"A half-vast plan": A postmaster comments on POStPlan
"... The cumulative effect of the changes the Postal Service has offered, stepping back to see the forest broadly, is nothing less than a complete redefinition of universal service so as to make that term meaningless. By any measure POStPlan is a fraud being perpetrated not only on rural America but on all America. It is another step in an effort to break the bonds people have with their post offices. This plan and the plans offered by the management of the Postal Service in general are designed to undue the process of binding the Nation together...." 
Source: www.savethepostoffice.com
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Browns Mills woman, 76, charged with murder in husband's death
"...Valpa Rosa was an Air Force veteran and a retired postal worker, according to online reports. He and his wife had lived in the Margaret Street home for about 40 years. ..."
Source: www.courierpostonline.com
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Post office closing appeals skyrocket
"... From 2007 to 2009, there were exactly two such appeals. As of mid-May, the year-to-date total for fiscal 2012 was 126, or well above the 103 appeals filed in all of 2011, according to a new joint report from the inspectors general for the Postal Service and Postal Regulatory Commission...."
Source: federaltimes.com
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FedEx Fights UPS to Keep $1 Billion Postal Service Deal
"...FedEx warned in a regulatory filing this week that it may lose the contract or be able to negotiate less favorable terms for renewing it. Postal Service work generated about $1.4 billion for the Memphis, Tennessee-based company in its fiscal year through May 2012 ..."
Source: www.bloomberg.com
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USPS default on Aug. 1 appears likely
"... The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is within weeks of defaulting on a legally required $5.5 billion payment into a health benefits fund for future retirees...."
Source: www.federaltimes.com
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Arbitrator Das Sustains APWU Grievance on Denial of Retreat Rights
"...Arbitrator Das determined that the Postal Service’s unilateral determination to disallow the exercise of retreat right under these circumstances violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The issue of remedy was remanded to the parties and the arbitrator retained jurisdiction to resolve any remedial disputes.
The issue in the second case (Case #Q11C-4Q-C11322481) was the USPS conversion of PTRs and PTFs in August 2011 to unassigned regular status with temporary NTFT schedules. ..."
Source: www.apwu.org
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