July 31, 2007-

Mail carrier helps police nab suspects

Two Detroit men believed responsible for at least 50 suburban home invasions over the past five months face charges after being arrested with the help of mail carrier. Both men were placed under surveillance after a U.S. Postal carrier -- who is also a recent graduate of the Lakes Area Citizens Police Academy -- alerted police of "suspicious persons" driving around an apartment complex in a maroon sedan. |

Editorial: Privatization, consolidation, contracting = DESTRUCTION  |

Deprince is an inspiration to all  |

Bottle Rockets Probable Cause Of Postal Fire

Police: Reported post office shooting a hoax

Mail delivery in one Waco neighborhood could soon be changing

July 28, 2007-

NALC: Tentative Agreement Being Readied For Rank-and-File Ratification Vote

 It is anticipated that the proposed contract will be ready for the official Ballot Committee (see separate article) to mail out to all active members in good standing by early August. The precise date of the mailing will be determined by the Ballot Committee. If ratified, the contract would provide a lump sum COLA payment of $686 for July 2006–May 2007, followed by a COLA for the two-month period of May–July 2007 which currently stands at $38 annually, and then nine additional COLAs over the five-year term of the contract.   |

Oakland Postal Employee Gets Prison for Assaulting Postal Police Officers

Court documents say that on Nov. 21 at the Oakland Processing and Distribution Center, Hercules pushed and swore at his supervisor, who used a handheld radio to call for help. Three Postal Police officers responded, and Hercules punched two of them in their faces before they could subdue him.  |

Time to ‘band’ together in Slope

Letter Carriers accused of littering streets with rubber bands. What is the postal service’s official policy towards litter? It’s a fair question to ask now that Park Slope’s streets are being blanketed by dozens — hundreds, thousands! — of thick, brown rubber bands that are carelessly dropped every day by letter carriers.  |

Opinion: New 13-Ounce postal rule make no sense

"Since the 1990s there has been a rule in place that said you couldn’t mail a package that weighed more than 16 ounces if you used stamps unless you took it to a Post Office and handed it to a clerk. The new rule modifies that to bring the size down to 13 ounces. The weight rule alone flies in the face of rational thinking. If you could make a 16-ounce bomb, who is to say you couldn’t make a 12-ounce one? It might be slightly less powerful, but a bomb is still a bomb. Some local postal officials, speaking off the record, question the logic too. Sounds like the change is a veiled attempt to drive customers to the post office where they offer to sell you everything from coffee cups to tote bags."   |

Highway Contract Driver pleads not guilty to destroying Indian artifacts - Court records show it was a HCR driver and not a letter carrier    |

Postal Employees Honored With Community Award

Sorting mail one piece at a time
Culp Creek post office gets canceled

July 27, 2007-

USPS Seeking Info to Contract Out Mail Distribution and Transportation? Is USPS Planning to Outsource P&DCs and BMCs - "The U.S. Postal Service is conducting market research to identify interested organizations with the capability to implement a time-definite mail distribution and transportation network. Network components consist of (1) Operations, (2) Network Design, (3) Facilities, (4) Equipment, (5) Information Technology, (6) Personnel, (7) Network Management, and (8) Security.  A synopsis of the network is described in this document. The synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not in any way constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP)." (PostCom )  |

July 26, 2007-

Postal investigation sought in St. Joseph, MO

A U.S. Congressman said he's going to call on the postmaster general to investigate possible problems in St. Joseph's post offices. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, a Republican from Tarkio, Mo., said Tuesday that his office has received complaints about mail being destroyed and delayed and he hasn't obtained satisfactory answers But sources inside the local post offices said that Carl Norwood, the St. Joseph post master, ordered clerks to dump the mail because of an impending inspection sometime before July 15. Those carts weren't checked for first-class mail and were sent out to be recycled, local sources said. What may be happening is infighting between some postal employees and postal administrators.  |

Too Sick To Work at One Agency But Not A Second One  |

Massachusetts postal worker charged in theft of $13,000
QC postal carriers deliver thank-yous to returnees from war zone
Postal Service Tell Public Dog Attacks Are Costly

Workaholic climbed to postmaster post

July 25, 2007-

Letter Carrier Faked Dog Bite Claim for Profit, Investigators Say

-"A Freedom letter carrier was arrested Friday following a month-long investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General into allegations that she tried to extort hundreds of dollars from one of her customers. Letter carrier Carolyn Maielua, 49, allegedly told the customer she'd been bitten by the customer's dog earlier this summer, but that she wouldn't report the attack if the customer paid her $700, according to Dan Mihalko, spokesman for the Inspector General's office The customer paid about $100, but when she didn't come up with the rest of the money, Maielua withheld her mail and the customer reported the problem to the Freedom Post Office, Mihalko said."    |

Senate Subcommittee Hearing Today on Implementing Postal Reform

U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security will hold a hearing titled “Views from Postal Workforce on Implementing Postal Reform” today at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be the second this year at which the subcommittee has taken testimony on the implementation of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (P.L. 109-435), which was signed into law in December.  |

Postal Workers Legal Woes

Mailman In Uniform Arrested In Drug Sting - An Indianapolis letter carrier faces felony narcotics charges after police said he tried to buy crack cocaine from undercover officers while he wore his U.S. Postal Service uniform. Ex- Postal worker indicted for stealing stamps - Wendy Watkins was charged with embezzling about $707.95 worth of funds and stamp stock . New Mexico postmaster admits thefts. Postmaster Pearson Cummings pleaded guilty to stealing $16,000 from the register and writing out false money orders to himself. Ex-North Carolina Postmaster gets fine, probation for $42,000 Theft    |

Fire Destroys Longtime Post Office

Interest Arbitrator Selected for NRLCA Contract Hearings  |

Mail carrier dies after slide into ditch

Contract Route Driver Indicted   |

Waco postal distribution center will not close, officials say

Editorial: Waco postal jobs -- saved!

USPS is there to serve at Oshkosh

Postal Carrier Honored for Bravery

Rural Carriers Head Up Cut the Corn Campaign

Postal Service delays Georgia utility bills
St. Charles bulk deliveries draw complaints
Fumes force evacuation of Omaha post office
Postal Logistics is the first to earn USPS OK to co-palletize

Explosion halts mail

July 24, 2007-

USPS steps up after 5 weeks of no mail for residents
"Through rain, sleet or snow, residents expect to get their mail. However, mailboxes at La Villita Las Colinas haven't seen any deliveries. In fact, one homeowner, Misty Broome, said she hasn't received one piece of mail since she and her husband moved into the neighborhood five weeks ago. "I felt like I'll be a reasonable person, maybe a week, maybe two weeks," she said. "But at the two-week point, I really started taking it seriously."   |

Delaware Rural Carriers Union Officer Admits Stealing $59,000

For four years, the secretary-treasurer of the Delaware Rural Letter Carriers' Association diverted