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October 2006 Postal News
Tuesday - October 31, 2006
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White River
Junction mail facility faces safety fines
VT
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Postage tax
spreads to New Jersey
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Postal
vehicle plummets 150 feet
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Air America
on Ad Blacklist?
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Postal
inspectors announced $50,000 reward in post
office robbery
Monday - October 30, 2006
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USPS Deploys
Carrier Route Optimization Solution
Also see story at
DirectionsMag.com
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APWU Presses
for Improved Conditions
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APWU:
Thousands Protest USPS Consolidation Plans
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Senate
chairman critical of FBI's anthrax mail probe
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Postal
Employee Involved In Kickback Scheme
CA
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Editorial:
Farther from us is better?
FL
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Postal
inspectors announced $50,000 reward in post
office robbery
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State Police
Arrest Five in Mailbox “Bottle Bomb” Case
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"Postal Job"
ads not what they seem
Sunday - October 29, 2006
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Postmaster
defends delivery in Holland
MA
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Homophobic
mail spurs postal strike
Canada
Saturday - October 28, 2006
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Mailman pimp
awaits delivery to jail
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NAPUS Warns
About High Deductible Health Insurance for 2007
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Postal
Carrier Emergency Medication Distribution Drill
Friday - October 27, 2006
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PostCom
states: "Yes, APWU members were out all
across America protesting the Postal Service's
facility consolidation plans. But this one
headline from
KLAS
in Las Vegas, really takes the cake:
"Consolidation Plan Leaves Postal Workers
Concerned For Customers."
- APWU:
Thousands of Postal Workers Protest
Ill-Conceived USPS Plans
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NALC Presents
Postal Service with Main Contract Proposals
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Canton
Shooting Unites Community
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Former Postal Employee
'Son of Sam' settles lawsuit with lawyer
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Republicans
are accused of 'postal fraud'
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Postal staff
walk off job to show ire at AIDS tract
Canada
Thursday - October 26, 2006
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Postal
workers say North Country mail service is under
attack
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Opinion:
Postal theft breaches trust
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Failing to Pay Government Charge Card Bill Leads
to
Removal of Customer Service Supervisor
See
Allen v. United States Postal Service
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Post office in Naples
closed because of threat
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First Class volume is
slip-sliding away
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USPS Ready
for Holidays
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The "New" TSP
Tax Loophole Mike
Causey - Federal News Radio
Wednesday - October 25, 2006
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Anthrax Mystery and Misery Linger for Postal
Workers
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FBI hit for anthrax 'dead-ends'
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Nationwide Informational Picket to Oppose
Consolidation
and Reduction of Mail Service
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Toys for Tots shut out of post offices
PA -
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Congressman King says postal audit will be ready
soon: U.S.
Also see:
Sioux City Post Office Inspector Nears Decision
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USPS Unveils Shape-Based Pricing Plans
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Postmaster praises mail carrier killed in crash
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Celebrity mailman
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Vote on rural delivery expected today Canada
Tuesday - October 24, 2006
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Pair plead not guilty in carrier’s death
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PMG names three Area Vice Presidents
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Postal Service offers reward for 'bottle bomb'
information
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Fort Myers postmark at risk
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Woman accidentally mails cat UK
Monday - October 23, 2006
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APWU: OIG Report Criticizes Pasadena
Consolidation
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Postal Workers Plan Picket
Columbus, GA
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Indictment reveals identity theft
CA
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Pushing the envelope
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Wrap-up Notes From DMA06: Attendees' Top 3 Pain
Points
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Postal
Service Investigates Possible Fifth “Bottle
Bomb” NY
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Stop mailing fake grenades, Canadians told
Sunday - October 22, 2006
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Mail carrier dies in lamppost crash
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Registration forms sent via UPS make 1,100
ineligible to vote
WA
Saturday - October 21, 2006
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Victims Remembered, Workers Honored On Fifth
Anniversary
of Anthrax Attacks
APWU
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Mail carrier feared gunfire on her route, heard
gunshots the day before
Also see:
Slain postal carrier Jennifer Milburn an
'all-American kid’
Friday - October 20, 2006
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Two arrested in slaying of postal worker
OH
Original story:
Postal worker delivering mail in Canton killed
by stray bullet
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Postal Employee To Be Indicted After Post Office
Embezzlement Scheme
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Mail, Mail Go Away
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Postal Union seeks customer complaints
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USPS wants to stamp out excess costs
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Postal Service semi rolls over in Brooklyn
Center, spills mail
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Postal service can stop unwanted sexually
oriented advertisements
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Authentidate Applauds USPS Efforts to Accelerate
Growth of the
Electronic Postmark Service
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Tenn. man arrested in post office robbery
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Go for the Nails, Leave With the Mail
Thursday - October 19, 2006
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Owner: Conflict with post office prompts closing
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Post Office Could Learn A Lot from GM
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APWU: Contract Talks Update
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APWU Motion Before PRC Regarding the USPS 'END'
Program PDF
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USPS to Remove Stamp Vending Machines by 2010
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APWU: Pat Davis-Weeks Appointed NBA
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Essay: When My Mailman Failed to Deliver
Newsweek
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Sleeping students found in mailbox
Wednesday - October 18, 2006
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Mailman May Not Get Use of Arms Back After Dog
Attack
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More Legionnaires' cases occur in Northeast
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Board Upholds Termination for Inappropriate Sick
Leave Use
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USPS Searching Internal Employee Base for Sex
Offenders
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Former Postal Employee Missing
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Post Office to Eliminate Stamp Machines
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KFC Invites America to Give Colonel Sanders a US
Stamp of Approval
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Ex-mail truck driver faces prison, fine in theft
from card
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Piles Of Old Mail Found In Dead Mailman's Home
Boston
Also
see:
Purloined letters are a postal mystery
Tuesday - October 17, 2006
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Ins and Outs of Mail Delivery
(scroll
down after opening link)
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Horrific crash shatters body; heroic rescue
has her battling
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President extends successful initiative to
reduce workplace injuries
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Mailer at DMA06 concerned over proposed USPS
rule
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Third mail scare again causes no injuries
Monday - October 16, 2006
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Postal Legislation on the Ropes
(PDF)
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Make Break-Even; Not Broken
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Postal Service enveloped by change
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In 2007, Seal Love Letters With a Kiss
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Updated list of Western NY Post Offices without
power
Sunday - October 15, 2006
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Police Escort for US Mail
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Anti-war mom gets `cruel' returned mail
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Postal Service adding branches in stores
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Fourth man sentenced in letter carrier shooting
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Mail boxes vanishing, but not because they're
not used
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Man arrested in slaying of postal employee that
happened 2 years ago
Friday - October 13, 2006
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Bacteria found in post office bathrooms
CT
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Postal Service should be more efficient, not
less
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Rise of online communication means decline of
mailbox
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Post office wins fruitcake suit
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Jury convicts retired Appalachia mailman
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Buyout Checklist Mike Causey - Federal News
Radio
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Hepburn stamp fetches $66 500
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Residents Warned After 700 Mail Items Stolen
Thursday - October 12, 2006
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Former Phoenix carrier admits stealing credit
cards from mail
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NALC Lobbyist George B. Gould to Retire
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Anthrax suspect remains as elusive as bin Laden
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Grandmother Mails Fruitcakes, Sues USPS
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Curbside mailbox is a must
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Mail Carrier Mauled By Pit Bull
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Kilo of cocaine found in mail; Nichols St. man
arrested MA
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'Jeopardy' goes postal with Tallahassee man
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Snail Mail MT
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Mail theft frustrating, but no worse than
elsewhere
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Postman won't ring at Stanley Holmes
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Automobile Group Puts Brakes on Returned Mail
Wednesday - October 11, 2006
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Union Leader Blocks Legislation to Revamp Postal
Service
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Postal Service must change, official says
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Drugged driver gets 60 days for slamming into
mail carrier
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BioMedical Waste Solutions, LLC, Launches Sharps
Disposal-by-Mail
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14,257 complaints about Royal Mail in one year
Tuesday - October 10, 2006
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US Postal Service plans to increase hiring of
Hispanic workers
Also
see:
Postal Service Wants ‘To Continue to Look Like
America’
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APWU: Sullivan Approved As Regional Coordinator
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Court: UPS Discriminated Against Deaf
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UPU: Parcels volume up in 2005 as letter post
levels off
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Domestic violence victim, a postal employee,
eulogized
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More mail thieves thwarted |
Our Opinion: Fewer mail thefts
Monday - October 9, 2006
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New Legionnaires' Case Reported
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POSTIES' SUSPICION OVER GPS INTRUSION IN UK
POSTAL VEHICLES
Editors Note:
Please read our editorial related to this story:
GPS
Baby Monitor Coming Soon to USA Carrier Vehicles
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It's probation for ‘grave robber' (postal
employee)
WI
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Dog Stops Mail Service To Entire Street
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Ask letter carrier for ID if you're concerned
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848 carriers depend on automation to do job
Tucson Citizen, AZ
Also from Tucson:
Thefts from the mail dive 70% in Tucson
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Postman is sacked over mail stash UK
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Benefit planned for mail carrier
Saturday - October 7, 2006
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Suspects Indicted In Identity Theft Ring
Involving Tax Refunds
CA
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Funeral postponed after mom lost in the mail
Canada
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Witnesses try to link mail carrier with absentee
ballots
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Solving the mystery of the disappearing
mailboxes
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Canada Post axes rural mail service
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Coloradans first to see this year's Christmas
stamp
Friday - October 6, 2006
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Police bust (postal employee) survivalist
MI
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A post-mortem on postal reform, or "Who really
shot John?"
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APWU: Picketing to Expose USPS Consolidation
Plans
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Q&A: With the New USPS CFO
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USPS Reports Net Deficit for August
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Mail Delivery Mixups Upset Elk Grove Man
Thursday - October 5, 2006
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Mail, cocaine found in postman's pickup
Dallas, TX
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Loss of sorting operations would hurt city,
workers say
Helena, MT
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Potter Preparing for May 6 Increase
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$1 Billion in Postage Processed
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USPS Releases Details of Rate Case
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Senator unsure of postal overhaul's lame duck
prospects
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NAPUS Newsletter: Postal Reform Forced Into Lame
Duck Session
Wednesday - October 4, 2006
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APWU: Negotiations Update
More on
Contract Negotiations | August
Financials are
Posted Here
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Fate of Post Office Overhaul is Up for Debate
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Postal Reform Bill (came) Close to Final Passage
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Police: Postal Employee Stole Gift Cards From
Recipients
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Managers Required to Stop Harassment from
Outsiders
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USPS to remove stamp machines by 2010
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Canada Post Debuts Permanent Stamp
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PIA Urges Congress to Act in "Lame Duck" Session
on Postal Reform
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Mailman praised for rescue
- USPS August Financials are
Posted Here
Tuesday - October 3, 2006
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APWU: Congress Adjourns Without Passing Postal
‘Reform’
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Customer complaints cause furniture move at Fort
Laramie Post Office
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Postal Workers Hold Picket In Raleigh County
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FBI Still on Hunt for Anthrax Killer 5 Years
After Deaths
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Postal service continues decline
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USPS Expands Wireless Vehicle Management Systems
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Postal Service experiencing delays after
overnight storms Chicago
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Crash closes post office
Monday - October 2, 2006
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Postal Reform Falls Short Short as Congress
Adjourns For Elections
More on Postal Reform
- The
National Association of Postal Supervisors
via PostCom
states "efforts stalled late Friday night when
the National Association of Letter Carriers
refused to endorse any bill that included a
workers compensation provision, previously
passed by the Senate, that required a three-day
waiting period before FECA benefits began."
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UPS Says It Is Working Toward a Postal Reform
Compromise
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As Congress Adjourns, Postal Reform Stalls -
Multichannel Merchant
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DMA Escalates War of Words with UPS
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Northland Postal Division Commitment to Cleaner
Fuel
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APWU: Southern Regional Coordinator Resigns
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Postal promises must be kept - The Olympian,
WA
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Delivering mail isn't a cakewalk
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Fundraiser will help postal worker
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