Post office delivering more mail with fewer employees this Christmas

Two years ago, residents of McCausland thought they had won their battle with the U.S. Postal Service to keep the small-town post office open. More: continued here

Seekonk will lose thousands if passport services stopEastBayRI.comSince the Seekonk Post Office is not in the passport business, she figured she'd look into it. After she received some training at the Providence Post …and more » More: continued here

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Postmaster Brenda Sparks knows shes going to lose her job soon, but that isnt what upsets her the most. On Friday, Sparks greeted each person by name as visitors dropped off and picked up mail at Hughestons red-white-and-bl… More: continued here

Group rallying support for post officeUkiah Daily JournalA steady stream of people stopped by to talk to Mary McClanahan-Calvert in front of the downtown post office Wednesday, but she described the traffic as light. "This is a slow day," said McClanahan-Calvert, …and more » More: continued here

POST Office workers have gone on strike in a row over jobs, pay and closures. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) in around 370 so-called Crown offices took industrial action in protest at plans to close or franchise 70 branches, including one at Crewe. The union said Saturday’s walkout was ‘solidly’ supported by thousands…

The Post Office is Failing, and It's Congress's FaultMother JonesA plan to close thousands of rural post offices was abandoned after postal officials deemed the closures would "upset Congress a great deal," Barnett said. But one of the Postal Service's biggest problems has nothing to do with the mail. Its finances … More: continued here