Employee Killed by Postal Service Truck
"...Brooklyn Center officers say a postal service employee was killed after being hit by a Post Office truck...."
This Article is From: kstp.comUSPS only repaints 'defaced' mailboxes after anonymous 'Captain Cleanup' already covered up graffiti
"...The US Postal Service pays no attention when graffiti vandals deface its mailboxes — but when someone goes to tidy them up, they suddenly swoop in and take action, some Brooklyn residents are complaining. ..."
This Article is From: www.nypost.comIssa proposes new legislation to restructure Postal Service
"...back with new draft legislation that would allow the financially ailing agency to move to five-day delivery and ban it from entering no-layoff agreements with employees. The changes proposed by House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Thursday..."
This Article is From: www.washingtonpost.comMDAT Computer Program To Win Good Jobs Goes Online
"...A new APWU computer program that will help win good jobs has gone live! The program, known as the Max Duty Assignment Tool (MDAT), will help local unions fight for jobs with better schedules, address excessing issues and retreat rights, and identify part-time flexible hours that justify full-time jobs, Clerk Craft Director Rob Strunk has announced...."
This Article is From: www.apwu.orgUSPS buys Winona post office
"...also purchased the land and property at 975 Frontenac Drive on May 29 from Harbor Vista Holdings L.P. For $990,000 with $247,500 as a down payment...."
This Article is From: www.winonadailynews.com
When UPS Teams Up With USPS, Your Package Magically Travels To 29 States And Back-And-Forth Through Time
"...check on the shipping status of her Shutterfly order, only to find that UPS and the U.S. Postal Service had managed to fold space and time, somehow sending her package to 78 different locations in 29 states (and Washington, D.C.), all while going back and forth through time...."
This Article is From: consumerist.comDrug agents check mail to home of Indians closer Chris Perez; updates with police news conference
"...At a news conference Wednesday, the chief said the operation likely originated with a package that appeared suspicious to postal employees. “They took it from there,” he said...."
This Article is From: www.ohio.comNew poison letters put ricin under microscope
"...At least 10 ricin-laced or suspected ricin-laced letters have been sent to government officials in recent weeks, including President Barack Obama...."
This Article is From: www.cnn.comFormer Birmingham postal worker pleads guilty to redirecting packages, including one that contained 11 handguns
"...entered his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and two counts of theft of mail by an officer or employee of the U.S. Postal Service..."
This Article is From: al.comMail truck wrecks, catches fire
"...The tractor-trailer was carrying 12 containers of First-Class and Priority Mail to Greensboro/Raleigh North Carolina. ..."
This Article is From: www.wave3.comWarwick police: Slain man was retired postal worker
"...in Warwick City Park has been identified as John "Jack" Fay, 66, of Warwick, a retired postal worker who used the City Park bike path as a running trail..."
This Article is From: providencejournal.comFirst Installment of Retirement Incentive Due May 24
"...APWU President Cliff Guffey is congratulating APWU retirees and other former employees who will soon receive the first installment of the $15,000 incentive the APWU negotiated last year. The first payment of $10,000 (minus applicable taxes and withholdings) will be available on May 24, 2013. The second installment of $5,000 will be paid on May 23, 2014. ..."
This Article is From: www.apwu.orgCrime boss Vincent Basciano's son busted for alleged pot-smuggling scheme
"...The son of a notorious crime boss was busted Wednesday after an alleged scheme to smuggle $65,000 worth of weed through the U.S. Postal Service went up in smoke, officials said..."
This Article is From: www.nydailynews.comAmerica's luckiest man? Retired postal worker scoops fourth lottery win
"...Melvyn Wilson, a retired postal worker from Virginia, may just be really skilled at scratch-off games: He has won more than $2 million in less than 10 years...."
This Article is From: www.nydailynews.comNPMHU Responds to PMG Donahue's Request to Reopen Negotiations
"...President John Hegarty responds to Postmaster General Donahoe’s request to reopen contract negotiations. President Hegarty’s letter reads, in part; “While we are always willing to work with the Postal Service to achieve cost savings, and to find new revenue streams, we cannot accommodate your request to reopen contract negotiations. Mail handlers already have contributed to the recent financial restructuring of the Postal Service..."
This Article is From: www.npmhu.orgMcDonalds' new spokesman: Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey talks to Anderson, interview
"...I was on my porch and the mailman put his mail in my mail. I looked at it like here's his mail when he come home. Couple of minutes later, he pulled up. He checked the mailbox, grabbed his paper. Before he went in the house, I said Ariel, here goes your mail. We just had the same conversation when I hand him the mail. He said, they can't get it right. I said, damn postal service. ..."
This Article is From: www.monstersandcritics.comUSPS Extends Health Care to Non-Career Workers to Comply With Reform Law
"...The contract -- awarded to UnitedHealthcare -- will last a minimum of three years and could stretch as many as nine years. It is worth an estimated $239 million annually, the Postal Service said...."
This Article is From: www.govexec.comSign the Petition to Save the Postal Service
"...The petition advocates re-establishing overnight delivery standards to ensure the timely delivery of mail and to prevent the closure of mail processing plants; opposes the move to five-day delivery, and proposes allowing the USPS to generate more revenue by ending a 2006 ban that prohibits the USPS from offering new products and services...."
This Article is From: www.apwu.orgMississippi man targeted in ricin letters investigation arrested
"...Everett Dutschke, 41, was taken into custody by U.S. marshals at his Tupelo home early Saturday morning without incident, the city's police chief, Tony Carleton, told Reuters...."
This Article is From: www.reuters.comMan Named in Ricin Mailing Case Goes Into Hiding
"...A Mississippi man whose home and business were searched as part of an investigation into poisoned letters sent to the president and others has dropped out of sight in order to escape the news media spotlight, but is cooperating with authorities, a friend and his attorney said...."
This Article is From: abcnews.go.comRicin investigation focuses on Mississippi men's online feud
"...The investigation into poisoned letters mailed to President Barack Obama and others has shifted from an Elvis impersonator to his longtime foe..."
This Article is From: www.foxnews.comFedEx Wins $10.5 Billion Postal Contract as UPS Shut Out
"...FedEx Corp. (FDX) won a seven-year contract with the U.S. Postal Service valued at about $10.5 billion to carry mail between U.S. airports, fending off a challenge from United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) ..."
This Article is From: www.bloomberg.comFive arrested during protest at Salem Post Office
"...Five people protesting the closure of Salem’s mail sorting facility were arrested by police after they refused to leave its work room on Wednesday...."
This Article is From: www.statesmanjournal.comObama Ricin Letter: Poison-Tainted Mailer To President Intercepted At Screening Facility, Report Says
"...two more poison-tainted letters have emerged, including one to President Barack Obama..."
This Article is From: www.huffingtonpost.comSenate closes mail facility for ricin investigation
"...the Senate's mail facility had received mail that tested positive for ricin and said it was closing the facility for the next two to three days for investigations...."
This Article is From: news.yahoo.com‘Congress is Killing the Postal Service’
"...little attention has been paid to other drastic measures the USPS is taking that will significantly delay mail and permanently damage the nation’s mail system,” he remarked after the USPS Board of Governors announced it was backing off plans to end delivery of letters and periodicals on Saturdays. Since 2012, the USPS has closed or consolidated 114 mail processing facilities, one third of the nation’s mail processing capacity. The Postal Service has also reduced hours at approximately 6,500 post offices and plans to cut hours at 6,500 more. Reneging on its commitment to lawmakers, communities, customers and postal workers, the agency announced last month that it was accelerating plans to close even more mail processing facilities. The USPS said it will consolidate 71 plants this year that were originally scheduled for possible closure in 2014...."
This Article is From: www.apwu.orgPostal Service withdraws plan to end Saturday mail delivery
"...The postal service’s board of governors made the decision Tuesday, according to a statement from the agency. “The board believes that Congress has left it with no choice..."
This Article is From: www.washingtonpost.comEnglishtown Police Arrest Postal Employee Under Federal Investigation
"...Thursday as she exited her postal vehicle to begin her mail route. Englishtown police charged Mettrock with possession of six wax folds of heroin, possession of ..."
This Article is From: patch.comPostal Service may hurt its push for reform by antagonizing Congress
"...Congress has long maintained that it has oversight over how frequently the Postal Service delivers the mail, and Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s decision to move unilaterally rubbed some lawmakers..."
This Article is From: thehill.comUnion Wins Huge Arbitration For Clerks in Small Offices
"...“This decision will mean more hours for the clerks who work in small offices and more Clerk Craft jobs,” said APWU President Cliff Guffey. ..."
This Article is From: www.apwu.orgPostal Service Accelerates Partial Closure at 53 Processing Plants
"...the acceleration will harm employees, communities and the Postal Service itself. "The Postal Service is on the brink of cutting service in a way that will permanently damage our treasured institution..."
This Article is From: www.govexec.comBloomberg Businessweek delivers the bad news to USPS
"...The publication, which is sent to print on Wednesday evening and shipped out by Thursday, is currently geared towards being in the reader’s hands by Saturday at the absolute latest. Once the cutbacks are put in place, that timetable would have become void in certain locations...."
This Article is From: www.bizjournals.comPredictions come true
"...Conspicuously absent from the paper is a proposal that the private entity assuming postal activities will inherit this $55 billion future health care liability with required payments of five billion dollars plus each year over an 11 year period. The paper is also silent on discounts or will the new entity be permitted to charge fixed rates for each class of mail? What about local, state and federal taxes?..."
This Article is From: burrusjournal.orgJohn Ratzenberger: USPS Lacks Common Sense
"...HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski sat down Friday with actor John Ratzenberger, famous for his role as mail carrier Cliff Clavin on the television series "Cheers." ..."
This Article is From: huffingtonpost.comUSPS Properties For Sale
"...Postal Service properties listed for sale..."
This Article is From: uspspropertiesforsale.comUSPS's Options: a $14B Annual Loss or a $2B Annual Profit
"...the USPS would like to focus on for cost-cutting is processing and transportation, which the agency estimates will account for $3.1 billion in savings. On a slide deck shown by Corbett, this was described as “consolidating excess network capacity.” Practically speaking, this measure entails reducing the 417 mail processing locations the USPS currently has to less than 250 facilities by 2015...."
This Article is From: www.dmnews.comLetter from boot camp in 1953 returned to sender
"...Sixty years later, that letter finally turned up, when the U.S. Postal Service gave it back to Rodgers, who's now living in southwestern Michigan...."
This Article is From: www.philly.comPost office backs away from curbside edict
"...Vaughan said that those in the neighborhood who have already erected curbside mailboxes can tear them down and revert back to home delivery via front porch mailboxes...."
This Article is From: normantranscript.comValentine, Texas
"...these distances place Valentine far enough away from any other community that its post office must remain open at six hours a day according to USPS's POStPlan. By the new terminology it becomes a "Part-Time Post Office" (PTPO) that reports to the local postal District (in this case, Rio Grande). ..."
This Article is From: Going PostalEdgmont Township bids farewell to favorite postman after three decades
"...Rick Schaefer, who was raised in Havertown and now lives in West Chester, retired from the U.S. Postal Service last week after 31 years of service. ..."
This Article is From: www.dailylocal.comUSPS Finalizes Decision To Relocate Beverly Hills Post Office
"...After hearing a handful of appeals over the last several months, the United States Postal Service finalized its intentions..."
This Article is From: bhcourier.comTSP iPhone app warning (TSP Funds app)
"...Warning: Apple App store offering TSP App not sanctioned by TSP — A free iPhone App, TSP Funds, currently being offered through the Apple App store..."
This Article is From: Android and iPhone Apps and NewsOSHA Cites Maine, Michigan Facilities For Unsafe Working Conditions
"...OSHA also issued the USPS a repeat citation on Nov. 15, 2012, and fined the agency $25,000 for safety violations at its Romulus MI facility. Electric tow motors were modified without prior written approval by the manufacturer, OSHA said, exposing employees to the potential to be struck by, crushed or caught in the modified tow...."
This Article is From: www.apwu.orgUnion Wins Motor Vehicle Subcontracting Case
"...“The Postal Service can no longer justify contracting out work that would be less expensive to keep in house on the ground that it has given due consideration to cost as well as the other Article 32.1 or 32.2 factors. To be sure, each of those factors must be considered, but if factors other than cost do not rule out keeping work in house, and the cost of keeping work in house would be less than contracting out, both the text and the bargaining history of the Contracting MOU require that the work be kept in house.”..."
This Article is From: www.apwu.orgBailout BS: Darrell Issa’s Misinformation Campaign about the Postal Retirement Funds
"...Issa would save the Postal Service by dismantling it. His legislation would end Saturday delivery, cut benefits to postal workers, remove the no-layoff clause from union contracts, eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs, reduce the oversight authority of the Postal Regulatory Commission, and make it easier to close post offices. ..."
This Article is From: www.savethepostoffice.comPostal Service ‘welcome kit’ raises questions
"...people who filled out change-of-address forms to send an official-looking MoversGuide welcome kit filled mostly with advertising and coupons from companies selling cellphones, insurance, home security, mattresses and lots of other move-related products and services...."
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