Postal News

February 2010

2/06/10

Winter storm: Post office closes walk up windows -

APWU: Obama Budget Promises Strong Support for USPS -

2/05/10

Richmond: Social Security Checks Missing -

Up to 130 Palatine postal employees to be reassigned -

Reduced Post Office Hours Causing Headaches for Customers -

Saints fans flip at Post Office over Super Bowl memorabilia -

Big Surprise: USPS Lacks a Plan -

Video: Obama Says Postal Privatization a Bad Idea -

NALC: Obama Budget Backs Six-Day Delivery -

2/04/10

Burrus: A Surprising Example of the Depth of Deception -

USPS OIG Audit Report: Postal Service Officers' Travel and Representation Expenses 2009 (PDF) -

Letter sets off battle of the mailbox -

2/03/10

Postal Service closing Charlottesville P&DC, was built in 1998 -

East Lansing: Postal Worker Alleges Intimidation -

PRC OIG: Compensation Changes and Performance Awards (PDF) -

24/7 post office hours scaling back hours -

It's the Law: USPS Six-Step Process to Address Workplace Harassment -

Oops! -

Who will brief Obama on the nature of the mail market? -

Olivehurst: Flood of input delays postal decision

Norwood v. Potter

The post-post office world

2 Hurt in Trolley, Postal Vehicle Crash

2/02/10

January TSP Rates of Return -

Direct mail has slowed to a trickle -

Milford mail carrier retires after 32 years on same route -

Ruling: Documentation not required for sick leave of 3 days or less after the fact -

Postal Service cuts potential branch closure list to 162 -

Video: Preparing Yourself for a Dog Attack -

Tulsa APWU Wins 'Casuals in Lieu of' Decision -

Post office celebrates black history

Postal workers honor departed colleague

Former postal carrier gets 8-hour jail sentence for mail theft

2/01/10

Blog notes: Documentary, Cash-Flow Problems, and 4-Day Workweek? -

USPS OIG: Postal Service Network Streamlining -

Pound Ridge letter carrier charged with theft weeps in court -

New Hope mailman will receive help in reconnecting with his family in Haiti -

Two Sought in Post Office Robbery

Heroes Among Us -- On and Off the Job

Mail as Art

TOP NEWS STORIES

Postal Service Shootings Featured Prominently in New Documentary "Murder By Proxy, How America Went Postal shows how the transformation of the US Postal Service from a government agency into a corporation created a stressful workplace environment filled with increasingly anxious and unhappy employees and, eventually, resulted in unprecedented bloodshed. The documentary Includes in-depth, behind-the-scenes looks (including crime-scene photos) of two postal massacres and attempts to discover the true reasons behind the violence." - The Tainted Eagle, by Charlie Withers -