Postal Service to issue 'muscle car' stamps

USPS introduces muscle car themed stamps

From the article: "...Today, the USPS is introducing a new set of stamps featuring five of America’s most legendary muscle cars...."

Article Reference: www.foxnews.com

Condemation of PMG Donahoe over killing Saturday delivery

Bernie Sanders and Ralph Nader Both Condemn Postal Service Decision

From the article: "...“The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) today continued its tradition under the leadership of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe of shooting itself in the foot,” Nader said...."

Article Reference: sandiegofreepress.org

Postal Service to reduce overtime

USPS employees to see less overtime, more buyouts under 5-day delivery plan

From the article: "..."We think by eliminating overtime and by looking at some of the flexibilities we have with the part-time workforce, and potentially working with the unions on some buyouts, we'll easily hit that."..."

Article Reference: www.federalnewsradio.com

Postal MVS Subcontracting On Hold Until March 4

Motor Vehicle Subcontracting On Hold Until March 4

From the article: "...In response to an APWU request, the Postal Service has agreed to postpone any mode conversions of Postal Vehicle Service work to Highway Contract Routes (HCRs) at least until March 4, when an arbitration decision on the issue is expected, APWU President Cliff Guffey has announced. The agreement applies to California..."

Article Reference: www.apwu.org

Incentive Recipients: What’s the Last Day?

From the article: "...The APWU has received reports that some retiring union members are receiving confusing and sometimes inaccurate information regarding their last day of work. ..."

Article Reference: www.apwu.org

Mail Carrier, Jason Jones, saves life

Jason Jones, Postal Worker In Ohio, Saves 91-Year-Old Man's Life After Noticing Suspicious Clues

From the article: "...When Jason Jones saw that one of his typically friendly customers hadn’t picked up his mail in days and left no footprints on his snow-laden stoop, the postal worker started to worry. ..."

Article Reference: www.huffingtonpost.com

Will the Postal Service be faced with more destructive politics in 2013?

Lawmakers 'committed' to postal reform in new Congress

From the article: "...The House bill, which never left committee, would have deferred near-term payments on retiree health care benefits, allowed the agency to move to a five-day delivery week and created an independent board to recommend facility closures. ..."

Article Reference: www.federalnewsradio.com

NALC Contract Arbitration Settled

Contract between National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service

From the article: "...The National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service announced Friday that the three-person interest arbitration panel chaired by arbitrator Shyam Das had concluded its work and issued an award that sets the terms of a new 4.5-year labor contract PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1yjpQ) ..."

Article Reference: www.prnewswire.com

Postal Employee cars submerged in water main break

Minneapolis repairs water main

From the article: "...Businesses in the area were forced to close early on Thursday when water was shut off, and some customers avoided the area over the weekend. Parts of a nearby parking garage at the main downtown post office were flooded and an estimated 50 vehicles belonging to employees or the Postal Service were submerged...."

Article Reference: www.equities.com

Postal downsizing having negative impact in areas, blame placed on oil boom

Postal Service to examine services in ND Oil Patch

From the article: "...been complaining about long lines at post offices, delayed mail and returned mail. Williston, Watford City, Ray and Tioga have been among the most affected communities. ..."

Article Reference: www.inforum.com

Suncoast Senior Plant Manager Mitch Cade To Retire

Senior Plant Manager Mitch Cade To Retire

From the article: "...“Mitch Cade has demonstrated superb leadership as the Senior Plant Manager in the Suncoast District. While some might tend to relax at the end of a long career, Mitch pushed harder than ever to ensure that Suncoast had a successful holiday season,” said District Manager Nancy Rettinhouse. “Mitch is truly one of those managers who would never ask someone to do something that he would not be willing to himself. His operational expertise, combined with his phenomenal work ethic, will be missed in the Suncoast District. On behalf of the Suncoast District postal employees, I wish Mitch the very best in the next chapter of his life.”..."

Article Reference: suncoastscoop.blogspot.com
Mitch Cade, Suncoast District,

'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

Lady Bird Johnson souvenir Forever stamps sheet

Lady Bird Johnson Forever Stamp Sheet Dedicated Today

From the article: "...The achievements of Lady Bird Johnson were commemorated today with the dedication of the Lady Bird Johnson souvenir Forever stamps sheet...."

Article Reference: www.sacbee.com