Bomb Squad Sent To Local Post Office To Check Out Suspicious Package

"...suspicious package was discovered on top of a mailbox at the U.S. Post Office on Highway 6 in Waco...."    

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Do we need unions? What has the union done for me?

The oft asked questions of non-union members, as well as disgruntled union members, are Do we need unions? What has the union done for me?. For the educated and well-read members of American society, the questions are easily answered. For example, anyone that has ventured to ponder those questions and educate themselves, may have read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, popular classic read, and which shined a bright light on the realms of child labor, prisons, insurance companies, and, foremost, American enterprise and its role in the creation of a new American class of impoverished industrial wage slaves. The book was considered required reading in some school systems in America. Some feel that the atrocities referenced in the book are merely a reflection of times past that could not be repeated in modern civilized society. If you are of that school of thought, consider yourself a part of the privileged caste. Please do not think for one minute that these atrocities do not exist today in our own society, no matter how far removed you may be from it. To this day, you are fed anti-union rhetoric by big business through all media streams in an effort to tilt you into thinking that the unions are responsible for the destruction of the American dream and the outrageous pricing economics of this great country. As members of the highly unionized postal workforce, you are bombarded at union negotiation time, by large mailers screaming about the wages and benefits of postal blue collar workers being the cause of high postal pricing and poor performance, while they attempt to veil the savings they unfairly reap on their own mailing discounts through excessive workshare discounts and other manipulative means. Specifically, what has the union brought to you and the American working class? This should be easy to see, even in the low-wage postal industry. Take a look around you. Ask that casual employee working directly next to a Full Time Regular (FTR) employee or a Part Flexible (PTF) employee, what they think about their wage and benefits. They will tell you about not having health insurance, their low wage, their lack of any decent schedule, their inability to know how many hours they will get this week and the ability of the employer to fire them on a whim without any protection. Unfortunately, most of them have an anti-union thought themselves, as they see the career postal employee as a spoiled employee that doesn't appreciate the benefits and wages they receive. However, that casual employee fails to see that without the union in place, their own wage would be lower and their work environment would be much worse, as the employer would not feel obligated to pay them anything more than minimum wage (also hard fought and won through unions). The career postal employee should look at the casual employee and see in the mirror themselves if the union did not exist. That goes equally to the SDO's and MDO's whose wage and benefits are closely tied to what the union negotiates for the working class. You have health insurance, higher wages, life insurance, tax benefits, safe working environments, retirement programs, better hours, overtime, and a voice, thanks SOLELY to unions in this country! ...and non-union workers in this country owe unions a debt of gratitude for what they have. So support your union and strive to point out to the non-union industries the benefit of being unionized. Stand up against the uneducated anti-union bullies who are quite often pawns in the big chess game of making the rich richer and the working class a separate caste. Unions want us ALL to have a larger, fairer slice of the pie that we all work hard to achieve. That also means we should all work hard and diligently to make our employer a success as well! Yes, we need unions!

   

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The future for intelligent mail is bright

"...requiring participating mailers to use unique Intelligent Mail Bar Codes on mail pieces, trays and containers, and to electronically submit postage statements and mailing documentation, among other requirements...."    

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Postal worker needs plastic surgery after dog attack

"..."Whilst welcoming this significant victory in relation to personal injury compensation, it does emphasize the importance of the ongoing CWU Biteback campaign which continues to fight for tougher laws to protect postal and other workers and members of the public from dangerous dogs...."    

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Postal carrier killed in Inlet shooting

"...Post Office worker and mother of three young children was gunned down by her ex-boyfriend Wednesday morning, ..."    

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Vail case being treated as murder-suicide

"...Pima County Sheriff's Department is investigating a possible murder-suicide late Sunday in Vail that culminated with a U.S. Postal Service inspector shooting himself while on the phone with a 911 operator..."    

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Postal Workers Seek Answers in Public Meeting

"...It was a tense discussion as U.S Postal Service (USPS) representatives met with workers and residents of Bay County Thursday, as they sorted through a proposal to close the Panama City distribution center..."    

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OIG, USPIS Launch Workers' Comp Fraud Initiative

"...this initiative is an opportunity for the OIG and the Inspection Service to collaborate and focus on protecting the integrity and financial health of the Postal Service.

If you know someone who is defrauding the Postal Service, contact the OIG at 1-888-USPS-OIG or at www.uspsoig.gov...."    

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GF postman sentenced for driving a mail truck while drunk

"...could be subject to discipline, considering that USPS policy prohibits on-duty employees from drinking alcohol or being intoxicated...."    

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Nine-Million-Member Union Coalition Calls For Defeat Of Cadillac Tax

"...it will unfairly hit working-class families. The letter from the federal and postal employees frames the tax as both inequitable and potentially damaging to the prospects of recruiting future government employees..."    

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At funeral, postal workers deliver special tribute

"...Sixty postal trucks lined the entrance of Evergreen Cemetery yesterday afternoon in a tribute to a Framingham letter carrier who died last week. Kurt J. Boudreau, 43, died Dec. 27 after falling ill at his Marlborough home...."    

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Postal service retreats ... Marines, Beanie Babies team up

"...Among the criticisms: the word "munitions" was overly broad; the ban would violate the Constitution's Second Amendment; the postal service lacked the legal authority to issue such a ban; and there wasn't a big enough problem to even worry about...."    

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U.S. Postal Service to honor carrier who helped save 10-yr-old boy trapped beneath car

"...Christopher H. Leipert, who has worked since May as a temporary mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service office at 1300 Cumberland in Saginaw, has responded humbly..."    

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Marlow postal carrier indicted on theft charge

"...part-time postal carrier from Marlow is facing federal charges accusing him of stealing medication from the mail...."    

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UPS plans to cut jobs for additional cost savings in 2010

UPS raises fourth-quarter profit outlook

"...restructuring will eliminate about 1,800 management and administrative assistants, the company said, in part through normal attrition and by buyout offers for about 1,110 employees...."    

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Postal Service considers closing local mail processing center, consolidating work in Macon

Eight jobs would be lost in Columbus processing center

"...the Postal Service decided to close out a similar facility in Athens and move the work to a metro Atlanta facility. The agency is also studying whether it should close an outgoing mail facility in Atlanta itself, which could also move to the metro Atlanta site...."    

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Postal deficit may lead to less delivery

"...So what is the postal service to do? The biggest change coming could be in Saturday delivery. The agency is planning to ask Congress to let it stop running mail routes six days a week. Donahoe says that could save $3.5 billion each year...."    

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Uncle Sam offers more buyouts for workers

"...Postal Service extended offers to 30,000 employees. A little more than 21,000 have accepted, the Post reported. The offers expire Thursday...."    

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$50,000 reward offered by USPS for robbery of mail carrier

"...robbed a postal carrier in Reseda, California, a suburb north of downtown Los Angeles, as the carrier was sitting in a parked mail delivery truck, authorities said...."    

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If we are attacked by biological weapons — the Post Office will come to the rescue

"...Postal Service in charge of delivering drugs and other medical supplies required for surviving the attack...."    

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USPS sees net loss of $255M for November

"...a net loss of $255 million for November, and a $476 million net loss for October and November, the first two months of its 2010 fiscal year. ..."    

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Fallen Paris National Guard soldiers honored at Iraq post office

"...Four soldiers from the 1544th Transportation Company based in Paris were honored posthumously for their support of postal operations in Iraq during the dedication of a new post office Dec. 17 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq...."    

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EEOC Holds that Employees Cannot Be Discriminated Against Due to Perceived Limitations of a Disability

"...EEOC Appeal No. 0720070077 (November 13, 2009), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reinforced the notion that federal agencies cannot discriminate against disabled employees based on subjective opinions of their limitations and abilities. Federal Employers ..."    

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2007 slaying of Carnation family haunts survivors

"...He was a big, strong guy and a really caring guy." Erica admired Wayne and Judy Anderson from the start, Mantle said. Judy Anderson was a well-liked postal carrier in Carnation, and her husband was a veteran Boeing engineer. But, her family said, relations..."    

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In the mail: CNY readers defend U.S. postal system

Postal service works hard to deliver in timely manner

"...Having dealt with several European mail services over 20 years or so, I can say with absolute assurance I know of no better postal service than ours. It’s not cheap, but it’s reliable and pretty much guaranteed to get the mail where it belongs in a reasonable amount of time...."    

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Pa. man on house arrest robs post office

"...removed the ankle bracelet so he could leave home, then put it back on after the robbery. ..."    

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Wytheville post office suspect has a 'mean streak', criminal history

"...holding three people hostage in a Wytheville post office. Court records from Florida also detail a violent history for the 53-year-old, who served four years of a 12-year prison sentence for shooting another ex-wife and was also convicted of lewd and lascivious ..."    

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Mother of gunned down Post Office worker Craig Hodson-Walker tells her uplifting story

"...After Craig's death, the Post Office part of the business was closed down, but a few weeks later PO chiefs acknowledged that the people of Fairfield in Worcestershire were not going to allow those who carried out Craig's murder to stop them from going on with village life as they had before...."    

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Joe Namath's Dogs Attack UPS Driver

"...former UPS driver filed a lawsuit against Namath, seeking at least $15,000 for injuries he says he sustained when three dogs attacked him..."    

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Truck Carrying Mail Overturns, All Lanes Open

"...Alamance County, NC-- A semi contracted with the US Postal Service is slowing traffic on I-85 southbound near Mebane Oaks Rd. The truck belongs to Mail Carriers of America...."    

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Union’s opposition to excessive workshare discounts

A Clear Picture

"... For 1,000 automated letters, which cost the USPS $6.17 to process in delivery sequence, the Postal Service “forgives” $105 in discounts for a portion of the work required to sort the mail into delivery seuqence, resulting in a loss of $98.83 per 1,000 automated letters. That amounts to a loss of $98,830 for every 1 million letters.

I have repeatedly expressed the union’s opposition to excessive workshare discounts that shift the costs of postal services from large mailers to individual users. And I have frequently pointed out that the law governing the USPS stipulates that discounts must not exceed the postal cost avoided.

Despite the outrageous USPS giveaways to major mailers, our critics suggest that the Postal Service’s financial crisis can be addressed by reducing employee wages!!!..."    

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USPS' Santa ready to hang up the red hat

"...Santa Claus is better known within the U.S. Postal Service as Doug Fischer. The 28-year USPS veteran has donned the red suit and the snow-white beard for the last 12 years to help deliver Express Mail packages on Christmas Day...."    

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USPS mail collection box stolen in Phoenix

"...collection box was recovered with most of the outgoing still inside...."    

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Affidavit: Anger at government motivated Wytheville post office suspect

"...made a decision to 'end it' at a Post Office in Wytheville, Virginia. Taylor admitted to firing one of the handguns he was carrying numerous times in the post office and also admitted to holding the hostages..."    

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Post Office Hostage Standoff in Virginia is Over

Police say Va. post office hostage standoff over

"...WYTHEVILLE, Va. -- State police say a daylong standoff at a small-town Virginia post office has ended with three hostages being released and a suspect in custody...."    

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Wytheville, Virginia Post Office Hostage Situation Taking Place Now

"...There also are reports that the man has a "device" and it appears the man's car, parked outside the office, is equipped with some type of device, Crewe said. He did not elaborate on what the device could be...."    

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U.S. Post Office warns of email scam

"...Chief Postal Inspector William R. Galligan, notifies the recipient that a “parcel from DHL courier service has been stopped for security reasons” and “Our scanning system has detected that your parcel contains a confirmable ATM card to the tune of $1.5 million dollars.” ..."    

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Sylvia Writes Santa A Disturbing Letter Concerning Mice

"...“Santa Claus is accepting mail again,” Sylvia informed me.

“I didn’t know that Santa wasn’t accepting mail. After all, that’s his job,” I said. “Kids write to him asking for Christmas presents and, if they’ve been good, Santa brings them what they want on Christmas Eve. That is, if their requests are reasonable and have been properly processed with the correct postage.”..."    

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Express Mail Can Get it There on Time

"...Customers searching for reliable overnight delivery of holiday gifts can look to Express Mail from the U.S. Postal Service to get it under the tree in time.

Express Mail service offers reliable, affordable next-day delivery to most locations, plus free tracking and proof of delivery. The last recommended day for mailing holiday gifts by Express Mail is Dec. 23...."    

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Post Office hours Dec 24 & 31, 2009

POST OFFICES CLOSING EARLY ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEAR’S EVE

"...Post Offices will be open on Christmas Eve, December 24, and New Year’s Eve, December 31, however, many will shorten retail lobby hours and close at 12:00 noon. Regular mail delivery will take place though Collection Box pickup times scheduled after noon on these days will be moved to 12:00 noon.

Customers needing service after 12:00 noon on either December 24 or December 31 should contact their local post office for information on locations of post offices that will maintain normal retail hours and lobby collections on these days. Post Office phone numbers can be obtained from our Find a Post Office tool or by calling 1-800-ASK-USPS.

Post Offices will be closed on Christmas Day, December 25, 2009, and New Year’s Day, January 1, 2010. No delivery service (except for Sunday and Holiday Premium Express Mail) is scheduled for these holidays. Regular retail service and mail delivery will resume on the days following the holidays, December 26, 2009 and January 2, 2010...."    

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Canada Post's cheaper service pays off with Christmas parcels

"...cheaper usually pays off when it comes to sending Christmas parcels with Canada Post. On Dec. 10, the Star sent eight identical..."    

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Sick leave credit for FERS employees

"...Postal employees who retire under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) will receive credit for their unused sick leave when they retire. The new provision — which became effective Oct. 28 with the president’s signing of the fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act — will be phased in over four years.

FERS employees who retire between now and Dec. 31, 2013, will receive a 50-percent ..."    

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Pittsfield Mail Concerns Return to sender Trying to get answers from Postal Service frustrating

"...the reputation of the Postal Service -- traditionally one of the most reliable and trustworthy institutions in the land -- continues to come under fire from critics who are unhappy with allegedly sluggish, hit-or-miss service bordering on indifference. ..."    

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$190 postage for gifts paid by mystery man

Yes, Memphis, there really is a Santa Claus

"...He was there to open a post office box, Bethes said, and after he'd finished his paperwork, he asked about the package...."    

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Will USPS Flat Rate Boxes Save You Money?

"...if it fits, it ships for one rate to any state in the country. But are you really saving money with the boxes? When Carole Willisch heard about the Flat Rate boxes, she thought she could save some money sending her Christmas gifts...."    

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Monday is Busiest Mailing Day of the Year for the Post Office

"...The Monday two weeks prior to Christmas is the busiest mailing day each year, as people finish their cards and packages over the weekend and drop them in the mail to make sure they arrive before the holiday...."    

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The 10 industries with the largest wage and salary employment declines, 2008-18

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Postal Service will have lost 98,000 jobs by the year 2018. That is a decline of 13%! The data is from the National Employment Matrix.
   

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APWU, Other Federal Unions Assail Senate Bill’s Excise Tax on Healthcare

"...“This tax would result in huge benefit cuts, and increased co-pays and deductibles for federal and postal employees,” Burrus said. “It is absolutely the wrong way to pay for this legislation. Health insurance reform simply should not be financed by burdening workers and the middle class with an excise tax.”

The two reports conclude that the “average” plans would try to avoid the excise tax, and would shift costs to employees...."    

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GAO Report:: U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Postal Service Relatively Limited Results from Recent Revenue-Generation Efforts

"...USPS debt increased at the end of fiscal year 2009 by the annual statutory limit of $3 billion, bringing outstanding debt to $10.2 billion. At this rate, USPS will reach its total $15 billion statutory debt limit in fiscal year 2011. (4) USPS projects annual deficits over $7 billion in fiscal years 2010 and 2011, and continuing large cash shortfalls. PAEA and implementing regulations gave USPS more flexibility to set prices, test new postal products, and retain earnings. USPS has broad latitude to set rates that take effect unless the Postal Regulatory Commission finds the rates would violate legal requirements, such as a price cap that generally limits rate increases for most mail to the rate of inflation. Except for annual rate increases, USPS revenue-generation actions since PAEA was enacted have generally achieved limited results compared to USPS's deficits...."    

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Federal Times Gregg Carlstrom ask: USPS employee? Filed a grievance?

 
Federal Times: USPS employee? Filed a grievance?
"...Time for one of my periodic “I’m looking for postal employees…” posts. I’m working on a story about the Postal Service’s labor grievance process, and I’m looking for postal employees who have filed grievances against USPS. Don’t care what the outcome was — whether you won, you lost, or the complaint is still pending.

If you’re interested in talking — anonymously, of course — e-mail me here...."
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