Postal News Archives January 2019

The price of ‘Forever’ stamps just went up

1.28.2019 – CNN reports: “It just got more expensive to send mail. The price of a “Forever” stamp has gone up a nickel — to 55 cents. While not exorbitant, the price increase is part of the biggest price jump on stamps in the United States Postal Service history. And it’s a result of the pressure the agency is facing to dig itself out of a deep financial hole.” – Comments (Count)

The FSS Slows, and the Red Ink Flows

1.06.2019 – Dead Tree Edition reports: “For the third year in a row, productivity of the U.S. Postal Service’s Flats Sequencing System declined in 2018 – with no end in sight to the money-losing machines’ troubles. Hourly throughputs declined 5% during Fiscal Year 2018 and are 14% below where they were five years ago, the USPS reported recently in its Annual Compliance Report. Leakage – the proportion of mail that was supposed to be run on FSS machines but wasn’t – rose from 20.1% to 21.9%.” – Comments (Count)

1/31/19

Buffalo postal delivery impacted by winter storm – Comments (Count)

Record cold delays some deliveries – Comments (Count)

Three indicted for armed robbery of USPS driver – Comments (Count)

Postal carriers, homeless cope with bitter cold temps – Comments (Count)

USPS extends Michigan’s mail delivery suspension – Comments (Count)

Postal workers combat bitter cold to deliver mail | Postal workers power through frigid temps and biting winds – Comments (Count)

Postal employees working in deep freeze after USPS sent alert canceling mail delivery – Comments (Count)

Rain, sleet, snow… squall! – Comments (Count)

NALC: Threat of Vehicle Fires Increasing as LLV Fleet Ages – Comments (Count)

1/30/19

USPS changes course: Kansas and Missouri WILL get mail delivery on Wednesday – Comments (Count)

Postal carrier arrested for threatening customer, entering residence – Comments (Count)

No mail to be delivered to parts of 10 states as polar vortex chills mail delivery | USPS Service Alerts – Comments (Count)

Sellers Get Sticker Shock With New Postal Rates – Comments (Count)

Postal workers braving the cold and snow – Comments (Count)

Medical emergency leads USPS driver to crash truck in SF – Comments (Count)

USPS Replacing all NYC Mailboxes For New Anti-Fishing Model – Comments (Count)

1/29/19

Mail carrier furious that USPS is making employees work during frigid weather | Extreme weather is so bad in some parts of the country even the USPS won’t be going out – Comments (Count)

Polar Vortex Hits U.S. With Dangerous Cold Temperatures – Comments (Count)

Royal Mail discloses further drop in letter volumes; New EU privacy regulations sink junk mail – Comments (Count)

Postal Service Pays $4.9 Million to Settle Case Over Child Killed by Truck – Comments (Count)

Postal Service woes prompt passage of resolution urging USPS to improve – Comments (Count)

1/28/19

T-Mobile Promotions for USPS Employees! – Comments (Count)

Beargrease Racers Sworn in as Official U.S. Postal Carriers – Comments (Count)

Carrier saved mail from burning postal truck – Comments (Count)

Riviera Beach police car crashes into USPS mail truck – Comments (Count)

1/27/19

North country mail carriers deliver despite harsh winter weather – Comments (Count)

Postal watchdog appeals PRC decision approving five-cent increase in Forever stamps – Comments (Count)

Unbelievable! 3rd Postal Truck Fire in Days, This One in NC – Comments (Count)

1/26/19

Video shows woman lead police on chase in stolen mail truck – Comments (Count)

Virgin Islands: Murals included in Postal Service’s post-storm repairs – Comments (Count)

El Verano postal facility closed due to possible asbestos contamination – Comments (Count)

Postal workers union reports continued neglect of Albuquerque postal facilities – Comments (Count)

Town of Washington loses bid to keep its historic Post Office – Comments (Count)

Postal Service officials put on notice for Tallahassee’s poor mail service – Comments (Count)

1/25/19

Residents complain of misplaced mail from Prairiewood Post Office – Comments (Count)

New Postmaster Honored to Serve – Comments (Count)

Another Mail Truck Burns in Illinois – Comments (Count)

USPS Proposal Could Spread Pain to Catalogs – Comments (Count)

Video Shows a USPS Truck Engulfed in Flames Rolling Down a Hill!!! | Witness: Mail carrier gunned vehicle for ten minutes trying to get up icy hill | Aftermath – Comments (Count)

1/24/19

Mail carrier puts salt down for elderly woman – Comments (Count)

Cremains of Castle Rock woman’s father lost in the mail – Comments (Count)

It was dark and raining: Postal truck had green light when it hit pedestrian – Comments (Count)

CBU mailbox lying on the ground for weeks fixed following call to news station – Comments (Count)

Amazon Starts Testing ‘Scout’ Delivery Robots Near Seattle – Comments (Count)

1/23/19

Postal Service workers face challenges during winter weather – Comments (Count)

Woman dies after being hit by USPS mail truck in Everett – Comments (Count)

Thief robs USPS worker of key at gunpoint in Miami – Comments (Count)

Mailman charged after admitting to stealing 100 gift cards and thousands in cash – Comments (Count)

Slick sidewalks tricky for mail carriers, deliverers – Comments (Count)

USPS Truck Flips Over in Crash – Comments (Count)

1/22/19

Russian post offices selling beer to raise funds – Comments (Count)

Lyons Post Office resumes business after four years – Comments (Count)

Woman injured in crash involving postal truck in Antioch – Comments (Count)

Working Outdoors in the Bitter Cold – Comments (Count)

1/21/19

Possibility of Amazon Getting Into Banking – Comments (Count)

Package stuck in limbo travels over 6,000 miles – Comments (Count)

New postage rates take effect next Sunday, January 27th – Comments (Count)

1/20/19

Sweden’s Postnord could raise postage prices after record losses – Comments (Count)

Canada Post union pitches low-income bank and greener tech – Comments (Count)

Vehicle drives through wall of Gardner Post Office – Comments (Count)

Postal Service truck stolen in Fresno, crashed minutes later | Suspect Arrested – Comments (Count)

Connolly-Graves reintroduce legislation to preserve 6-day mail delivery – Comments (Count)

1/19/19

Amazon also ramping up ocean shipping – Comments (Count)

More PO boxes burglarized at Pegasus Drive post office – Comments (Count)

13-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of arson at Laurel Post Office – Comments (Count)

1/18/19

12 Geeky Ways to Deliver Mail – Comments (Count)

Video Shows Mail Carrier Tossing Package Out of Truck – Comments (Count)

Vigil held for missing Chicago postal worker – Comments (Count)

Two Daly City postal employees allege sexual harassment – Comments (Count)

Federal Agents Searched Former Home of Portland Postal Worker – Comments (Count)

Postal worker accused of hoarding mail – Comments (Count)

Letter carriers deliver mail in the bitter cold – Comments (Count)

1/17/19

Mailman has heartwarming interaction trying to combat mail thieves – Comments (Count)

Look out UPS and FedEx — Is Amazon going to disrupt the shipping industry? – Comments (Count)

Stolen San Francisco USPS van recovered in Fort Bragg – Comments (Count)

‘No parking on 8 street’ spray painted on postal truck – Comments (Count)

Here are 14 companies fighting to ship items same day for less – Comments (Count)

New Directions Behavioral Health Wins EAP Contract for USPS – Comments (Count)

1/16/19

Ocasio-Cortez Looking Forward to Examining Prospects for Postal Banking – Comments (Count)

Kauai County lauds USPS decision to keep historic post office open – Comments (Count)

Adapting Postal Facilities to Support Community Resilience – Comments (Count)

Mail carrier robbed in Virginia Beach – Comments (Count)

Paradise mail delivery resumed today – Comments (Count)

US postal workers protest in solidarity with Canada Post counterparts – Comments (Count)

Sprint Sizzling Saturday One-Day Sales Event for Postal Employees January 19th (PDF) – Comments (Count)

USPS cancels Bypass Mail pilot project at last moment – Comments (Count)

1/15/19

Warren: Boxes of mail found at postal employee’s apartment – Comments (Count)

Postal Report Pitches Eliminating Nonprofit Price Caps – Comments (Count)

Atascocita neighbors go weeks without mailbox – Comments (Count)

Do ‘fragile’ labels protect your packages? – Comments (Count)

Six arrested in connection with mail thefts from Mountain View apartment complexes – Comments (Count)

PHOTO: Rural mail vehicle with busted headlight, no gas cap and no hub caps – Comments (Count)

1/14/19

Mail carrier loves her work – Comments (Count)

Postal Hub Podcast Episode 141: US Postal Task Force Report – Worth the Wait? – Comments (Count)

Taiwan: Man fined for sending cat via express postal mail – Comments (Count)

Postal worker hailed as a hero for saving elderly woman’s life while on route – Comments (Count)

USPS Gains Market Share From Rivals – Comments (Count)

1/13/19

UK: Postal worker describes her 14 months of hell while employed by Royal Mail – Comments (Count)

Postal worker shot on the job suffers nerve damage – Comments (Count)

Driver injured after running red light, hitting USPS semi truck – Comments (Count)

1/12/19

Chicago-area man innocent in postal worker shooting – Comments (Count)

Hissing cat stops mail delivery – Comments (Count)

Why Was the USPS at CES? – Comments (Count)

APWU Officers Join the Protest to #StopTheShutdown – Comments (Count)

USPS Expands Wounded Warriors Leave (104 hours per year) – Comments (Count)

1/11/19

Postal worker hospitalized following vehicle crash in Dundee – Comments (Count)

What happens when mailboxes are vandalized? Enter the Postal Inspection Service – Comments (Count)

Dog spray leads to hazmat situation that sickens 17 people – Comments (Count)

PRC Annual Report to Congress (PDF) – Comments (Count)

Postal Regulatory Commission Elects Nanci Langley Vice Chairman – Comments (Count)

1/09/19

Mailman suffers injuries when teen driver hits rear of postal vehicle – Comments (Count)

Postal workers praised for pulling driver from burning tanker truck – Comments (Count)

Whittier: Mail Carrier Mauled By Loose Dog – Comments (Count)

Court Holds USPS Liable For Retaliation of Postal Police Officer Fired For Sleeping on the Job – Comments (Count)

USPS Approves Six Mailing Promotions for 2019 – Comments (Count)

Postal thieves rip off whole mailbox – Comments (Count)

Crowbars used to break open 4 USPS collection boxes – Comments (Count)

NPMHU: Update on Government Shutdown – Comments (Count)

USPS tests fingerprinting services with FBI – Comments (Count)

1/08/19

USPS worker electrocuted at Shannon Street post office | Electrocuted while working on parking lot light – Comments (Count)

Mail carrier Christine Young did much more than deliver letters and packages in Trenton – Comments (Count)

Rash of missing mail reported in Las Vegas neighborhood – Comments (Count)

Postal carrier arrested for DWI has history of bad driving – Comments (Count)

1/07/19

Cary man home from the hospital after mail carrier’s CPR saves him – Comments (Count)

Amazon deliveries – essential in Colorado mountain towns – causing package pile-ups, long lines at tiny post offices – Comments (Count)

Parcel carriers shined during peak delivery period, firm’s data shows – Comments (Count)

Congressman to introduce bill requiring air conditioning in all USPS mail trucks – Comments (Count)

1/06/19

Post Office in Owensboro Hit By Vehicle – Comments (Count)

Thibodaux residents complain about mail delivery – Comments (Count)

Postal worker finds a championship ring and rediscovers a life-long friend and coach – Comments (Count)

Houston mail carrier accused of pepper-spraying barking dog charged with animal cruelty – Comments (Count)

1/05/19

Goleta postal facility focus of federal investigation | 2006: The Goleta Postal Murders – Comments (Count)

Reports of Austin thief using master key to steal mail – Comments (Count)

USPS IG clears conservative group of wrongdoing in FOIA file release – Comments (Count)

1/04/19

Search on for gun, motive, in postal worker shooting – Comments (Count)

Boy surprises mail carrier with Lego mail truck – Comments (Count)

LA mail carriers honored for driving 1 million miles accident free – Comments (Count)

Yet Another Mail Truck Consumed by Fire – Comments (Count)

PRC Issues Ruling Concerning Appropriate Share of Institutional Costs on Competitive Products – Comments (Count)

1/03/19

Mail truck slides off road into swamp – Comments (Count)

Ft. Worth: Postal Worker Caught on Camera Flinging Packages into Puddles of Water – Comments (Count)

Philadelphia: Postal worker assaulted in back of mail truck | Arrest Made – Comments (Count)

Mail carrier hurt after van strikes postal truck – Comments (Count)

Dallas: Mail carrier caught on camera pepper-spraying dogs behind fence – Comments (Count)

Man charged in shooting of postal worker in Elk Grove Village – Comments (Count)

1/02/19

Postal Service offers new feature to manage your mail, but identities have been compromised – Comments (Count)

Postman Bob Thornby Walks His Last Mile – Comments (Count)

Longevity Risk and the Federal Retiree – Comments (Count)

Amazon to Build More Whole Foods Stores, With More Package Pickup Options – Comments (Count)

Police search for shooter of USPS worker in Elk Grove Village – Comments (Count)

1/01/19

More than half of NZ Post buggies involved in crashes in 2018 – Comments (Count)

Postal worker in unmarked vehicle shot from a distance in Elk Grove Village | Shot multiple times in Chicago suburb – Comments (Count)