5/14/08
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USPS sticking with repositionable notes
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Opinion: Why the US Postal
Service Always Loses Money!
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APWU: Another Dozen Reps Sign On to Mail Network Protection Act
5/13/08
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Postal truck flips over in Connecticut
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NAPUS Urges Congress to Safeguard Universal Service
5/11/08
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Postal Worker Mauled by Pit Bull While Delivering
Mail
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Postal Service refuses to be licked
5/10/08
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Postal Service looks to expand package returns service with major
carriers
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Youths Deliver Punch To Mail Carrier |
6
teens beat, rob mail carrier
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Attack injures letter carrier
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My 13-Ounce Dilemma
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Postal Service relents, says Healdsburg P.O. can stay
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Power of the penny a sticky topic
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PO Box vs. Mailbox, which is the better choice for the environment?
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Postal carrier glad to be alive
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Accidental stamp collector decides Forever stamps are way to go
as postage rates rise
5/9/08
APWU: Postal Reform Act Is No
Endorsement of Privatization
The passage of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement
Act in December 2006 did not change the fundamental mission of the
Postal Service, an APWU leader testified on Capitol Hill, and should
not be perceived as justification for privatizing the nation’s mail
system or eliminating its obligation to provide service to all Americans.
“The U.S. Postal Service, Post-PAEA: What’s Next?”
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USPS Workforce Size and Employment Categories,
1987-2007
Congressional Research Service
(CRS) Report :This report provides data from the past two decades
on the size of the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS's) workforce, the
number of persons employed by USPS by employment categories, and
the number of persons employed by USPS under time-limited contracts.
It also analyzes the most salient aspects of these employment data.
USPS employs nearly 786,000 persons. Although USPS's workforce size
has changed relatively little from 20 years ago, it has dropped
12% in the past decade. The number of career employees declined
8.8% since 1987; however, the number of non-career employees increased
106.5%. Clerks, who staff retail counters at post offices and manually
sort mail, dropped more than 31% since 1987. Rural mail delivery
carriers, in contrast, grew 84.9%; and building and equipment maintenance
personnel and vehicle maintenance personnel grew 28.7% and 14.9%,
respectively.
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McAllen, TX postal worker indicted on mail theft
charges
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Want to Buy Stamps at the Post Office? Good Luck.
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Do not call, do not spam, do not mail
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Postal Service gives licking to average patron
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Wounded mail carrier to be released from hospital
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FedEx holder sues board over contractor problems
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Social Security Checks Go Missing
5/8/08
Postal Worker Awarded $382,500 In Discrimination Case
(Des Moines, Iowa) A federal jury has awarded
a black woman more than $380000 in her racial discrimination lawsuit
against the US Postal Service. Sheryl Rogers, a former night shift
mail sorter at the Des Moines Post Office, testified during the
trial that the harassment included chants of racial epithets by
her co-workers.
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Postal Bulletin 5/08/08 Issue
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Boulder Creek mail carrier arrested for stealing from customers
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Mail delivery within Chicago shows improvement
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Retired New Hampshire District Manager may run for governor
5/7/08
USPS Reports Second Quarter Loss of $707 Million;
Economic Slowdown Cited
- Despite cost-cutting measures, the U.S. Postal Service
ended the second quarter with a net loss of $707 million, driven
by a continued decline in mail volume resulting from the current
national economic climate. The Postal Service also continues to
focus on reducing costs and increasing efficiency. For example,
workhours have been reduced by more than 18 million in the first
two quarters of the year compared to similar periods in 2007.
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US Virgin Island delegate requests investigation
by USPS OIG
US Virgin
Islands, Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen has asked the US
Postal Service’s Inspector General, David Williams to investigate
the unacceptable level of USPS mail service in the territory. In
a letter co-signed with the Chairman of the Congressional House
Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and District
of Columbia, Rep. Danny Davis, Christensen asked for the investigation;
and a return of the practice of the US Virgin Islands processing
of its own mail, instead of USVI mail being sent to Puerto Rico
to be processed.
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Atlantic City, Belcoville post offices make top-10 historic sites
endangered list
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Retirement Planning Hits Perfect Storm
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No more free post office boxes
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