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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
June 30. 2009
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Number of Postal Employees Continues to
Decline -
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Postal Unions Slam Saturday Mail Cut
Plan -
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Rural carrier pleads not guilty to
identity and mail theft
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Public speaks out against post office
closure in Florida
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Quincy. IL City Council adopts
resolution urging Postal Service not to close Quincy mail processing,
distribution center
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Former Postal Worker Facing Prison Time
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Modern postal service could use Ben
Franklin’s help
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U.S. Post Offices observing holiday
early
June 29. 2009
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Ask Burrus: Will USPS Not Be Able to
Make Payroll Soon? -
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Mail priorities - POSTAL CUTBACKS IN
AGE OF E-MAIL
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OIG: What’s the Right Level of
Financial Reporting?
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Stamped for extinction -
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APWU: Latest Consolidation List
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Postal Service may close some local
post offices -
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Backcountry mail pilot helps preserve
way of life
June 28. 2009
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More Theft By Union Officials
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Friends rally to keep popular Brookside
mail clerk’s job -
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Mail Carrier Robbed At Gun Point
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Mail Carrier Finds Infant In Plastic
Bag -
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MATV launches its online mail portal
for Same-Day & Next-Day Mail delivery to any address in the U.S.
June 27. 2009
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Richmond, Va. APWU Official Indicted
for Theft -
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Carwash company accused of bilking U.S.
Postal Service of $1600 and discharging wastewater into the Lehigh River
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Postal Service loses $677 million in
May as volume declines -
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PRC Job Opening: Commission Secretary
and Chief Administrative Officer - Salary Range: $117,000‐ 153,000
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APWU: Drive for Sick-Leave Credit Gains
New Life
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Santa Monica, CA locals react to
possible loss of mail delivery
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Wyden, Merkley Urge Congress, Postal
Service to Protect Oregon's Vote-by-Mail
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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: It's outstanding
and affordable
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Canada Post seeks 20% price increase by
2014
June 26. 2009
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Americans OK With Fewer Mail Days to
Fix Postal Budget -
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APWU: Unions Rally for Healthcare, Now!
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NAPUS: House Panel OKs Postal Relief
Bill
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MSPB Sustains Supervisors Demotion
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House Approves FERS Sick Leave Bill
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Save Your Post Office! -
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Local (Florida) Postal Workers May Lose
Jobs -
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Window clerk suspended for not helping
customer complete over 100 custom forms -
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Postal Carrier's Embezzlement Stamped
Out
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USPS: Health Savings Accounts
June 25. 2009
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Postal Service launches study on the
elimination of Saturday delivery -
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Let Post Office, Not ACORN, Take
Census? -
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Key House Panel Passes HR 22
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Former postmaster sentenced in mail
theft case -
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APWU request OIG investigation into AMP
study
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NAPS: House Panel Approves Financial
Relief for the Postal Service
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Complaints Fill Hearing About Federal
Employees' Health Plan
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21 postal jobs will stay in Mansfield
June 24. 2009
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NALC: Subcommittee Marks Up HR 22
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Utah Rep. Chaffetz suggests mail
carriers conduct Census -
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USPS: Most Post Offices will close
at 12 noon on Friday, July 3, 2009 -
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Privatize the Post Office
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A 21st-Century Postal Service
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Troubled U.S. Postal Service looking to
close offices -
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Postal Service May Boost Ride-Alongs
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UK: Pot-smoking postman burned mail
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Buchanan scores audit of post office
plan
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Glens Falls mail sorting to relocate to
Albany
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Postal inspectors investigate mail
theft at Clemson
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Former postal worker sentenced
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Mail carriers go nuts for residents in
a jam
June 23, 2009
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NRP settlement clears path for hundreds
of held grievances -
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HR 22 Markup Could Miss the Mark
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Former postal worker, faces sentencing
on fraud charges
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About WaPo’s postal editorial
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Fraud trial for postal worker begins
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Postal Service a forgotten issue
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Carrier pleads not guilty in theft of
mail
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Mail trucks deliver without a license
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Contract carrier going to prison for
stealing mail
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Family of hawks halts mail delivery in
Liberty
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Business Meeting Notice
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Schumer opposes post office merger
June 22, 2009
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APWU on Five-Day Delivery: Don’t Do It!
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Movement on H.R. 22 -
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APWU: No more face to face step 3
meetings
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OIG Reviews Estimates of Postal
Service’s Liability for Retiree Health Care Benefits -
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OIG: Hollywood’s Take on the Postal
Service -
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Too Big to Mail? -
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Postal Service chugs on
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Workers win some, lose some on Hill -
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Downsizing the post offices
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Benefits: Are We There Yet?
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Postage hikes force firms to cut costs
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Kitten Dropped in Mailbox Adopted by
Postal Worker
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PRC Adopts Final Rules on
Confidentiality of Non-public Materials
June 21, 2009
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I've got the blue postal box blues
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Marine gets a not-so-special delivery
June 20, 2009
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31 New Jersey Sites May Close
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Troubled USPS eyes help from Congress
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New Castle mail processing facility to
remain open
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PostCom Wonders What Postal Employees
Are Prepared to Do to Save USPS -
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NAPUS News Hotline
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APWU Endorses Trumka for AFL-CIO
President
June 19, 2009
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Work Longer For a Smaller Benefit? -
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Did postal worker steal gift card?
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Letter: U.S. Postal Service must make
delivery system 'viable' -
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Obama’s choice as chief of protocol for
the State Department did not file tax returns for 2005 and 2006 - blames
USPS -
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Neighborhood still not getting mail
over pit bull
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Postal clerk convicted of embezzlement,
fraud
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DMM Revision: Extended Enrollment
Period for the Standard Mail Saturation Mail Volume Incentive Program
June 18, 2009
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Part 2 – Incentive Pay and its
Significance
I met with a long-time mentor of mine: the
Honorable Carolyn Gallagher. Carolyn
happens to be the Chairman of the Board of Governors for the United States
Postal Service. I asked her some very blunt questions about the news
surrounding the compensation package that Mr. Potter had
received as the Postmaster General.
WOW! I was more than just a little surprised by her
answers. -
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INTENTIONAL OR NOT, THE USPS IS KILLING
CONFIRM -
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TSP Changes Timetable
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City post offices face closure
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Deer flies through windshield of rural
carrier
June 17, 2009
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Advertising Up While Volume Drops at
Postal Service - Falling volume means USPS must find new business
- see video -
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USPS Posts Phase II RIF-avoidance
Vacancies
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Fewer Detroit post offices likely -
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Man held for trial in beating, robbery
of postal carrier
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Cleveland: Man Accused Of Scamming
Postal Service
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APWU VP: Fighting to Protect Our Jobs
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Bergen County Drunk Driving Crash Sends
New Jersey Postal Employee to Hospital
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APWU Legislative: H.R. 22: Not a
Bailout Bill
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Why General Motors Is Like the Postal
Service
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS Will Meet Behind
Closed Doors
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Busy Huntsville, AL Post Office
evacuated
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Letter carrier discovers abandoned
kitten in street mailbox
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Stolen mail van found in flames
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Kurten Wins Battle to Keep Post Office
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Rurall carrier testifies at murder
trial
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White House Honors Postal Service With
Environmental Award
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Employers cut back wellness programs
June 16, 2009
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Gov't Made Federal Case Over $78 - Cost
Thousands of $$$ -
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Stamp Vending Machine Complaints Rise
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Inverted Stamps Expected To Sell For
Millions
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Mail-Less Saturdays? -
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Pit bull stops mail delivery
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Chocophiles Go Postal
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June 15, 2009
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To Cut or Not to Cut: That’s the
Negotiating Question -
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USPS officials say 300 outlets closures
nationwide likely -
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FERS Employees Get Smoked In Senate
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Post Office Looks to Scale Back
- Also see:
Fallen on Hard Times, Postal Service
Looks to Cut Costs
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24/7 Wall Street Says USPS Has Been
Dying For Years -
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Former postal employee indicted
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All lanes clear after mail truck bursts
into flames on I-880 in Oakland
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APWU: Secretary-Treasurer Training
Available Online
June 14, 2009
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City Attorney Takes Legal Action
Against U.S. Postal Service -
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Contract Mail carrier admits stealing
mail
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Letter takes 35 years to reach Sioux
City woman -
June 13, 2009
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Problem Solver: Are you prepared for
the biggest postal change in years? DM News -
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Post office for homeless wins reprieve
to stay open
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USPS looking at consolidating
facilities in Bridgeport, Stamford, New Haven
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Civic Association survey: Keep Palm
Beach post office — but town shouldn't buy it
June 12, 2009
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Cops: Mail carriers delivered ‘ice’
through mud, sleet and snow Also see -
Mail Carrier Delivered Meth
Concealed In Phone Books
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APWU, USPS Agree To Revamped
Maintenance Selection System -
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Burrus: What’s Wrong …and What Can Be
Done
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Bill advances with TSP reforms, but not
sick leave fix - Also see
FERS Flu Pandemic? -
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MSPB Determines Former Supervisor
Should Be Paid PFP
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USPS: Deeper Discounts on Postal
Service Products In a Lobby Near You
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Mailworks Plus closes shop, questions
raised about mail
June 11, 2009
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Union Challenges USPS Interpretation of
Layoff Memo -
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USPS Class Action Lawsuit
Also see
Mail carriers file class action against USPS over labor
violations -
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Another USPS Workplace Tragedy -
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Connecticut Could Lose 150 Small Postal
Branches
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Cutbacks force changes in U.S. mail
delivery times
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Teamsters: FedEx Launches Deceptive
Campaign to Protect Special Deal in Congress -
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House Committee Approves Mail Balloting
for All Federal Elections -
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Former western NY postal clerk gets
probation for mail theft
June 10, 2009
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APWU Assails Office of the Inspector
General On Custodial Subcontracting Recommendations -
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Delivering Mail and Kissing The
Customer Leads to Removal -
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USPS Says No NAPS Representation at HR
Center - NAPS Says Wait Just a Minute
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Ex-postal worker pleads guilty to
taking money orders
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Former casual mail handler pleads
guilty to stealing mail
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Zumbox lines up partner to launch
paperless postal service -
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Chicago: Old post office heading to
auction block
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MN letter carrier indicted for stealing
mail
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Postal Service Brings Augmented Reality
Down to Earth
June 09, 2009
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Ouch! Mail Hurts
Working for USPS has historically proven to be bad for your old age.
Read more here -
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APWU Responds to USPS Notice on Retail
Operations
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Automation and the Life of the Letter
Carrier -
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STATION, BRANCH OPTIMIZATION - USPS
STUDIES RETAIL NETWORK, OFFICE CONSOLIDATIONS
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Postal Service study creates concerns
about delivery
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Postal Service set to shed 296
community mailboxes -
June 08, 2009
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Court Favors APWU In Latest Round of
AMS Dispute
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Paid Parental Leave: Everybody's For
It... or Not
Federal News Radio - Also see:
Paid Parental Leave Bill for Federal
Employees Passes in House of Representatives
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APWU: Vehicle Maintenance Estimated
Repair Times Cannot Be Used for Discipline
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Woman pleads guilty to cashing dead
mom's checks for 23 years
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When You Go - AKA Death and the Federal Employee
June 07, 2009
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Budget Rules Stymie Postal Relief
Legislation – Déjà vu - NAPUS Newsletter -
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Threat to shutter N.Y. post offices is
pushing the envelope - NY Daily News -
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USPS vs. UPS: A Book-Shipping Hint
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Cleveland Mail Carrier Attacked by Pit
Bull
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Man appears in court in mail carrier
case
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Bottle bombs, in mailboxes, cause quite
a stir in Eudora
June 06, 2009
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USPS Retail and Delivery Units Being
Considered For Consolidation Or Closure - Pacific Area - Western Area -
So. West Area
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NALC President Young Will Retire July
3, 2009 -
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NALC Says They're "Unrelenting on
Six-Day Delivery"
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Western Nassau AMP Consolidation
Meeting Summary
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Congressman Hinchey Fights To Keep Mail
Processing Center In Binghamton
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More Mailbox Bombs Found In NE Kansas
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House Provision Could Cost FedEx
Millions, Stall Deliveries - Also see
Teamsters: FedEx Threatens to
'Destroy' Members of Congress
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Bill Would Extend Federal Benefits to
Domestic Partners
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ZIP code changes may hurt small firms
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UPS, FedEx Tops in Pilot Pay
June 05, 2009
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Postal Service Buyout Rumor (No. 63) -
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Burrus Calls on Labor Department to
Reverse Bush FMLA Rules
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Recession, U.S. Postal Service
downsizing may force closure of twenty post office branches in NYC
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USPS REVAMPS BMC NETWORK TO IMPROVE
EFFICIENCIES -
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Man Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in
Federal Prison for Sending Threatening White Powder-Laced Hoax Letters
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Summer Sale Approved With Flying
Colors - Also see
DMA Statement on USPS Summer Sale
Approval |
PRC approves the USPS summer sale
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Colorado post office plan on track?
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Mail Carrier Attacked By Dog
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Man with rifle frightens mail carrier
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Mail truck wrecks, blocks Alabama I-65
June 04, 2009
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Confronting A Disruptive Technology
By Joy Leong: Together with PRC Commissioner Ruth Goldway, Ms. Leong
founded Women in Logistics and
Delivery Services
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Industry mail processing center to
remain open
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When it Rains, It Pours - Federal
Retirement Reform Act of 2009
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True or False? Concerning Judge Sonia
Sotomayor
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Mail carrier thwarts robbery of blind
man in wheelchair in Clearwater
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NALC: 2009 JCAM Released
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USPS: Renewable Energy Project(s) -
Solar
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Hanford Postal Truck Suffers Fire; Mail
Damaged
June 03, 2009
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Ulysses Bradley pleads guilty to
$190,000 in post office thefts -
- Smoking Hot Bill -
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GameFly Says USPS Provides Preferential
Treatment to Netflix and Blockbuster -
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Keeping it confidential: both during
and after employment -
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Senior Prank, That Included 5100 USPS
Priority Mail Boxes, Launches Federal Investigation -
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USPS Dual Casual Reports
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Letter Carriers’ Union Applauds McHugh
Nomination -
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Post office employee accused of
stealing mail
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Will e-trucks deliver your snail mail?
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Gang war affects Canada Post Deliveries
June 02, 2009
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Sen. Schumer renews call for Postal
Service to sell New Rochelle site to Cappelli -
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Lebanon Man Sentenced For Threatening
Mail Carrier -
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Dog chases Middleboro mailman away
permanently
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Burned postal box on North Westnedge
Avenue was mostly empty
June 01, 2009
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OIG: USPS Relocation Benefits Are
Comparable But Costly -
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Postal Service explains what happened
to Morristown candidate Tim Dougherty's campaign mailing
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Postal decline worsens due to delivery
flaws -
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