Wednesday, August 4

• NY Letter Carrier Sentenced for Discarding Mail in Woods
  DOJ News Comment
• Pennsylvania Postal Worker Sentenced For Mail Theft
  DOJ News Comment
• Postal Service to remove 5 machines in Rothschild WI; union fears job loss
  Wausau Daily Herald Comment
• USPS, exempt from vaccine requirements, sees uptick of employees in quarantine
  Federal News Network Comment

  Tuesday, August 3

• NRLCA and USPS Agree to Extend COVID-19 Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) Through September 30, 2021
  National Rural Letter Carriers Association Comment
• Latest COVID MOUs and Liberal Leave Policy Extensions
  American Postal Workers Union Comment
• Counterfeiters hit the U.S. commemorative stamp program
  Linn’s Stamp News Comment
• Amazon Broke Law And Should Face New Union Election, Labor Official Finds
  Huffington Post Comment

  Monday, August 2

• Clemson football player was going 115 mph when he severely injured a letter carrier doing his job
  Letter carrier faces months in hospital, football player is out on bail, “remains with the program”.
  Associated Press 1 Comment
• Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine in Maryland and Bribing Letter Carriers to Deliver it
  DOJ News 1 Comment
• Terrible Timing – The Absurdity of the August Rate Increase
  Berkshire Company Blog Comment
• Slowdown in mail service caused by efforts, primarily by Republicans, to destabilize and privatize the USPS
  South Dakota Standard Comment

  Sunday, August 1

• Newspapers face challenge with postal rate increase
  Enid (OK) News & Eagle Comment

  Saturday, July 31

• Two Minnesota Men Sentenced to Prison for Twin Cities Postal Crime Spree
  DOJ News 1 Comment

  Friday, July 30

• Alaska Tlingit artist’s ‘Raven Story’ stamp is released by Postal Service
  Anchorage Daily News Comment

  Thursday, July 29

• Burned-out mail truck leaves neighbors stunned
  Fox13 Memphis 1 Comment
• USPS says first class ontime performance increased to 89.3% in July
  USPS News Comment
• St. Paul man sentenced to prison for assault, attempted robbery of USPS employee
  DOJ News Comment
• New Jersey man conspired with postal workers to steal blank checkbooks from mail, defraud banks
  DOJ News 2 Comments
• Virginia postal worker charged with reckless driving after vehicle hydroplanes, causing 3 car crash
  WFXR TV Roanoke Comment
• APWU opposes requiring postal workers to be vaccinated
  APWU News 17 Comments

  Wednesday, July 28

• Biden to launch vaccine push for millions of federal workers
  The Washington Post Comment
• Electronic Frontier Foundation Sues USPS For Records About Covert Social Media Spying Program
  Electronic Frontier Foundation Comment
• Jackson Hole area post office closures linked to ‘severe’ lack of staff
  Jackson Hole News and Guide Comment
• 75-year-old North Carolina postal service worker has no plans to slow down
  Fox8 Greensboro 1 Comment