September 30, 2007-

Could A Federal 'Do Not Mail' List Be On The Way?
Interest on Capitol Hill is growing to create a government-run "Do Not Mail" list to fight back against the mountains of junk mail clogging Americans' mailboxes. Across the country, at least 15 states are currently considering no-mail lists that are loosely based on the wildly popular Do Not Call list that gave us back our dinner hours free from telemarketers. Now some in Congress are mulling a federal junk-mail registry, as well. But proponents face a ferocious fight from the U.S. Postal Service, which stands to lose billions of dollars of revenue from direct-mail marketers if consumers can slam their mail slots shut to the come-ons.  |

New Management Instruction, Piece Count Recording System   |

Teamsters, UPS Reach Tentative Contract Agreement   |

Girlfriend found mailman's body after returning to apartment for lunch

Satire: Postal Stamp Shortage Busts Loose

Couple playing post office for keeps

September 29, 2007-

Dancing Mailman Retires

Japan Set to Privatize Postal System
Carriers can cross lawns  |

Sen. Tester intervenes in post-office closure

Car Smashes Into Colton Post Office

September 28, 2007-

Postal Manager Jailed for Faking ID of Congressman's Aide in Phony E-mails

After failing to land a job as a U.S. postmaster, Gerardo Boloy berated the post office's spokesman in an angry e-mail -- pretending to be a Florida congressman's aide, authorities say. That landed him in jail. He was charged this week in Miami-Dade for allegedly claiming to be the chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, a Palm Beach Gardens Democrat. A manager at the Port St. Lucie post office, Boloy had applied for the job of postmaster in Stuart. He was one of two finalists for the job. But on Nov. 6, a postal committee chose a man named Joel Ouellette, according to the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General, which spearheaded the investigation.   |

APWU Raises Concerns Over USPS Instructions To Managers Regarding Weingarten Rights

 The APWU sent a letter to the Postal Service raising concerns about a draft notification to supervisors and managers instructing them how to apply employees’ rights under the Supreme Court's Weingarten decision. The instructions state in part that "if the employee requests a union steward at any time, before or during the interview, or in any way indicates that he/she wants representation, the supervisor must do one of three things: “(3) you must offer the employee the choice of continuing the interview without a steward, or of having no interview at all and therefore losing the benefit that the interview might have given to him or her.” [emphasis added] . This is not appropriate.   |

California Community Going Postal Over USPS Plans
"Residents of Aliso Viejo's Village Cottages community are about to 'go postal' over the plans by the United States Postal Service to build a 417,294 square foot mail distribution center 70 feet from residents' bedroom windows. "I measured the distance from the edge of this community to the land over there with my big yellow tape measure, and it does not lie," said Mike Hammond, a community resident and co-organizer of the night's event. "And giant delivery trucks will be going in and out of there everyday." "We kept asking them to build a post office there, and they kept saying, 'No, sorry, we don't have the money,'" said Aliso Viejo Mayor Carmen Cave. "But we never expected them to do this." |

APWU Local President charged with mail theft

(Florida) A U.S. Postal Service worker who also is president of the local union has been arrested on two felony counts related to mail theft. Bobby R. Pruett of Crestview was arrested Wednesday on one count of opening mail and one count of stealing items from the mail. According to his indictment, he took two cigarette lighters, two Victoria’s Secret free panty cards, a Florida State University neoprene bottle cooler and an Apple iPod.  |

At Age 82, Postal Worker Puts Final Stamp On 43-Year Career

That’s May McGee, the 82-year old window clerk who has sent probably thousands of packages and letters across the world but who, ironically enough, hasn’t left the village very much in that time. With deteriorating knees, McGee said her physician said it has become simply too impractical and difficult for her to remain on the job, one she started late in life in 1966. |

Postal protest  Brings Changes At Queens, NY Post Office
After receiving complaints by Corona and Elmhurst residents, Queens Postmaster William Rogers has vowed to institute changes at the post office branch located at Junction Boulevard and 59th Avenue in Elmhurst. That location currently serves more than 204,500 local residents, but many complained that they are dissatisfied with long lines, slow service and lack of Spanish-speaking employees. |

Connecticut postal worker 'set for life'

Vernon postal clerk on Queer Eye show for third time
Martin City Post Office closes
Sting nets Contract postal carrier

USPS Seeks Interim Solution for Hawleyville
USPS taps Northrop to analyze systems

Postal policy errs: IPC study

September 27, 2007-

AFL-CIO Transportation Unions Focus on Stopping Outsourcing At USPS

Postal worker faces trial for stealing 214 free movie coupons  |

College fund set up for slain postal worker's daughter

USPS must reform its measures to manage the rate reform

Colorado: Main post office offers bilingual kiosk

Settlement reached in fatal hit and run of Postal Worker

Northrop Grumman receives postal order
APWU Officers’ Election Ends Oct. 5
FedEx Gives Up Contractor Model in California

Postal Bulletin 9/27/07 Issue

September 26, 2007-

USPS Reports $5.4 Billion Deficit for FY 2007

Projects net loss of $600 million in 2008 - For fiscal 2007, the Postal Service projects revenues of $75.0 billion and expenses of $80.4 billion for a projected net loss of $5.4 billion. The net loss of $5.4 billion includes operating income of $1.5 billion and a $6.9 billion negative financial impact from the Postal Act of 2006 — which includes a $3.0 billion one-time escrow expense, which was required under the previous law, an additional $5.4 billion payment into the Retiree Health Benefit Fund for 2007, and $1.5 billion in savings from the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) relief. Postal Service racks up $5.4B deficit in ’07  |

NALC Contract Implementation Dates Set
$686 cash payment on Oct. 19, back pay on Nov. 30 - "President William H. Young announced on September 26 that the lump sum payment of $686 to cash out the COLA from November 2006 through May 2007 will be included in carriers' October 19 paychecks. The back pay for active carriers related to the 1.4% general wage increase covering the period between November 25, 2006 and the end of Pay Period 20 (September 28) will be paid in their regular paychecks on November 30."  |

It's back in line for post office users

"The U.S. Postal Service joined the "self-service" bandwagon a few years ago by installing thousands of free-standing kiosks known as APCs. Similar to an ATM, many are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to enable customers to weigh and mail letters and purchase stamps quickly. The U.S. Post Office on Route 50 decided to remove their ACP because customers weren't using the machine enough to meet the standard $400 a day income, said Freda Sauter, U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman for the Baltimore district." |

Postal Clerk guilty in $65,000 heist

A postal clerk was convicted yesterday of masterminding a $65,000 armed heist at the Brooklyn post office where he worked. Derrek Pannell, 33, faces more than 30 years in prison when he's sentenced Jan. 25, postal authorities said. Pannell and two accomplices entered the James E. Davis Post Office in Crown Heights in the early hours of Nov. 15, 2005, tied up six employees and forced the station manager to open a safe at gunpoint. Archive: Clerk's Delivery Aided Heist  |

Postal Supervisor Gets Probation for Stealing from the Mail

A former employee at Peoria's post office was sentenced Monday to federal probation for removing greeting and birthday cards from the mail and taking money that was inside. Jerry Redshaw had waived indictment by a federal grand jury in May and pleaded guilty to one count of theft by a postal employee. In addition to the probation, he was sentenced to four months home confinement and two months work release, said his attorney Kevin Sullivan. Beginning in 2006 and lasting until March, Red