August 12, 2019
- One-of-a-kind postal service procession held in Oregon City for beloved mailman
- Girl, 9, leaves cold drinks for postal carriers during summer heat wave
- The U.S. Postal Service Reported a Big Loss. Here’s What That Means for FedEx and UPS
August 11, 2019
- Two decades after a Chatsworth postal worker was shot and killed because the shooter thought he looked Latino or Asian, a family is fed up with no action: ‘We are better than this’
- Warren Buffett enjoys APS Stampshow in his hometown
August 10, 2019
- U.S. Postal Service Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2019 Results – PEN
- NALC: Statement on Postal Service’s 2019 Q3 Financial Report – PEN
- Postal Service Reports First Drop in Packages in Nearly a Decade
- Postal Service losing billions and delivering fewer packages as it burns cash
- Michigan postal worker pilfered seashells, razor blades and clothes from mail, feds say
August 09, 2019
- Another USPS mail truck burnt to a crisp
- USPS Financials: Form 10-Q Quarter III FY 2019 (PDF)
- Former APWU Union Officer Admits Embezzling $34,500 of Union Funds – PEN
- Pay Raises Coming for 130K Postal Employees, Along With Higher Health Care Costs
- Riverdale Sports – Physical Therapy For Postal Employees – PEN Spnosor
- USPS clarifies acceptable identification forms – PEN
- Postal Service decision could mean thousands of auto jobs in Flint, Lordstown
August 08, 2019
- Postal Inspectors helping combat opioids scourge – PEN
- Postal Service Watchdog Finds New Vulnerability During Security Audit– Also see OIG link below
- OIG: Management Alert – [Redacted]
- The USPS can’t compete with delivery firms using coerced, unpaid workers, child labor (PDF)
- Stamps.com Profit Plunges After Ending Postal Service Partnership
- Amazon-FedEx Split Draws Battle Lines in Online Delivery Feud
August 07, 2019
- 2018-2021 NRLCA-USPS Tentative National Agreement Has Been RATIFIED
- Sprint Sizzling Weekend August 9-11 – PEN
- Extreme heat doesn’t stop the mail — even at the cost of postal workers’ health
- FedEx Ends Ground-Delivery Deal With Amazon
- The government is clarifying a policy change that will limit the prescribing of opioid painkillers to employees injured on the job and covered under OWCP
- Unions Seek to Maintain Ban on Executive Orders
- OIG: Postage and Fee Refunds – Bellmawr, NJ, Main Window
- OIG: Bells and Whistleblowers
August 06, 2019
- CESAR ALTIERI SAYOC Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 20 Years In Prison For Mailing 16 Improvised Explosive Devices In Connection With October 2018 Domestic Terrorist Attack – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service Issuing Tyrannosaurus Rex Forever Stamps Aug. 29– PEN
- Former West Virginia Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Role in Federal Marijuana Conspiracy – PEN
- Former Fort Calhoun postmaster sentenced for embezzlement
- Postal Supervisors Sue for Raise, Back Pay
- USPS board finally reaches quorum as 10-year postal reform plan comes into focus
- OIG: Bells and Whistleblowers
August 05, 2019
- USPS: Lower flags after Texas, Ohio shootings – PEN
- USPS Board of Governors – Senate confirms three nominees – PEN
- You’ve Got Snail Mail: Charities Experiment With Fundraising Through USPS Informed Delivery Service
- Yorkie’s dog bite disrupts neighborhood’s mail service
August 04, 2019
- NARFE Pushes For Social Security Fairness, Supports New Legislation to Reform Windfall Elimination Provision – PEN
- NPMHU: 2019 Contract Update #4
- U.S. Senate approves three postal board appointees
August 03, 2019
- AZ rep calls for investigation into “unsafe summer work conditions” for postal workers – PEN
- Florida mail carrier caught on camera driving over front lawn of home – PEN
- USPS Regains a Functioning Governing Board for the First Time in Five Years
- Theft ring connected to Amazon scored $10M over 6 years, FBI alleges in new court documents
August 02, 2019
- Retired letter carriers warn: You don’t have to accept a Postal Service cluster box – PEN
- USPS recognizes military working dogs with new Forever stamps – PEN
- Mail truck catches fire near Auburn, WA – PEN
- FedEx Seven Day Package Delivery Casts Doubt on U.S. Postal Service Rate Hikes
- OIG: Mail Delivery Issues – Pleasant Hill Station, Des Moines, IA
August 01, 2019
- Rattlesnake Encounter Stops Mail Delivery in South San Jose Neighborhood – PEN
- Records show more than a hundred mail delivery complaints at south Fargo branch – PEN
- Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second Crash – An emergency parachute failure raises questions about the safety of urban delivery drones
- Cortlandt, NY Man Accused Of Threatening Postal Worker With Knife