"No wonder the Postal Service wanted to keep this report a secret,” Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) said

Postal Service closing plans panned by lawmakers

"...The U.S. Postal Service stands to lose billions of dollars in the first year after it closes 200 mail processing facilities and slows the delivery of first-class mail, according to a feasibility study released this week...."    

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USPS Mail Handler Union Contract Bargaining Moves To Mediation

Bargaining Moves To Mediation

"...The mediation will continue for at least sixty days, unless the parties agree otherwise, either because they have reached a tentative agreement or because they and the mediator believe that an extension of the mediation process would be appropriate. ..."    

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Sen. Susan Collins losing patience with Postmaster General Donahoe

USPS supporter in Senate criticizes postmaster general

"...attitude seems so stubbornly entrenched that I worry that even if our bill becomes law, the current Postal Service leadership would not enact it properly in good faith."..."    

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Postal Service VERA Announcement Coming...

When Will USPS VERA Announcements Come, What Will be Offered, and Who Will Be Eligible?

"...an announcement about early retirements coming early this week fits the Postal Service’s current plan to implement the network restructuring in the second half of June, 2012. Any further delay in announcing early retirement incentives could force the implantation date closer to the end of June or possibly into July...."    

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Jumping the gun on VER?

USPS Early Retirement, RIF, and Reassignments Rumors

"...reported that a number of Postal Service employees saw a web page that had dead links to VERA and other retirement incentive...."    

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USPS buyouts, early retirement offers expected

USPS buyouts, early retirement offers expected

"...USPS officials have acknowledged they are considering a voluntary early retirement program. But Louis Atkins, president of the National Association of Postal Supervisors, said..."    

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Mail Processing Facility Closure an "utter disaster", according to...

"...Kohl’s department store’s Black Friday ads in the mailboxes on his route.

“Dec. 28 I was casing these, and it was clearly marked on the pieces that they should have been in homes Nov. 19, 21 or 22,” he said...."    

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Letter carrier dead after pit bull attack in San Diego-area

Postal Carrier Dies After Bitten by Pit Bull

"...An attack by an unleashed dog called a Pit Bull on a San Diego-area letter carrier contributed to the postal worker's death two days later from..."    

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Postal Service suspending mail processing network consolidations during the election mailing season

USPS addresses election-year questions

"...efforts include suspending mail processing network consolidations during the election mailing season. USPS also has formed an Election Mail Task Force..."    

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Postal Service plans to suspend its planned closure of processing facilities and post offices

Postal Service to suspend closures during election season

"...The U.S. Postal Service plans to suspend its planned closure of processing facilities and post offices during the November election season..."    

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Postal Employees face massive job cuts

US Postal Service facing massive job cuts

"...USPS says that many of the workers will retain their jobs, while others will be transferred to processing plants near and far. Those workers will comprise the increasingly large number of workers classified among today’s “super commuters.”..."    

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Arguing businesses would be hurt saves Delaware postal facility; but not enough for others

Delaware postal facility to remain open

"...Government and business leaders lobbied to save the site, arguing that it would hurt their businesses if it closed...."    

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Postal Announcement:: Postal Service continues to destroy service and close plants

USPS Notifies Employees of Consolidations

"...oppose USPS plans to slash service, eliminate 35,000 jobs, and destroy the mail distribution network. In “stand-up talks” in offices all around the country on Feb. 22, postal managers informed employees about the future of their plants, but refused to tell the unions how many plants would be consolidated and which plants they are. The USPS says it will notify the unions and media on Feb. 23. ..."    

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USPS could offer both early retirement and buyout incentives

USPS may resort to buyouts, early retirements in aggressive downsizing

"...The U.S. Postal Service may resort to early retirements and buyout offers as a way to slash its staff by 66,000 employees this year and another 51,000 next year...."    

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USPS Statement on White House budget

PMG thanks President for recognizing need for reform

"...allowing USPS to transition to five-day per week delivery starting in 2013..."    

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H.R. 3813 would cut Postal and Federal Pensions

House Panel Approves Bill To Cut Postal, Federal Pensions

"...The legislation (H.R. 3813) was shepherded through the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee by a pair of politicians who are well-known opponents of postal workers: Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL). The two are co-sponsors of H.R. 2309, a bill that would destroy the Postal Service as we know it...."    

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Postal Service Hiring 180 new employees

"...potential closings. But here in the Greater South Carolina District, they are looking for 180 new employees...."    

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A case of disability fraud

Postal worker gets prison for faking injuries

"...showed her on a stool gambling for hours at Harrah's Cherokee Casino after she had said she could not work because sitting was painful...."    

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Son of postal worker is one of the wealthiest men in America

David M. Rubenstein

"...it is important to remember where you have come from because that is your foundation. "If you work hard, if you chase your dreams, if you are humble about what you want to do and where you have come from, you can achieve great things with your life," he says...."    

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USPS employees can actively oppose facility closures without violating the Anti-Lobbying Act

Postal Workers Have the Right
To Speak Out Against Facility Closures

"...The Anti-Lobbying Act, which the USPS cited in a Jan. 13 LiteBlue posting, prohibits the use of government funds — or postal funds — to urge private citizens to communicate with Congress about issues of concern to the Postal Service. As long as postal workers are acting on their own time and are not using postal funds, however, they can speak against and actively oppose facility closures without violating the Anti-Lobbying Act. ..."    

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