Firework destroys U.S. Mail

Illinois Valley News Vol. 72 No. 17 Dated: 2009.07.08: "Just after 5 a.m. Thursday, July 2, personnel at the Cave Junction Post Office, at 104 S. Hussey Ave., phoned the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office to report smoke coming from a postal drop box."

Post offices chopping hours

Cumberland Times-News - Post offices chopping hours: "The U.S. Postal Service is chopping hours at two Allegany County branches, the latest in a series of cost-cutting measures that some fear could cause hardships, especially for the elderly.

Starting Aug. 1, branches in Cresaptown and on Virginia Avenue in Cumberland will close at noon instead of 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, according to signs posted at each branch Monday morning."

750 local postal employees sign petition to protest consolidation

750 local postal employees sign petition to protest consolidation : Oxnard : Ventura County Star: "If the decision has been made to shut down the U.S. Postal Service’s mail processing facility in Oxnard, local postal employees want the decision reversed."

Postal workers weigh in on the possibility of five-day mail delivery

Postal workers weigh in on the possibility of five-day mail delivery - Grand Rapids News - The Latest News, Blogs, Photos & Videos – MLive.com: "A retired postal worker from Arkansas wrote: 'There are problems that need to be corrected, but that should start not on the bottom but at the top. There are too many management types running around trying to be important...It is not the cost of stamps that is driving the USPS into the poor house, but the salaries of these poorly trained managers.'
He predicted five-day delivery would most likely become a reality, but added that it likely wouldn't result in mass layoffs at the post office, because of a clause in the union contract that forbids laying off any letter carrier with more than six years' experience."

Mailman? Rapist? Or Both

The South Side's Morgan Park neighborhood is just one place police fear a serial sex criminal has been at work.Their suspect dresses like someone you could trust--a postal worker.

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/mailman_serial_sex_criminal

Postal workers picketing in front of downtown Jackson post office

Postal workers picketing in front of downtown Jackson post office - Jackson News - The Latest News, Blogs, Photos & Videos – MLive.com: "Jackson postal workers are taking part in an informational picket this morning in front of the downtown post office to warn people about potential consolidation efforts they say will result in slower mail service and the loss of about 40 jobs."

Rolando Assumes Role As New President Of Letter Carriers Union

PostalReporter.com Blog » Rolando Assumes Role As New President Of Letter Carriers Union: "Fredric V. Rolando assumed the presidency of the 300,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO) today, following the retirement of William H. Young after more than 6 1/2 years as head of the postal union."