Postal News April 2011

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April 2011

4/30/11

Fort Wayne: City mail sorters face transfer -

Alabama: Mail delivery continues, check list for changes in impacted areas -

Another Post Office Closes in Omaha -

Lifelong Love of Sunol for Retiring Postmaster -

Poor turnout at postal workshop -

Some Yakima postal operations may move to Pasco -

4/29/11

Smithville, Mississippi Post Office Destroyed by Tornado -

Postal Worker George Witherow Retires After 50 Years -

USPS makes changes as audit warns of "flawed" contract data -

Did Darrel Issa Sabotage the USPS-APWU Agreement? -

Omaha: Letter carrier operations to be consolidated -

Citizens speak out on proposed postal closures -

Fort Smith mail processing to move to Fayetteville -

USPS and British Royal Mail Team Up to Sell Royal Wedding Collectibles -

NALC: Ninth Contract COLA Stands at $561 as of April 15th -

Postal Carrier Robbed in North Wichita -

4/28/11

How Arlington lost its post office in five days -

PRC: Order Authorizing Gift Card Market Test (PDF) -

Postmasters respond to proposed changes to post office regulations (PDF) -

Retirement awaits 37-year Gustine postal worker -

USPS considers closing 4 Montana offices -

What would Google do about the USPS? -

News Video: Meeting Draws 150 To Save Lancaster Postal Service -

Sioux City demands copy of Postal Service study -

Postal move plan booed -

4/27/11

70 hear Postal Service plans for Butte -

APWU: MMO Agreement Reached -

Million-mile mailman -

Consolidation of Mail Carriers in Southern New Hampshire -

Crime-fighting postal inspector transferred out of Virgin Islands -

USPS studying sorting Helena mail in Great Falls -

Sioux City: Residents make voices heard at Post Office meeting -

Daisy, GA: Town Fights for Post Office -

Postal Service master key lost in Napa -

4/26/11

United Parcel Service Volume Down in First Quarter -

Postal Service mulling plan to truck Staten-Island bound mail to Brooklyn, Manhattan for processing -

Woman crashes car into lobby of Wescosville Post Office -

Oshtemo Post Office sees dramatic drop in business after it moves to new location -

China Post is Aggressively Expanding -

Alexandria mail processing units will transfer to Shreveport -

Sioux City: Postal Workers Picket Possible Local Closings -

4/25/11

USPS to use video recordings of carriers in upcoming NALC contract talks -

Loss of post office concerns small towns -

Good news, bad news for USPS retirees -

Tiny town hopes to keep post office -

4/24/11

The Rise of E-commerce - How does it affect FedEx, USPS and UPS? -

Explosion at Doe Run post office -

Mindful mailman saves life -

USPS proposes cutting 19 of 37 workers at Glenwood mail processing facility -

4/23/11

Lance Armstrong/USPS investigation continuing onwards -

Ukiahans come out in droves to support post office -

Burrus: Agreement is Not Fair -

4/22/11

Davis Junction postal worker fined for burning ads -

Five dogs attack letter carrier -

Himert retires as letter carrier -

What Happens if the APWU Rejects the Contract? -

Why Mail May Matter Longer Than We Think -

Postal Regulatory Commission rules for GameFly: mailing DVDs to be cheaper for all -

Customer wants to understand post office's 'triage' procedure -

Town post office spared -

Delegation: postal closures unlawful -

USPS launches regional parcel service for e-commerce mailers -

Man sought in post office box break-ins caught -

4/21/11

Postal Union Brings Back Work, But Divides It -

Postal truck strikes, kills Chesco toddler -

Post Office Finds Missing Package Containing Woman's Ashes -

Experts Weigh In On Likelihood of Huge Catalog Postal Rate Hike -

Two Postal Workers Accused of Stealing Mail -

Money-back guarantee proposed for direct mail ads -

Apple's App Store offers lessons for USPS digital mailbox -

The real financial health of the Postal Service -

Yuma: USPS asking for public's help in string of mail thefts -

4/20/11

PRC Issues Decision in Gamefly Complaint (PDF) -

Post Office Loses Cremated Remains -

All-Electric Conversion of the USPS Long Life Vehicle (LLV) (PDF) -

Balm residents object to potential closing of post office -

The Postal Service Role in the Digital Age Part 2 (PDF) -

Lancaster: Union not happy with postal plan -

Frustration spreads as list of dying post offices grows in Iowa -

Canada: If postal workers strike, no one will care -

Residents get candidate mailings days after elections -

4/19/11

Post office machine frustrates local last-minute tax filers -

Defense to Ask Judge to Suppress Confession in Henning Postal Murders -

At One Post Office, Tax Day is a Reason to Dance and Sing -

The United States Postal-Online Ordering-eMailbox-Bank Service? -

Postal Worker Attacked, Left Unconscious Outside Post Office -

Rural post office on the chopping block -

Postmasters Working to Stop Post Office Closings -

4/18/11

Postal employees picket in Lenoir -

The Price of Printing Bad Stamps -

Mail your taxes today -

Shandon post office is more than just mail -

Tramp Stamp? -

APWU: Tax Delinquent Bill Aimed at Federal Workers -

USPS no longer delivering mail to Loma Linda on Sundays -

The Lagos Mailman -

4/17/11

Postage rates rising, but not for most letters | USPS: New Prices for Mailing Services -

USPS looking at going digital -

Threatening to Go Postal, Retired Postal Worker Arrested -

Chicago: Mail Carrier Robbed at Gunpoint, Suspects Took Mail Key -

Burrus: Something is wrong with this picture -

Massive Losses for APWU in Tentative Agreement, by Clint Burelson (Olympia Local APWU President) -

SoCal Artist Creates First-Ever Neon Stamp -

The Washington Post Does Not Understand the Postal Service -

4/16/11

Editorial: Don't bank on the USPS without more reforms -

Catalog Mailers Meeting Agenda (PDF) -

Postal worker hit by bus in Philadelphia -

Pawnee Mail Carrier Struck, Killed by Train -

Dead Letter Mail: Digital Posts May Herald End to Carriers -

4/15/11

A Philatelic Whopper: When Lady Liberty Turns Out To Be A Replica -

Oxnard mail distribution center to close in July -

Get to know your postal guy -

Man speaks about postal worker's assault -

Postal worker in deep doo-doo after using yard as a toilet | Mailman suspended after defecating in yard -

Half of Online Sellers Unfazed by USPS Move to 5-Day Delivery -

Social Awareness Stamps Encourage Conservation -

PRC Chair: No Five-Day Postal Delivery Anytime Soon -

4/14/11

USPS to flaunt mail's smartphone potential with summer sale -

APWU: House Hearing Sets Troubling Precedent -

Veribest post office closure meeting packed -

Postal IG: Disability Program Needs Work -

Great Falls: Postal study finds savings of $500,000 in consolidation -

USPS Seeks to Close Bryn Mawr Post Office -

The Post-Postal Society? -

USPS to aid small business marketing efforts -

4/13/11

Postal Service Patent Management Continuation (PDF) -

APWU: Post Office Discontinuance Guide (PDF) -

Four Former Postal Employees Indicted for Alleged Fraud -

Sioux City's Mail Processing Center May Move to Sioux Falls -

APWU: Two Postal Service Reform Bills Introduced in Congress -

Here's a Real Postal Service Bailout -

Report says Obama will endorse plan that would cut feds' benefits -

4/12/11

Mobile: Postal Carrier Carjacked -

Postal Service Begins Civil War Stamp Series -

USPS Proposes Reduced Summer Postage Rates for Commercial Mailers (PDF) -

Audio: Gene Del Polito and Ruth Goldway Discuss Five-Day Decision and More (MP3) -

Burrus: USPS Would Vote 'Yes' If They Had a Vote -

APWU: Clearing Up Confusion About the Tentative Agreement -

OIG: Could RFID Make the USPS the Premier Delivery System? -

USPS opens door for small businesses to use the mail -

4/11/11

Accused Erie postal worker enters special probation program -

Zumbox will deliver digital postal mail for New Zealand -

Some Lincoln postal operations may move to Omaha -

APWU: An Agreement For Our Times -

USPS Solicitation for Phase II Flats Sequencing System (FSS Lite) -

They've worked 42 years for this -

Local post office cuts costs -

USPS to Offer Forever Postage for Priority Mail Flat-Rate Packaging -

PRC, Postal Service Clash on Impact of Five-Day Delivery -

4/10/11

Detroit Apocalypse: Carriers Dodging Vicious Dogs and Bullets | Video: Detroit Housing Apocalypse | Photos: The Ruins of Detroit | Photo: Abandoned Post Office | Photo: Mail Delivery -

Meet Balboa Island's Postmaster -

Do We Really Need New Laws to Get More Postal Employees to Retire? -

Postal services resumes deliveries in Little Rock neighborhoods where carrier was robbed -

Dad caught between job, caring for special-needs daughter -

4/09/11

Letter carrier tackles purse snatcher -

Post Office wants street-side mailboxes installed -

Postal worker pleads guilty to assault on officer -

Postal worker charged with passing fake money -

Ritchie County Town Tries to Save Its Post Office -

Lexington Institute: Post office must change to survive -

4/08/11

Puerto Rico smugglers use US mail to ship cocaine -

If the Federal Government Shuts Down, USPS Will Still Be Open for Business as Usual -

Shutdown plan for the Postal Regulatory Commission (PDF) -

Phoenix: Postal inspectors target 'volume' mail theft -

US Postal Service struggles with falling revenues -

Some postal operations to be moved out of Reading facility -

USPS Web Site Infected by Exploit -

2nd Anniversary of GameFly Complaint Against USPS -

A plea to save Park Station post office -

Social Security stopping mailed earning statements -

4/07/11

Small, cherished, long lived post office up for closing -

NALC: Politicizing postal bargaining -

Some APWU Contract Savings Would Come at Expense of Other Postal Unions -

PRC Will Shut Down if Federal Budget Agreement Not Reached -

USPS to relocate carriers -

Postal Service Five-Day Delivery Plan Faces Long Odds in Congress -

USPS Processing Operations Move to Roanoke -

VIDEO: Red Bank Local APWU (NJ) President Urges Members to Reject Proposed Contract | Red Bank Local APWU | National: 'Vote Yes' -

4/06/11

VIDEO: USPS Postal Forum FSS Trailer -

VIDEO: Rachel Maddow Comments on Oversight Hearing -

Thieving postmaster gets 5 years' probation -

APWU: Maintenance Craft Questions and Answers On the Tentative Agreement -

Guffey at POLITICO: Collective bargaining can be win-win -

NALC Activist Alert: Postal Governor Miller peddles nonsense at House hearing -

Residents Urge USPS to Keep Post Office in Tariffville -

Issa: Postal Service-Union Deal Falls Short -

Bill seeks multi-billion dollar rebate for US Postal Service | Bill (PDF) -

4/05/11

Issa on Twitter: Why does USPS spend 80 cents of EVERY dollar on labor costs? -

USPS to Defend Union Contract -

Dead Tree Edition: More on the APWU Health Insurance Deal -

House Committee Hearing Today: Are Postal Workforce Costs Sustainable? -

USPS Inspector General: Not a Postal Service bailout -

Postal Service closing Oshkosh processing facility, moving work, jobs to Green Bay -

Proposal to move Helena postal services to Great Falls sparks protest -

4/04/11

USPS: A dead monopoly walking -

USPS defends union deal ahead of grilling in Congress -

APWU: More Questions and Answers on the Tentative Agreement -

Audit Report - Retail Customer Service Operations Realignment in the Hawkeye District (PDF) -

Audit Report - Implementation of Lima, OH to Toledo Area Mail Processing Consolidation (PDF) -

Audit Report - Huntington, WV Processing and Distribution Facility Consolidation (PDF) -

Audit Report - City Delivery Efficiency Review - Chicago District (PDF) -

Consolidation and Excessing -

USPS Says Labor Contract Would Save $3.8 Billion -

McDavid Postmaster Pleads Not Guilty -

Hiccups in Consolidation -

Postal Service Complaint Department, Open for Business -

Issa set to grill postmaster general over finances, union contract -

Stamp out Lancaster postmark? Postal workers fear study will move processing of mail and jobs to Harrisburg -

Op/Ed: USPS Employees Say "They Can Do That" -

4/03/11

Letter carrier alerts authorities to Lansing house fire -

Letter Carrier 'Hero of the Year' Arrested on Drug Charge -

History of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees 1913-1945 -

Little Rock: Postal carrier robbed at gunpoint -

4/02/11

Norfolk postal worker pulls final shift after 42 years | 43 years later, final delivery for Brea postman -

Turlock Postal worker arrested on fraud charges -

USPS Wins Appeal in Case of Seventh-Day Adventist Who Wanted Saturdays Off -

4/01/11

Postal service vehicle shot, mail taken -

Catalog Mailers May Get Hit With Massive Postal Increase -

USPS Enters Into First-of-its-Kind Contract With Discover Financial Services -

USPS Overtime Usage Increased in 2010 (PDF) -

APWU: Management Must Convert PTFs -

NALC and USPS agree to new JARAP -

The Case of the Disappearing Mailboxes -

Will PRC's Opinion Help or Hurt Five-Day Delivery Prospect? -

USPS didn't know accused carrier had criminal record -

School bus, postal truck collide -

APWU: Guffey to Testify Before House Committee -

New PMG Brings a Refreshing Change to the USPS -

'Delivery Unit Assistants' Would Case and Prepare Mail for Carriers (PDF) -

Postal Service Agrees to Big Incentive For Employees Who Join Union -

April Audiobooks Review by Jonathan Lowe