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Sunday, November 30

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield Christmas Gift to Federal Employees: Surprise, We’re Cutting Your Benefits!
  Press release
• Pittsburgh carrier gets probation in thefts
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

  Saturday, November 29

• Postmaster's retirement ends small town's mail
  WTOC TV Savannah
• Does "postal dust" cause lung disease?
  WTVD TV Raleigh NC
• Does Post Office Hide its Lower-Cost Services?
  NBC Washington via postalnews.tv

  Friday, November 28

• PMG earned $857,459 in FY 2008, will get $1.35 million retirement bonus
  postalnews blog
• USPS Delivery Operations cost containment strategies
  From last week's MTAC meeting
  Letter Carrier Connection -
• How does the PMG’s compensation compare?
  postalnews blog
• USPS Seeks "Next Generation Mail Processing Technologies"
  Federal Business Opportunities
• Swedish PMG says he will work for free
  Associated Press

  Thursday, November 27

• Sarasota plant could be closed
  Sarasota Herald Tribune

  Wednesday, November 26

• Feds say Detroit mail handler stole phones
  Chicago Tribune
• Will direct mail remain a top channel?
  DMNews
• Direct mail volume from banks on the rise
  DMNews

  Tuesday, November 25

• APWU Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Elimination of Tour 2
  APWU News
• UPS, FedEx battle Post Office for parcels
  Florida Shipper
• Addressing direct-mail deliverability and anti-marketing initiatives
  Interview with the PRC's Nanci Langley
  BtoB Magazine
• What ails the mail? Businesses cite lateness
  Meriden (CT) Record Journal
• Cinder blocks thrown through windshields of 5 postal trucks
  Orange County Register

  Monday, November 24

• Blue Mailboxes Disappearing
  NPR's All Things Considered
• Bronx Consolidation Plan – Finally – ‘Not Approved’
  APWU News

  Sunday, November 23

• Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet
  Most Government-Bought Vehicles Still Use Standard Gas
  Washington Post
• Something Old, Something New for the Postal Community
  also: Postal Trust Fund Relief to Wait, USPS Nominee McGowan is Heard
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

  Saturday, November 22

• Mailman fails to deliver, becomes local hero
  Los Angeles Times
• Postal Service Goes After DHL Shipping Business With Ad Campaign
  Bloomberg
• Postal service could be forced to shorten hours
  KMOV TV St Louis

  Friday, November 21

• Pennsylvania: Rural carrier dies in crash
  Reading Eagle
• Post office closed when pick-up truck hits it
  Ithaca (NY) Journal
• Buying One Stamp? Get In Line!
  New York Times
• Union decries conditions for postal workers
  KOB TV Albuquerque click here for video from postalnews.tv -
• Chattanooga postal's remote encoding center to close in April 2009
  Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Stakeholders Urge Congress to Give USPS Legislative Relief
  APWU News
• Direct mail biggest charity complaint in UK
  Precision Marketing
• Rural mail carrier's car catches on fire
  The News of Cumberland County (NJ)

  Thursday, November 20

• Union Members to Gather for Obama Inauguration
  APWU News
• Mailman assaulted in Virginia Beach
  WVEC TV Hampton Roads VA
• From today's MTAC meeting: "Unprecedented route adjustment process targets 9,200 routes
  Postcom.org
• Former mail carrier pleads guilty to delay, destruction of mail
  Jamestown (ND) Sun
• Legislative change sought by USPS- not a bailout
  National League of Postmasters
• Smaller Postal Price Hikes?
  Dead Tree Edition

  Wednesday, November 19

• Rural carriers withdraw from QWL-EI
  Rural mail carrier news
• Maine postal worker pleads guilty to card thefts
  Brunswick Times Record
• Mailman charged with DWI
  KFSM TV Fort Smith AR
• Mail Carrier Charged With Smoking, Delivering Crack
  WISN TV Milwaukee
• US Postal Service To Honor Mail Carrier Hero
  WFMY TV Greensboro
• Judgment day arrives for 'Mailman Steve'
  Raleigh News and Observer
• USPS Denies Existence of Program to Eliminate Tour 2
  APWU News

  Tuesday, November 18

• Ex-Postmaster Sentenced For $53,000 Theft
  KCTV Kansas City
• Picketers oppose Postal Service merging Olympia,Tacoma plants
  The Olympian
• UPS Won't Forecast Holiday-Shipping Volumes
  Wall Street Journal
• New Slim-jim Standards Nearly in Sight
  multichannelmerchant.com
• Bush’s Lame-Duck Labor Department to Implement Onerous FMLA Rule Changes
  APWU News
• Bookspan Parent Firm Trims Staff, Possibly Mail
  DIRECT

  Monday, November 17

• Mail thief sentenced to prison
  Mobile Press Register
• Postal Service investigates PMG's VIP mortgage
  Associated Press
• Another IMB Delay?
  Dead Tree Edition
• Next up for bailout? USPS
  Federal Times
• Interim Route Adjustment Data Instruction Guide
  lettercarrierconnection.com

  Sunday, November 16

• Postmasters once core of vast patronage system
  Bloomington (IL) Pantagraph
• Beware of scams involving U.S. Postal Service jobs
  Los Angeles Times
• New Bush Rules Narrow Family Leave for Workers
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

  Saturday, November 15

• Obama names transition team lead for postal issues
  Change.gov
• NAPS/USPS November Consultative Meeting Minutes
  Minutes of meeting held November 12
• Postal Workers Picket In Maine
  WCSH TV Portland
• 300 mailboxes to vanish in Louisville
  Louisville Courier-Journal
• "Tour compression" begins at Trenton P&DC
  Trenton Metro Area APWU Local

  Friday, November 14

• Postal Stimulation
  More on the USPS proposal to lessen the impact of advance funding of retiree health benefits
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin
• 2 sentenced for $67,000 postal theft
  KATC TV Lafayette LA
• USPS Moves Up Parcel Rate Hike to Offset $2.8 Billion Loss
  multichannelmerchant.com
• USPS Chief Financial Officer's Presentation to the BOG
  via Postcom.org
• The Future is Now, USPS Seeks to Realign Its Retiree Health Benefit Obligations
  also: Leadership Changes of Postal Oversight Committees Possible
  National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative and Regulatory Update

  Thursday, November 13

• USPS Seeks "Residual Mail Processing Sources"
  "The new system will replace the current manual distribution processes of sorting letter and flat rejects or non-automation compatible mailpieces."
  Federal Business Opportunities
• USPS Lost $2.8 Billion in FY 2008
  USPS News Release
• Mail Delivery Dilemma in Connecticut
  WVIT TV Hartford
• Postal worker honored for helping shooting victim
  Baton Rouge Advocate
• Letter carrier fired after mail dumped in the desert
  Hesperia (CA) Star
• Should the USPS stop one delivery day?
  DMNews.com

  Wednesday, November 12

• Election results could mean change for the USPS
  National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative Newsletter
• RCA pleads guilty to stealing credit cards from mail
  Press release
• USPS wants software to help procurement
  Federal Computer Week
• Massachusetts postal worker busted for selling oxycodone
  Lynn Daily Item

  Tuesday, November 11

• Carrier Optimal Routing presentation
  Outlines procedure for reducing the number of carrier routes using COR Minor Route Adjustment process rather than traditional route inspections
  Letter Carrier Connection.com
• Sorting Through a Sickness
  "Nationwide, hundreds of postal employees say they're ill with what they call severe, mysterious, respiratory problems..."
  WLS TV Chicago

  Monday, November 10

• Chicago meeting notes
  postalnews blog
• New mass-mail rules require more-frequent database scrubs
  Crain's Detroit Business
• The Earnings Warning Hiding in Your Mailbox
  Motley Fool
• Shiloh mayor upset with postmaster
  The News of Cumberland County (NJ)
• Orting corrals post office into branding
  Tacoma News Tribune

  Sunday, November 9

• Expect Less Junk in the Mail As Marketers Continue Cutbacks
  Washington Post
• Postal worker sent home for wearing Obama T-shirt
  WLBT TV Jackson (MS)

  Saturday, November 8

• Contract mail carrier accused of stealing customer's dog
  WRAL TV Raleigh
• Two Boston postal workers charged in drug conspiracy
  Press release
• More details on interim route adjustment process
  NALC3825.com via lettercarrierconnection.com (.pdf file) -

  Friday, November 7

• Prison for Odessa carrier over undelivered mail
  Associated Press
• Suspension of mail delivery after fatal shooting triggers outrage
  Maarina del Rey (CA) Argonaut
• Former New Jersey NALC officer pleads guilty to stealing union funds
  Newark Star Ledger
• Knee-Jerk Reaction
  DIRECT's Larry Riggs doubts privatizing BMCs will "will contribute to the good of mailers let alone the public at large"
  Big Fat Marketing Blog

  Thursday, November 6

• Presidential elections have Postal consequences
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter
• ZIP, the post office is gone
  Practically overnight, dispute leaves folks in lurch
  Middletown (NY) Times Herald Record
• Confusion Reigns Over Intelligent Mail Barcodes
  Multichannel Merchant
• Burrus Hails Election Results as Signifying ‘The System Has Changed’
  APWU News
  Letter Carriers’ Union President Young Applauds Obama Election
  NALC Press release
  Victory for Obama is Win for Working Families!
  Mailhandlers Union
• Union Requests Documentation Of Supervisors Performing Bargaining Unit Work in Small Offices
  APWU News

  Wednesday, November 5

• If postal facility opens, neighbors fear clogged, noisy roads
  SouthmilwaukeeNOW.com
• Alternate route adjustment training presentation
  Letter Carrier Connection
• TSP funds continued slide in October
  Government Executive
• Management associations complain to BOG over "degradation" of consultative process
  NAPUS
• OIG probe closes contract PO in Oregon
  Forest Grove News Times

  Tuesday, November 4

• Mailing options taking toll on USPS
  Prescott Daily Courier
• Postal worker loses job over illegal disclosure
  Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette
• Postage-due political mailings spark 'chaos'
  San Antonio Express News

  Monday, November 3

• Postal Service to keep Sioux City mail center open
  Chicago Tribune
• Mailers Council warns USPS not to harm business partners for the sake of revenue
  Press release
• Ex-postal worker sentenced for assaults
  Anchorage Daily News

  Saturday, November 1

• E-Mail Greener Than Mail? Measuring Proves Elusive
  Hartford Courant
• 13,000 pieces of mailfound in van of former contract carrier
  Santa Cruz Sentinel
• Delivering mail goes electric with T3 vehicle
  Ocala (FL) Star-Banner
• Letter carrier gets 5 months for stashing mail
  Indianapolis Star

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