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10.30.2013
How to prevent postal privatization demonstrations: arrest people on public owned property
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Seven arrested in Portland postal privatization protest "...Seven people were arrested during a protest at a downtown Portland postal ...
10.28.2013
Postal privatization. Is that the Postal Vision for 2020?
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Postal Vision 2020 looks at the future of "postal services" and sees privatization "...As indicated by his comments on this ...
10.22.2013
USPS #fail
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USPS #fail "... A couple days later, Tony met with the postmaster who had reported the sewage, Jeannie Ramirez. She said that her rea...
10.07.2013
Rep. Darryl Issa (R-CA) is 'fast and furious' on privatizing U.S. Postal Service
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Judge Smacks Down Rep. Issa's Special Request for Exemption from Shutdown "...Issa, who is the wealthiest member of Congress, has ...
10.05.2013
Postmaster General's Credibility In Doubt Again, says APWU
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PMG’s Credibility In Doubt Again "... To make sure he understood what Donahoe was saying, Sen. Tester asked, “So what you’re saying is...
9.30.2013
2014 postal rate hikes rolled out is far less than the double-digit increase that is authorized
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USPS rolls out 2014 rate hikes "... it is far less than the double-digit increase that is authorized under the law to help the Postal ...
9.29.2013
Postal driver robbed of delivery truck at gunpoint
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USPS truck stolen at gunpoint "...A 59-year-old United States Postal Service driver was held at gunpoint Saturday afternoon and forced...
9.27.2013
Delayed mail: It's not just the Postal Service anymore as Gmail deals with delayed mail
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Google: We're sorry for latest Gmail outage "...among the delayed messages, 1.5 percent were stalled by more than two hours. Furth...
9.23.2013
United States Postal Service Digital Services and more coming your way
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Postal Service Prepares to Sell Email Encryption "...One brand name filed Sept. 6, "United States Postal Service Digital Serv...
9.12.2013
No one happy about attempts to remove postal workers from FEHBP
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NARFE, federal employee unions object to Senate postal bill "...objected to provisions in a Senate bill pertaining to the federal work...
9.09.2013
Former Postmaster faces sex offender charges again
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Former postmaster, sex offender faces charges "...A former Beallsville, Ohio, postmaster who already served time for having sex with y...
9.05.2013
Postal early-out retirement VER offer coming for 1,000's
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NAPS engages USPS in dialogue regarding processing plant re-ranking "... A VERA will be offered to all PCES and Field EAS with the exc...
9.04.2013
Postal Service retirement, leave, and holiday benefits are now under attack: Solicitations for the attack are posted
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Postal Service IG Puts Retirement and Leave Benefits Under the Microscope "... The reports will “reveal the ways in which the Postal S...
9.03.2013
More complaints of delayed mail as Postmaster General institutes disruptive changes
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Postal employees report late mail, more work "... The U.S. Postal Service's earlier first-class mail pickup time went unnoticed fo...
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...
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