USPS March 2009 COLA - Postal Cost of Living Adjustment

Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Update

"...After the final month of the six-month measuring period, the fifth COLA under the 2006 National Agreement and the Operating Services Agreement will be zero. ..."    

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Charlotte Post Offices cut evening hours

"... USPS says it's cutting hours to save money as it faces a record declines in business. But local union president Leroy Moyer says the shorter hours will save little..."  
Source: www.wfae.org

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USPS Delivers High School Graduation Invitation...22 Years Late

"... The letter, which had been opened, carried 22 cents in postage and a June 2, 1987, postmark...."  
Source: www.ktvl.com

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SLIDESHOW: Mail must get through

"... Two decades ago this month, the United States Postal System opened its 72-acre National Center for Employee Development east of 24th Avenue SE on SH 9 in Norman. It's grown to about 500,000 square feet of office and training space in addition to a 445,000-square-foot housing facility -- and with close to 1,000 smoke-free guest rooms is the largest hotel in Oklahoma...."  
Source: www.normantranscript.com

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Postmaster General Gets Pay Bonus as Agency Falters

"... In all his total compensation -- salary, bonuses, retirement benefits and other perks -- topped $850,000, a spokesman with the U.S. Postal Service told FOXNews.com on Wednesday. At the same time, the Postal Service, an independent federal agency, is crumbling..."  
Source: www.foxnews.com

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A Postal Employee Retirement Community - Nalcrest, Florida 33856

"... Where does a postal employee go to retire? Some postal retirement seekers look to Florida for retirement living ...and where better to live than in a postal retirement community with nothing but other retired postal workers living next to you? No dogs allowed! ..."  
Source: postal-newsgroup.blogspot.com

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Postal workers seek help to keep work

"... stop the U.S. Postal Service from deciding to move postal cancellation and some mail processing to Akron. Such a move would affect outgoing mail processed by Mansfield from the 448 and 449 ZIP codes. "It would delay all our mail," said Wendy Hammon, president of the American Postal Workers Union Local 903...."  
Source: www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com

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Rare misprint US airmail stamp to be auctioned in Warwickshire

"... The 1918 US airmail stamp depicts the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aeroplane flying upside down...."  
Source: www.birminghampost.net

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Laid off postal hero gets new job offer

"... Isaac Fish, 21, of Coeur d'Alene, says he has agreed to come back to work for the postal service, but at half the pay with no vacation time and benefits...."  
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

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APWU Denounces USPS Rate Proposal

"... “The USPS response to its financial crisis has been to cut work hours and consolidate postal facilities,” Burrus said, “and service has suffered. But management has refused to take any steps to reduce the loss of revenue from ‘worksharing’ discounts or from subcontracting.” “As a result, postal managers have no reason to expect understanding from employees — who have been asked to sacrifice time and again because of the financial crisis...."  
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Spiraling down, 2 cents at a time

"... First class postage stamps will go up another 2 cents in May, the Postal Service said Tuesday... ...stock up on Forever stamps. ..."  
Source: kitchentablenomics.blogspot.com

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FERS Sick-Leave Bill Introduced

"...The “FERS Sick Leave Equity Act” (H.R. 958), introduced by Rep. Jim Moran (D) and Frank Wolf (R), provides Federal Employees Retirement System employees a sick-leave benefit equal to that received by employees under the Civil Service Retirement System. For the purposes of determining an annuity during retirement, the benefit adds unused sick leave to the number of years an employee has worked. ..."    

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Postal Service to conduct area mail processing study

"... consolidating some operations of the processing and distribution facilities in Utica and..."  
Source: www.wktv.com

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Post office to remove several collection boxes

"... Indianapolis - The United States Postal Service is removing 55 mailboxes on streets across the city..."  
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

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USPS EXPANDS ITS POSTAL HISTORY WEBSITE

"... USPS just launched its “new and improved” Postal History website, featuring more than 100 papers on postal history, historic images and photos, and resources..."  
Source: liteblue.usps.gov
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USPS Rolls Out Abraham Lincoln Stamps

"... His image has appeared on more than 50 U.S. postage stamps..."  
Source: www.ktnv.com

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FedEx Freight Lays Off 900

"... The cuts were made at 150 of the company's 475 terminals and represent roughly 2.6 percent of approximately 34,500 employees...."  
Source: www.trafficworld.com

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Return to sender

"... Privatization is not the answer, nor is five-day delivery, but listening to USPS and Postal Union Officials’ proposals may be a good starting point...."  
Source: news.bostonherald.com

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Three Pulaski County Men Arrested in 2008 Postal Truck Robbery

"... a three-count indictment charging them with violations of Robbery of a Post Office/Postal Employee, Receipt of Stolen Property, and Aiding and Abetting. The indictment was returned by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Arkansas...."  
Source: arkansasmatters.com

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USPS workers on the picket line to fight for their jobs

"... a three-year USPS mail processor whose position could be on the chopping block. "From work and to travel and taking care of my family, that's going to be really really hard for me," Crosier said. The issue is about the USPS proposal: ..."  
Source: www.abcactionnews.com

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Postal workers rally to keep Industry facility open

"... Postal workers kicked off a campaign Saturday to prevent the US Postal Service from taking steps they fear will lead to the closure of the Industry Processing and Distribution Center on Gale Avenue. Dozens of workers and American Postal Workers Union leaders gathered at the Ontario ..."  
Source: www.sgvtribune.com

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USPS 5-Day Delivery Week Could Hurt E-Commerce

"... Now that e-mail has taken the place of snail mail for many personal and business communications, the U.S. Postal Service is swimming in red ink. The solution? Cut deliveries to five days a week. That's what Postmaster General John Potter proposed to Congress earlier this week. That could mean trouble for e-commerce companies like Netflix, which depends on speedy delivery...."  
Source: www.ecommercetimes.com

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