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July 2007 POSTAL NEWS
Tuesday - July 31, 2007
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Mail carrier helps police nab suspects
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Postal workers say: 'We're fighting
back - join us' - UK
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Postal service paralyzed in Sri Lanka as postal
workers report sick
Monday - July 30, 2007
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Burrus To Senate: USPS on Path to
Privatization
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Postal increases hit hard at small
publishers
Sunday - July 29, 2007
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Young Testifies to Congress On
‘Contracting Out’ Issue
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Tentative agreement being readied for
rank-and-file ratification vote
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Carriers In Brooklyn Accused of
Littering Streets With Rubber Bands
Saturday - July 28, 2007
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Oakland post office employee gets
one year for punching two postal police officers in their face -
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Congressional Postal Hearings – No
Sparks, But Small Fire
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Dog attacks on postal carriers
frequent, damaging
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Spidey Goes Postal, But Marvel Needs a
Lickin'
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Postal sorting stays in Jackson
Friday - July 27, 2007
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GAO Report: USPS Progress Made in
Implementing Mail Processing Realignment Efforts, but Better Integration
and Performance Measurement Still Needed
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Private Contractor Delivery in Vegas
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The Postal Service: Planning for the
21st Century
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Postal Service Employee in Court for
Taking Iroquois Artifacts
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USPS Releases Photos Of Letter Carrier
Mauled by pit bull
Thursday - July 26, 2007
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APWU: Texas Consolidation Plan Shelved
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QC postal carriers deliver thank-yous
to returnees from war zone
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West Tisbury postal worker charged in
theft of $13,000
Wednesday - July 25, 2007
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Rural Letter Carriers' Assoc. official
admits stealing $59,000
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Indianapolis mailman busted on
crack-dealing charge
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Explosion halts mail
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Postal worker indicted for stealing
stamps
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Waco postal distribution center will
not close, officials say
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Postal Truck Stolen On Milwaukee's
Northwest Side
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Postal Service delays Georgia utility
bills
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St. Charles bulk deliveries draw
complaints
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New 13-Ounce Mail Rule to Take Effect
July 30
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Fumes force evacuation of post office
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Postal Logistics is the first to earn
USPS OK to co-palletize
Tuesday - July 24, 2007
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USPS contract carrier allegedly
embezzled $13,172.93 -
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USPS steps up after 5 weeks of no mail
for residents -
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Shuler steps up support of Mills River
post office
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Bosses help workers beat the heat
Monday - July 23, 2007
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Service and efficiency in postal
service -
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Ask President Burrus: How does the
contract the National Association of Letter Carriers recently negotiated
compare to the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement?
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Postal Worker Survives Gunshot to Head
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USPS streamlines sorting to keep up
with growth
Sunday - July 22, 2007
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Contract delivery must be limited
Scroll down for article - TampaBay.com -
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Erratic mail dizzies Pleasant Hill
resident
Saturday - July 21, 2007
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Burrus Tells Congress:
Compel USPS to Bargain Over Subcontracting - Also see:
Union seeks mandatory bargaining
over mail delivery contracting -
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Oshkosh-to-Green Bay Consolidation
Study Cancelled
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Ask President Burrus: How
does the contract the National Association of Letter Carriers recently
negotiated compare to the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement?
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Outsourcing Hearing Generates Sparks –
But No Fire
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Former Dalbo, MN postmaster charged
with felony theft
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Some homeowners left longing for
door-to-door mail service
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Oldest-serving female postal worker
here in So. Ohio
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Potter's magic primed, packaged and
ready for delivery
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Mail stolen at post office
CA
Friday - July 20, 2007
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BOG VC Alan Kessley Testifies Regarding
Contract Delivery -
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Man sought in shooting of mail carrier
in Cal City
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USPS to meet with residents on post
office that includes barbed wire fencing and bulletproof glass
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Street's Mail Service Cut Due To
Terrorizing Pit Bull
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U.S. Postal Office Robbed At Gunpoint
Thursday - July 19, 2007
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Postal carrier shot in Calumet City,
Illinois -
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know: What
is the Postal Service Contracting Out? -
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Man reindicted in crash that hurt
postal worker -
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Postal Employee Assaults Cop -
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Postal service to offer Flight 93
postmark
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Runaway mail carrier put on home
detention
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Rattlesnake mailed to ex-boss
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Cooling a postal hot seat in Monticello
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Is postal service suffering?
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It's a red-letter day for sender as
mail from 1981 returns home
Wednesday - July 18, 2007
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Postman who vanished is charged in
federal court
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Did We Mention That You Aren't Welcome
in Omaha? -
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Letter Carriers Official Song AFTER
Contract -
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Peoria Woman Going Postal Over Mail
Pick Up
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PMG Addresses National Assoc. of
Secretaries of State
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Cost increases aside, Postal Service
still bargain
Tuesday - July 17, 2007
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Editorial: Don't cut Waco postal
service -
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Ex-postal workers accused of mail
misdeeds -
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Check's in mail, but not in box. -
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Publish and Perish? -
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Dental Benefits: Are You Smiling Yet?
Federal News Radio
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Save Businesses that Depend on
Catalogs - The Secret's Out!
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Cops save teen stuck in mailbox
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Postal workers in walk-out over pay
UK
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Periodical rate hike worries small
mailers
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Suicidal woman - a former postal
employee - had history of mental illness
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Harry Potter postage stamps released
UK
Monday - July 16, 2007
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Mailman found, but questions remain
More on carrier that was lost - then found - then arrested. -
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Postal service studying changes to
local delivery - Waco, TX
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A place of postal Zen
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Tighter Standards for Addresses Prompt
New Look at Mailing Practices
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Rural post offices more than mail
Sunday - July 15, 2007
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Mail carrier missing 3 days found safe
in Columbus
Arrested on weapons charge after being found. -
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Going postal may not pay when seeking
stamps
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Petitions to call for coal miner stamp
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An opportunity lost--in the mail
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Delivery's rural, free, at present
anyway
Saturday - July 14, 2007
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Former postal employee faces fraud
charges
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Efforts to Reduce Ergonomic
Injuries Showing
Positive Results
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Postal Service can survive competitors
- Op-Ed
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Bulk mailers, catalog business hit
hardest by postal increase
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Officials have suspects in Alabama post
office robbery
Friday - July 13, 2007
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Harkin Includes Postal Service
Provision in Bill
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Update: No clues in postman's
disappearance
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FedEx Ground battles to keep using
contractors -
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Mailing plan outlook: What’s in store
for the fall?
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POSTAL HOT TOPICS
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Is mail delivery on the way out?
Editorial: Cincinnati.Com
Facing rising costs, greater competition and lessening demand, the Postal
Service may be just months away from historic changes in the way it
operates, the Associated Press reported Friday. Mail delivery may be cut
to three times a week or once a week, or recipients may have to go to the
post office to pick it up - or pay extra for delivery. Also see:
Wait a minute, Mr. Postman - don't
go |
Death of the mailman?
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Mail service's future debated
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NALC: Tentative agreement reached on
new contract
The NALC reached tentative agreement today with the USPS on a new
five-year National Agreement for all 222,000 city delivery letter carriers
throughout the nation. The pact, which includes new limits on contracting
out of city letter carrier work along with provisions covering wages,
benefits, and working conditions, will be submitted to the NALC membership
for rank-and-file ratification.
Tentative Agreement Highlights
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Postal Service scraps plans for private carriers -
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CONTRACTED DELIVERY ALIVE AND WELL UNDER NEW
NALC
CONTRACT - Editorial by Rick Owens
The NALC recently announced that a tentative agreement has been reached
with USPS. The
NALC site states "The proposed contract includes new limits on
contracting out of city letter carrier work in more than 3,000 city
delivery installations." It is my personal opinion that carriers
nationwide should immediately demand that either the NALC or USPS,
or both, provide them with a complete list of these delivery installations
BEFORE ratification is considered.
More -
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How, or if, you get your mail could
change (a lot)
Reader comments
"Maybe we can get rid of the U.S. Postal Service? What do we get in our
mail that justifies keeping it?" And from the
Northwest Herald
...more comments: "Maybe the Postal Service should cut back on $50,000
salaries, five-week vacations, too many paid holidays, matching retirement
contributions, super health care insurance and life insurance plans that
double and triple an employee's salary, etc. Also, cut back on the number
of less-than-productive employees who function at a reduced capacity, due
to alleged 'work-related' injuries." Also see
What's the future of snail mail?
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Groups seek end to USPS monopoly on
mailboxes
Federal Times
A group of taxpayer and consumer advocates are calling for an end to the
U.S. Postal Service’s monopoly on mailboxes. In response to a Federal
Trade Commission request for comment in the May 1 Federal Register, the
group questions a rule that bars putting letters or packages in mailboxes
without paying a fee to the Postal Service. -
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Letter carrier faked dog bite claim for
profit, investigators say:
letter carrier was arrested Friday in Freedom, a town near Watsonville,
following a month-long investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of
the Inspector General into allegations that she tried to extort hundreds
of dollars from one of her customers. -
More Postal News
Thursday - July 12, 2007
- Police Seek Info On Missing Mail
Carrier
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Adding contractors for mail makes sense
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Humane Society Sues USPS for Mailing
Animal Fighting Materials in Violation of New Federal Law
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Automated postal centers put on hold
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Mitt Romney mails USPS-compatible DVDs
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Postal Carriers Promote Healthy Habit
Wednesday - July 11, 2007
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On new routes, mail delivery is
passing to private contractors
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USPS workers to deliver mail;
Postmaster says no local plans
for contract mail service
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Former Goldman Sachs Employees and
Former Postal Employees Face Scrutiny In Threat
Investigation
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OPM modifies retirement compensation
benefits for feds on workers' compensation
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McHugh bill would stop mail-order
cigarettes
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Magazines brace for higher postage
Tuesday - July 10, 2007
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Former postmaster admits guilt -
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Union wary of Postal Service's plans
for KCK center
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APWU: 2007 Joint Contract
Interpretation Manual Available
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Postal carriers save time since sorting
moved to Albuquerque
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Mailers react to $29M House cut
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Postal services set for second strike
UK
Monday - July 9, 2007
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Congress must work to ensure a
reliable, efficient postal system
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Fairbanks postal workers' jobs shift to
answer shortages
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Repositionable notes extended for
additional year
Sunday - July 8, 2007
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Viewpoint: Postal Delivery Should Not
Be Outsourced
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APWU alleges mail moved to Traverse
violates AMP -
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Postal van collides with truck in Mesa
rollover
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NAPUS Newsletter: No Dog Days This
Summer
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Post office orders 'green' packages
Saturday - July 7, 2007
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What's Next for the US Postal
Service?
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Tension and contention for postal world
increases
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$525000 house, no mailbox?
Revisited
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Goldman threat mailed to News
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Stolen Mail Raises Fears of Stolen
Identities
Friday - July 6, 2007
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Berlin (NY) postmaster admits
stealing $70,000
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Gone postal: Health concerns close
Boneville Post Office
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Please, Please, Mr. Postman, Come Back.
And He Did
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Post office scores big
Thursday - July 5, 2007
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Jail time for postal carriers
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ZIP-PITY HOO-HA - CUSTOMERS LOSE GLITZY
10021 ZIP
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Shuler wants post office in Mills River
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The 15-minute tip: Should check go in
the mail?
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Mail delivery won't change to
contractors - yet
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Fireworks Prank Destroys US Mailbox
Along with 100's of Mail Pieces
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$10k reward offered for mailbox
destruction
Wednesday - July 4, 2007
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Hoods in Mailmen's Clothing
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Policy Leaders Call for Lifting the
USPS Mailbox Monopoly -
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Schumer joins fight against
fortress-like post office -
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Mail competition; bottled water
- Kansas City.com Opinion
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USPS Trying To Track Down Missing
Social Security Checks
- From APWU:
APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement
for Operating Services Workers |
DHL Found Guilty of Unfair Labor
Practices |
Labor Department Study Affirms That
FMLA ‘Is Working as Intended’
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Authorities investigate bombs in
mailboxes
Tuesday - July 3, 2007
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Postal clerk gets prison for stealing
movies -
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PRC Wants FTC to Watch USPS -
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World War II-era photo arrives in mail
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Mail destroyed in collection box fire
Monday - July 2, 2007
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The postal workers’ battle: Public
service or maximum profit?
UK
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Clients of Blue Cross to get billed for
bills -
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Postal workers rally in Silk City
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House passes appropriation bill minus
postal funding
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USPS 18-wheeler crashes and burns in
Florida - 1 killed
Sunday - July 1, 2007
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Talk Therapy for Postal Rage
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Striking UK Postal Workers say "WE WILL
WIN!"
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Uncertain future for 99757
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