Growth in the Postal Service’s packages and Standard Mail

Losses Continue

"...Shipping Services revenue, which includes Priority Mail and Express Mail, increased $530 million in 2011 (6.3 percent)...."    

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Unacceptable for the USPS to offer less than complete information

Norton Asks for List of D.C. Post Offices with Expiring Leases

"...In her letter, Norton said, "Through their own due diligence, or perhaps by speaking to USPS employees, some of my constituents were able to get the relevant information, while your office indicated nothing about the possibility of an expiring lease to my staff. It is unacceptable for the USPS to offer less than complete information at a time when Americans throughout the country are worried about the closing of their neighborhood post offices."..."    

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Postal Service wants to close New Orleans Mail Processing Facility

U.S. Postal Service ready to close New Orleans facility

"...Dozens of workers are expected to picket against a proposal to close the main processing center in New Orleans...."    

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The U.S. Postal Service has issued a moratorium on closings

Mobile area post office to remain open a little longer

"...The U.S. Postal Service has issued a moratorium on closings that will allow the post office in..."    

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2011 Postal Service Holiday Period Mailing Deadlines

Postal Service announces holiday mailing deadlines

"...The Priority Mail Large Flat Rate Box (12 inches x 12" x 5 1/2") offers a $2 discount to APO/FPO destinations and ships for just $12.95. Customers can access shipping information by adding delivery confirmation..."    

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Postal employee facing prison for stealing

Former postal worker facing prison for stealing

"...A former postal worker is facing the prospect of years in federal prison after being convicted of using counterfeit money..."    

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Buyouts: Post office needs money to buy out employees

Distruptive Technology Hobbling Postal Service

"...The post office needs money to buy out those 220,000 employees. It thought it would get it from over-payments to its pension plan, but that has been ruled as money that cannot be pried out of the federal retirement system...."    

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Most Expensive Zip Codes in America

America's Most Expensive Zip Codes

"...thanks to posh pads and ranches belonging to the likes of comedian Jerry Seinfeld and former Goldman Sachs CEO ..."    

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Postal Service delivers for FedEx with SmartPost

FedEx sees record holiday volume, adding workers

"...One beneficiary will be the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, which partners with FedEx for FedEx SmartPost deliveries. With SmartPost, FedEx delivers to post offices, which in turn make final delivery to residential customers.

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Drug distribution network used Postal Service

Western NY Drug Distribution Network Busted

"...According to the indictment, the Puerto Rican-based leaders of this narcotics distribution organization would send the cocaine in packages through the Postal Service to..."    

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'Privateers' prepare to plunder postal service

'Privateers' prepare to plunder post office

"...privateers have turned their guns on the U.S. Postal Service, charging it with inefficiency while trying their damndest to hamper it legislatively. The USPS was created in the original U.S. Constitution..."    

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Letter Carriers pose for calendar to help the Muscular Dystrophy Association

Postal pin-ups pose for a cause

"...letter carriers are featured in two separate $10 calendars. The proceeds will go to the Muscular Dystrophy Association and to Committee on Letter Carrier Political Education - the political action committee of the National Association of Letter Carriers. ..."    

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Postal Destruction Bill Heads to Floor

Oversight Committee Approves Issa-Ross Postal Reform Bill

"...No-layoff clauses are prospectively barred in Postal Service collective bargaining agreements. For employees who might lose their job, they will receive a hiring preference at Postal Service contractors. Postal employees would be subject to the same Reduction-in-Force authority as the rest of the federal workforce...."    

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Are Postal Service problems a manufactured crisis?

Bogus Postal Service crisis deserves to get a Return to Sender

"...Union leaders and consumer advocates like Ralph Nader insist this is all a "manufactured crisis" to drive down wages and break the unions. At least two recent postal audits seem to back up those claims ..."    

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Postal Service early retirements like auto industry could save USPS

Carper, Carney confident Postal Service will be saved

"...Carper says one thing the Postal Service wants to do to cut costs is offer eligible workers early retirement, similar to what's been done in the auto industry...."    

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Issa accepted money from unions, then turns against them

Darrell Issa Turns Against Postal Unions That Once Backed His Campaign

"...Issa is one of the wealthiest members of Congress, worth between $300 million and $450 million, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics.
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U.S. Postage Stamps to Honor Living People for the First Time in History

Living People to Appear on US Stamps

"...The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that it is ending its longstanding rule that stamps cannot feature people who are still alive..."    

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Congressional plans to cut service, plants and employees are suicide for Postal Service

Ralph Nader: cutting postal services is “suicidal” for USPS

"...Nader said such a move, along with the prospect of postal rate increases, would prompt a “suicidal” further decline.

“What is the sense in closing such a large number of post offices and cutting back on the service and the sense of community to millions of U.S. citizens in exchange for such a pittance of cost savings..."    

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Postal Bill Would Authorize Layoffs, Force Out Senior Employees First

Issa's 'Postal Destruction' Bill Passes House Subcommittee

"...Prior to the vote, Rep. Issa amended the bill, which he first introduced on June 23, to include numerous provisions that are even more controversial than those contained in the original version: The amended version includes a provision to grant authority to a newly-established control board to carry out layoffs, in spite of any provisions in collective bargaining agreements that might limit them. In addition, it says that employees who are eligible for retirement must be laid off before employees who are ineligible, and dictates that retirement-eligible employees with the longest service must be separated first. The new language also forbids the payment of severance pay..."    

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Give more incentives for employees to retire, says Sen. Carper

Senator thinks USPS should encourage retirement

"...Sen. Carper suggested that Congress give the Postal Service the means to "give more incentives for employees to retire."..."    

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