• Secular and Cyclical Trends

• USPS Announces 'Green' Fleet Testing Strategy

• Mailbox move? "Potential change upsets Fort Dodge residents"

7/21/08

• Postal Worker Shot and Killed by Police   |

• Postal Workers Barred From Carrying Doggie Treats   |

• Elderly woman injured when her car runs into post office

• Post office can't notify everyone

• Dallas letter carriers rank 3rd in the nation in most frequent dog bites

• Shots fired at Valley postal truck

7/20/08

• Postal worker derails reshipping scam  |

• Postal worker given probation for stealing $20 from birthday card  |

• Postal Worker Among Dead in Barry County Murder

• Texas Mail Facility Named After Postal Worker Killed in Iraq
• Postal worker was courteous, helpful

7/19/08

• Woman drives car into post office
• Postal Worker Held-up At Gunpoint |

• Modesto Counterfeiting Couple Sentenced

• Former post office clerk sentenced

• Residents want money back For PO Boxes  |

• Recycling service welcomes hazardous materials into the mail system  |

7/18/08

USPS Names Two Postal Execs To New VP Slots

Two Veteran Postal Service Executives Named Officers - Postmaster General John E. Potter has named Pritha Mehra vice president of Business Mail Entry and Payment Technologies and Maura Robinson vice president of Pricing. These newly created positions are the latest in the Postal Service’s reorganization efforts to leverage competitive opportunities resulting from recent changes in federal law.  |

Postmaster Shot And Killed At West Virginia Post Office
Police arrested a man in Ohio on Friday after they said he shot and killed a postmaster at the Dallas Post Office. Marshall County Sheriff John Gruzinskas said Postmaster Lua Wolverton, 35, was wounded twice with shotgun blasts shortly before 3 p.m., but was able to call 911 to identify and describe her attacker. shooting appears to be the result of a domestic dispute |

Letter Carrier On His Rounds Rescues Drowning Girl

Jumping in the lake part of a day's work - It's been more than 30 years since Keith McVey used the lifesaving skills he learned as a Boy Scout, but the letter carrier didn't let that stop him from jumping into Nesmith Lake to rescue a young girl Tuesday afternoon. |

USPS Seeking EEO Final Agency Decision Writers

From PR reader: "This shows the extent to which the USPS will contract out work!" The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is soliciting individuals with the right skill sets and availability to invest numerous hours a week to write final agency decisions (FAD) in accordance with EEOC regulations and USPS quality and timeliness standards. Selected individuals will be home-based independent contractors, located throughout the United States.  |

• House Subcommittee To Hold Hearing On Postal Network Plan Impact

• Brick postal worker indicted on forgery, tampering charges

Postal Employee was trying to get out of work for several days each month  |

• Patrick Donahoe on Postal Service's approach to 'pain at the pump'

• Postal Service Goes to Bat for Children in Need

• Mail carrier charged in credit card case

7/17/08

One Strike, You Are Out!

Editorial by Lisa Herrera, Field Rep, East Bay Area Local #47 -" ...our biggest battle is saving Clerks from being terminated for failing the window examination.  In offices where excessing occurred, management abolished nearly all mail processing jobs and reposted new jobs adding window (SSA) duties. Clerks were forced to bid on window jobs, and they are failing the window examination. Management will not give Clerks another opportunity to qualify for the window test; instead management is issuing notices of removals. Several postmasters have informed me that a directive was given from their bosses to remove employees if they cannot meet the qualifying requirements of their positions. By doing so, it reduces their employee complement and in offices of two hundred man-years, it allows management to replace the full-time regulars with part-time regular employees. |

• Three postal employees face pot accusations   |

• The Post Office Wants Their Penny Dammit!

• APWU Sues Bush Over Failure to Appoint USPS Advisory Council   |

• Obama Thanks APWU for Endorsement

• Postal robberies bring long sentence

• Postal Bulletin 7/17/08 Issue

7/16/08

USPS Releases Details Of Voluntary Early Retirement Offer

"On Aug. 18, an annuity estimate will be mailed to all VER-eligible employees from Eagan, MN. In addition, on Aug. 22 a VER offer packet will be sent to all eligible employees containing a cover letter, an application and a list of questions and answers. Interested employees will have from Aug. 25 to Sept. 30 to submit their application. It’s important to note that Sept. 30 is the date when an employee's voluntary choice to retire becomes irrevocable. By mid-November, the Human Resources Shared Services Center (HRSSC) will notify employees as to the status of their VER application. At that time retirement counseling will be made available. Employees receiving approval will have an effective retirement date of Dec. 31. "|

Postal service uses more walking routes

(Texas) Because a one-cent increase in the price of fuel raises USPS costs by more than $8 million per year, the postal service is exploring options such as increasing walking routes, bicycle routes and fuel-efficient vehicles to reduce its energy consumption.|

This Postal Worker Has A Vaulted Position

The U.S. Postal Service has fewer than 100 employees across the nation with the same job as Charlie Farmer. He is keeper of the stamp vault. As accountable papers manager for the Postal Service's Kentuckiana district office. Farmer is in charge of two large vaults where up to $70 million worth of stamps are sometimes stored behind heavy steel doors with combination locks. When he takes a vacation, Farmer,, spends nearly two days counting over his entire inventory of stamps to another supervisor and changing the combination to the vaults. When he returns, it takes two more days to count the stock back over to Farmer and again change the combination. |

• COLA Update:  NALC: $1,330 | APWU: $1,310   |

• Over 100 sign petition for street delivery of mail in Arizona City

• 3 year old Child Hit by Mail truck

• Subdivision residents want to get away from cluster mailboxes

• Bush Joins USPS in Unveiling "Take Me Out To Ballgame"  Stamp

• Post office seeks to trim Sandusky mail carrier routes  |
• Is the post office leaving Winslow?

• Delivery problem delays unemployment checks

• Mail carrier makes lifesaving delivery

• Delivery issues, rising rates discussed at NNA Postal Forum

• African American Cinema Honored by US Postal Service

• Chanteuse Josephine Baker honored with US stamp - The US Postal Service (USPS), which last year lost a legal battle after refusing to mail postcards with a topless image of US-born chanteuse Josephine Baker, is honoring the late African-American with a stamp of her own on Wednesday. |