"...The Priority Mail Large Flat Rate Box (12 inches x 12" x 5 1/2") offers a $2 discount to APO/FPO destinations and ships for just $12.95. Customers can access shipping information by adding delivery confirmation..."
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Monday, October 31, 2011
2011 Postal Service Holiday Period Mailing Deadlines
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Postal employee facing prison for stealing
"...A former postal worker is facing the prospect of years in federal prison after being convicted of using counterfeit money..."
This Article is From: www.sfgate.comTuesday, October 25, 2011
Buyouts: Post office needs money to buy out employees
"...The post office needs money to buy out those 220,000 employees. It thought it would get it from over-payments to its pension plan, but that has been ruled as money that cannot be pried out of the federal retirement system...."
This Article is From: www.whchronicle.comMonday, October 24, 2011
Most Expensive Zip Codes in America
"...thanks to posh pads and ranches belonging to the likes of comedian Jerry Seinfeld and former Goldman Sachs CEO ..."
This Article is From: Rocket-City.USPostal Service delivers for FedEx with SmartPost
"...One beneficiary will be the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, which partners with FedEx for FedEx SmartPost deliveries. With SmartPost, FedEx delivers to post offices, which in turn make final delivery to residential customers.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Drug distribution network used Postal Service
"...According to the indictment, the Puerto Rican-based leaders of this narcotics distribution organization would send the cocaine in packages through the Postal Service to..."
This Article is From: www.northcountrygazette.orgMonday, October 17, 2011
'Privateers' prepare to plunder postal service
"...privateers have turned their guns on the U.S. Postal Service, charging it with inefficiency while trying their damndest to hamper it legislatively. The USPS was created in the original U.S. Constitution..."
This Article is From: www.theithacajournal.comSaturday, October 15, 2011
Letter Carriers pose for calendar to help the Muscular Dystrophy Association
"...letter carriers are featured in two separate $10 calendars. The proceeds will go to the Muscular Dystrophy Association and to Committee on Letter Carrier Political Education - the political action committee of the National Association of Letter Carriers. ..."
This Article is From: www.krqe.comThursday, October 13, 2011
Postal Destruction Bill Heads to Floor
"...No-layoff clauses are prospectively barred in Postal Service collective bargaining agreements. For employees who might lose their job, they will receive a hiring preference at Postal Service contractors. Postal employees would be subject to the same Reduction-in-Force authority as the rest of the federal workforce...."
This Article is From: insurancenewsnet.comSunday, October 2, 2011
Are Postal Service problems a manufactured crisis?
"...Union leaders and consumer advocates like Ralph Nader insist this is all a "manufactured crisis" to drive down wages and break the unions. At least two recent postal audits seem to back up those claims ..."
This Article is From: www.nydailynews.com