Post and Pa rcel - Without addressing
the cost issue in a responsible way, the Postal Service may
be unable to afford to provide health care benefits to retirees.
Our proposal assures that we will. Comments
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USPS Seeking National Contract for Rental,
Leasing of Minivans & Cargo Vans
According to USPS: Presently,
there are not sufficient capital funds to purchase new equipment.
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USPS Loss For January 2013 $437 Million -- Year To Date loss
for FY 2013 $1.7 billion
- USPS reported a net operating
loss of $437 million for the month of January 2013.
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USPS To Close Wichita Remote Encoding Center --797 employees
affected
The U.S. Postal Service today
announced the Wichita Remote Encoding Center (REC) will
close no sooner than September of 2013, as technology enhancements
have made the need for RECs virtually obsolete.
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USPS to Launch New Product Line of Apparel and Accessories
The agreement leverages Postal
Service intellectual property by introducing the Rain Heat
& Snow brand of apparel and accessory products.
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USPS spending $2.2 million
to send execs to National Postal Forum
Documents obtained by MacFarlane
show the event will cost the agency approximately $2.2 million,
including travel and $220,000 for exhibit space.
Postal Service Defends Pricey Conference|
The National Postal Forum Is NOT a Party
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Lawmakers demanding answers over postal
conference |
Video from
KTVU 2: :USPS conference
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24 Senators Urge USPS not to
take any action on eliminating Saturday
mail delivery unless authorized by Congress
- On February 15, 2013
24 members of the Senate wrote to Postmaster General Patrick
Donahoe to express their concerns on USPS' intent to end Saturday
mail delivery service in August and its legality.
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USPS Announces Moratorium on DUO and POStPlan Implementation
Postal officials notified NAPUS
that Delivery Unit Optimization (DUO) implementations and
Post Office closures will be suspended temporarily starting
Monday, November 19 and continuing through Friday, January
4, 2013.
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USPS, NALC
Sign Agreement to convert 6,000 PTF carriers to full time,
hire 3,400 TEs
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USPS Management
and Privatizers: Reading from the Same Script
Congress
must make Postal Service a priority
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November 30, 2013
Investigators
searching for man who robbed Pittsburgh post office at gunpoint
False Postal Delivery Leads to Home Invasion
USPS To Extend
Saturday Retail Hours During December At Some Northern California
POs
Couriers gear up for busiest time of the year
Postal Service
decides it won't open a post office near Coral Reef Estates
USPS joins
with bakers’ group to recover stolen trays
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November 29, 2013
Oakland APWU Wins Over $1M For 24 Former USPS CFS Clerks In
Historic Arbitration Award-
The holiday season will be a lot merrier for 24 former Oakland,
CA CFS postal clerks, thanks to an arbitrator’s decision.
The ruling has given them portions of an award – arguably
one of the largest payouts to individuals in APWU history.
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Mon. Dec. 2nd -- National Day of Mourning for Tyson Jerome
Barnette
Postal workers and our communities are angered and outraged
at this senseless, unnecessary death. The next delivery day
after the attack on Brother Barnette, 100% of letter carriers
in the DC area were again delivering after dark
Video: Police
to retrace mailman’s route the night he was killed
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USPS To Defer Implementation Of Full-Service IMb requirement
and Move Forward on Rate Increase
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Postal Service has chosen to defer the implementation date
of the Full-Service IMb requirement (for access to automation
rates) until a later date after 2014.
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November 28, 2013
BMW crashes
into post office, drives off
Schenectady
mail delivery will resume after BB gun fired at letter carrier
Tennessee
rural carrier pleads guilty to stealing veterans’ mail-order
pain meds
Police have
identified a suspect in pellet gun shooting of mail carrier
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November 27, 2013
Congresswoman Norton Seeks Answers From PMG On Postal Employees
Delivering Mail After Dark
-Norton,
in her letter, wrote, “I understand the financial challenges
that USPS faces because of congressional failure to move a
bill. I also very much appreciate USPS’s determination
to deliver mail in a timely fashion, especially during winter
months, when darkness comes much earlier in the day.
However, I do not recall delivery after dark being as frequent
in prior years.
Inspector
general to probe late mail delivery
"The U.S. Postal Service Inspector General’s office said Wednesday
that it is launching an investigation into the shift in mail
delivery to evening hours, a change that’s alarmed letter
carriers and customers.The inspector general reported in July
that the Postal Service’s use of overtime has soared since
the number of letter carriers has shrunk with declining mail
volume.
Lose a Life
to Save a Dollar’
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Video: USPS
Criticized Over Third Mailman Murder Since 2010
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Postal Clerks
Suspended For Not Asking Hazmat Question About Perfume?
Earlier this year USPS modified the HAZMAT questions to include
perfume that Window Clerks (Sales and Service Associates)
are required to ask customers. Let this article
be a reminder to Window Clerks to ask all of the HAZMAT
questions.
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USPS wins
appeal on San Francisco Single Room Occupancy hotel deliveries
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the U.S. Postal
Service’s decision nearly five years ago to deliver mail to
the front desk or a central collection box rather than to
individual mailboxes at most of San Francisco’s 500 single-room-occupancy
(SRO) hotels
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East St.
Louis Postal Supervisor Indicted For Stealing Packages
The indictment alleges that in March and April 2013, Emily,
who was working as a supervisor in the East St. Louis Post
Office, opened and stole mail packages.
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USPS decision to close Fernandina Beach, FL post office delayed
The closing of the downtown post office has been delayed until
after the holidays, “pending review,” according to U.S. Postal
representatives and an order from the PRC. The order claims
that “justification for the closing (by the Postal Service)
is unconfirmed.”
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Where you can get Harry Potter stamps
- and where you can't
Postal Service sending workers from
Nebraska to help out in western ND
USPS Confirms 2014 Direct Mail Promotions
Postal
worker injured in Erie truck crash
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November 26, 2013
Postal service halted in Schenectady
neighborhood after BBs fired
Lawrence,
KS mailman to retire after 43 years with
USPS
How Washington Ruined Christmas
Amazon in talks to turn London Tube
ticket offices into post offices
USPS OIG: Not All Flat Rates Are Equal
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November 25, 2013
Alabama Postal Worker Sentenced to 10
Yrs. In Prison For Shooting At Co-Workers
In
June of this year, Darby pled guilty to attempted assault,
discharging a firearm in furtherance of the attempted assault,
and possession of a firearm in a federal facility
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What Could Make the Postal Service Cool
Again
Congress needs to step up delivery
A Peek at Amazon’s Contract with the
Postal Service
USPS Responds to National Outrage Over
Holiday Stamps
Postcards vs. the Future: 10 'endangered'
travel items
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November 24, 2013
Alaska Postal Manager arrested on charges
of Child Porn
An Anchorage
man arrested on charges of child sex abuse and the possession,
distribution and production of child porn could face 13 felony
counts under stricter sentencing rules that went into effect
earlier this year.
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In War
for Same-Day Delivery, Racing Madly to Go Last Mile
November 23, 2013
Video: Overnight mail taking 3 days
after Pasco, WA changes
"Carriers are out on the street
later and later because they have to wait longer and longer
to get their mail before they can hit the street, we've got
carriers out on the streets until 8PM some nights,"
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Wild deer crashes through window
at Poplar Bluff, MO Post Office
The Postal Service is Running Out of
Stamps
Postal Service Bends Over Backwards
for Amazon, While We Get Crummy Service
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November 22, 2013
Ralph Nader Letter to Postmaster General
Patrick Donahoe
...you have focused much of your
energy on cutting jobs beyond normal attrition, closing needed
facilities, selling off grand post office buildings, degrading
services, and raising postage rates. Taken together, all of
these “solutions” harm the USPS’s long term viability. And
considering that the USPS’s operations have returned to profitability,
more of these ill-conceived plans will bring the USPS to ruin.
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NALC Retirement Community Opened to
Mail Handler Retirees
See the attached letter from
NALC President Fred Rolando regarding openings at the NALC
retirement community located in Nalcrest, Florida
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USPS signs
10 year agreement on new location for NY Peter Stuyvesant
Post Office
USPS: Pittsburgh,
PA NDC employees help co-worker find bone marrow match
NALC Retirement
Community Opened to Mail Handler Retirees
Police
looking into South Carolina post office break-in
CNN: Is Harry Potter stamp un-American?
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November 21, 2013
PRC Approves
USPS Request For Rate Increase; Implementation of Full Service
IMb Remanded
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The Commission determined
that the rates proposed by the Postal Service are consistent
with the law, provided that the Postal Service does not implement
Full Service IMb requirements concurrently with the proposed
increased rates
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U.S. Postal Inspection Service Wins
Court Order to Protect Pennsylvania Businesses from Scam Artists
Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele today announced
an investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, supported
by the Department of State, has resulted in a permanent injunction
against a company that had been scamming businesses.
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USPS Implements New Program to Transform Way Mail Is Processed
at Plants
An effort involving the collaboration
of unions and management is underway at plants across the
country to transform the way USPS processes the mail. It’s
called Lean Mail Processing and includes a certification program.
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Waterbury
CT Postal Supervisor arrested for stealing package loaded
with cocaine
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a tracking
device that had been secretly placed inside it, according
to a federal complaint obtained Wednesday
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Veteran Says Postal Workers Have Stolen Medication
Postal Worker Attacked in Forest Hills
Video: $10,000 reward offered in Glendale
CA post office burglary
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November 20, 2013
USPS Announces $5 Billion Loss; Unions
Point Out Actual $623 Million Operating Profit
-The Postal Service has used its financial crisis to justify
service changes which have affected Washington residents.
The closure of mail processing in Everett, Olympia, and Pasco
earlier this year have brought reports of delayed mail. The
Postal Service plans to shutter mail processing in Tacoma
and Wenatchee in February, 2014, and officially switch to
a slower delivery schedule for first-class mail
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USPS Western
PA District Manager Robert Cintron named VP, Product Information
Don’t Worry About Obamacare – Feds’
Health Benefits Are Safe
Senator Reid: USPS to keep
Sun Valley Post Office in Northern Nevada open
Video: Woman Hit By Mail
Truck in Lathrup Village, MI
Detroit
letter carrier carjacked at gunpoint
Postal
employee sentenced to house arrest and probation for stealing
from mail
Mysteries of the Amazon
Deal: Why the Postal Service is skimming the cream on Sundays
Royal Mail's Flawed Sale
Bodes Badly for the Post Office
What USPS's Rate Increase
Means to Commercial Shippers
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November 19, 2013
Video: Disabled woman endures lengthy
fight to get her mail
"she
solicited the help of the city of Independence.. She said
that's when Postmaster Roland Tidmore proved to be obstinate.
"He told me that the city didn't tell him what to do, that
he chose where (my) mailbox went and that they pay the carriers
by the minute and if it doesn't agree for them then they weren't
going to do it," she recalled Tidmore telling her." I guess
the Postmaster really showed this disabled woman who's boss.
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Masked Gunmen Rob Mailman in North Philly
USPS issues
Harry Potter limited-edition Forever stamp collection
USPS secretary
admits to fraudulently collecting workers comp
Mail truck hit during Hollywood drive-by
shooting
USPS
Says No Overall Increase in Priority Mail Rates Ahead
Post Office Changes Frustrate Residents
Mail thieves striking post offices late
at night
Harry
Potter stamp riles Postal Service panel, traditional stamp
collectors
Letter:
Leave your light on for letter carrier's safety
Video: Long Island, NY Mail Carrier
Robbed
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November 18, 2013
Congress still hates the U.S. Postal
Service
But the bigger problem is the
enduring hostility to the USPS shown by many conservatives
in Congress. It's because of them that the USPS has maxed
out its statutory borrowing authority and faces an annual
payment of $5.5 billion into a health fund for its future
retirees.
We examined the reasons for this
congressional hostility last year. As we wrote at the time:
"What could explain conservative hostility toward the U.S.
Postal Service? "But what about the characteristics of the
workforce? It's heavily and effectively
unionized, for one thing. For another, over a long period,
the post office has been a reliable steppingstone to the middle
class for African American families. (Black workers make up
about 11% of the USPS payroll, about twice their representation
in the overall workforce.) Maybe some people just think these
workers are expendable."
The Real
Reason the Postal Service’s Financial Outlook Is Ever So Slightly
Improving
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Video:
Mail carrier struck by van in Wentzville, MO
Video:
Mystery surrounds Colusa Postal Worker’s death
A Post
Office? Yeah, We've Got That
Postal Board Asks for Reform for Christmas
Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Valassis-USPS
Deal
Postal Service partnering with Staples
in another move with national retailers
Google and six other companies offer
same-day delivery; Who is the winner
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November 17, 2013
Postal pinch: Duo busted
stealing air mail from JFK airport
Dead Tree
Edition: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Funeral
of Print Media
November 16, 2013
USPS
investigating personal
info found on PO Window Counters in Menlo Park, CA
- Customers in Menlo Park were
shocked at what they found on the counters at the local post
office — social security numbers and other personal information
on a pad of scratch paper
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Video: Sticky mouse trap used in attempted
mail theft
Rural
Carrier Union Chief Sees the Future, and It’s EBay and Amazon
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November 15, 2013
Despite Revenue Growth and Record Productivity,
USPS Loses $5 Billion in 2013 Fiscal Year
The U.S. Postal Service
ended the 2013 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2012 – Sept. 30, 2013)
with a net loss of $5 billion. This marks the 7th consecutive
year in which the Postal Service incurred a net loss, highlighting
the need to continue to capitalize on growth opportunities,
reduce costs, and enact comprehensive legislation to provide
a long-term solution to the agency’s financial challenges.
Senator
Sanders Welcomes Postal Service Revenue Rebound
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APWU President Dimondstein: ‘Don’t Believe
the Type’ about USPS finances
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USPS made $600 million delivering mail in 2013
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Service still losing money, but no movement on legislation
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2 postal employees charged with stealing
or delaying mail shipments
Wreaths mark Royal Oak postal shooting
anniversary
Contaminated packages discovered at
Ukiah post office
La Salle postal carrier recalls years
of service
Video: Missing California Postal Worker’s
Body Found
Video: Several Seattle neighborhoods
complain about missing mail
Letter from Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
USPS
says terms of Amazon deal won't be made public
Naches
WA window clerk indicted for mail theft
The
U.S. Postal Service, Amazon, and Me
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November 14, 2013
Postal Reform Encounters Another Major
Setback
Carper and Coburn will now work
on a new bill, which they will offer in the form of a substitute
amendment to the original bill, according to a committee aide.
The chairman and ranking member will reschedule a markup after
the Senate returns from the Thanksgiving recess.The aide said
the amendment would address “concerns raised by members of
the committee and stakeholder groups.
Update:
Facing Opposition to Harmful Postal Bill, Committee Cancels
Another Mark-up
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For the second
time in as many weeks, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs cancelled their plans to advance
the fundamentally flawed postal bill, S. 1486.
Senate Committee schedules hearing on Nov 20th to markup Postal
Reform Bill-S. 1486
- The bill was introduced
by Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn
(R-Okla.).
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The Oxymoron at the Root of USPS's Woes
Is the U.S. Postal Service a
business or a public service? Congress can't decide on the
answer, and that indecision creates a fundamental problem
for USPS, says noted postal commentator Leo Raymond. In the
Postal Points newsletter for the Association of Marketing
Service Providers, Raymond recently wrote about "an ongoing
oxymoron that Congress, in its meddling ineptitude, continues
to perpetuate: the Postal Service cannot be cast as a public
service, with a 'universal service obligation,' while concurrently
being told to be businesslike in its operations."
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Wisconsin Postmaster fined $500 after
theft of $5,332 in postal funds
Hunt quickly confessed to postal
inspectors and repaid the loss before he was contacted by
federal prosecutors, according to court documents. His dismissal
resulted in the Mason post office operating on severely reduced
hour
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Roving
dogs stop mail delivery in central Salinas neighborhood
Will
‘Harry Potter’ Stamps Succeed Where ‘The Simpsons’ Failed?
USPS
2014 Rate Hike to Impact Online Sellers
Video: Postal Inspector Say Wisconsin
Man Used Mail To Get Revenge
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November 13, 2013
Video: USPS says late mail delivery
in Quincy, IL ‘not a normal occurrence’
United States Postal Service
spokesperson Valerie Welsch said some residents did receive
deliveries as late as 8 p.m. Tuesday night, but only because
it was the day after a holiday.Welsch said truck arrival times
were off that day, putting carriers behind. She said the USPS
is making a lot of changes to the network that are causing
truck arrival times to fluctuate. Mail carrier said the late
deliveries were not just because of the holiday, and she said
it’s been a trend for a while now
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GOP Senators Reintroduce Public-Private
Employee Retirement Parity Act
Senators Richard Burr (R-NC),
Tom Coburn (R-OK), and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) reintroduced
the Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act .. The legislation
would end the defined benefit pension portion of the Federal
Employee Retirement System (FERS) for new federal government
hires
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NH Postmaster
Helped Foil Plot by Former Postal Worker to kill JFK three
years before his assassination
- This is an overlooked
article on my blog posted 4 days ago. Three years before that
fateful day in Dallas 50 years ago, an assassination attempt
on John F. Kennedy was thwarted by a New Hampshire postmaster,
a small-town Florida patrolman and some quick investigative
work by federal law enforcement officials
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The State of the Shrinking Postal Service
Workforce
USPS spokeswomen Patricia Licata
said in an email that the agency plans to deliver packages
on Sundays using city carrier associates and rural carrier
associates – part-time employees working variable schedules
– rather than full-time staff. The agency will hire additional
associates if the need warrants it, but there are no plans
to convert these employees to full-time status, according
to Licata
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USPS to Award
Contracts Worth Up To $252 Million For Management of Postal
Facilities
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URS today announced that it is one of three companies to be
awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract
by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to provide nationwide program
management services for the USPS portfolio of facilities,
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Former postal worker sentenced
to diversion for indecent exposure
Mystery shrouds postal
service deal with Amazon
Man steals money, runs
over customer at Cobb post office
Carl Monday: Mail Dumping
investigation
Yarmouth store owner hasn’t ‘given up’
in conflict with USPS
At this point,
Amazon might as well just buy the Postal Service
The Unlikely
Alliance That Ended Sunday Mail Delivery ... in 1912
Australian
postal service introduces video stamp
$10K
Reward For Information On Recent California Post Office Burglaries
Canada
Post tests Sunday parcel delivery
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November 12, 2013
Federal Budget
update: The devil is always in the details
NALC - There may be an opportunity
to include several positive components of a postal reform
package into the budget conference, components the NALC would
more than likely support.
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Postal Worker
arrested after fight with Co-worker at USPS sorting center
A 26-year-old Detroit man was
cited for non-aggravated assault after he got into a fight
with a female coworker at about 11:30 a.m. Oct. 29.The two
work at the United States Postal Service Sorting Center, 17500
Oakwood Blvd. When officers arrived, building management had
the pair separated with the man in the office and the woman
still on the work floor. According to several witnesses, the
altercation started when the man confronted the woman about
his missing coat and car keys just before lunch.
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USPS Takes
Stress Out of Holiday Shipping on Designing Spaces airing
on Lifetime TV
Popular Home improvement show
Designing Spaces™ airing on Lifetime TV will feature the United
States Postal Service® in a special “Getting Ready for the
Holidays” edition.
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Video: Postal
clerk tips off Postal Inspector to victim being targeted by
scam
Video: Postal
Inspectors – They Stole Her Identity Twice!
Postal Service
honors local vet who wasn’t seeking to be hero
November 11 2013
Amazon and
USPS Now Delivering Packages on Sunday
Amazon.com, Inc. is working with
the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages on Sunday, starting
in the Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas. Amazon
and the U.S. Postal Service plan to roll out this service
to a large portion of the U.S. population in 2014 including
Dallas, Houston, New Orleans and Phoenix, to name a few.
Senator Carper
Statement on USPS/Amazon Announcement y |
Letter carriers
deliver, even on Sunday
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Amazon’s brilliant plan to rescue the Postal Service and disrupt
the shipping industry
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Pilot Program
Puts Post Office Retail Counter in Staples Stores
The U.S. Postal Service and Staples
are launching a pilot program to open post office retail counters
at Staples locations, including in South San Francisco and
San Jose, USPS officials said. Staples is the first retailer
to take part in the USPS' Retail Partner Expansion Program,
officials said.
The
next chapter in postal privatization: Post Offices inside
of Staples
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eBay Confuses
and Irks Sellers with Holiday USPS Shipping Discount
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November 10, 2013
Collection
mailbox broken into at South Carolina Post Office
November 9, 2013
FSS Contractor
Defrauded USPS, Whistleblower Says
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. The ex-employee
“alleges that the company violated the False Claims Act in
a number of ways with respect to the FSS contract [and] alleges
damage to the USPS in an amount of at least approximately
$179 million annually, ”Whistleblower
Allegations on How USPS was Defrauded in FSS Contract With
Northrop Grumman
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NALC: Between
1500-2000 CCAs Converted to Full-Time Career Status
the first wave of city carrier assistant (CCA) conversions
to full-time career status took place Nov. 2.
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California post office burglary under investigation
Feds indict Kentucky man for postal burglary
Iowa City
may ask USPS not to leave downtown
November 8, 2013
Letter carrier
veterans— Their service never ended. Neither should yours
Of the 280,000 members of the National Association of Letter
Carriers, about 70,000 are veterans of the Army, Air Force,
Navy, Marines or Coast Guard, including recent service in
Iraq and Afghanistan
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USPS: Retail
associates must follow new money order procedures
Video: Woman
Claims Letter Carrier To Blame For Dog’s Death
Flint letter
carrier tells police she was robbed delivering mail
Postal
Service announcing 2013 year-end financial results next Friday
How to
Save The Incredible Shrinking Post Office
Virginia
letter carrier guilty of opening mail
Time is
Running Out to Save the Post Office
Silver Spring,
MD Post Office may be losing customers due to location
Blockbuster
to close remaining U.S. company-owned stores, DVD By Mail
services
November 7, 2013
Newly-Elected
APWU President Mark Dimondstein Issues Call For a ‘Grand Alliance’
-In
an impassioned speech before more than 1,000 union members,
the newly-elected president of the American Postal Workers
Union, Mark Dimondstein, issued a call for a “grand alliance”
to save the USPS as a public postal service and to protect
postal jobs.
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Residents
Complaints of Late mail delivery In Waco, TX Prompt USPS Review
some residents have complained that their mail is being delivered
as much as six hours later than normal and other say they’re
often receiving mail addressed to someone else.
Mail delivery
moving slow in some Ahwatukee, AZ areas
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Mail carriers
apologize for late delivery |
Related link:
Postal Workers complain of mail delivery delays at Conroe,
TX post office
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Postal Reform
Hits a Snag
No discussion of the Postal Reform Act (PRA) took place at
today's meeting of the Senate's Homeland Security & Governmental
Affairs Committee, complicating Chairman Tom Carper's original
mission to pass legislation this year. Carper (D-DE) said
the bill would be discussed at the committee's November 20
meeting instead, giving Ranking Member Tom Coburn's (R-OK)
absence as part of the reason. Coburn was seeking treatment
after having been diagnosed with a recurrence of prostate
cancer.
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Letter Carriers
hurt in accidents work on recovery, warn of future injuries
At least 11 carriers have suffered accidents as outlined in
the article since 1996. Some eventually went back to work,
but others lost limbs or were permanently disabled.
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Wausau man
gets $40,000 settlement from US Postal Service
Florida Postal
worker arrested on mail, credit card fraud charge
Postal Service
offering $50,000 reward in robbery
Postal carrier
robbed in Northeast Philadelphia
Vehicle hits
post office building in WV
New Bedford woman assaults mail carrier for skipping her
house
Open Season
– 2013 benefits election opportunities available Nov. 11
Wisconsin
Postal Worker Charged With Theft From Mail
November 6, 2013
Video: USPS
CEO sees big opportunity in package deliveries
PMG Patrick Donahoe weighs in on budget woes.
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Amid Capitol
Turmoil, Postal Service Crisis Drags On
Ruth Y. Goldway, chairwoman of the Postal Regulatory Commission,
which oversees the Postal Service, said some of the delay
lies in the complexity of trying to reform so vast an agency.
“It took about 10 years for Congress to pass the postal reform
legislation it passed in 2006,” Ms. Goldway said. “It’s difficult
to find a solution that pleases everyone.”
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Pennsylvania
mail carrier investigated for not delivering standard mail
A mail carrier at the Penn Hills Post Office is under investigation
by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General for
not delivering standard rate mail -- commonly called "junk
mail" -- to residents for nearly two months.The carrier has
not been publicly identified while the investigation continues.
While some people may think the carrier was doing them a favor,
Channel 4 Action News spoke with Penn Hills residents who
said the employee should be disciplined, even though they
are bombarded with junk mail and don't like receiving that
material.
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Mississippi
Postal Worker denies stealing mail
Mail carrier
killed after driving into concrete statue
Two historic
post offices in Connecticut get gutted
USPS Announces
Holiday Season Forecasts
USPS kicks
off 2013 holiday season at Post Office In NYC
Idaho Postal
Worker Sentenced for Misappropriating Postal Funds
USPS issues
Gingerbread Houses Holiday Forever stamp
NW Iowa Man
Charged With Postal Insurance Fraud
November 5, 2013
USPS City
Carrier Assistants Uniform Program Not Without Issues
The
CCA uniform program has been very problematic. Maybe the program
launch has been not quite as bad as the Healthcare.gov website
rollout, but it is still with lots of issues. As a vendor,
getting the CCA’s into uniforms has not been easy. There are
plenty of CCA’s who have worked their 90 days but still can’t
get their vouchers.
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USPS To Issue
World War II Medal of Honor Stamps On Veterans Day
Postal Service is issuing the stamps depicting the Medals
of Honor and including photographs of the living recipients
on the stamp sheet as an appropriate way to recognize the
living
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San Francisco
Sues Post Office Over Snail Mail Discrimination
Authorities
looking for suspect in attack on Tacoma letter carrier
Video: Moving?
Beware change of address sites
Man accused
of hate crime after threatening mail carrier
OPM Chips
Away at Retirement Backlog, Despite Shutdown
November 4, 2013
USPS's Own Words May Doom Its Rate Increases;
But trade associations from several mail-dependent industries
contend that the losses came primarily from “electronic diversion
and other trends that do not qualify as extraordinary or exceptional
circumstances” that would allow the cap on price hikes to
be breached. And the associations point to none other than
the Postal Service’s own statements to prove their point.
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New postal union leader promises more aggressive defense of
‘public postal service'
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At some point soon, someone might need to remind Mark Dimondstein
that he asked for this.Taking over as president of the American
Postal Workers Union (APWU) during a time when the U.S. Postal
Service is a financial wreck doesn’t sound like fun. He’ll
be installed as president of the nation’s largest postal union,
with almost 200,000 members, on Nov. 12 after winning an upset
election last month. But the 30-year veteran of the Postal
Service from Greensboro, N.C., didn’t unseat incumbent Cliff
Guffey to have a good time. Dimondstein did it to protect
union members from what he sees as the creeping privatization
of postal services and to give the workers a union leadership
that more aggressively defends their interests as management
tries to dig out of an ever-sinking financial hole.
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Springfield,
IL Postmaster Arrested on DUI Charges
eBay Offers
Sellers Holiday Discount on USPS Shipping
QR Code Lawsuit:
Could You Be Sued For Using a Barcode on Direct Mail?
Dianne Feinstein
Delivers Postal Profits to Hubby
Mail Carrier
Mauled by Dog in Liberty Township
Frustrated
With Your Gazette Delivery?
November 3, 2013
Senate Postal
Reform Bill Delayed 'Indefinitely'
A second, Democratic aide involved in negotiations said the
bill is suspended “indefinitely,” though the chairman still
hopes to move on the bill before Thanksgiving. Democrats have
expressed their desire to include more of the language from
the bill that
passed the Senate in the last session of Congress
Democrats
have doubts about Carper-Coburn's postal reform bill
A range of Senate Democrats – many from red states – have
serious concerns about the U.S. Chamber’s bill to overhaul
the U.S. Postal Service, adding a new impediment to Congress’s
efforts to get legislation done. Carper remains hopeful that
the committee can proceed with a markup on the bill later
this month. But House Democrats and postal unions say the
measure – and Donahoe and USPS in general – are too focused
on cost-cutting, and not enough on growing the agency’s business
opportunities.
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Video: Murder-Suicide
Suspected In Deaths Of Two Texas Postal Workers
Both victims appeared to have gunshot wounds and deputies
found a pistol and a knife near the bodies, Adams said.
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Michigan
man threatens mail carrier for calling 911
The letter carrier was delivering mail when a woman who was
arguing with Adastik yelled to call 911. As the letter carrier
went to her vehicle to call, Adastik ran toward her, throwing
his bicycle in front of her vehicle and trying to get in.“Adastik
then began attempting to tear off the side mirrors before
jumping into a mud puddle and laying down in front of the
(vehicle),” he wrote. “Adastik then jumped up on the front
bumper of the (vehicle) with a piece of concrete in his hand,
and began yelling … he was a child molester and he was going
to rape and kill her kids and that he was going to kill her,"
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Tri-Citians
see effects of mail handling changes
Santa Claus,
Ind., post office releases special holiday postmark for Christmas
season
November 2, 2013
Video: Police
arrest 2 teens in attempted robbery of Florida mail carrier
North Carolina
letter carrier injured in hit-and-run
Boy dressed
as most convincing collection mailbox for Halloween
Former North
Carolina postal clerk accused of stealing $16,000
La Salle
postal carrier recalls years of service
November 1, 2013
U.S. Postal
Service paid $122K to foot bill for temporary Aspen managers
Faced with high turnover and frequent vacancies in the top
job at the Aspen post office, the U.S Postal Service has paid
temporary managers here more than $122,000 in per diem benefits
and reimbursements for rent, hotel rooms, airfare, cash advance
fees and the use of private vehicles since 2003. Since 2003,
the postal service has paid OICs in Aspen more than $45,000
in per diem payments and reimbursed them for more than $25,000
in hotel bills, nearly $31,000 in rent payments and almost
$18,000 in mileage reimbursement for the use of privately
owned vehicles.
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Union Wins
Call Center Pay Case; Clerks to Be Upgraded Two Levels
More than 1,100 employees hired at three Customer Care Centers
pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Clerk
Craft Jobs will be upgraded from Level 4, 5 and 6 to Level
6, 7 and 8. ”This was a 100% victory,” said Clerk Craft Director
Rob Strunk.
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OIG Continues Investigation of Frewsburg, NY Postmaster for
financial irregularities
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investigation by the Inspector General's Office on the allegation
of financial irregularities reportedly involving Postmaster
Donna Spencer started in July
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Springfield postal worker attacked
Freistatt
Loses Appeal for Post Office
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