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10.31.2010
Santa letters arriving in Sweden
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"... STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The Swedish postal service Posten has received an early rush of letters to Santa Claus, offici...
Postal Service Suspends Acceptance of Intl. Mail from Yemen
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"...The service suspension has been issued in response to the potential threat posed by suspicious packages arriving in the U.S. aboard...
10.30.2010
Post office shootings still on the minds of Henning residents
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"... Two weeks ago, lives in this area were changed forever when post office employees Paula Robinson and Judy Spray were murdered shor...
10.29.2010
'Credible terrorist threat' seen in U.S.-bound packages
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"...Yemen, where the two containing explosives originated. More suspicious packages were discovered on UPS planes at ..." Sourc...
10.26.2010
Postmaster General Announces Retirement
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"... I have reached a point in my life where it is time to move on to other things. Pat Donahoe, Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Op...
Rural post offices lack security
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"...In 1921, Postmaster General William Harrison Hays declared a campaign to try to stop a growing number of postal robberies across th...
10.24.2010
Powder mailed to Grijalva's office wasn't toxic
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"...The FBI says Friday that white powder in a package that was mailed to the Tucson office of U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (grih-HALL'-...
10.23.2010
Mass. GOP asks postal service to investigate Dem. campaign mailings
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"... arguing that a slew of recent donations from Democratic lawmakers may have been used by the party in violation of postal system ru...
10.20.2010
AFGE National President John Gage Statement on FEHBP Premium Increases
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"... the Blue Cross Blue Shield Standard Option, will charge enrollees 6.9% more for self coverage and 7.6% more for family coverage......
Postal Service OSHA Fines Keep on Coming
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OSHA Fines USPS For Violations At Columbus Distribution Center "... the U.S. Postal Service with five alleged willful violations at it...
10.19.2010
$50,000 Reward Offered in Henning Post Office Shooting
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"... According to reports from the United States Postal Service, a $50,000 reward is now being offered for information related to the c...
10.18.2010
Letter carriers protest pressure to work faster
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"... “Many employees are slowly witnessing a resurgence of the conditions of 1991 with the pressure being put on the employees,” says t...
Post Office Shooting
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Two people killed in shooting at Henning post office "...post office in Henning, Tennessee. Sources with the Lauderdale County Sher...
10.17.2010
USPS early out rumors 2010 ...2011
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"... The big question from postal employees at or near retirement age is, will there be Another U.S. Postal Service early retirement in...
10.15.2010
Shelbyville postal worker denies accusation of over $85K theft
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"... A federal indictment filed on Aug. 24 charged that from February 2006 until January 2010, Cooper allegedly stole approximately $86...
10.12.2010
Former post office worker pleads guilty to theft
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"... a part-time clerk at one of the post office branches in Granville when he allegedly stole $3,500.07 between Feb. 4, 2009, and Marc...
10.10.2010
Is the Post Office going broke?
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"... the fact that the USPS is a self-supporting government agency that doesn't receive any tax dollars, it's obvious that deep...
10.05.2010
Who sends the most mail?
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"... According to Target Marketing, many companies continue to use mail to promote and retain customers. Each year, they publish a list...
10.03.2010
Police, USPS intercept 15 pounds of marijuana
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"...a package with seven "bricks" of marijuana - street value over $ 7,000 - which had been mailed from an out-of-state sourc...
9.26.2010
Noncompetitive contracts, exec perks at USPS
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"...Postal Service awarded 359 contracts without competition to employees who left the agency between October 2006 and September 2009. ...
9.22.2010
Postal Service To Close 3 Metro Locations
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"... All affected employees will be reassigned in accordance with applicable collective bargaining agreements...." Source: www....
9.21.2010
Postal employee retirement community:
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"...The community's name is an acronym for National Association of Letter Carriers Retirement, Education, Security and Training, as...
Postmaster Downgrades
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"...New Information on DUO Postmaster Downgrades ..." Source: www.napus.org Visit Our Homepage
9.19.2010
Silverdale Post Office Truck Driver Tied Up, Robbed; Three Suspects Sought
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"... Three masked robbers subdued a U.S. Postal Service contractor on the loading dock of the Silverdale Post Office Friday evening and...
No need to cut postal delivery to five days
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"... When you're in need of your mail order prescription or catalog order, be it in Minot, N. D. or Port Huron, don't you reall...
9.18.2010
Whippany postal distribution center will stop handling mail later this month
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"... While the Post Office has announced that 144 employees would be given positions at mail distribution centers in Edison and Teterbo...
9.14.2010
Cops: Man flashed Greensboro post office workers
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"...allegedly exposed himself while one of the employees was lowering the American flag. On other occasions, he reportedly exposed hims...
An absconder at large: The postmaster who walked out with thousands
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"... There may not be a more a bizarre tale for this city than what took place this month in 1922, when Postmaster Clifford H. Dickson,...
Postal Service starts negotiations with another union
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"... USPS is hoping to pare its full-time workforce and expand the use of part-timers while also earning concessions on wages, health b...
9.12.2010
( Commentary) Letters: Postal service move not in common sense
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"... They have ruined overnight delivery entirely as you can't send a card to your neighbor and expect it to be there before three...
9.07.2010
Maintenance Changes and Early Retirements
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"... There will be an opportunity to those eligible to apply for a VERA to take a VERA with an effective date at the end of 2010. ......
8.29.2010
USPS Has More 'Shocking' Problems
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"... The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) already facing a $420,000 worker endangerment fine for faulty electrical work at a Vermont mail dis...
Check your Clock Rings for...
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"... And Arbitrator Sherrie Rose Talmadge said in her December 2, 2009 decision that “[USPS] Management’s violations were so egregious ...
8.27.2010
Postal officials gave varying accounts of ex-executive's perks
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"...Mr. Bernstock resigned earlier this year before an inspector general's report concluded that he awarded no-bid contracts to for...
8.25.2010
USPS vs Fed Ex
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Comparing the US Postal Service with Fed Ex "... Allow me to share a couple of delivery experiences that I have had with the USPS and ...
8.23.2010
USPS institutes cost-cutting practices
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"... On-time delivery of First-Class Mail has steadily increased during the decade to record-high levels. Customers trust employees to ...
8.06.2010
Department of Labor Files Motion To Consolidate USPS Electrical Safety Charges
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"... the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued fines of more than $3.7 million for “willful and serious” elec...
7.26.2010
Negro Leagues stamps also honor postal worker
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"...Cleophus Brown, 76, of Birmingham, Ala., clocks in every morning at 3:30 a.m. and drives a USPS tractor trailer full of mail from t...
Who says the Postal Service is not hiring?
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Take a look at the USPS employment search to find jobs all over the nation. Source: www.usps.com Visit Our Homepage
7.11.2010
Postal Employee Slain, Thrown in Trash
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"...a lifelong post office employee who vanished at work and turned up dead at a dump ..." Source: sfgate.com Visit Our Homepag...
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