Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Statue of Liberty stamp controversy

Post Office Sued Over Embarrassing Statue Of Liberty Stamp Mix-up

From the article: "...The stamp design released in 2011 was not based on the statue in New York Harbor, as intended, but on a replica outside the New York-New York casino hotel in Las Vegas...."


Article Reference: www.huffingtonpost.com
Statue of Liberty stamp

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Why is USPS employee rated satisfaction so much lower than UPS and FedEx?

Does Employee Satisfaction at UPS and FedEx Affect Their Stock Prices?

From the article: "...FedEx employees gave their company an average "3.6" rating for quality. UPS employees, in contrast, scored their company a 3.3, and U.S. Postal workers gave USPS a lowly 2.8...."


Article Reference: www.dailyfinance.com

Monday, November 25, 2013

Seanate postal reform bill pushed back for important concerns

Senate committee Postal reform bill markup pushed back for second time

From the article: "...Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) said in a Sep. 19 statement that he has serious concerns about the bill because it doesn't protect six day delivery and rural customers...."


Article Reference: www.fiercegovernment.com
Postal reform bill

Friday, November 22, 2013

USPS supervisor arrested

Postal supervisor arrested

From the article: "...a supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service stole a piece of mail from the loading dock..."


Article Reference: www.rep-am.com

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

American First Day Cover Society

American First Day Cover Society

From the article: "...a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement and collecting of first day covers. ..."


Article Reference: www.afdcs.org
American First Day Cover Society

Friday, November 15, 2013

Retired postal worker opens up about his time in Vietnam


Sarasota High security aide opens up about his time in Vietnam

From the article: "...Ramsay, a retired postal worker from New York on his second career as a school aide, said he felt compelled to open up about his 11.5 months in Vietnam. ..."

Article Reference: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20131108/ARTICLE/131109662

Thursday, November 14, 2013

There’s a law against discriminating against users of the mail

What's fair is fair: Amazon customers get delivery on Sunday, SRO residents get none at all

From the article: "...The Postal Service is going to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays only to customers who live in New York and Los Angeles; eventually the program will encompass a few other big cities like Dallas, Houston, and New Orleans. That seems like it would discriminate against people who live everywhere else, particularly the residents of rural America, who will probably never get Sunday delivery, no matter..."


Article Reference: www.savethepostoffice.com
39 U.S.C. 403(c), law against discriminating against users of the mail,

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

New union leadership vows to defend a public postal service, fight privatization

New postal union leader promises more aggressive defense of ‘public postal service’

From the article: "...Management hasn’t proposed it directly to Congress, but everything they are doing is lining the Postal Service up for privatization. ..."


Article Reference: www.washingtonpost.com
APWU, Postal Privatization, privatization of the postal service,

Monday, October 28, 2013

Update on Postal Service properties for sale

Post Offices sold and for sale: An update on the inventory

From the article: "... had to fight with the Postal Service to get information about assessed values and other details on the sales. It’s no surprise that the Postal Service would be less than cooperative. As Byrne’s study reveals, many of the facilities were sold at less-than-market value, and it appears that the main beneficiary of most of the sales was the Postal Service’s real estate broker, CBRE...."


Article Reference: www.savethepostoffice.com
Real Estate (postal property for sale), Post Office for Sale, CBRE,

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Privatizing the Postal Service: Taxpayer assets of prime postal real estate sold on the cheap

US Postal Service Privatization: The Dark Side

From the article: "...According to the article, the AEI plan is to make USPS look worse than it is. It should appear like “the USPS is obsolete and doomed, and [that] taxpayers’ interests have to be protected by getting it off the government’s books as soon as possible.” Real Estate the Real Reason..."

Article Reference: www.theepochtimes.com
Postal Privatization, privatization of the postal service, Real Estate (postal property for sale),

Monday, October 7, 2013

FedEx delivery van crashes leaving driver dead

FedEx driver dies: Van hits power pole in Upper Tumon

From the article: "...The man, identified by Guam Memorial Hospital officials as Roland Reyes, 40, was driving a FedEx delivery van southbound on Marine Corps Drive...."


Article Reference: www.guampdn.com

Monday, September 30, 2013

Wheel spins into worker comp fraud on 'The Price is Right'

Ex-postal worker nabbed for fraud on 'Price is Right' gets probation

From the article: "... during a September 2009 appearance on "The Price is Right," when she was able to spin the "big wheel" twice, according to a federal indictment...."


Article Reference: www.wral.com

Monday, September 23, 2013

Are odd Postal Service decisions causing revenue declines at post offices?

Makes no sense at all: Ewa Beach Post Office headed for closure

From the article: "...It should come as little surprise that revenues at the Ewa Station have been declining. Several years ago, the hours at the post office were reduced from eight a day to half a day, and then in 2011 they were reduced to just two hours a day, noon to 2 p.m., with no hours at all on Saturday...."


Article Reference: www.savethepostoffice.com

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Congress asked to prevent future special postal service ad deals

Fight against Valassis/USPS deal going to Capital Hill

From the article: "...newspapers are looking to Congress and the courts to stop the discount deal the United States Postal Service (USPS) struck with the big direct mailer Valassis...."


Article Reference: inlandpress.org

Monday, September 9, 2013

Report released by coroner on UPS crash

Coroner releases report on UPS plane crash

From the article: "...The medical examiner in Birmingham, Alabama reports the two-person crew died from blunt force injuries in the crash. Pilots Shanda Fanning of Lynchburg, Tennessee and Cerea Beal, Jr. of Matthews, North Carolina..."


Article Reference: www.wdrb.com

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Mail processing plant re-ranking's to be announced September 7, 2013; early-out VERA may be coming as well

NAPS engages USPS in dialogue regarding processing plant re-ranking

From the article: "... the Postal Service’s plan to re-rank mail processing plants has become public knowledge despite their best efforts to keep the information confidential until September 6, 2013. The confidential nature of the discussions between NAPS and USPS Labor Relations was due to the fact that the Postal Service had not finalized their plans nor had they briefed Area and District Managers...."


Article Reference: www.naps.org
Mail processing plant re-ranking's, Postal early retirement, VERA,

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

72 year old postal worker Jim Ed Bull is responsible for the longest mail route in the U.S.

Mailman at 72 With America’s Longest Route

From the article: "...inside the Mangum, Oklahoma, Post Office, Jim Ed Bull heads out to load his Ford Ranger with the day's mail. Bull is responsible for the longest mail route in the U.S., 187.6 miles (301.8 kilometers) around and through the tiny towns of Duke and Eldorado in drought-stricken southwest Oklahoma. Bull, a retired high school principal at 72, went back to work for the Post Office and is part of the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. labor force -- those who work past their 65th birthdays. ..."


Article Reference: www.bloomberg.com
longest mail route in the U.S., Jim Ed Bull,

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Postal Service Revenue is up, Strong Improvement continues

When good news is bad news: The Postal Service spins its Q3 financial report

From the article: "...revenues are increasing. For the first nine months of the year, operating revenue is up $668 million, a 1.3 percent improvement, thanks primarily to more e-commerce. Revenue from shipping and package services is up 7.5 percent over last year. First-class packages are up over 15 percent, and Standard parcels, Parcel Select, and Parcel Return are up almost 20 percent...."


Article Reference: www.savethepostoffice.com

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Mail Carrier Witnesses Brutal Shooting

Two Shot on Bonnell Drive; Victims Run to Nearby Church

From the article: "...A mail carrier’s truck was also involved somehow. The truck was parked on Bonnell and had blood on part of the front hood. The mail carrier was not physically hurt, but..."


Article Reference: whnt.com

Friday, August 9, 2013

Postmaster General Whistles his own accomplishments in repairing service


Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe on USPS Budget Solutions

PMG Donahoe
From the article: "... I spent three and a half years as the district manager in Washington, D.C. When I got there, we were last in the country on service. I had to get that straightened out...."

Article Reference: www.businessweek.com