Post Office

Postal workers face more than rain, sleet, or gloom of night from massive labor cut proposals. More: continued here

MyBroadband Post Office–”Fruitless and wasteful” R19m spent at the post officeFM.co.zaThe board of directors of the South African Post Office (SAPO) on Monday announced that an investigation into the new SAPO head office building revealed that the parastatlal spent R19m prior to renting out the new building at Eco Point …

MORE than 500 people are demanding the return of a post office in Oxford. More: continued here

Downtown post office closing Sept. 16Gainesville SunThe United States Post Office is shown downtown, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 in Gainesville, Fla. The post office is shutting down. By Karen Voyles The post office in the Gainesville federal building will shut down in a month. The US Postal Service made the …

MyBroadband Post Office Board finds alleged irregular spending of R425mBusiness DayThe chairperson of the South African Post office Board Vuyo Mahlati says the board has found an irregular expenditure of R425m after the conclusion of a 16-month investigation into governance deficiencies resulting in alleged irregular expenditure. …Post Office–”Fruitless and wasteful” …

The U.S. Postal Service made the announcement in a letter sent out to post office box holders on Friday. The letter told box holders that the post office will cease operations on Sept. 16. More: continued here

AllGov James Gattuso: Postal Service running out of moneyOCRegisterCongress should break the 'no layoff' union contracts and eliminate laws restricting post office closures. By JAMES GATTUSO / The Heritage Foundation Will the last one to leave the post office please turn out the lights? Things are looking pretty grim …Ross …

Bar-restaurant plan could breathe new life into old Post OfficeThis Is LancashireA “RED letter” day beckons for Bury's former post office in Crompton Street, which could reopen as a bar-restaurant 15 years after it closed its doors. And the new owner of the distinctive building is confident that such a …

WLS Rasmussen talks Iowa straw poll, covering the Post Office's lossesWLSOn the subject of the Post Office, which earlier this month announced a $3.5 billion loss for the fiscal third quarter, Rasmussen reported on his polling, which revealed that 75% of Americans would rather cut mail service to 3 or …

WASHINGTON, DC-It is clear that the US Postal Service is getting set to significantly downgrade its footprint. The most recent signs are news reports that it plans to approach Congress to ask for legislation that will allow it to lay off 20% of its workforce, or 120,000 workers. More: continued …