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Who will brief Obama on the nature of the mail market?
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Minnesota's 24/7 post office hours scaling back hours
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Olivehurst: Flood of input delays postal decision
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The post-post office world
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PRC OIG: Compensation Changes and Performance Awards (PDF)
2/2/10
Illinois Letter Carrier Celebrating 50 Years of
Delivering Mail
Glenview, IL, Letter
Carrier Joe Kraus is celebrating 50 years of delivering
the mail. Nothing has slowed him down.
When asked if he plans to retire soon, Kraus says “I could
have left a while ago. But I thought I would stay on for
the work, my co-workers and the customers.” |
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Federal Disability
Retirement: The Full Arsenal of Weapons submitted by
Attorney Robert McGill, one of our advertisers.
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JCPenney pioneers postal intelligence
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Travel Tough for Mail Carriers
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Ohio mail carrier retires after 32 years on same route
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Direct mail has slowed to a trickle
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UPS
Sees Profit ‘Slightly Better’ Than a Year Earlier
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UPS Earnings Readthrough: U.S. Economy Still Slug-Like
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Oh-oh - Photo: Click on Picture of Mail
Truck
2/1/10
New Documentary: Murder By Proxy:
How America Went Postal
...what is it about US Postal
Service that made it a poster boy for workplace massacres?
The film shows how transformation of the US Postal Service
from a government agency into a corporation a created
stressful workplace environment filled with increasingly
anxious and unhappy employees and, eventually, resulted in
unprecedented bloodshed. The documentary features
two Postal massacres starting in 1986. The book
"Tainted Eagle" by Royal Oak (MI) NALC
steward Charlie Withers is also highlighted.
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Postal Supervisor’s Request For
Medical Documentation After Return To Work Was Not
Reasonable -
Thanks to Don Cheney for
sending this information.
PTF
Clerk filed a Petition for Hearing under the Debt
Collection Act of 1982 . USPS sought to collect from the
clerk a debt in the amount of $497.22 based upon a payment
of sick leave that was later converted to LWOP. The
following findings are based upon the record.
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USPS
OIG Postal Service Network Streamlining
To remain
financially viable, the Postal Service must effectively
streamline its mail processing and transportation networks
and optimize its workforce.
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APWU Wins “Casuals In Lieu” Of Arbitration For
Rogers, Arkansas Clerks
This is a summary of Regional
Arbitrator Glenda M. August’s decision (10/3/09) regarding the Postal Service’s decision
to hire a casual employee to replace an enlisted military
employee. In this case a career postal employee enlisted
in the Military. Management hired a casual employee to
fill the career employee’s position after he announced he
would be in the Army for a period of not less than four
years. The
case was argued for the Union by NBA
Robert D. Kessler. |
Quantum Selected by the USPS
to Supply Zero Emission Postal Delivery Vehicle
Quantum Fuel
Systems
Technologies Worldwide, Inc., today announced that
it was selected by the US Postal Service (USPS) to produce
an advanced electric postal delivery vehicle based on the
widely used Long Life Vehicle (LLV) platform. Quantum was
competitively selected, along with 4 other companies, for
participation in a 1 year demonstration and validation
program to be conducted by the USPS in Washington DC.
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No Accidents, No Sick Leave in Over
50 Years For NE Rural Carrier
Brainard, NE, Rural Carrier
Dwayne Raskey has delivered mail for 50 years without an
accident. For that achievement, he has been named the
recipient of the prestigious Joseph M. Kaplan USPS
National Safe Driver of the Year award by the National
Safety Council (NSC). Raskey also has not used a day of
sick leave.
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“Do Not Obliterate”, Routing, and
ACS Questions-Loop Mail?
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UPS AND Postal Service Now Using New 'Flexible
Access Label’
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Pleas for leniency ignored; Mail Carrier sentenced to workhouse
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Postal workers honor departed colleague
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Postal workers at Edison and Whippany plants worry about job future
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Former Montgomery Co. postal carrier gets 8-hour jail sentence in mail theft
case
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Ex-Missouri postmaster admits stealing $2,000 from post office
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Judge dismisses man's suit against post office for delivering dead birds
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Mail as Art
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Pound Ridge NY letter carrier charged with theft weeps in court
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New Hope mailman will receive help in reconnecting with his
family in Haiti
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Rollout of new Plant Verified Drop
Shipment Training begins this month
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Postal Worker Robbed Of Postal Bags
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$50K Reward Offered In Post Office
Robbery
1/31/10
USPS
Increase Penalties For Violations Concerning Conduct on
Postal Property
The
current rules governing conduct on Postal Service property
establish the maximum penalty for a violation as a fine of not
more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days, or both.
As revised by this notice, the maximum penalty for a violation
will be increased to a fine of not more than that allowed under
title 18 of the United States Code or imprisonment of not more
than 30 days, or both.
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Postal system much more efficient today than it was in days gone by
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Change afoot at USPS
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Postal union: Use pension money to keep Whippany center open
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Cambridge postal
driver robbed
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Laundry, chickens and a post office
1/30/10
President Obama Nominates Two To USPS Board of Governors
Paul Steven Miller is the Henry M. Jackson Professor
of Law at the University of Washington School of Law who
is an expert in workplace and employment law. Professor
Miller spent the first nine months of the Obama
Administration as a Special Assistant to the President in
The White House. Prior to joining the University of
Washington in 2004, Professor Miller had been one of the
longest serving commissioners of the EEOC. Dennis J. Toner
has directed policy, public and political affairs for over
30 years for then-Senator and now-Vice President Biden.
Taking Control of the Board of Governors
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Postal
Supervisors Alerts Congress to Possible Pay Abuse by USPS
The National Association of
Postal Supervisors has warned key Senate and House leaders
of potential abuse that may occur in the Postal Service's
administration of its pay-for-performance system covering
75,000 USPS managers, supervisors and postmasters. Such
abuse, NAPS projects, could result in a salary loss of at
least $500 to $800 by each affected employee, effective
February 5.
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Wheeling Postal Workers Wait for Decision
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Downtown Pensacola post office stays put
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Lafayette: Consolidation talk stirs postal union
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PRC Chair Goldway: Five-Day Mail Delivery Awaiting Advisory Opinion
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Firm seeks contract to
supply USPS with electric cars
1/29/10
The League Takes Postmasters Working Condition Issues to
Congress
Issue: The Abusive Treatment Of Postmasters And The
Inefficient And Ineffective Post Office Management
Practices Of Upper Level USPS Managers- This letter will
serve to inform you of our intention to take our
Postmaster issues to Congress. These are the same issues
over which the National league of Postmasters has been
unsuccessfully attempting to positively engage the Postal
Service for the last 3 X years. You know the issues; they
include Postmasters putting in horribly long work weeks
due to the Postal Service's failure to properly staff
supervisors, clerks and carriers and to properly budget
work hours, the caustic workplace environment in many
districts, a failed pay for performance system, and the
Postal Service's failure to fill level 16 and below
Postmaster positions.
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-The U.S. Postal Service today
filed an update with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)
indicating that 162 offices remain under review for
possible consolidation under the station and branch
consolidation initiative. That is six fewer from the last
update in December. No final decisions have been made
regarding specific office consolidations.
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Springfield (MA) Area APWU Local Reaches MTESC Agreement
Springfield (MA) Area Local reached
a tentative agreement with Alan Ritchey, Inc. on a new
Collective Bargaining Agreement that will cover all 90 members
employed at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC).
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Postal Worker Faces Forgery
Counts
Employee admits faking doctor's notes
to get FMLA approved sick leave
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Intelligent Snail: USPS Finally Addressing Crossed-Out Barcodes
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Credit Card Direct Mail Back On The
Rise
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Residents question Jackson TN post office proposal at public meeting
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Action Line: What's the deal with Post Office signs?
1/28/10
Somersworth NH Postmaster Placed On Administrative
Leave
It
is not clear if the removal was related to claims by an
employee that the manager electronically deleted overtime
from employees' time sheets in order to make himself "look
good" in the eyes of his superiors. The actions resulted
in employees losing pay, the employee claimed.
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USPS
Seeks Manufacturer For Anti-Pilferage Seals To Use On Mail
Containers
The seal shall secure the mail containers and shall not
allow the container to be opened without
physical destruction of the seal. The seal shall be a
passive one time use locking device and
shall indicate tampering or access into the mail
containers. The seal shall close and lock in
a manner that provides an audible and tactile feedback to
the user that the seal has closed
securely. When forcibly opened or cut, the seal shall be
incapable of being resealed.
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New York
Letter Carrier Charged in $124,000 Mail Thefts
A letter carrier has been
charged with stealing cash, gift cards, debit and credit
cards from the very mail she was paid to deliver,
authorities said Wednesday. Police and postal inspectors
executed a search warrant at her residence, where they
recovered hundreds of these items in addition to a large
volume of mail and property taken from Pound Ridge
residents and elsewhere in Westchester. Ryan said the
value of the theft was $123,693 but estimated it could go
as high as $250,000.
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USPS To Postal Employees: Do Not
Obliterate the Barcode
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Former Postal Worker to appear in
court for allegedly destroying mail
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Pony Express will ride into
Scottsdale to deliver mail by horseback
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Post office moving some jobs from
downtown Dallas to Coppell
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Postal Service to Conduct Study of
Mail Processing Operations in Lafayette, IN
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Postal carrier honored
for 40-plus years of service
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Residents protest closing of Warner Robins GA post office
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Editorial: Rally ’round Bay City’s downtown post office, and find a way to
keep it open
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Pocono Business Journal to cease publication - rising postal rates one
reason for end
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Deal close for Haitian postman to accept donations
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Video: Interview with reporter who broke USPS Marketing Exec Bernstock contract story
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Greenwood, IN postal clerk charged with
misappropriation of funds
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Former postal worker convicted in workers comp fraud case
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