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Where mail goes to die (Philadelphia Daily News)
Late deliveries. Lost mail, and in some cases, even destroyed.Those are the allegations by several employees and a manager at the Postal Service's regional distribution plant. Sending good cheer to troops (Athens Banner-Herald)
An economy rapidly plunging into the toilet. A new president. Fires in California. With so much to cover, the media doesn't devote as much time as they once did covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. But those wars are still being fought. Get cash for tunes (The Olympian)
For neat freaks who also are helpless fiends for music, maintaining a place for everything can be a challenge. Vinyl albums take up a square foot of surface area and are heavy when stacked more than a dozen deep and CD jewel boxes pile up. Retirees take to sidewalk to protest post office (The Monitor)
MISSION - E. H. Cary eyed the protesters with distaste. "I've never seen this kind of thing at the post office," the Winter Texan said, nose wrinkled. "They should be taking (their complaint) to the proper authorities." 2,100 Canada Post workers hit the picket lines (CTV Winnipeg)
Canada Post administrative and technical workers are on strike Tuesday after rejecting a final offer from their employer late last week. 2,100 Canada Post workers hitting picket lines (CTV.ca)
Canada Post administrative and technical workers have gone on strike after rejecting a final offer from the employer on Friday morning. What needs a bailout: The post office (Media Life Magazine)
With all the layoffs in the media business, it might have slipped the notice of many, but it's still news, and of no minor consequence for all media. The U.S. Postal Service is contemplating trimming roughly 40,000 employees, or 6 percent of its workforce, in the first layoffs in its 233 years. Every Bit Helps in Tough Times for Businesses: Endicia(R) Customers Some of the First to Receive U.S. Postal ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
In May, the U.S. Postal Service announced it was implementing quarterly Express Mail volume rebate incentives beginning in Q3 2008. DHL Plans Even Deeper U.S. Cuts (BusinessWeek)
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