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Sunday, September 30

• Could a federal 'Do Not Mail' list be on the way?
  Scripps Howard News Service
• Carriers can cross lawns
  Monroe (WI) Times
• Dancing mailman retires
  Kennebec Journal

  Saturday, September 29

• Private mailbox provider offers email, text notification
  Little Elm (TX) Journal
• Postmaster runner-up tied to phony e-mails
  Miami Herald

  Friday, September 28

• Sting nets contract carrier
  Madras (OR) Pioneer
• FedEx Ground Gives Up Contractor Model in California
  FedEx Watch
• Postal protest brings changes
  Queens (NY) Courier
• Connecticut postal worker 'set for life'
  Lottery Post
• Local APWU president charged with mail theft
  Northwest Florida Daily News
• Union Raises Concerns Over Instructions for Managers Regarding Weingarten Rights
  APWU Industrial Relations
• California community going postal over USPS plans
  Orange County Register

  Thursday, September 27

• AFL-CIO: stop postal outsourcing 'bandwagon'
  Press release
• Residents of Texas town fighting to get post office of their own
  San Antonio Express News
• Postal worker faces trial for stealing movie coupons
  Pensacola News Journal
• Commentary: USPS must reform its measures to manage the rate reform
  DMNews.com

  Wednesday, September 26

• Probation given to postal supervisor for stealing from mail
  Peoria Journal Star
• NALC Contract Implementation Dates Set
  1.4 percent general increase and $686 cash payment on Oct. 19,
  back pay on Nov. 30
  NALC web site
• Postal Service racks up $5.4B deficit in ’07
  Federal Times
• Brooklyn clerk guilty in 65G heist
  {click here for an earlier story)
  NY Daily News
• OIG Issues Audit Reports
  
  • Marina P&DC AMP
  • Bronx P&DC AMP
  • San Francisco ISC Mail Condition Reporting
  • Margaret Sellers P&DC Internal Controls On Clock Rings
• Arizona postal complaints reach congressman
  Arizona Republic
• It's back in line for post office users
  Salisbury (MD) Daily Times

  Tuesday, September 25

• House to hold hearings on rate increase impact
  Postcom.org
• 35-Pound Medical Waste Mail Packages Approved
  Occupational Health & Safety
• Postmaster ordered to pay up
  Vail Daily News
• Major expansion planned for Providence post office
  Providence Journal

  Monday, September 24

• Texas rural carrier convicted on mail theft charges
  Press release
• Anthrax drill is met with relief and skepticism
  Boston Globe

  Sunday, September 23

• No more Maury at the PO
  Fayetteville Observer
• USPS to stop mail delivery to remote Outer Banks community
  Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

  Saturday, September 22

• Appeals Court Overturns Postal Worker's Conviction for Tossing $400K in Mailing Statements
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Morgan P&DC gets makeover to save birds
  New York Times
• Davis introduces bill to promote rehiring of retirees
  Federal Computer Weekly
• County frustrated with USPS dealings in Eagan
  This Week
• Postal Service prepares to move P&DC out of downtown Boston
  Boston Globe
• Former Chattanooga postmaster indicted
  KSWO TV Lawton, OK
• Mailers Technical Advisory Committee issues service standards recommendations
  Postcom.org

  Friday, September 21

• PO'd at the PO: People protest poor accessibility at the old post office
  Port Townsend (WA) Leader

  Thursday, September 20

• Postmaster Indicted on Embezzlement, Child Pornography Charges
  Charleston (WV) Gazette
• Postal worker fired for "excessive" military leave
  "Richard Erickson of Fort Myers, Fla., was fired from the U.S. Postal Service for what his termination letter says was excessive use of military leave."
  Marine Corps Times
• Canada Post: Deliver advertising, or else
  Globe and Mail
• USPS Responds to Inquiry Regarding Medical Evidence for Absences of Three Days or Less
  APWU Industrial Relations
• Information Regarding Missing USPS Laptops Containing Personal Data of Employees
  APWU Industrial Relations
• Union Vows to Fight On At DHL in Eastern PA
  APWU News
• Postmaster General Champions Value of Mail on National Broadcast
  Press release

  Wednesday, September 19

• PRC sets hearings on service standards and measurements
  Federal Register
• 3 generations have walked the same Montpelier postal route
  Barre Montpelier Times Argus
• Tennessee Postal Worker To Plead Guilty Of Stealing Prescriptions
  The Chattanoogan

  Tuesday, September 18

• New Hampshire postman nabbed for theft
  Nashua Telegraph

  Monday, September 17

• Postal workers didn't deliver, but still got paid
  Grand Rapids Press
• The unvarnished truth: post office mural gets fresh look
  Natick (MA) Bulletin and Tab
• Postal Service, State Police Investigate Burned Tractor-Trailer
  KTHV TV Little Rock
• USPS Stops Brooklyn Post Office’s Charity To Send Packages to Troops
  Brooklyn Daily Eagle

  Sunday, September 16

• Thieves ransack mailboxes in Ventura
  Ventura County Star
• More to delivering the mail than putting letters in boxes
  Marshalltown (IA) Times-Republican

  Saturday, September 15

• Cops stamp out thieves in postal truck robbery
  NY Daily News
• Prunes led to post office evacuation in Georgia
  Atlanta Constitution
• Blind woman, 82, rescued from fire by neighbor, postal worker
  Newsday

  Friday, September 14

• Dawn Tisdale, PRC Vice Chair, to step down in November
  Former letter carrier's retirement leaves an open Democratic seat on the PRC.
  Press release
• Mechanicsville (MD) postal workers cover a lot of distance to move mail
  SoMdNews.com
• Fleas keep mail carriers away in Massapequa
  News12 TV Long Island
• Robber hits Georgia Post Office
  McDuffie Mirror
• Mansfield postal union fears work will be moved after flood cleanup
  Mansfield (OH) News Journal
• Watsonville postman saves the day, twice
  Santa Cruz Sentinel

  Thursday, September 13

• What happened to the idea of bringing retirees back as retail associates?
  Ask President Burrus, APWU web site
• This is only a test
  Boston carriers to rehearse emergency delivery plans
  West Roxbury Transcript
• Bees Stick It To U.S. Post Office
  WTOL-TV Toledo

  Wednesday, September 12

• Carjacker Steals Mail Truck
  KPHO TV Phoenix
• Direct Mailers Organize To Fight Anti-Junk Mail Forces
  Editor & Publisher
• Letter Carriers Union Endorses Hillary Clinton
  NALC Press Release
• Court Modifies Ruling Prohibiting Contract Post Offices From Promoting Religion
  Religion Clause Blog
  click here to read the court's ruling
• Postal Worker Killed in Accident
  WPVI TV Philadelphia
• West Virginia woman in fight for home mail delivery
  Parkersburg News and Sentinel
• Postal employee resigns after investigation into mail theft
  San Luis Obispo County Tribune

  Tuesday, September 11

• Letter carrier contract ratified by 9-1 margin
  NALC Homepage
• Case of the missing gift cards: Mail carrier is stung
  The Oregonian
• Laptop Stolen in May Contained Postal Workers' Personal Info
  WSMV TV Nashville

  Monday, September 10

• Postal service curbs deliveries
  Mankato (MN )Free Press
• Neither bombs nor bullets stop Baghdad's postmen
  Reuters
• NALC: Where we stand
  Postal Record
• Man finds a lot of mail under some bushes
  KTRK TV Houston

  Sunday, September 9

• Former postal worker gets 64 years for murdering wife
  Murderer sought to restart affair with co-worker
  Department of Justice press release

  Saturday, September 8

• Post offices offering cash prizes to APC customers
  Greensboro News-Record
  (note: you can also enter the contest without visiting an APC by clicking here)
• Postal employee uses training to save stabbing victim
  Orangeburg (SC) Times and Democrat

  Friday, September 7

• Postal workers assail candidate over anti-anthrax cream
  Times of Trenton
• A pair of guilty pleas in postal robberies
  Beaufort (SC) Gazette
• Pennsylvania Post Office Near-Total Loss After Blaze
  WJAC TV Johnstown
• For-Profit 'Crusade' Against Junk Mail
  New York Times

  Thursday, September 6

• U.S. Postal Service Relies on Siemens for Mail Sorting Equipment
  TMCnet.com
• Postal Service on hunt for mail tubs
  Great Falls Tribune
• Postal Driver Dies At Dulles Center
  Washington Post (updated)
• Thieves hit drive through collection box in California town
  Press release
• Congressional recess over- GOP Senate hopes fading
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

  Wednesday, September 5

• APWU raises sick leave documentation question
  APWU's Greg Bell questions requiring a doctor's note for absences of less than three days from employees not on the restricted SL list.
  APWU letter via 21CPW's "Postal Attendance Terrorism" page.
• Are Postal Inspectors covered by FLSA overtime provisions?
  District Court says no, Appeals Court tells it to think again...
  Morelaw.com
  click here for the full opinion in .pdf format
• Ask President Burrus: Why not one united postal union?
  APWU News
• New Haven "Hashthrax" Update
  Overreaction to white powder "incident" proves costly
  Wired Danger Room Blog
• Arsonist torches collection box
  Canton (OH) Repository
• Back Pay for Some Reservists Going Back to 1980?
  FedSmith.com
  also: Court Guidance for Agencies on Use of Military Leave by Agencies
• Pit bull attacks letter carrier in California
  Orange County Register

  Tuesday, September 4

• UPS said to reach deal to withdraw from Teamsters pension plan
  Pensions & Investments
  and, according to Postcom.org, that clears the way for a contract agreement between the union and UPS.

  Monday, September 3

• Your postman may be a pastor
  Orlando Sentinel
• Rural carrier faces trial for abandoning mail
  Greenville (SC) News
• Commentary: Service performance measurement
  Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom.org
• Monster data theft infected gov jobs site
  Reuters via Silicon.com
• Faces of Labor: Mailman
  Kennebec (ME) Journal

  Sunday, September 2

• Man charged with threatening postmaster
  Wenatchee (WA) World

  Saturday, September 1

• Ex-postal clerk gets probation and fine
  Mobile Press-Register
• Fake mailman raiding Chicago mailboxes?
  WLS TV Chicago
• Postal worker cleared in dog BB shooting
  Greenville (SC) News
• Traditional Mail Trucks Could Become History
  WIZM La Crosse

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