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2/2/10
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Federal Disability
Retirement: The Full Arsenal of Weapons submitted by
Attorney Robert McGill, one of our advertisers.
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JCPenney pioneers postal intelligence
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Travel Tough for Mail Carriers
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Ohio mail carrier retires after 32 years on same route
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Direct mail has slowed to a trickle
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UPS
Sees Profit ‘Slightly Better’ Than a Year Earlier
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UPS Earnings Readthrough: U.S. Economy Still Slug-Like
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Photo: Click on Picture of Mail
Truck
2/1/10
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UPS AND Postal Service Now Using New 'Flexible
Access Label’
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Pleas for leniency ignored; Mail Carrier sentenced to workhouse
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Postal workers honor departed colleague
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Postal workers at Edison and Whippany plants worry about job future
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Former Montgomery Co. postal carrier gets 8-hour jail sentence in mail theft
case
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Ex-Missouri postmaster admits stealing $2,000 from post office
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Judge dismisses man's suit against post office for delivering dead birds
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Mail as Art
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Pound Ridge NY letter carrier charged with theft weeps in court
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New Hope mailman will receive help in reconnecting with his
family in Haiti
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Rollout of new Plant Verified Drop
Shipment Training begins this month
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Postal Worker Robbed Of Postal Bags
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$50K Reward Offered In Post Office
Robbery
1/31/10
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Postal system much more efficient today than it was in days gone by
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Change afoot at USPS
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Postal union: Use pension money to keep Whippany center open
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Cambridge postal
driver robbed
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Laundry, chickens and a post office
1/30/10
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Wheeling Postal Workers Wait for Decision
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Downtown Pensacola post office stays put
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Lafayette: Consolidation talk stirs postal union
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PRC Chair Goldway: Five-Day Mail Delivery Awaiting Advisory Opinion
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Firm seeks contract to
supply USPS with electric cars
1/29/10
Springfield (MA) Area APWU Local Reaches MTESC Agreement
Springfield (MA) Area Local reached
a tentative agreement with Alan Ritchey, Inc. on a new
Collective Bargaining Agreement that will cover all 90 members
employed at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC).
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Postal Worker Faces Forgery
Counts
Employee admits faking doctor's notes
to get FMLA approved sick leave
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Intelligent Snail: USPS Finally Addressing Crossed-Out Barcodes
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Credit Card Direct Mail Back On The
Rise
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Residents question Jackson TN post office proposal at public meeting
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Action Line: What's the deal with Post Office signs?
1/28/10
Somersworth NH Postmaster Placed On Administrative
Leave
It
is not clear if the removal was related to claims by an
employee that the manager electronically deleted overtime
from employees' time sheets in order to make himself "look
good" in the eyes of his superiors. The actions resulted
in employees losing pay, the employee claimed.
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USPS
Seeks Manufacturer For Anti-Pilferage Seals To Use On Mail
Containers
The seal shall secure the mail containers and shall not
allow the container to be opened without
physical destruction of the seal. The seal shall be a
passive one time use locking device and
shall indicate tampering or access into the mail
containers. The seal shall close and lock in
a manner that provides an audible and tactile feedback to
the user that the seal has closed
securely. When forcibly opened or cut, the seal shall be
incapable of being resealed.
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New York
Letter Carrier Charged in $124,000 Mail Thefts
A letter carrier has been
charged with stealing cash, gift cards, debit and credit
cards from the very mail she was paid to deliver,
authorities said Wednesday. Police and postal inspectors
executed a search warrant at her residence, where they
recovered hundreds of these items in addition to a large
volume of mail and property taken from Pound Ridge
residents and elsewhere in Westchester. Ryan said the
value of the theft was $123,693 but estimated it could go
as high as $250,000.
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USPS To Postal Employees: Do Not
Obliterate the Barcode
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Former Postal Worker to appear in
court for allegedly destroying mail
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Pony Express will ride into
Scottsdale to deliver mail by horseback
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Post office moving some jobs from
downtown Dallas to Coppell
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Postal Service to Conduct Study of
Mail Processing Operations in Lafayette, IN
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Postal carrier honored
for 40-plus years of service
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Residents protest closing of Warner Robins GA post office
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Editorial: Rally ’round Bay City’s downtown post office, and find a way to
keep it open
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Pocono Business Journal to cease publication - rising postal rates one
reason for end
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Deal close for Haitian postman to accept donations
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Video: Interview with reporter who broke USPS Marketing Exec Bernstock contract story
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Greenwood, IN postal clerk charged with
misappropriation of funds
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Former postal worker convicted in workers comp fraud case
1/27/10
Because a viable postal sector is critical to any nation’s
economic stability, Chief Postal Inspector William R. Gilligan,
Jr. is sending U.S. Postal Inspectors to Haiti to conduct
security assessments and help prepare for the restoration of
mail service to the earthquake-ravaged country.
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Cheapest shipping route across Canada? Try the USPS
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Why it's cheaper for Canadians to use
USPS Rates To Mail Letters and Parcels
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Transitional letter carrier charged in connection with mail dumping incident
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WH Responds to WMD Report
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Liberty City residents
protest possible post office closure
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Postal service seeks comments on new business mail acceptance procedures
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Postal jobs to leave Hickory NC
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Despite motto, weather blamed for mail delays
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$2,700 in donations to Haitian mail carrier still in limbo
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Slice of life: Postal retiree back sorting mail for Winter
Texans
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"Art of the Postcard" at Cornelius
Post Office draws scores of cards from around the world
1/26/10
NYC Mail
Handlers Local Withdraws From USPS, OSHA Ergonomic Program
Management has attempted to limit this Union's involvement with
the EERPs program. Management wants to take the Mail Handler
chosen by the Union to be on this committee, and replace them
with the team, handpicked by management. This is a blatant
underhanded way to limit this Union's participation in the
process.
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Why USPS Needs To Step
It Up
The last three financial reports
affecting the USPS has been researched and paid for by the OIG,
and not the Postal Service: It appears, through default, the OIG
has taken over the creative thinking of the Postal Service.
Instead of looking at the problems in a new way, the USPS
management goes right to cost cutting – cut workhours, cut
service, and cut delivery days. It continues to make mail less
attractive through regulations and passing costs onto customers. |
USPS Blocks
Gift to
Haitian-born Postman
On their own, people along
Laguerre's route raised nearly $3,000 to help him cover travel
expenses to get to Haiti with supplies and aid for family
members who survived. However, the neighbors have been told they
cannot give Laguerre the money in any form, gift or cash,
despite the extraordinary circumstances.
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USPS, Congress Moving Forward With Electric Vehicle Plan
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Could the Budget Kill Efforts to Save the Postal Service?
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Bay City postal operations
would move if downtown post office is sold
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Yuma mail carrier returning
job to sender
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NLPM publishes recourse advice for Postmasters unhappy with their NPA
scores
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Seattle council talks about junk mail, but what for?
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Bulletproofing Your Health Plan
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Post office looking at consolidating services in Indiana
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Post offices get reduced hours
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Regulating the USPS into Financial Stability
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Is the United States Postal Service Coasting on Green?
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Postal Service offers reward for info leading to mailer of 'Black Death'
letter
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RNC 'census' mailer draws fire
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Wisconsin: Racine Mail carriers to move out of Downtown
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Valentines Post Office puts its own stamp on Valentine greeting
1/25/10
USPS OIG: How Can the Postal Service Reduce the Costs
Associated with Postage Stamps?
Given the the Postal Service's current financial condition, do we really need
stamps in more than two denominations, some of which are not cost effective, or
are eventually destroyed? Should the Postal Service convert all stamps to
“Forever Stamp”, which will drastically reduce stamp stock destruction? Do we
need stamps at all? |
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The Direct Mail Market: Structure and Success Factors
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Export (PA) residents continue quest to get their post office back
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Valentines Post Office puts its own stamp on Valentine greeting
1/24/10
New Hampshire Letter Carriers Awarded $30,000 For Postal
Management Deleting Time Clock Rings
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Management at the Milford Post
Office engaged in a pattern of intentional, repeated and
flagrant violations of the contract when they altered the City
Carrier clock rings for the period 2003-2008. Management's
violations were so egregious over a period of many years that
punitive damages are warranted to deter the Service from further
clock ring violations. This, I award $1500.00 to all current
career city carriers at the Milford, New Hampshire PO. NALC
Branch Prez: An Outside Agency Needs To Come Into USPS And
Clean House
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Arbitrator rules in favor of Milford postal workers
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Postal inquiry doesn't satisfy its customers
Mail is supposed to be delivered
despite snow, rain, heat or gloom of night. But even when the
elements weren't to blame, the Temple post office threw away and
delayed mail delivery, federal investigators have found. Though
mail disruption can be a felony, criminal charges were not
filed. Disciplinary or administrative actions were entrusted to
the U.S. Postal Service's Rio Grande District in San Antonio.
Employees who watched mail get tossed wonder why violators
appeared to suffer no consequences. |
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New FMLA Rules Increase Time Off To
Help Care For Veteran, Active-Duty Relatives
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Direct Mail Campaign Helps Generate
Donations For Haiti Earthquake Victims
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Lease canceled, and so is Earlville post office
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Push to keep Stockton (CA) post office open is ongoing
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Tupelo: Fuzzy facts surround fusing postal operations
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Oregon: Eugene’s landmark post office is worth saving, preservationists say
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Houston #1 for Letter Carrier Dog Bite attacks
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Why Italian Post Offices Are
Always Crowded
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Illinois family seeks missing postal worker
1/23/10
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eNAPUS: Fear, Anger and Health Care
(PDF)
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Prosecutor: Indiana Postal Worker Stole Veterans' Drugs
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Elko NV post office to close Feb. 19
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Former postal worker faces 156 charges in investigation
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Elmira postal worker positions to be eliminated next month
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Ex-mail carrier admits stealing debit cards
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Public outcry saves Englewood post office and its mural
1/22/10
Local APWU Calls For Congressional
Investigation of Oakland, California Mail Center
It is time for the new leadership in Congress and the new
administration to take a serious and sincere look at the Postal
Service’s business practices. We urge Congress to conduct a
comprehensive and thorough investigation of the Oakland Post
Office P&DC bid cluster, that will include interviews with craft
employees and visits to all facilities.
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NALC Wins Arbitration
Decision On Misuse of DOIS
The grievances are sustained, The
Postal Service improperly utilized the Delivery Operations
Information System (DOIS) figures to set the carriers' leave and
return times in violation of the M-39 Handbook. In addition, the
improper DOIS figures created a hostile work environment for the
carriers.
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Not all post offices on board with USPS recycling program
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Postal Worker Sentenced for Stealing Mail
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USPS Issues Olympic Winter Games Stamp
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Tennessee man indicted on attempted murder charges in Wytheville VA PO hostage
taking
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USPS OIG: Capital
District Financial Risk Audit (PDF)
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Postal Regulations Are Taking the Life Out of Tabloid Magazines
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Englewood residents rally around post
office and its mural
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