Alabama Postal worker gets 5 years probation for dumping 371 pieces of mail

Postal worker gets 5 years probation for dumping 371 pieces of mail | al.com: "Another Mobile-area postal worker was sentenced last week for dumping mail on her route."

Postal Worker Waited Too Late To Submit Doctor’s Note — Loses Job!

Postal Worker Waited Too Late To Submit Doctor’s Note — Loses Job!: "The Postal Service sent Taylor a directive informing him of the results of the medical assessment and ordered him to report to work or be considered absent without leave (“AWOL”) and face removal. Taylor never reported or responded to this directive"

USPS Board Of Governors Agenda For Next Week’s Closed Session

USPS Board Of Governors Agenda For Next Week’s Closed Session: "DATES AND TIMES: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 8:30 a.m."

Postal Service Begins Rural Letter Carrier Contract Negotiations

Postal Service Begins Rural Letter Carrier Contract Negotiations: "Successful Negotiations Crucial to Postal Service’s Future"

USPS Continues Carrier Pickup Expansion

USPS Continues Carrier Pickup Expansion: "With the addition of 471 new ZIP codes — a 2-year project that ended this month — the free Carrier Pickup service offered by USPS is now available at 99.97 percent of all mail delivery addresses in the nation"

Missouri Postmaster Indicted In Sex Slave Case

PostalReporter News Blog » Blog Archive » Missouri Postmaster Indicted In Sex Slave Case: "Press Release from the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri"

Postal Service Charts Course for Sustainable Future

Postal Service Charts Course for Sustainable Future: "The U.S. Postal Service’s sustainability goals and plans were posted by the White House today on its new website, whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq. The website presents federal government goals for clean energy, reducing waste and greenhouse gas reduction. The Postal Service’s Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan joins other agency plans to help reach the Obama Administration’s green goals"

Privatizing the Post Office

Privatizing the Post Office | Mother Jones: "Two recent reviews by the Postal Service's office of inspector general have raised concerns about whether postal officials understated advertising costs to promote Priority Mail. The reduced ad expenses could make Priority Mail appear more successful in reports submitted to postal regulators and, in turn, to the public"

Former Portland postal worker gets 18 months for stealing money orders

Former Portland postal worker gets 18 months for stealing money orders | OregonLive.com: "A former Portland postal worker was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison for stealing government funds, which she used to buy cars, pay for Disneyland hotel rooms and buy items from LL Bean, Sleep Country and the Doubleday Book Club.

U.S. District Judge Ancer L. Haggerty ordered 51-year-old Michele Smith to repay the government $201,034."

Postal Service consolidation uproots workers

Postal Service consolidation uproots workers (9/10/10) -- GovExec.com: "The U.S. Postal Service's plans to consolidate operations to reduce costs are forcing some workers to move to new cities or take inconvenient shifts to keep their jobs.
Combining mail processing facilities and delivery routes allows the Postal Service to increase efficiency in the face of declining mail volume, said Greg Frey, a spokesman for USPS. The agency in March outlined a 10-year plan to streamline operations, including measures such as five-day delivery, changes to retiree health benefits funding requirements and building a more flexible workforce. Postal officials have said the agency must be able to adjust work hours quickly and use more part-time staff to reduce labor costs, which amount to more than 75 percent of total expenses."