A couple of interesting things I heard:

There may be a proposal floating around out there somewhere that would have city letter carriers work four-ten hour days if the USPS went to five-day delivery. Under the proposal, T-6s would work the fifth day of the week. A few notes about the proposal:

- In order to get congressional approval for five-day delivery, the USPS needs the unions on board because of the Democrat controlled executive and legislative branches. Making a deal with NALC that might be viewed favorably by carriers and NALC, that would preserve T-6 positions and include a new no-layoff clause might be the only way to get NALC on board.
- T-6s would have four routes in their setup, instead of five.
- It would take more annual or sick leave to get a day off (10 hours), but would still be 40 hours for a week.
- There would be no overtime past 8 hours (up to ten), but the proposal includes the possibility for carriers to work their day off, which would not be possible with a traditional five-day workweek.

I also heard today that a certain postal uniform company is holding ordered uniform items until the USPS pays up. Possible cash flow problems for the USPS?

As for the documentary Murder by Proxy (see the Home page at PostalMag.com), I've heard there are crime-scene photos taken 30 minutes after the postal shootings. There's also a segment about how the USPS allegedly tried to cover up intimidation and harassment by USPS management of at least one of the postal employees who "went postal." And there's supposedly a segment on how Postal Inspectors allegedly altered a tape recording to help the USPS cover up mistreatment of employees that could have led to the shootings.