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6.28.2011

Imposed contract for Canada Post specifies pay increases

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Vancouver postal workers protest imposed contract "...the government's imposed contract gives workers less money than they would h...
6.27.2011

Canada Post Update

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Uncertain future for Canada Post "...Canada Post hasn’t been subsidized by the taxpayer in years, and it has turned a profit for 15 ye...

Rep. Issa introduces bill to reduce postal services

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Issa introduces bill to overhaul U.S. Postal Service, increase regulation "...The bill would eliminate Saturday delivery and give the ...
6.22.2011

What happens when the Postal Service refuses to pay their obligations?

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Postal Service suspends retirement payments "... “The Postal Service believes there will be no impact on employees. Also, the action w...
6.20.2011

U.S. Postal Service to suspend accepting mail destined to Canada

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U.S. Postal Service to Suspend Accepting Mail to Canada This Weekend "...the U.S. Postal Service will suspend accepting mail destined ...
6.13.2011

Pawning stolen postal items?

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Postal Supervisor pleads guilty to stealing mail "... she began to work in the role of an Acting Supervisor at the USPS Jacksonville I...
6.09.2011

Conflict of interest in U.S. Postal Service leases?

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IG questions USPS leases to current and former employees "...he U.S. Postal Service is leasing 982 properties from current and former ...
5.31.2011

Postal Service Reduction in Force (RIF) notices mailed out Friday

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Postal Service sends out 2,400 RIF notices "...Postal Service management-level employees could lose their jobs or end up in new positi...
5.24.2011

New APWU Contract now in effect

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APWU, USPS Sign New Contract "...APWU President Cliff Guffey and Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe have signed the 2010-2015 Collecti...
5.22.2011

Wichita Falls Mail Processing Closure

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Postal facility ceases operations "...Machinery should start moving out of the Wichita Falls Mail Processing Annex facility off Hatton...
5.17.2011

April 2011 CPI-W

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"... The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 3.6 percent over the last 12 months to an i...
5.05.2011

PostalVision 2020

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"... June 15, 2011, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 920 3230......
4.26.2011

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7 Reasons to Consider USPS Flat Rate Shipping "...The United States Postal Service offers a number of flat rate boxes that may help on...
4.20.2011

Postal Service did not lose ashes of mother

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Post office says mother's ashes not lost "...Cremated remains that did not arrive in Hawaii on schedule by registered mail were no...

Postal Service has apparently lost the ashes of his mother

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Post Office Loses Cremated Remains "... A Cottage Grove man spent a week in Hawaii waiting for his mother's ashes to arrive so the...
4.19.2011

More direct mail discounts

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"...A discount will be granted by the U.S. Postal Service to direct mailers who use special 2-D mobile barcodes on their letters and fl...
4.17.2011

Ricin Case Plea Entered

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Plea Entered in Ricin Case "...Crooker suggested that even from jail it was possible to deliver dangerous materials through the nation...
4.16.2011

APWU President Cliff Guffey elected as a vice president of the AFL-CIO

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"... The AFL-CIO is the nation’s premier labor federation, dedicated to improving the lives of America’s working families. The organiza...
4.12.2011

Special solicitation for Japan approved by OPM for workplace collection

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Relief and Reconstruction Efforts for Victims of the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami "...a special solicitation is the best option for...
4.10.2011

USPS resumes delivery after gunpoint robbery of carrier

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"...Service to about 750 homes and businesses was suspended Monday after carrier Michael Sellers reported being robbed at gunpoint by ...
4.07.2011

Postal rate increase April 17

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Some postal rates going up April 17; business users likely to feel the pinch "...While the cost to mail a one ounce first class letter...
4.05.2011

Areas prepared for heavy snowfall brag about not missing work

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There's no crying in Mt. Shasta "...Brenda Pope, Postmaster at the level 20 office. “We got 88 inches in a 2-week span. But we don...
3.31.2011

USPS proposes streamlining review process for closing post offices

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"...The changes present a new source of tension between USPS and postal regulators and union leaders, who fear that postal bosses are t...
3.29.2011

City hopes to survey Ukiah post office building

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"...The agency also claims the building needs repairs to its roof, fire alarm and its heating, cooling and ventilation system, and said...
3.27.2011

Carol Stream District Office Closing

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"...The district office employees in Carol Stream will be placed in other jobs in the postal service or offered voluntary early retirem...
3.25.2011

March 25 USPS Announcement

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This post is courtesy of The Postal Newsgroup The highly anticipated March 25 USPS announcement is referenced below as found on the USPS...
3.24.2011

Postal Service to close 7 district offices

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USPS offering $20,000 buyouts, shutting seven district offices "...announced plans to shutter seven of 74 USPS district offices. The s...
3.23.2011

USPS 2011 Special Incentive Offer for targeted non-bargaining groups

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"... On March 23, 2011, the Postal Service announced a Special Incentive offer for the following targeted groups: Career non-barg...
3.22.2011

No Radiation Found in Hawaii Mail (Yet?)

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No Radiation Found in Hawaii Mail (Yet?) "... radiation levels were detected at the New York and San Francisco centers during routine ...
3.20.2011

Fake U.S. Postal Service Van Found

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D P S Troopers Find Fake U.S. Postal Service Van "... Department of Public Safety seized a late model white minivan with U.S. Post Off...
3.15.2011

Highlights of the New Contract for the APWU

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Highlights of the New Collective Bargaining Agreement "...The agreement limits excessing outside of an installation or craft to no mor...
3.14.2011

Dispelling rumors of an APWU Contract Agreement

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APWU Contract Deal? Contract Negotiations Update for March 14, 2011 No official news of a contract agreement "...The www.postalnewsblo...
3.10.2011

Postal Downsizing Announcement March 25

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Postal Service to cut 7,500 positions this month, 30,000 by end of year "...The U.S. Postal Service will announce March 25 a downsizin...
3.08.2011

Dogs put down after attack on postal worker

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"...Two pit bulls that were suspected of severely wounding a postal worker in central Missouri ..."   Source: www.kansascity.com...
3.05.2011

Impact of taking another federal job before retirement,

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Changing jobs under CSRS "...am unclear as to how my retirement/salary would be affected if I took another federal job before retireme...
3.01.2011

Manilla moves in on Postal turf

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Why will Manilla change your life? "...You get too much mail. A lot of it is junk mail and the mail you do care about, often gets lost...
2.26.2011

Shutdown: What you need to know

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"...The Postal Service, which is self-funded, will continue to operate. How many federal workers would be furloughed? The last time the...
2.22.2011

Postal rate increases do not include first-class letters for now

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"...postage for standard one-ounce letters will remain at 44 cents, while other first-class and periodicals postage is set to rise by a...
2.18.2011

former U.S. Customs inspector dressed in a postman's uniform nabbed

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"..."It's fairly unique for officers to encounter someone wearing a U.S. Postal Service uniform when they are coming across th...
2.12.2011

Ronald Reagan Stamp

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Area post office celebrates first day for Reagan stamp "...The postal service on Thursday released the newest stamp honoring America’s...