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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Postal Barbie
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Friday, June 12, 2009
FedEx's Anti-Union Drive
"...Though many FedEx Express workers don't have a direct relationship with the operation or maintenance of the air fleet, they are still covered by the RLA. That law carries a difficult path to unionization that requires a national vote by every worker at a company, and doesn't allow for organizing at a local, terminal-by-terminal level. Since the late 1990s, UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have pushed to change this classification...."
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Public invited to participate in a Bob Hope trivia contest
"...The public is invited to participate in a trivia contest in honor of the 44-cent Bob Hope stamp now on sale at all Post Offices. All entries should be postmarked no later than June 30 and mailed to Customer Relations, USPS, 79 Mid Cape Ter Ste 8, Cape Coral, FL 33991-9998. Be sure to include your name, complete mailing address, and a local phone number. The individual with the most correct answers will receive a collectible Bob Hope stamp image print. In the event of a tie, a drawing will be held to determine the winner...."
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Trust me, I work for the Post Office
"...the public trusts postal workers. A broad international survey by the GFK group said that firefighters..."
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Consolidation of Large Post Offices
APWU Responds to USPS Notice on Retail Operations
Article Title: Consolidation of Large Post Offices
Snippet from Article: "...In response to a USPS notice that “the Postal Service is considering consolidating operations in our larger stations and branches,” APWU President William Burrus has reminded management that a Memorandum of Understanding included in the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement requires that “all existing retail operations will remain within the installation of which they are a part.” “I note that of the many factors that will be considered in your final decisions, you omit the parties’ negotiated agreements,” Burrus wrote..."
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Monday, June 8, 2009
Summer Sale starts July 1 for eligible mailers
"...The Postal Regulatory Commission unanimously approved the US Postal Service's summer sale, formally known as the Standard Mail Volume Incentive Pricing Program, on June 4. The 30% rebate..."
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Deliver Magazine
"...Delivermagazine.com arms marketers with all of the pertinent research, news and commentary impacting their industry. Digital technology is rapidly re-shaping the world of marketing, and Delivermagazine.com offers strategies and solutions designed to make sense of this turbulent new age...."
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Found-art project goes postal with random envelopes
"...sends an image of the contents to the project's creator, who posts it on the Web site. Notes, postcards, condoms, drawings, even an old cruise-ship promotion mailed from a Chicago airport have been submitted to the site, which follows in the tradition of previous found-art and open-collaboration Web projects -- especially PostSecret.com. Anyone can participate just by following the instructions at the site...."
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Priority Mail
"...Take the guesswork out of shipping with Priority Mail® Flat Rates. Whatever fits in the box or envelope ships for one low rate—anywhere in the United States. There's virtually no weighing or calculating. And your packages reach their destination in 2-3 days...."
This Article is From: www.usps.com
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U.S. Postal Service Awards Contract to Persystent Technologies for PC Imaging and Recovery Application
"...Persystent Suite, which restores corrupted, changed, or missing operating system and application files in less than 30 seconds, will be used to image, protect and enforce desktop policies on approximately 150,000 PC workstations for the USPS nationwide. ..."
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[USPS] EMPLOYEES ARE RECEIVING MESSAGES WITH A MALICIOUS PAYLOAD
SUSPICIOUS E-MAILS
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"...Beware of e-mail messages you receive that look like they’re from Delta Airlines, FedEx, DHL, USPS, or UPS. Other messages may come with a zip file attachment. These messages carry a malicious payload that can cause problems within the USPS infrastructure...."
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Celebrating 50 years with USPS
"...Ford Weatherford took a part-time job in 1959, he didn't realize it was the start of a 50-year career with the postal service. Weatherford, 68, of Petal celebrated his 50th anniversary working as a mail carrier in May. He started working with the United States Postal Service by substituting when other workers called in sick....."
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Postal Service Downsizing May Affect NYC Branches
"..."The post office thing is scary because it's been impossible enough to get to a post office when you have registered mail or something you have to sign for. It takes weeks," said Manhattan resident Amanda Fry...."
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Two more Drano bombs explode in Eudora mailboxes
"...A mail carrier found a second detonated bomb in a mailbox near the corner of Winchester Road and 10th Street just beyond the Eudora city limits...."
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Grad builds postal Web site
"...Antill built the Web site, http://www.gbrpcc.com, for the Baton Rouge Postal Customer Council, a nonprofit organization that helps local businesses efficiently use mailing services. She also created a user guide for the site and trained postal staff on how to update and add pages to the site...."
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
USPS Zoneskipping
Why shippers like zoneskipping
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"...They're all shipping thousands of parcels each week, and they've all found a way to save money doing it. Their "secret" is a money-saving practice known as "zoneskipping." Zoneskipping, in essence, is the technique of moving parcels part way across the country by truck or air and then inserting them into the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) units closest to their destinations. This saves the USPS a significant amount of money, and some of those savings are passed on to the shippers and consolidators...."
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USPS Phase I and II RIF-Avoidance
CALLING ALL SELECTING COMMITTEES AND OFFICIALS
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"...If you’re on a review committee or are a selecting official for the District Customer Service Office, Mail Processing Phase I RIF-Avoidance vacancy postings that closed on May 13, today is the day...."
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Video Professor honored by USPS
Lakewood's Video Professor honored by USPS
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"...Postal Service honors software tutorial & education industry leader Video Professor of Lakewood, CO, with top national award..."
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America's postal service is really very good
"...Having tracked and attended meetings in Berne of the Universal Postal Union, the specialized agency of the United Nations for postal-sector players, I have seen that the USPS's capabilities are widely envied...."
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Usps Mail Handler Appears on "The Price is Right"
'The Price is Right' fan gets his chance on TV
Dandy Daen
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"...went to the taping with about 31 of his fellow Bakersfield post office employees. For the first half of the show, the mail handler sat there with his group..."
Dandy Daen
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USPS Meets Star Trek: Priority Mail Holograms
"...The U.S. Postal Service has launched a "virtual simulator" on its website that allows people with a webcam to view a hologram of the various flat-rate boxes to see which one will fit their item the best...."
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Monday, June 1, 2009
Hitchin' Post Office
"...The Fairview, KY, Post Office has a unique distinction to set it apart from the asphalt jungle -- a hitching post that gets regular use...."
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Gas prices are latest threat to USPS bottom line
"...Low fuel prices have been one of the few bright spots in an otherwise gloomy year for the beleaguered Postal Service. But they have crept up in recent weeks — by an average of 11 percent just this month, according to the Energy Department...."
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[USPS Priority Mail] A FLAT-RATE BOX FOR EVERY NEED
"...For U.S. addresses, the Small Flat Rate Box retail price is $4.95 for up to 70 pounds. The international price, for up to 4 pounds, is just $10.95 to Canada or Mexico and $12.95 to all other countries. Online savings are available..."
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Bob Hope Stamp Makes Debut On USS Midway Friday
"...The U.S. Postal Service will hold a ceremony on the flight deck of the USS Midway Friday to release a stamp commemorating the late Bob Hope..."
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Postal Worker Sentenced for Faking Military Service
"...had retired from the Army Reserve in August 2005 after serving for twenty years. But beginning in November of that year, he began submitting requests for military leave...."
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Patriots and USPS team up for passport event
"...With an international road trip on the schedule, the Patriots are teaming up with the United States Postal Service to remind U.S. citizens that as of June 1, 2009 they will need a U.S. Passport or other document approved by the government for return travel from Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean...."
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
Mailbox Regulations
"...Customers installing new mailboxes or replacing old ones must use USPS-approved traditional or contemporary mailboxes. Generally, the bottom of a mailbox should be at a vertical height of between 42 and 48 inches from the road surface and placed so carriers can safely and conveniently serve them without leaving their vehicles...."
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CHILD RECOVERED IN ARIZONA LATEST VICTORY IN THE “HAVE YOU SEEN ME?” CAMPAIGN
"...led to the recovery of a missing child in Tombstone, AZ. The child was the 149th recovered since USPS began its “Have You Seen Me?” program..."
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Memphians Suffer Postal Problems
"...The post office says when a car is parked in the proximity of her mailbox; they will not deliver her mail. On those days she finds a note in her mailbox explaining why she has no mail. "So they're taking the time to put the note in the mailbox but they won't put the mail in the mailbox," says ..."
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To Survive, USPS Must Change Strategy (Burrus Testifies on Capitol Hill)
"...The union president also condemned many of the USPS’ cost-cutting efforts. “Actions such as plant consolidations, employee reassignments in large numbers, [and] reduced retail hours are having a detrimental effect on service, and in many cases generate little or no savings,” he said during a hearing held by the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia...."
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
USPS Work Force Reductions
Lower mail volume forces Postal Service to regroup
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"...the workforce reduction did not involve layoffs, but was a combination of attrition and retirement. The Postal Service's work force..."
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Postal Service still struggling after thousands of layoffs
"...The U.S. Postal Service has slashed 25,000 jobs this year as it struggles to reduce a massive budget deficit...."
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PMG Potter Appoints Two Officers
"...William Gilligan has been named chief postal inspector....announced the hire of Stephen Masse as vice president, finance and planning...."
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
USPS issues final, more-inclusive ‘summer sale’ guidelines
"...The U.S. Postal Service has finalized its plans for a “summer sale” on commercial direct mail, offering discounts on increased volumes of bulk mail and opening up the program to previously excluded companies. ..."
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‘Carrier Alert’ to Help Seniors Living Alone
"...Family and friends of seniors can sign up their loved one. Mail carriers are trained to look for "signs of distress" (like accumulating mail). If he sees something unusual, they will call United Way and United Way will attempt to contact the participant and make contact and notify emergency contacts. Those in the program will be marked with a sticker placed on the mailbox...."
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Stamps.com Completes Market Test
"...shipped more than 70 million PhotoStamps to customers since 2005. The approval of the USPS is critical for Stamps.com, which saw a stall back in October of 2004 when the PhotoStamps service was halted for eight months after consumers were found to be uploading "inappropriate" images..."
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National Postal Forum
May 17-20, 2009 - Washington, DC
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"...The National Postal Forum is the premier educational event/experience and tradeshow available to mail professionals today. Attend the National Postal Forum to get a complete education in the "Business of Mail." If your business or profession has anything to do with using mail, or any of the products and services available through the United States Postal Service... then this is the place you need to be!..."
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Postal Service Expects Steeper Declines
"...The U.S. Postal Service has cut 25,000 jobs this year and mail volume will continue to drop into 2010 as it struggles to break even and return to profitability..."
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Friday, May 15, 2009
APWU, Mail Hauler Agree to One-Month Contract Extension
"...The APWU and the private-sector mail-haul firm Pat Salmon & Sons have agreed to a one-month extension of a contract covering more than 500 drivers. The collective bargaining agreement in effect since Aug. 30, 2006, had been set to expire May 15...."
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(APWU) Excessing: Know Your Rights
"...indicating that junior full-time employees will be reassigned to other crafts or more distant facilities. Through collective bargaining, the union and management have established rules governing the reassignment of employees, and it is important that the rules be followed. Unfortunately, management seems to be engaged in a dangerous game of “chicken” with workers — hoping to reduce the complement by coercing employees to resign. Management is attempting to accomplish this insidious deed by “reassigning” employees to non-existent positions in facilities far from the employees’ homes...."
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sick 3-D Cameras Go Postal
"...Sick, a maker of sensors, safety systems, machine vision, and automatic identification products for factory and logistics automation, announced it was awarded a multi-million dollar order from Lockheed Martin Systems Integration – Owego to provide its Ruler E 3D Cameras as part of continuing improvements to the United States Postal Service’s Automated Package Processing System (APPS)...."
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Despite risks, dealers still mail illegal drugs
"...Neighborhood Recovery Unit intercepted four packages of marijuana totaling 57 pounds. The packages, which originated from the western part of the country, probably cost about $70,000 altogether, but had an estimated street value of about $250,000..."
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Law Note: 3rd Circuit: When Serving Post Office, Don't Rely on Mailbox Rule
"...The dispute erupted over whether Pollock had filed a timely request for reconsideration within six months after the USPS denied his initial claim. Pollock filed an affidavit in which he swore that he had signed a final copy of the request for reconsideration before giving it to his secretary to be mailed first class...."
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Postal Worker Dog Issues
Macon council president Paris cited due to pet violation, incident with officer
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"...the mail carrier flagged him down Saturday morning to tell him that a black dog from Paris' Suwanee Avenue home had been chasing her. When the postal worker made contact with Paris, the council president began yelling at the woman and suggested she needed to find a new career if she couldn't handle a dog..."
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Identity theft is big business
"...Information on how to prevent identity theft and on how to recognize fraudulent schemes can be found at the U.S. Postal Inspection website at http://postalinspectors.uspis.gov or the Federal Trade Commission at www.consumer.gov/idtheft. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service can be reached at 1-877-876-2455...."
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U.S. Postal Service Shares Loads As Printers Mail, Mailers Print
"...USPS will test a load-sharing program called "Collaborative Logistics" for the next two years. By statute, USPS has that much time to test what PRC calls an "experimental program," which also touches markets outside printing..."
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Postal Service is now delivering the paper
"...The U.S. Postal Service is now delivering the paper. The Daily Union laid off more than 30 news carriers in what they say is an effort to improve customer service...."
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Postal Service as Newspaper Delivery Source
Postal service to deliver Southbridge newspaper
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"...The change will affect the timeliness of the print edition of the newspaper because of deadline changes, Mr. Bird acknowledged in an interview yesterday. He emphasized the paper will remain a daily publication. He said the postal service has assured the newspaper that it can provide same-day delivery. ..."
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Postal detectives crack case of messy addresses
"...Without leaving their cubicles, U.S. Postal Service sleuths in Glendale solve more than a million mail-delivery mysteries daily for post offices nationwide. Their wits and their computers are their only tools. ..."
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Postal rates went up, and I give my stamp of approval
"...What that means is that literally, I wouldn't walk next door for $4. But if I drop a letter in a mailbox, the postal service will haul it all the way to Alaska for 44 cents. To me, that's still a heck of a deal...."
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