"... Now the U.S. Postal Service: I have traveled to Europe, Canada, Mexico and South America, and I can tell you we have the best postal service in the world — and the cheapest. Americans are spoiled and take the postal service for granted...." 
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"... why Postmaster General John E. Potter got a six-figure bonus last year even as the Postal Service racked up billions of dollars in losses. Mr. Potter received about $135,000 in incentive bonuses last year as part of an $800,000 compensation plan..."
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"... To remove its financial condition from the High-Risk List the Postal Service needs to undertake a number of major structural changes, Dodaro said. In the short term, a key challenge is to cut expenses quickly enough to offset mail volume and revenue declines to avoid running out of cash to pay its expenses. In the long term, USPS should consider consolidating operations, closing unneeded facilities, and reducing its workforce to reflect new trends in mail use...."
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"...Unions, on the other hand, uniformly oppose five-day delivery; labor leaders have blasted the proposal, saying it would eliminate thousands of jobs and hurt the Postal Service’s already-sagging mail volume. ..."
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"... A special Hawaii edition of the U.S. Postal Service's large flat-rate shipping box will make its debut Thursday, on Kamehameha Day...."
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"...I then called the postal service and was told that the card was "square" in size (i.e., 5.25 by 5.25 inches) and that classified it as nonstandard in size. If it was "rectangular," that would have been fine. ..."
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"... Only one week old, the sales campaign — during which the USPS sales team will spend the next 90 days and 90 percent of its time with customers — is intended to generate as much revenue over the next three months as possible. The Postal Service is moving forward with integrated sales and service teams to focus on serving the needs of its customers to grow the Postal Service’s business...."
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"... 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..."
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"... The Detroit News will be available for same-day delivery via the U.S. Postal Service beginning March 30 -- the day home delivery stops on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
In addition, residents in more than 200 senior care homes in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties ..."
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Postal News
"... crisis that is confronting the Postal Service, and the substantial impact it will have upon postal employees. Although some in the postal community dismissed my warnings as alarmist..."
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"...The APWU has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the Postal Service [PDF], alleging that management failed to bargain over a nationwide plan to consolidate mail processing into two tours — a plan that would eliminate or greatly reduce the number of assignments on Tour 2. ..."
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No, it didn't fall from sky
"...mysterious chunk of metal that smashed into a rental car Monday morning at a U.S. Postal Service bulk mail facility on County Road in Jersey City has been identified as a blade that flew off a land-clearing vehicle a quarter-mile away. ..."
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"... The poster includes the national toll-free OIG Hotline telephone number, 888-USPS-OIG, for employees and contractors to anonymously — or confidentially — report situations that could compromise the integrity of the Postal Service and the mail. Additional copies of the poster can be obtained at no charge from the Topeka Material Distribution Center (MDC) in Topeka, KS. Refer to General Poster 239...."
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Mail was evacuated from harm's way too
"...Workers are now dealing with a very high volume of mail at the Loyola Avenue center, Comeaux said. On Sunday night, 3.5 million pieces of mail came through the center. Since Katrina, 2.8 million pieces is considered a very high volume night ..."
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Postal Service says grievance process wasn’t utilized
"... the postal service has grievance procedures established with the unions. That’s why it’s there and everybody gets their fair say and due process. And then there is a record and upper management and the unions can go back and see what’s involved and how’s it being handled.”Without using the process how will it affect change..."
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Union Campaign Against Violent Stereotype Greeted with Silence by Postal Management
"...The union has learned that the Postal Service has designated a franchise business called — you guessed it — Goin’ Postal as a partner in the USPS Approved Shipper Program. The national union learned about the partnership from local editors Mike Mazurkiewicz, (Saint Paul’s Postmark) and Cathy Hanson (Minneapolis’ Northern Light), who ventured into a Goin’ Postal outlet in their area. When they identified themselves to a manager as postal workers offended by the company’s name, they were informed that the company plans to open 4,000 stores nationwide..."
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Connected: Postal Service technology can be helpful
"...the Postal Service has recently installed imaging equipment specifically to expedite the return of undeliverable checks -- and there was a picture of my check near the bottom of the page!..."
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