Postal Worker Exposed To Anthrax Facing Different Dilemma Over Transfer Request

Patrick O’Donnell was one of the postal workers infected  in October 2001 when anthrax showed up at the Hamilton, New Jersey regional distribution center in mail headed for the U.S. Senate.  Now 10 years  later, O’Donnell is facing a different dilemma.

Senator Carper Responds To Washington Post’s Editorial On USPS

Here is a letter to the editor of the Washington Post from Senator Tom Carper, (D-Delaware) Postal Service’s problems are many, but there are solutions While I welcome The Post’s interest in the financial crisis facing the U.S. Postal Service, I was disappointed that the Dec. 7 editorial “Failure to deliver” did not mention the […]

NAPUS President: Washington Post Editorial Misdiagnosed Cause Of USPS Challenges

In a letter to the editor of  the Washington Post,  Robert Rapoza, President of the National Association of Postmasters (NAPUS) wrote: The “Failure to deliver” editorial misdiagnosed the cause of the Postal Service’s challenges and suggested treatment that makes matters worse. The $8.5 billion Postal Service loss that the editorial mentioned stems primarily from a […]

Postmaster Tries to Explain Why Pittsburgh PO Has Long Lines

 From PostalReporter Reader:   What follows is a set of links to articles where the Postmaster of Pittsburgh tries to explain the long lines. In the highlighted portion is how the newspaper describes the PM explanation .   http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_676660.html   Lance: To the United States Postal Service. The scene: the North Side office across from […]

Letter: A Postal Retiree’s Plan To Save Six Day Mail Service

The Postmaster General won the public relations battle on March 2 in regard to five day delivery when he announced proposed changes to the postal service over the coming decade, changes that appeared as the main story on all major news networks that evening. He continues to enjoy the advantage of a well planned orchestrated […]

USPS Threatening To Discipline Postal Employees Over Failure to Pay Local Tax ??

From PostalReporter.com reader:  Local taxes: The USPS is threatening to discipline employees that don’t follow local tax codes.  States affected include Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. If you are subject to any of these local taxes, you must be proactive and complete and submit the proper […]