'Going Postal' a term that continues

In school shootings, clues from the days of 'going postal'

From the article: "...The phrase was born from a series of postal shootings in 1983 that continued, almost annually, until 1997, including one in 1991 in Ridgewood, in which an ex-postal worker named Joseph M. Harris murdered his ex-supervisor, her boyfriend and two co-workers. The wave of Post Office shootings were “aimed more at supervisors and fellow employees who were perceived by the assailants as cruel or unfair,” Don Lasseter, the author of “Going Postal,” said..."

Article Reference: www.dailyrecord.com

Stolen from a post office in December 1941, Christmas cards delivered

WWII Christmas Cards From Nazi Soldiers Delivered To Family Members In Germany 71 Years Later

From the article: "...Stolen from a post office in December 1941, 86 WWII Christmas cards from Nazi soldiers stationed on the British island of Jersey were recovered by the Jersey Archive in 2006...."

Article Reference: www.huffingtonpost.com

Postal truck burns

USPS truck catches fire; some mail destroyed

From the article: "...Flames ruined the mail in the front of the truck near the driver's seat, but packages..."

Article Reference: www.sentinelandenterprise.com

Post Office Robbed

$25,000 reward offered in Harford post office robbery Wednesday

From the article: "...According to a follow up news release from Hopkins issued Thursday, witnesses told police a white male entered the post office and posed as a customer. As the postal worker opened the cash register, the man pulled out a handgun. He then reached over the counter and removed an undisclosed amount of cash from the register...."

Article Reference: baltimoresun.com

Monday to be busiest shipping day at Postal Service

Postal Service will see busiest shipping day of holiday season Monday

From the article: "...Monday will be the biggest shipping day for the postal service, with 658 million pieces of mail being mailed nationwide, 140 million more than usual...."

Article Reference: www.caller.com

Another diatribe on postal privatization

Confronting Extinction: Lessons From the U.S. Mail

From the article: "...What then, does the USPS do that is essential to the functioning of modern society? While it certainly employs a lot of people who need jobs in post offices and on the street, the basic answer is "nothing." Instead, the U.S. mail provides a diminishing service to an ever-declining number of people who have not yet fully joined the modern world...."

Article Reference: www.huffingtonpost.co

Rally to tell Richard Blum and Senator Feinstein Our Post Offices are not for sale!

Stop Selling Our Post Offices!

From the article: "...Tuesday, December 4th The Save Our Post Office Coalition of SF, Save the Berkeley Post Office Committee, Berkeley-East Bay Gray Panthers, SF Gray Panthers, The Living New Deal, Grandmothers Against War, joined retired and current postal workers to tell Richard Blum, CBRE, Inc.” Stop selling our post offices.” Occupy SF & Occupy Oakland camped out over night in front of his SF financial district office, 909 Montgomery, with tables of information on CBRE and Blum. ..."

Article Reference: www.indybay.org

Postal Employee Shot

Postal Worker Shot While Delivering Mail In Cahokia

From the article: "...Police are investigating after a postal worker was shot in Cahokia, Illinois...."

Article Reference: kplr11.com

Postal Service staffing shortages causing mail delays (Postal Service spokesman Harry Spratlin)

Expect Delays In Mail Service This Holiday Season

From the article: "...According to Spratlin, it has been difficult for letter carriers to start their routes on-time due to the large volume of holiday mail and staffing shortages...."

Article Reference: www2.wspa.com

Postal Service buyout has 23,600 employees leaving

23,600 postal employees take buyout

From the article: "...Postmaster General Pat Donahoe wants to cut that workforce to 402,000 by 2016. This year alone, about 4,200 postmasters left with the encouragement of a $20,000 incentive, while almost 3,000 mail handlers accepted $15,000 buyouts to retire or quit...."

Article Reference: www.federaltimes.com

State University fires postal supervisor after opening suspicious package

ETSU fires postal supervisor after opening student package

From the article: "...reportedly opened a suspicious package that came into the campus post office Nov. 19 and then called campus police, who notified the First District Drug Task Force...."

Article Reference: www.tricities.com

Mail arrives a little late

Late delivery: postcard sent during WWII arrives at NY home

From the article: "...A postcard mailed nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it...."

Article Reference: www.nypost.com