Arrest in attempted sex assault of postal worker

"...He is charged with attempt to commit rape, indecent assault and related offenses. The female worker was reportedly assaulted while inside her mail truck..."    

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USPS shipping prices to increase in January for Forever Stamps, Priority Mail

"...USPS rate increases were approved in November, but they don't take effect until January 27..."    

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Mailman fatally struck, ejected from truck

"...A postal worker was ejected from his truck during his route, Wednesday afternoon. According to police, 59-year-old..."    

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APWU on Status of Collective Bargaining

"...we were unable to reach any changes or new agreements with the Postal Service. The APWU and USPS are now at “impasse.” Next Steps Interest Arbitration will now be the next major step. Our future wages, benefits and working conditions will be determined by an outside arbitrator. During this period both sides can continue discussions and, if possible, reach new tentative agreements. The APWU National leadership is committed to the goal of reaching a voluntary agreement that addresses the Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee’s concerns and can be put before the membership for a ratification vote. The APWU will be fully prepared to present a solid case in interest arbitration to back up our demands and protect the many gains of the past..."    

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Alabama postal workers accused of stealing mail, trafficking marijuana

"...indicted the four Mobile workers on federal charges in November. Thirty-three-year-old Unterria J. Rogers, 26-year-old Devon Donald, 26-year-old Sade Martin and 25-year-old Shambria Hill were each indicted on charges including stealing mail ..."    

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Update on APWU Contract Negotiations

"...the national union leadership will make an announcement on Friday December 21, 2018 ..."    

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Presidential Task Force Recommends Eliminating Collective Bargaining Over the Wages of Postal Employees

Presidential Task Force on the USPS Finally Issues its Report

"...Unfortunately, the Task Force also issued some very detrimental recommendations which, if implemented, would cut services to the American public, raise postal rates to major mailers, and reduce the wages, benefits and collective bargaining rights of all postal employees. The Task Force’s recommendations include..."    

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Postal report expected today

"...Treasury on Tuesday is expected to finally release a report ordered by Trump looking into U.S. Postal Service pricing..."    

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Postal News: Postal Service Exposes Personal Data of 60 Million People

"...The security hole allowed anyone with an account to find the following account details of other users: email addresses, user IDs, phone numbers and more. The USPS says that it has no data that suggests that any customer records were accessed as a result of the flaw..."    

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Retired postal worker plays same numbers for 25 years, hits $343.9M Powerball

"...Fox News reports that Robert Bailey, a retired postal worker, won with perseverance and the lucky combination of 8-12-13-19-27-4 on Oct. 27, The New York Times reported. On Wednesday, he collected his check at the Resort World Casino in Queens. He opted for the lump-sum payout of $125,396,690, after taxes..."    

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Postal Employees: You will pay more in retirement for health insurance (FEHB)

Did you realize as a postal worker you will pay more in retirement for your FEHB health insurance than you do now? As a postal worker, your unions have negotiated a lower cost for your share of the FEHB premium, but when you retire you pay what other federal employees do in retirement. Reg Jones over at FEDweek gives the best explanation I have found. He explains it in a very informative article entitled, 'Health Insurance in Retirement'.    

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At Least 2 Dead In Building Collapse At Amazon Warehouse In Baltimore

"...'There was stuff falling everywhere, you could see the walls were caving in,' one employee said..."    

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US Postal Service wants 'cluster' apartment-style mailboxes for new single-family houses

"...The demand for centralized delivery as the only acceptable option came directly from the postal service, Sanderson said. “They’ve mailed us, emailed us and called us,” he said. “It wasn’t a friendly conversation by any means..."    

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Interesting history of privately run post office on Rattlesnake Island

Rattlesnake Island Revealed!

"...One owner, Dr. James Frackelton (who would eventually become another member of the RIC), established his own post office there, under a little-known federal law that allows privately run posts where the government does not provide regular service. Frackelton's stamps are must-haves for collectors. The current owners are secret investors who bought the island for $4.6 million in 1998..."    

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Mail-Bomb Suspect Is in Custody

"...Authorities have a person in custody in connection with the 12 packages containing suspected explosive devices sent to prominent Democrats and outspoken critics of President Trump this week, according to a law-enforcement official. The arrest was made in Miami, the official said..."    

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Suspicious Packages Sent to the Clintons, Obama, Soros and CNN

What to Know About the Suspicious Packages Sent to the Clintons, Obama and CNN

"...package found in the CNN mailroom appears to be a pipe bomb and police do not know yet if it is connected to the intercepted packages sent to Soros, Obama, or Clinton. A bomb squad was on the scene and the investigation is ongoing. Police Commissioner James O’Neill confirmed that the bomb squad removed the explosive device and that an envelope containing white powder was..."    

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Trump moves to exit 144-year-old postal pact over cheap China mail

"...The UPU treaty gives lower mailing rates to poorer countries, including China, which Trump and other critics say has let China flood the U.S. with dirt-cheap electronics and other goods, often sold online for rock-bottom prices with shipping included. About 60% of packages shipped into the U.S. come from China, the New York Times reports. That lets Chinese vendors unfairly compete with U.S. vendors..."    

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$25,000 reward for info on missing pregnant postal worker

"...Postal Inspection Service is offering a $25,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of a pregnant mail carrier who has not been seen in two weeks. Kierra Coles, 26, was last seen Oct. 2 near her home on the south side of Chicago..."    

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Utah man arrested in ricin probe after suspicious mailings to Trump, Pentagon

"...The arrest came one day after Pentagon officials said two envelopes that tested positive for ricin were isolated at a Pentagon mail screening facility and sent to the FBI. The envelopes were addressed to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the chief of the Navy, Adm. John Richardson..."    

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New $15 Per Hour Amazon Wage Aims to Secure Holiday Help in Tight Job Market

"...at its root, the $15-an-hour minimum pay is an incentive for people to come work for Amazon -- rather than Walmart or Target -- as the retail industry gears up for the holiday shopping season amid historically low U.S. unemployment. Amazon plans to hire 100,000 temporary warehouse workers this year to help fulfill orders during the gift-giving crush, when it needs people most and when the job market offers many other opportunities..."    

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2 pieces of mail delivered to Pentagon test positive for ricin

"...Two pieces of mail delivered to the Pentagon mail facility on Monday have initially tested positive for ricin, according to a US defense official..."    

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Postal employee accused of firing shotgun into Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis

"...Wood fired a 12-gauge shotgun from near the roof of the Minneapolis Central Post Office across Hennepin Avenue and into the Federal Reserve Ban between 10 and 11:15 p.m. July 21, charges say..."    

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Mail Carrier Confronted Mail Robber and Took Back Packages

She didn't have to go 'postal' on robber, but mail carrier did get mail back

"...City mail carrier refused to be a victim Wednesday. While walking her route on Sept. 19 at 12:10 p.m. in the area of New and Rutgers avenues, a mail carrier was accosted by a woman who took from packages from her satchel and then walked away..."    

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Clarksville Police Continue To Search For Missing USPS Master Key

"...CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Police continue to search for a stolen United States Postal Service master key and one of the three suspects still on the run. Officials say Clarksville Montgomery county residents are still at risk of becoming victims but police are hoping someone knows where 29-year-old Katlin Paterson is hiding..."    

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Is the USPS the largest employer of veterans?

"...The U.S. Postal Service, with more than 100,000 former military men and women on the payroll, ranks among the nation's largest employers of veterans, along with Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense. Veterans and disabled veterans collectively make up over 24 percent of the USPS workforce..."    

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Trump’s silence about postal service report suggests his pricing claims proved false

Task Force to evaluate the finances of the United States Postal Service

"...Trump had issued an executive order on the night of April 12, calling for an evaluation of the USPS’s finances, after some analysts, a former Postmaster General and some news-service reports said Trump’s claim that the USPS lost $1.50 on every package it delivered for Amazon was not accurate. The due date for the task force’s report was Aug. 10. The fact that Trump has stayed “uncharacteristically quiet” on the post office since that date “suggests the recommendations were unsatisfactory to the administration..."    

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Postal worker charged with firing shots at Federal Reserve Bank of Mpls.

"...Two Federal Reserve officers say they heard three loud blasts coming near the top of the Minneapolis Central Post Office parking ramp the night of July 21. Investigators later discovered Wood, who's an employee of the post office, had..."    

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Hawaii and Islands: Hurricane Lane impacts U.S. Postal Service operations, mail delivery

"...HONOLULU (KHON2) - In anticipation of the impact of Hurricane Lane, the U.S. Postal Service announced the following adjustments to its operations for Thursday, Aug. 23..."    

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Millennials Get Blamed for a Lot, But They Could Help to Save the U.S. Postal Service

"...Millennials get a bad rap for destroying everything from homeownership rates to fabric softener sales, but there's one important traditional industry they're enthusiastic about: the U.S. Postal Service. According to CityLab, a new USPS report (PDF) finds that..."    

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Muscle Shoals (Alabama) Post Office building shut down over health, safety concerns

"...closed until further notice pending “an assessment of possible health and safety issues with the building,” according to a news release from the USPS. Details about the issues were not specified..."    

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Postal Task Force Has Recommendations Ready for the President

"...The executive order that created the task force, which Trump signed in April, gave the group four months to deliver its recommendations. That deadline was set for Aug. 10. The task force plans to deliver the report to the White House this week, a Treasury Department spokesperson told Government Executive, and will provide the president with a briefing next week when he is expected to return from New Jersey..."    

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Video: How Houston ranks with U.S. Postal Service

"...How is the USPS doing here in Houston? So far, 2018's been a tricky year. Houston is the third-worst area in the country for package delivery..."    

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Amazon forms U.S. Postal Service lobby group with other companies

"...Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and other retail and logistics companies said on Wednesday they had started a new group to lobby to keep the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) package delivery services 'reliable and affordable...presidential task force, McHugh said. With the task force’s Aug. 10 report deadline looming..."    

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Custodian discovers World War II letter at Elgin post office, returns keepsake to writer's family

"...Caulfield asked around and learned Gathman worked at the Elgin Post Office from 1940 to 1973. Caulfield and his wife then used Facebook to track down Gathman’s son, Bruce, who lives in South Carolina. Caulfield sent him the letter via priority mail..."    

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Birmingham brothers sentenced to federal prison in Mexican cartel drug distribution case

"...The investigation began when U.S. Postal inspectors and SBI agents began investigating mailings of dozens of packages from Phoenix, Arizona to the Birmingham area in December 2016, according to court documents. The investigation began after postal inspectors in Arizona contacted inspectors in Alabama about a package they had intercepted and found to contain more than three pounds of methamphetamine. The package was addressed to a Birmingham-area home...the person who mailed that package as Deron Lee Green, a former Alabama resident with family in Birmingham..."    

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Postal worker dies. May have succumbed to heat

Postal worker, nearing retirement, dies in record-setting CA heat

"...A dedicated employee with 28 years of service, and close to retirement, Peggy Frank had just returned to work from medical leave...Tragedy struck Friday, her first day of work in months after suffering a broken ankle, according to family. The 63-year-old was found unresponsive in her mail delivery truck as temperatures topped more than 115 degrees"    

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Fired Up and Ready to Go! Contract Negotiations Begin Between the APWU and USPS

"...Dimondstein discussed the union’s general goals for bargaining: fair compensation, safe workplaces free of harassment, job security and opportunity to enjoy secure and dignified retirements. “Our members want an end to the divisive unfair three-tier wage and benefit structure,” he said. “We want an end to the situation where new hires do not, or barely make, a living wage, and where full-time career work has been undermined..."    

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President Trump, Jeff Bezos And The Solution For The United States Postal Service

"...Amazon today announced a new program designed to encourage entrepreneurs to enter into an agreement with Amazon to open their own Amazon-backed delivery service. In exchange for a $10,000 investment, Amazon will provide up to 40 vans and allow drivers to wear Amazon-branded uniforms. Entrepreneurs can earn up to $300,000 annually according to Amazon..."    

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Amazon Drives Deeper Into Package Delivery

"...Amazon says it has to build out its own services simply to handle the surging number of online orders that UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service can’t. More than $4 of every $10 spent online in the U.S. is on Amazon.com, and the number of its deliveries topped more than a billion last year, according to analyst estimates..."    

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Job Losses, Relocations Could Result from Reorganization Plan

"...The Trump administration’s blueprint for reorganizing a host of federal agencies and programs, released Thursday, contains no specific projections on the impact of federal employees working in them, although if carried out the plans could result in the loss of many federal jobs and the relocation of others. The “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century” document..."    

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UPS, Teamsters May Be Headed Toward America’s Biggest Labor Strike in Decades

"...the nation’s largest strike in decades. On Tuesday, the union announced members voted more than 90% in favor of going on strike...One proposal on the negotiating table is to create a two-tier wage system that would take part-time workers who earn $15 an hour and make them full-time at the same wage. Existing full-time drivers now earn an average of $36 an hour, or roughly $75,000 a year. The Teamsters are divided on this proposal, which makes it harder to reach a deal and avoid a strike..."    

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Remembering President Emeritus William Burrus

"...William Burrus served as elected National President of the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO from 2001-2010. He was the first African-American to be elected president of any national union in direct balloting by the membership. Prior to his assuming the presidency, William Burrus served as APWU Executive Vice-President for 21 years, from 1980 to 2001, working alongside APWU President Moe Biller. As a top national APWU officer, Brother Burrus helped negotiate substantial gains for the members with improved wages, and benefits, rightfully earning his reputation as a skilled negotiator and powerful advocate for postal workers..."    

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USPS: Prattville Alabama Post Office remains closed as ATF investigation continues

"...front lobby and postal box area of the post office remain closed as agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) continue to..."    

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President Issues Executive Order on USPS

"...The Executive Order calls for a full report within 120 days to provide a “thorough evaluation of the operations and finance” of the USPS to include:

the expansion and pricing of package delivery

the USPS role in competitive markets

the decline in mail volume and implications of USPS financing

the USPS monopoly over letter delivery and mail boxes

the USPS business model, workforce, operations, costs and pricing.

The task force will potentially develop recommendations on administrative and legislative reforms regarding the U.S. Postal Service..."    

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Senate bill would force Postal Service retirees onto Medicare

"...A retiree may have to pay another $1,600 or more per year in Medicare premiums, according to Thissen. “A Postal Service Medicare eligible annuitant subject to this section may not continue coverage under the Postal Service Health Benefits Program unless the Postal Service Medicare eligible annuitant enrolls in Medicare part A, Medicare part B and Medicare part D,” the bill said..."    

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USPS Files Patent To Use Blockchain Tech In User Identity Verification

"...The United States Postal Service (USPS) had filed a patent last September for a system with public and private keys and a “block chain [sic] component” for authenticating user information, according to a patent filing released yesterday, March 22, by the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, titled “Methods and Systems for a Digital Trust Architecture..."    

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1 injured as package bound for Austin explodes at FedEx facility

"...A package bomb blew up at a FedEx Corp distribution center near San Antonio on Tuesday, officials said, and the FBI was investigating whether it was linked to a series of four homemade bombs that hit the Texas capital of Austin this month..."    

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Man Arrested in White Powder Mailings to Donald Trump Jr., Antonio Sabato Jr., Other Public Figures: Feds

"...Authorities say they've arrested the man who sent an envelope of white powder to the Manhattan apartment of Donald Trump Jr. and his wife Vanessa last month. Federal prosecutors in Boston said Thursday morning the 24-year-old man, Daniel Frisiello, mailed five envelopes filled with powder to..."    

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Huntsville mail processing center may relocate to Birmingham

"...Postal workers voiced their concerns at Wednesday night's meeting. Postal worker and Huntsville resident Ray Dunavant said if the measure passes, Huntsville will lose its historic postmark; something that Dunavant says is an emblem of a community.

Dunavant also worried about medications being sent without an overnight delivery option.

"Basically it will be slowed where you will not have your next day delivery for first class mail in particular. This again, will have an impact on medication as far as diabetics...where mail is delivered in cool packs. Medication may end up melting and the medication may not end up being good," said Dunavant.

The Postal Service will ..."    

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‘Chemical incident’ at US military base as 11 people taken ill after ‘opening letter’

"...at least 11 people fell ill because of a letter containing suspicious material. Five people reportedly suffered nose bleeds and burning sensations said to have been caused by an unidentified substance..."    

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U.S. Postal Worker Has Been Found Fatally Shot Inside a Mail Truck in Texas

U.S. Postal Worker Has Been Found Fatally Shot Inside a Mail Truck in Texas

"...A U.S. Postal Service worker was found fatally shot inside a mail truck along a busy highway in Dallas on Monday, and investigators are treating the case as a homicide, according to police. Officers found the worker’s body inside the government..."    

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COLA 2018: APWU and NPMHU represented employees to get 1st COLA of 2018

First Cost of Living Allowance of 2018 - $520 to be effective March 3rd

"...This COLA increase is based on the upward change in the relevant Consumer Price Index (CPI) following release of the January 2018 Index, and provides an annual increase of $520 for all Steps in..."    

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Donald Trump Jr's wife in hospital after opening letter containing white powder

"...Vanessa Trump, daughter-in-law to US President Donald Trump called 911 on Monday morning (NZT Tuesday) after opening a letter addressed to her husband, at their midtown Manhattan apartment. Police say she said she was coughing and felt nauseous afterwards..."    

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USPS looking for suspects wanted for mail theft, stolen vehicle

"...Authorities say a man and a woman took a personal vehicle belonging to a mail carrier, who was delivering mail at the apartment complex at the time of the theft..."    

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Probe: Chinese opioid sellers exploit US postal service flaw

"...AP reporters found multiple sellers willing to ship carfentanil – an opioid used as an elephant tranquilizer that is so potent it has been considered a chemical weapon. The sellers also offered advice on how to evade screening by U.S. authorities..."    

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Police: USPS carrier played key role in drug trafficking organization

Police: USPS carrier played key role in drug trafficking organization

"...Through wiretapping, DEA agents say they listened to calls and read texts between Garcia and Cruz where they arranged for deliveries. Cruz lives in Worcester, and neighbors say they are shocked to hear the quiet postal worker was involved in such an elaborate scheme. "I knew he was a postal worker..."    

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Postal carriers arrested for trafficking meth on their routes

Polson postal carriers arrested for trafficking meth on their routes

"...suspicion of trafficking methamphetamine on their mail routes. Lake County Sheriff Don Bell says 62-year-old..."    

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Former U.S. Postal Service worker admits burning mail for months

"...took mail from his rural postal route in Louisiana to his home in Pitkin, where from Dec. 1, 2016 to May 1, 2017, he burned at least 20 tubs of mail..."    

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Steroids by Mail: Steroids shipment results in Wyoming charges

Steroids shipment results in Wyoming charges

"...According to charging documents filed with the Circuit Court in Riverton, the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) International Mail Facility at LAX Airport in Los Angeles, California intercepted a mail parcel declared as “beauty products” on December 23, 2017. A “more intrusive examination” was then performed and resulted in the discovery of bottles marked as Proviron, Dianabol, and 16 vials marked as Tren-Mix 200. All items are known to be Anabolic Steroids..."    

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USPS Offers 'No Incentive' Voluntary Early Retirement

USPS Offers 'No Incentive' Voluntary Early Retirement

The Postal Service is making a Voluntary Retirement Offer to eligible mail handler and clerk employees. However, much to the chagrin of workers, there are no incentives to entice employees to make a move in that direction. This has left employees questioning the move as they see their federal employee brothers and sisters last year being approved by congress for a pilot program that increased Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay (VSIP) for DoD civilian workers to $40,000 for one year. The typical VSIP is maxed out at $25,000. However the Postal Service has consistently offered much less in their last three offers and now an offer of no incentive.

   

The current USPS offer begins Jan. 8. There will be three (3) effective dates in which eligible employees may choose in the Vonluntary Early Retirement offer. Those dates are: Jan. 31, Feb. 28 and March 31. Eligible employees should receive letters making the offer soon. To read more on the offer go to the following URL: https://link.usps.com/2018/01/04/voluntary-early-retirements/

The Voluntary Early Retirement offer with no incentive leaves one to question the intent of an offer that will most likely only derive a very small number of takers. Some may question whether this is simply an offer that is made to satisfy union obligations to reduce numbers with the least disruption to employees in the event of more consolidations/closures should something like that take place in the future. However, it is highly unlikely a no-incentivized offer would satisfy any union requirements with an offer that would seem unrealistic in generating much movement out the door. If you would like to follow the conversation or join the conversation, Federal Soup offers a great forum for doing so at: https://forum.federalsoup.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=79888

You can get more information from the two national unions at:

National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU)

American Postal Workers Union (APWU)

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1970 Postal Strike: Remember when postal unions had power to make positive change for the lower-paid middle class?

How a Postal Strike Became a National Emergency for Richard Nixon

"...At the time, pay raises for postal workers were almost unheard of: After 21 years on the job, noted The New York Times, a letter carrier would only earn $2,266 more than their starting salary. Though unionized, postal workers were forbidden from negotiating for pay raises due to cost of living. There was no chance to earn overtime, and many workers had to find a second job to make ends meet..."    

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Trump Takes On Amazon and the Postal Service Again, Urging ‘Much More’ in Postage Fees

Trump Takes On Amazon Again, Urging ‘Much More’ in Postage Fees

"...Amazon regularly uses the Postal Service to complete what’s called the “last mile” of delivery, with letter carriers dropping off packages at some 150 million residences and businesses daily. It has a network of more than 20 “sort centers” where customer packages are sorted by zip code, stacked on pallets and delivered to post offices for the final leg of delivery. While full details of the agreement between Amazon and the Postal Service are unknown -- the mail service is independently operated and strikes confidential deals with retailers..."    

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In final holiday push, UPS grabs its accountants to deliver packages

In final holiday push, UPS grabs its accountants to deliver packages

"...UPS had to supplement those workers this year by calling in employees from various desk jobs with little notice. Some are delivering packages using their personal vehicles. A shift to online shopping coupled with a tight market for seasonal workers left gaps in manpower across the delivery network..."    

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Police: Naked man kills Post Office supervisor early Saturday

Police: Naked man kills Post Office supervisor early Saturday

"...Police say a naked United States Postal Service employee shot a supervisor to death early Saturday morning at a post office before attacking and killing another supervisor at her home..."    

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Tesla Secures Its Largest Order of Semi Trucks Yet With UPS

Tesla Secures Its Largest Order of Semi Trucks Yet With UPS

"...Shipping giant UPS announced this morning that it has pre-ordered 125 all-electric Tesla Semi trucks. The order is the largest yet for the truck, trumping last week’s order of 100 vehicles from PepsiCo. It adds to a growing list of big-name companies who have signed on for the truck..."    

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Politicians make sure they will not get elected again: Their Shameful Tax Plan

U.S. Senate Seems to Have the Votes to Pass their Shameful Tax Plan

"...Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) acknowledged that the Republican drive to cut taxes for the wealthy is the prelude to a larger attack on Social Security and Medicare. On Wednesday, he told a group of lobbyists that hiking the deficit with the GOP tax bill is the first step in dismantling the programs. Responding to a question from Politico interviewers about how to address the federal deficit, he replied, “We have to do two things. We have to generate economic growth which generates revenue, while reducing spending. That will mean instituting structural changes to Social Security and Medicare for the future...Sen. Rubio may have just told a secret that he was not supposed to spill,” said Joseph Peters, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer of the Alliance. “The GOP strategy of increasing the debt and then saying we need to cut Social Security and Medicare usually flies under the radar..."    

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Postal worker shot in the head while on the job dies

Postal worker shot in the head while on the job dies

"...United States Postal Services worker died after being shot in the head Monday night, Channel 2 Action News reported. The shooting occurred outside a post office..."    

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Amazon has privately blamed the U.S. Postal Service for grocery delivery issues that led to Amazon Fresh changes

Amazon has privately blamed the U.S. Postal Service for grocery delivery issues that led to Amazon Fresh changes

"...Specifically, Amazon officials have told several food brands that the USPS had delivered an unreliable experience to customers with too many late or missed deliveries, according to people familiar with the discussions. With no other good delivery options for fresh food in these areas, Amazon decided to shut down the service..."    

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As U.S. Postage Rates Continue To Rise, The USPS Gives The Chinese A 'Free Ride'

As U.S. Postage Rates Continue To Rise, The USPS Gives The Chinese A 'Free Ride'

"...almost impossible not to be amazed at how cheaply China-based merchants are selling products for: xlr cables for $.99, a necklace for $.78, 10 watch batteries for $.78 -- all with postage included. Perhaps you may feel a little suspicious or even a touch indignant about these low prices, as you know that ..."    

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NPMHU Files Charges with NLRB RE: Function-1 Scheduler And USPS Failure to Provide Information

NPMHU Files Charges with NLRB RE: Function-1 Scheduler And USPS Failure to Provide Information

NLRB charge

"...alleging that the Postal Service has failed to bargain in good faith by providing all of the relevant information requested by the National Union. The National Contract Administration Department has been pressing the Postal Service for months seeking information and worksheets relevant to the application of the Function-I Scheduler in any and all mail processing facilities that may be affected by this management tool..."    

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Veterans' Day Observed on Saturday November 11: Postal Retail and Delivery Closed

Veterans' Day Observed on Saturday November 11: Postal Retail and Delivery Closed

"...Each year, Veterans' Day is celebrated on Nov. 11. For 2017, the holiday falls on a Saturday. There has been some confusion about when the Postal Service will observe the holiday because it has a six “business” day week. For clarification, USPS Retail and Delivery will be closed on Saturday, November 11, 2017. It will be business as usual on Friday, November 10, 2017...UPDATE: Veterans’ Day is not one of the negotiated holidays PSEs receive pay for..."    

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They got you again! Think you are getting a pay raise? Think again.

Federal employee health insurance premiums to rise by 6.1 percent

"...The nearly two-thirds of enrollees covered by a Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan will pay $7.17 more per biweekly pay period next year than last year for self-only coverage; $17.04 more for self plus one other person and $17.72 for self and family coverage..."    

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More Reading: In relation to the story above, let's take a look at the last COLA a postal Mail Handler received and compare it to your expected health insurance cost:

Estimated COLA increase for a Mail Handler: Approximately $10.38 Biweekly pay period

Estimated increase in Blue Cross/ Blue Shield Plan: $17.04 more for self plus one other person and $17.72 for self and family coverage Biweekly pay period

Wow! That's a pretty good beating!...and that example does not include the amount the government will increase the portion you will pay toward your insurance, etc. And if you think that is a big hit, just wait and see of the GOP is able to harm you even more with the 2018 Budget attacks on federal retirement, SRS, high three and more. .

House Budget is an attack on FERS employees more so than CSRS, cuts G Fund rate, ends SRS, raises employee contributions again

House advances 2018 budget resolution with federal retirement cuts

"...elimination of supplemental payments to employees who retire before age 62; A switch to a defined contribution pension plan for new federal employees; reduce the G fund’s rate of return..."    

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Hunt for U.S postal carrier's shooter continues

Hunt for U.S postal carrier's shooter continues

"...The family of mail carrier Ed McDaniel, who was shot in West Charlotte on August 31st while just doing his job..."    

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APWU Announces 2017 COLA Increase

Second Significant COLA Increase of 2017 Announced

"...In accordance with the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement, career employees represented by the APWU will receive a 13 cents per hour cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective September 2. The increase is the result of an increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). The increase will appear in paychecks dated September 22, 2017 (Pay Period 19-2017), and will total $270.00 per year..."    

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Letter Carriers president questions Postal Service management

Letter Carriers president questions Postal Service management

"...A two-cent cut in the price of a first-class stamp, which cut Postal Service revenue by $500 million in the last three months and $1.5 billion in the first nine months of its current fiscal year, put USPS back in the red so far this fiscal year, a top postal union leader says. Had the cut not slid through, due to inaction by postal management last year, the service would have earned almost $1.4 billion through the first three quarters of the year, rather than losing $55 million in that time, adds National Association of Letter Carriers (link is external) President Fredric Rolando..."    

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FDA to step up fentanyl targeting at postal facilities

FDA to step up fentanyl targeting at postal facilities

"...To enhance FDA's ability to detect opioid analgesics illegally entering the country via the mail, the agency is deploying roughly three dozen employees to international mail facilities run by the U.S. Postal Service, according to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's recent internal remarks..."    

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House Budget Goes Beyond White House Blueprint

House Budget Goes Beyond White House Blueprint

"...As anticipated, the 2018 House Budget is in the same mold as the White House budget – it punishes workers and the working-class, while giving big payouts to the rich. The resolution instructs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (which has jurisdiction over the Postal Service and postal/federal employee annuity benefits) to cut $32 billion in the programs and agencies they oversee during ten years. Like the White House proposal, the House budget recommends big pay cuts to postal workers through increased Federal Employee Retirement System pension contributions and eliminating the special retirement supplement (which helps federal retirees who retire before they are eligible for Social Security benefits). These two proposals alone will take thousands of dollars out of the pockets of postal workers and retirees. Even more egregious, the House plan calls for replacing guaranteed pension benefits..."    

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Too Dangerous to Serve? Glassell Park's notorious Drew Street

U.S. Postal Service suspends service to Glassell Park's notorious Drew Street after shooting

"...Postal Service has stopped delivering mail to a neighborhood in Glassell Park once considered among the most dangerous in Los Angeles after a carrier was nearly shot there last month, a USPS official said. “Our primary goal is to ensure the safety of our employees..."    

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Stolen Postal Truck Among Finds at New Orleans 'Chop Shop'

Stolen Postal Truck Among Finds at New Orleans 'Chop Shop'

"...New Orleans detectives have recovered a U.S. Postal Service truck and five other stolen vehicles at a "chop shop" where thieves disassemble stolen cars for parts..."    

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Thank God for Unions: UPS to Freeze Pension Plan for Non-Unionized Employees

UPS to Freeze Pension Plan for Non-Unionized Employees

"...United Parcel Service Inc. plans to freeze pension plans for thousands of nonunion employees in an attempt to help a retirement fund that’s straining under a $10 billion deficit. The package delivery service is expected to announce measures to corral the rising pension obligations to its workforce Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people people familiar with the matter..."    

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Multiple People Shot at San Francisco United Parcel Service (UPS) Facility

Multiple people shot in San Francisco at UPS facility

"...Sources tell ABC7 News at least three people were shot at the facility and have multiple victims have been transported to the hospital. San Francisco police are advising residents in the area to shelter in place..."    

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Postal Service Deleted Customer Complaints Around Christmas

Postal Service Deleted Customer Complaints Around Christmas

"...The U.S. Postal Service automatically deleted customer complaints on social media just before Christmas, according to a recent audit. A report released last week by the inspector general found the Postal Service has poor management of its accounts on Facebook and Twitter..."    

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Retirement dilemma: How do FERS employees know they are financially ready?

Retirement dilemma: How do FERS employees know they are financially ready?

"...A reoccurring mantra is shared again and again from federal employees, “I don’t know what to do or where to go to find the answers I need.” What training they do receive seems to come late ..."    

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Postal carriers will pick up food donations May 13

Postal carriers will pick up food donations May 13

"...Residents can participate by leaving a bag of nonperishable food next to their mail boxes before delivery on May 13. Letter carriers will collect the food and volunteers will sort, pack and deliver the donations to the food bank’s main warehouse...."    

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Sketch Released of Suspect in Postal Worker Armed Robbery

Sketch Released of Suspect in Postal Worker Armed Robbery
"...The sketch of one of two armed robbers who targeted a postal worker in Fort Lauderdale was released Wednesday. U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest of the two suspects...."    

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Postal Service Making Boxes Tamper-Proof To Thwart Mail 'Fishing'

Postal Service Making Boxes Tamper-Proof To Thwart Mail 'Fishing'

"...The U.S. Postal Service is retrofitting its boxes with slots instead of pull-down "snorkels" in an attempt to thwart folks who "fish" for cash or checks in the mail..."    

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Postal career inspires author to write children's book

Postal career inspires local author to write children's book

Houser Post Office: Mail on the Farm

"...The result is called "Houser Post Office: Mail on the Farm," and features a goat postal carrier who delivers mail to the other farm animals. "The book was inspired by the Chicken and Egg Festival..."    

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APWU Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference is May 2

APWU Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference is May 2

"...The 2017 APWU Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference will be held in Washington, DC at Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University on May 2, 2017. This one-day conference will address the unique problems and concerns in the workplace, union, and society that deaf and hard of hearing members face. The goal is to open doors for better communication, better representation, better training, a better workplace, a better union, and building friendship...."    

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Fedex extends express air transportation contract with USPS

Fedex extends express air transportation contract with USPS

"...modified contract is expected to generate revenue of approximately $1.5 billion per year for Fedex express * Says contract modification extends agreement through September 29, 2024..."    

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Should your health and wallet fear new postal bill that radically changes health plans?

Should your health and wallet fear new postal bill that radically changes health plans?

   

The newly proposed postal reform bill, known as 'H.R.756 - Postal Service Reform Act of 2017' has many different aims and goals, one of them being the radical change to the healthcare options for postal workers and the apparent removal of a postal workers opportunity to participate in a multitude of plans in the federal healthcare insurance options. It appears the reform bill will force employees into postal employee only plans or plan. Of course, we know very little on this attempt by the Postal Service to develop their own plan and then, upon retirement, place retirees in a medicare plan. What does all of this mean to the postal worker and retiree? Will out-of-pocket expenses for the postal worker/retiree radically rise over time? We know that medicare forces people to pay larger fees in many circumstances. We feel this will drastically reduce competition and increase prices due to fewer healthcare options for postal workers as well as opening the door to future changes to health care plans for for federal workers. The reform plan will force postal workers to enroll in a postal plan. That scares us. Do you think this plan will help postal workers and retirees get better and less expensive care with good coverage or do you think the goal is to place more expense on the worker/retiree in an effort to lower agency costs? You can look at it as similar to the changes that took workers/retirees out of CSRS and then placing them in FERS. If you think that was a good change, you may like it. However, you may see it as a big problem for the working class in the end. Our bet is that the plan helps corporate America more than the worker.

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TSP Tip: Warren Buffett bought $12 billion of stock after Trump won

Warren Buffett: I bought $12 billion of stock after Trump won

"...Buffett revealed that he has bought $12 billion of stock for his company Berkshire Hathaway Inc since the Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election..."    

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Beware of using postal blue boxes when mailing checks

Beware of using postal blue boxes when mailing checks

"...Beware of putting your mail in the U.S. Postal Service blue boxes. Even though the collection boxes are on federal property and breaking into them is a federal crime, that hasn't stopped the thieves. I've heard from a few people including Inez, Dennis, and Shirley in Colorado Springs. They were forced to change their bank accounts, cancel credit cards, and contact merchants to have late payments forgiven..."    

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National Postal Museum director to retire, after 6-month goal turned to 14 years at helm

National Postal Museum director to retire, after 6-month goal turned to 14 years at helm

"...Allen Kane had zero experience in museum administration when he became director of the National Postal Museum in 2002. He wasn’t a stamp collector, either. But Kane knew the U.S. Postal Service, having spent 30 years working there..."    

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Has your pay increased 2.9 percent over the last 12 months like average hourly earnings across America?

Postal Newsgroup: As a postal worker you are representative of skilled blue collar union jobs in America. Why are your wages rapidly losing ground to average wages while you work for an organization who leads in the U.S. parcel delivery market? We don't have the answers but these are the questions that should be pointed at your management team as well as your unions. The following article details the status of jobs and wages in the U.S., but does the data accurately report the stats of the average worker. Something must be lost in the details ...or is it computer GIGO theory? Garbage In, Garbage Out.

Tepid Hiring, but Jobs Report Shows Sustained Wage Growth

"...the bigger story in Friday’s report was a better-than-expected showing for hourly earnings, a missing link for many workers until recently in the recovery from the recession. Average hourly earnings rose 0.4 percent in December, bringing the 12-month increase to 2.9 percent, the best annual performance since the recovery began in mid-2009..."    

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Check out the Official NORAD Santa Tracker: Where is Santa right now?

"...Check out the official NORAD Santa Tracker to see the countdown clock, play games, track Santa and more..."    

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Postal Service Mail Carrier Pistol Whipped, Robbed in DC

USPS Mail Carrier Pistol Whipped, Robbed in DC

"...After the carrier complied and handed them some rubber bands the suspects jumped him, punching and kicking him onto the ground. They then pistol whipped him with a handgun and stole his mail satchel, shoes, phone and wallet, which had $10 inside, Wagner said. The mail carrier suffered a cut to his right eye..."    

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Postal Service Spends An Undisclosed Amount Of Money On Studies It Can’t Find

Postal Service Spends An Undisclosed Amount Of Money On Studies It Can’t Find

"...The Postal Service commissioned 97 studies between 2009 and 2015 that were supposed to improve operations, yet the agency doesn’t have a system to track the studies, so there is no way for the OIG to determine how effective the reports were. The Postal Service could not even find 30 of the 97 studies when the OIG asked to see them..."    

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Postal worker caught allegedly stealing Trump sign

Postal worker caught allegedly stealing Trump sign

"...Special agents with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) responded to this issue as soon as it was brought to our attention,”/' said Scott Balfour, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Investigation Service in an emailed statement. 'The individual in the photographs was identified and will be dealt with appropriately by postal management after a thorough review of all the facts.'..."    

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Postal News: Mailing dates for delivery to diplomatic, military service members

Postal News: Mailing dates for delivery to diplomatic, military service members

"...Ensuring those serving in the nation's armed forces and diplomatic service receive their presents, care packages and cards in time for the holidays is a priority for the U.S. Postal Service and for friends and family members of military and diplomatic personnel serving their country around the world...."    

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