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Showing posts with label Postal Workers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Postal Workers. Show all posts

11.05.2010

Agenda that includes cutting postal facilities compliments of Rep. Darryl Issa (R-CA)

"... “There are too many distribution centers, too many postal workers, too many post offices, and there’s a reluctance to make those changes,” Rep. Issa told CQ magazine...."  
Source: www.apwu.org

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2.14.2010

Elgin postal workers help young boy achieve a dream


"... Joel, who was autistic, lived out his dream Friday when he was sworn in as a U.S. Postal Service carrier by Elgin Postmaster Susan Meathe...."  
Source: www.suburbanchicagonews.com




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9.14.2009

Advocates of Postal ‘Reform’ Attempt to Misdirect the Public’s Attention


"... The most egregious omission in this blame game is the silence on postal rate policies that forgive postage in amounts as high as 10.5 cents per letter for mailers to perform the exact functions that would be performed by underutilized postal employees. The very workers who process mail at a cost of less than one cent per letter are replaced by 10.5 cent workshare discounts, yet pundits focus their attention on postal workers and arbitrators. Something is wrong with this picture.
William Burrus
President, APWU ..."  
Source: www.apwu.org




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1.26.2009

Most postal workers refuse anthrax vaccine


"... postal workers were shaped partially by fears of being "guinea pigs," disagreements among public health agencies about whether the vaccine should be recommended, physician advice, low perceived risk of infection and conflicting reports from national media organizations...."  
Source: www.upi.com




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1.07.2009

'Let me sleep,' anthrax suspect wrote before suicide


"... The anthrax letters killed five people and sickened more than a dozen just after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The letters, filled with bacterial spores, were sent to Senate Democratic leaders and news organizations. Those who died were two Washington postal workers..."  
Source: www.cnn.com




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6.19.2008

Postal Workers Aboard RMS Titanic

The Incredible Postal Workers Aboard RMS Titanic


"... The postal workers rushed to the mail room to begin rescuing the mail. It has been estimated that the workers retrieved up to 200 sacks of registered mail and had carried them to the upper decks on the slim chance that it might get rescued. Even as water began to fill the post office, the men admirably answered the postal workers call of duty to save the mail from destruction..."  


Source: www.stampsofdistinction.com

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