Postal Reform Bill Would Create a Horrible New Health Plan For Postal Workers - A plan You Would Not Want To Be Forced To Have

Postal Reform Bill Would Create New Health Care Plan for Agency

"...The revised language would require the Office of Personnel Management to create a Postal Service Health Benefits Program, and to administer it within FEHBP. Any company currently offering an FEHBP plan that contains more than 5,000 postal enrollees would be required to offer the same plan within the new postal-specific system. About 90 percent of all postal enrollees would be covered by this provision, while the remaining 10 percent would be exempt from making the switch. ..."   
Source: www.govexec.com

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Beware of use of Postal Service kiosk machines: a skimming device was discovered at a Salt Lake County post office machine

Police say man installed skimmer in post office kiosk to steal bank information

"... Salt Lake City police are looking for a man they say installed a skimmer in a post office kiosk to steal bank information, then began withdrawing money from victims' accounts...."   
Source: www.deseretnews.com

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PMG Donahoe said privatization “would be a crazy idea..." as he gives postal jobs to Staples' stores

Staples’ selling postal products without USPS workers stirs fears of privatization

"... Donahoe said privatization “would be a crazy idea. I think the Postal Service as structured is a great service provider. . . . Why would we ever put anything like that at risk?”..."   
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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Class Action Suit: Some Postal Employee Life Insurance Beneficiaries May Be Due Additional Payments

Life Insurance Beneficiaries May Be Due Additional Payments

"... a private class action lawsuit on behalf of beneficiaries of certain deceased postal employees. The lawsuit covers the beneficiaries of deceased..."   
Source: www.apwu.org

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Postal Uniforms

United States Uniform Company

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"There are numerous uniform companies to use your U.S. Postal Service uniform allotment. One such vendor is www.usuniforms.com. We suggest shopping numerous vendors before using your allowance as pricing, shipping and discounts vary greatly. www.usuniforms.com is just one example of the many uniform vendors. "   
Source: www.usuniforms.com

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Safety and security of postal mail may be compromised by allowing commercial retailers to handle your mail, says union

Union: Don’t Fill Staples Jobs with Non-Postal Employees

"... supports the expansion of postal services. But we are adamantly opposed to USPS plans to replace good-paying union jobs with non-union low-wage jobs held by workers who have no accountability for the safety and security of the mail. Postal workers deserve better, and our customers deserve better.”..."   
Source: www.govexec.com

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Mail Carriers Braving Dangerous Weather to Deliver Your Mail

Mail carriers on the job despite sub-zero temps

"...All they ask is for a little courtesy from the homeowner. One thing that would really help them out is if you shovel your sidewalk, so they can get to your mailbox, and not have to walk through the snow...."   
Source: www.620wtmj.com

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Darrell Issa must really be upset over the Postal Service outperforming private firms over the holidays

Darrell Issa’s Cruelest Cut: A Seriously Cynical Attack on the Postal Service

"...Ending mail delivery of the weekend would dramatically undermine the ability of the postal service to meet the demands of modern shipping and communications. The likely result would be a rapid shift of traffic to private firms, which contribute heavily to politicians but which do not provide the universal, low-cost service that is the hallmark of the postal service. ..."   
Source: www.thenation.com

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