"...In 1921, Postmaster General William Harrison Hays declared a campaign to try to stop a growing number of postal robberies across the country. He provided weapons to all postal employees "who may have charge of valuable postal shipments, either on trains or in the Post Offices. ..." 
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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'-vah) wasn't toxic. ..."
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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 rules.
Democratic Party officials have called the donations, including nearly $400,000 in the past three weeks from more than a dozen candidates..."
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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...."
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OSHA Fines USPS For Violations At Columbus Distribution Center
"... the U.S. Postal Service with five alleged willful violations at its Columbus processing center. The Postal Service faces a total of $210,000 in fines for electrical and equipment hazards following an OSHA inspection conducted in response to employee complaints. ..."
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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 capture and arrest of suspects involved in yeserday's fatal shooting at the Henning, Tennessee Post Office...."
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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 the petition signed by workers in Royal Oak, Troy, Madison Heights, Birmingham, Southfield, Farmington and Novi.
In November 1991, a fired letter carrier from Oak Park went on a shooting rampage..."
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Two people killed in shooting at Henning post office
"...post office in Henning, Tennessee.
Sources with the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department said two female ..."
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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 incentive this year? Many employees feel that in these hard economic times they need to delay their retirement or not retire..."
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"... A federal indictment filed on Aug. 24 charged that from February 2006 until January 2010, Cooper allegedly stole approximately $86,958 worth of money and property that was under his control while he was employed with the postal service. ..."
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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 March 3 of this year. Federal court records did not specify whether he worked in the village of Granville, Middle Granville or North Granville post office branch...."
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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 structural changes have to be made in order for us to retain our public postal service...."
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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 of the top 50 mailers. No doubt, you are very familiar with most of them. Here's the top four..."
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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 source. ..."
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"...Postal Service awarded 359 contracts without competition to employees who left the agency between October 2006 and September 2009. It covers 100 percent of senior executives' health premiums. And it could not say how many contracts it had awarded without competition ..."
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"... All affected employees will be reassigned in accordance with applicable collective bargaining agreements...."
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"...The community's name is an acronym for National Association of Letter Carriers Retirement, Education, Security and Training, as it was designed by and continues to be operated by the Nalcrest Foundation, Inc., a branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the union representing United States Postal Service city letter carriers. It was the brainchild of William Doherty, the first United States Ambassador to Jamaica and NALC President from 1941–1962.
Construction began on the community in July 1962[1] and the community opened in 1963.[2] Initially, due to HUD regulations, residency was open to both NALC members and others, but when the mortgage was paid in 2002, the HUD restrictions were removed and residency is now limited to NALC retirees in good standing only. ..."
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"...New Information on DUO Postmaster Downgrades ..."
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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 escaped with bags of money...."
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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 really want it delivered the same day it should have arrived at your post office? Your letter carrier wants to provide you that service...."
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"... While the Post Office has announced that 144 employees would be given positions at mail distribution centers in Edison and Teterboro, nearly 165 clerks and maintenance staff are unsure of their future, Dougherty said...."
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"...allegedly exposed himself while one of the employees was lowering the American flag. On other occasions, he reportedly exposed himself after opening his mailbox ..."
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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, upon greeting federal postal inspectors George Seaton and Ernest F. Sharp..."
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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 benefits and working conditions. ..."
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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 days. Even if letters are mailed to be delivered in Oshkosh they have to be sent to Green Bay first. ..."
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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. ..."
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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 distribution center has now been slapped with a $350,000 fine for similar violations in New Hampshire...."
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"... And Arbitrator Sherrie Rose Talmadge said in her December 2, 2009 decision that “[USPS] Management’s violations were so egregious over a period of many years that punitive damages were awarded to deter the service from further clock ring violations.”..."
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"...Mr. Bernstock resigned earlier this year before an inspector general's report concluded that he awarded no-bid contracts to former business associates, failed to report information on a financial disclosure form, and used Postal Service staff and resources for private business activities. The U.S. attorney's office in Washington declined to press charges. ..."
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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 Fed Ex. (I’m leaving UPS out of this comparison for the moment. And let it be noted that I’m very pleased with the level of service I get from all my carriers at UPS, USPS, Fed Ex, and Fed Ex Ground)...."
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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 protect their information and privacy. USPS is perennially named in surveys as the most trusted federal agency and is consistently ranked in the top ten of most-trusted businesses.
More than 1.2 million customers visit usps.com each day-where they can use Click-N-Ship to print postage and labels from any computer. Automated Postal Centers in retail lobbies and Carrier Pickup have made mailing and shipping with USPS easier than ever. And this year's census mailings were the largest in history...."
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"... the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued fines of more than $3.7 million for “willful and serious” electrical safety violations at 17 USPS facilities since January. Inspectors found that the Postal Service failed to provide employees working on electrically energized machinery with adequate training and protective equipment. The violations expose workers to the risk of severe electric shock, burns, or death, OSHA concluded...."
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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 the airport to postal stations, often before sunrise. But long before he joined the ranks of mail truck drivers ..."
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Take a look at the USPS employment search to find jobs all over the nation.
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"...a lifelong post office employee who vanished at work and turned up dead at a dump ..."
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Stamp prices going up again - 46-cent rate asked
"...Under the proposed increases, in addition to the 46-cent rate for the first ounce, the cost for each additional ounce would go up a penny to 18 cents. The cost to mail a postcard would go up 2 cents to 30 cents...."
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"...In a preliminary complaint filed March 9, one worker wrote that a confrontation with Griffin led to an anxiety attack. In a second complaint a month later, the employee wrote the situation had only worsened despite a mediation hearing set up by the Postal Services' EEO office. "I was screamed at so bad..."
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"...The former Columbia postmaster, arrested in March on suspicion of attempting to steal clothing and sunglasses at a Columbia department store, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor stealing. Joyce M. Herron, 55, of Mexico ..."
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"...Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee at their first meeting on June 16. “Negotiations may be difficult,” he said, “but it is our job to find a way around the obstacles we face.” Contract negotiations are scheduled to begin on Sept. 1; the current Collective Bargaining Agreement expires Nov. 20. ..."
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"...she was not entitled to receive while employed as a Postal Service letter carrier at the Pilsen and Roseland postal stations in Chicago between July 2008 and January 2010. Davis applied for unemployment benefits and allegedly claimed to be unemployed by the USPS for "lack of work" when, in fact, she was employed but had been suspended without pay; she then returned to work full time a week after submitting her application ..."
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