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8.28.2013
More post offices closing over "lease disputes" ...is there a pattern here?
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Is there a pattern here? Three more post offices closing over "lease disputes" "... Just as typically, the landlord reveals ...
8.23.2013
United Parcel Service (UPS) is set to remove thousands of spouses from its medical plan
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UPS Won’t Insure Spouses Of Some Employees "...UPS...expects the move, which applies to non-union U.S. workers only, to save about $60...
8.20.2013
Apps that could help the Postal Service - combining the electronic world with real mail
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Could These Apps Save the Post Office? "...Apple's Cards, Red Stamp, Postagram, Postcard on the Run, and my favorite, Postogra...
Postal Service wants to remove employees from the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program
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USPS Plan to Pull Out of Fed Health Benefits Could Cost Postal Workers "...A recent bipartisan Senate proposal to overhaul the Postal ...
8.11.2013
Job scheme appears to have used recruits to target post offices
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Postal inspectors looking at job scheme "... A U.S. postal inspector has started investigating a job scheme that appears to have used ...
8.09.2013
Postal Pension and Health Care Benefits Under Attack In Postal Bills
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Senators Introduce Postal Reform Bill With Bipartisan Support "...The reform act would allow the Postal Service to not offer new emplo...
8.04.2013
Mailtenders - Postal Service may go into the alcohol serving biz
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Post Office eyes alcohol deliveries to raise revenue "..."There's a lot of money to be made in beer, wine and spirits," ...
8.02.2013
Gutting the Postal Service - a manufactured crisis designed to privatize an American institution?
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How the Postal Service Is Being Gutted "... Why would the USPS take such radical measures? The simple truth is that the postal service...
7.30.2013
Postal Service getting complaints on mail delays, attempts spot fix by reverting to antiquated method of hand-sorting specific zips
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Postal service takes action on bulk mail delays "... Bluebonnet Publishing’s Circulation Manager Ann Reeves confirmed more than 70 ema...
7.25.2013
H.R. 2748, the Postal Reform Act of 2013
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Issa releases long-awaited postal reform legislation "... In addition to a free hardship exemption, authorizes the Postal Service to c...
7.23.2013
Postal Service customers continue to enjoy surcharge-free deliveries
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Tough Economy Prompts Shipper to Add Surcharge "... While these surcharges add to the shipping costs for customers who use FedEx servi...
7.14.2013
Postal Service truck carjacked
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Police ID suspect accused of shooting motorist during series of carjackings in west Denver on Monday "... The gunman then carjacked a ...
7.11.2013
USPS has 100% funded pension accounts - a strong position in retiree benefit protection
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Don't Expect The U.S. Post Office To Copy Britain's Royal Mail IPO "... For perspective, the Post Office is more than 100% fun...
7.09.2013
Postal Service: the inspector general “completely fails to understand an organization in transition.”
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Audit: Postal Service overtime costs topped $3.5 billion last year "...USPS officials agreed to pursue staffing plans and other steps ...
6.30.2013
Valassis has rolled out its new weekend direct mail package, dubbed Spree
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An Update On The Valassis/USPS NSA "...represents essentially a proprietary partnership between the U.S. Postal Service, a government-...
6.27.2013
PostCom recently released a white paper on postal reform: wages and benefits of postal workers...
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USPS: A wholly owned subsidiary of Mailers Inc. "... Postal reform, the PostCom way: The first three principles, presumably the most i...
6.16.2013
Issa's proposed postal bill is disturbing
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Issa’s Draft Bill ‘Deeply Disturbing,’ APWU Says "... A draft postal bill released by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) on June 13 would punish...
6.13.2013
‘Protect Overnight Delivery Act’ introduced by Rep. DeLauro
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Rep. DeLauro to Introduce ‘Protect Overnight Delivery Act’ "... “The elimination of overnight delivery standards and consolidating pro...
Drexler: Be wary of sending important documents through the mail
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Postal mix-up delays IRS payment "... The same mix-up happened to five other people in the Spring Hill area, which prompted Drexler to...
6.10.2013
Postal Service selling off buildings
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Downtown post office closure leaves Northfield frustrated with USPS "...The postal service has been trying to sell the building, leadi...
6.05.2013
Individual accused of raping postal worker
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Dennis Carpenter accused of raping postal worker "... The man who allegedly raped a young postal worker in Silver Spring last month wa...
6.02.2013
Kurbwatt electric postal van
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Quirky Kurbwatt electric postal van from 1980s surfaces on eBay "...Originally built by Grumman, this Kurbwatt is one of 50 electric v...
5.21.2013
Postal Shooting: Killer believed his mail was being diverted to his estranged wife
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Complaint outlines alleged plot to kill letter carrier "...With a rifle, extra ammunition and lighter fluid, he hid in a treeline like...
5.19.2013
Body found inside burning vehicle thought to be postal worker
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Body in burning vehicle may be murdered San Jacinto County mail carrier "... The victim is thought to be a female postal worker who wa...
5.16.2013
Postal consolidation cuts continue displacing employee's and families
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USPS has plans to cut Madison mail-handling jobs "... The proposed cuts at the Madison processing center on Milwaukee Street would res...
5.15.2013
Another Ricin Incident (Spokane)
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Another Ricin Incident Hits Spokane "... Preliminary lab tests indicated the presence of ricin on two suspicious letters in Spokane WA...
4.28.2013
Sinkhole swallows retirement dreams of retired postal worker
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Louisiana sinkhole shatters calm, prompts buyouts on the bayou "... The Romeros bought their home in 1991 as a getaway retreat, and mo...
4.27.2013
Postal Service relocations and closures continue at speedy pace
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What's up in the Heights? The Postal Service relocates a post office, forgets to tell anyone "... for some reason, the Postal Serv...
4.26.2013
Canada Post claims trademark on the term “postal code”
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Canada Post claims exclusive use of the words "postal code" "... Canada Post disagrees. The crown corporation now argues tha...
4.24.2013
Charges dropped against wrongly accused 'ricin' mailing suspect
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Former ricin suspect happy with vindication as probe continues "...Did someone try to frame Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis by se...
4.18.2013
Arrest made in ricin letter mailing attack
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Man arrested for sending letter to Obama with poisonous substance; father tells The News he's shocked at son's involvement ".....
4.17.2013
Tainted letters sents to President and Senator had same language
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Another Intercepted 'Ricin' Letter Sent to President Obama "...both letters included the phrase: "To see a wrong and not ...
4.16.2013
Ricin laced letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker
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Envelope sent to Roger Wicker tests positive for ricin "...sorted at a Washington facility, USPS trucks it to a New Jersey irradiation...
4.14.2013
Tax Day Is No Big Deal at Post Office Anymore
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No post office rush on tax day "... But some taxpayers still prefer to file the old-fashioned way. They just have to remember they no...
4.01.2013
Postal Service Creative Agency Business Remains Under Parent 'Interpublic Group'
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U.S. Postal Service Names McCann Creative Agency of Record "...for an agency whose North American operations struggled for the past se...
3.30.2013
Deconstruction of the Postal Service accelerated
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Postal Service to close more than 50 mail-processing centers "...The U.S. Postal Service announced on Wednesday that it would close mo...
3.25.2013
Postal Mail Processing Facility helps community save turtles
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Postal Service Cuts Past Red Tape To Save Turtles In Trouble "... Barrack contacted the South Florida Water Management District, which...
3.22.2013
GAO: USPS is legally compelled to “continue six-day delivery...
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GAO Says USPS Must Comply with Six-Day Provision "... Through this interpretation, the USPS is legally compelled to “continue six-day ...
3.11.2013
Continuing Resolution bill ties $100 million in appropriations to 6 day and rural mail delivery
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Issa says new USPS delivery schedule can go ahead "... bill language ties $100 million in appropriations to 6 day and rural mail deliv...
3.04.2013
United Parcel Service Becomes #202 Most Shorted S&P 500 Component, Replacing 3M
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United Parcel Service Becomes #202 Most Shorted S&P 500 Component, Replacing 3M "... In our new rank based on the most recent shor...
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