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Postal News
- January 2007
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TOP POSTAL STORIES OF THE MONTH
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January 31, 2007-
Memorial Marks One-Year Anniversary of Goleta Postal Rampage
- One year after the Goleta postal murders, a community is still
struggling with the senseless killing. A solemn memorial service was
held this afternoon to honor six victims. Gathered in front of the Postal
Service building were more than 100 people, including family, friends
and coworkers of Charlotte Colton, See Fairchild, Nicola Grant, Guadalupe
Schwartz, Maleka Higgins and Dexter Shannon." No words can describe
how this tragedy has impacted us," says Postal Service District Manager
John Byars. "We can't begin to describe the pain and loss the families
and loved ones have experienced this past year."
Goleta Postal Shooting Anniversary
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North Carolina Postmaster resigns amid
federal probe
The postmaster of the
Harbinger post office has resigned amid a federal embezzlement probe.
Debbie Homer, postmaster in Harbinger since August 2005, stepped down
recently, a U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman said in a phone message.
It was not immediately clear when Homer resigned. Agapi Doulaveris,
director of communications for the Office of the Inspector General for
the U.S. Postal Service, confirmed Tuesday that Homer is being investigated
for allegations of embezzlement from the Harbinger post office.
No charges
have been filed in the case, she said. "We do not prosecute. We investigate
and provide background for the Postal Service to review," Doulaveris
said. "It is then its decision whether to prosecute."
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January 30, 2007-
NALC Contract Proposal Includes Monday
- Friday Workweek, Early Out Request (PDF)
President
Young details contract issues before record-setting Rap Session - Highlights:
All Regular
Workforce by 2011 - All carriers converted to Monday-Friday full-time
regulars, eliminate casuals, keep City Carrier Grade 2 positions with
new duties. Create Saturday bargaining unit workforce: with Retired
carriers (preference), New hires, probationary carriers; USPS request
early out for city carriers ; Sub-contracting protection and a share
of the savings (increased pay); protection against outsourcing. Maintain
health care payments as long as you belong to the NALC health plan.
If not, USPS payments shrink to 72%.
PDF
File
from
NALC Branch
38
via PostalReporter
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January 29, 2007-
OSHA: High-Visibility Uniforms Not Required for Mail Carriers Delivering
After Dark
- On November
13, 2003, at twilight, Evelyn Medeiros, a United States Postal Service
employee, was struck by a car while crossing the street at a stop sign
while delivering mail on her postal route in Fall River, Massachusetts.
At the time of the accident, Ms. Medeiros was wearing Postal Service
issued bomber jacket and rain pants. Five days after the accident, a
formal complaint was filed with OSHA on the behalf of letter carriers
in Fall River, Massachusetts alleging that the USPS required employees
to deliver mail after dark without supplying them with reflective clothing
that made them easily visible in the dark to vehicular traffic. In 2006,
OSHA dismissed the complaint ruling that there is no evidence that high-visibility
clothing would have done anything to prevent the accident.
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January 28, 2007-
Mail Delivery Complaints In Chicago's 13th
Ward
Temporary Carriers blamed
for late deliveries - Ald. Frank Olivo (13th) called local Post
Office officials and local community representatives together yesterday
(Wednesday) to discuss the growing problems of mail delivery in the
60638, 60629 and 60652 Zip codes. They heard complaints about late delivery,
carriers skipping days, letters delivered to wrong addresses, and mail
being left on steps. The West Lawn Post Office has had a management
vacancy for 14 months. The current manager is on sick leave, but the
position is still his. After the meeting, the postal officials said
they were going to go to the West Lawn Post Office not only to talk
to the employees there but to monitor those who are working to make
sure a good job is being done.
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January 23, 2007-
GAO: Medicare Subsidy Could Have Lowered
Health Premiums in 2006
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National
Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) President Margaret
L. Baptiste said that a GAO report confirms her association’s belief
that FEHBP premiums were higher than needed because of the OMB and OPM's
decision to forego a subsidy provided under the 2003 Medicare Prescription
Drug Act. OMB, which had a role in this decision, and OPM, should explain
to federal workers, retirees and survivor annuitants, who often struggle
to pay their steadily increasing premiums, why the federal government
failed to do what a multitude of other employers have done to reduce
this burden.
USPS, petitioned Medicare
in 2005
to provide the subsidy but was rejected on the grounds that postal workers
are covered by the health benefits program. Postal officials sought
the subsidy because it would save the agency about $250 million annually
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January 21, 2007-
Bush Plan Would Cut Tax-Free
Employer-Provided Health Insurance
President George W. Bush on Saturday proposed
tax breaks to make health insurance more affordable to the nearly 47
million Americans who lack it, while removing some tax benefits for
the most expensive employer-provided health care plans. The basic concept
is that employer-provided health insurance, now treated as a fringe
benefit exempt from taxation, would no longer be entirely tax-free.
Workers could be taxed if their coverage exceeded limits set by the
government. But the government would also offer a new tax deduction
for people buying health insurance on their own.
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Thirteen Postal Union
Officers Target of DOL-OLMS Criminal Actions in 2006
Over a dozen postal
union officers were the target of DOL/OLMS criminal enforcement actions
in 2006. These were the most serious cases. A name that will be recognizable
to many is John McGovern, who ran for APWU National President in 1998,
2001 and 2004. Delegates to the 2004 APWU National Convention voted
to uphold his expulsion from the union. As a result his name was removed
from the ballot. The lesson from these enforcement actions is for union
officers to take their legal responsibilities seriously. Mistakes can
be costly.
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January 20, 2007-
Carbon monoxide levels trigger OSHA fine for Suffolk post office
The post office downtown must pay a fine for a
November incident that exposed 39 employees to high levels of carbon
monoxide. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration concluded
after a six-week investigation that the post office was responsible
for improperly placing two portable generators during an electrical
outage. Last week, post office representatives agreed to pay $5,130
in fines and to correct the violations, according to a copy of the settlement
obtained by The Virginian-Pilot. Workers at the Main Street location
began feeling ill the morning of Nov. 8, before the building opened
to the public. The generators had been running for hours due to an overnight
power outage.
OSHA fines postal service more than $5,000 for
2006 incident
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MSPB Overturns Postal Worker’s Removal for $45,000 Stamp Stock Shortage
An Acting Finance Supervisor
in New York City won mitigation of his removal from the Postal Service
for "Failure to Account for Postal Funds / Failure to Follow Proper
Procedures." Under his supervision shortages of postal stock from the
Unit Reserve and from the Retail Floor Stock occurred totaling approximately
$45,000. Management failed to consider mitigating factors such as his
"lack of intent and culpability."
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January 19, 2007-
Fired Postal Employee Sues Postmaster General
A woman who was fired from a Hamilton County
Post Office, is suing the U.S, Postmaster General. According to court
documents, Leila Mitchell's former supervisor at a local post office
has been found guilty of sexually harassing her (supervisor pled
guilty to assault by offensive touching) . He apologized to her, in
court. But, after the case was over, the man was allowed to keep his
job. Now, Mitchell has filed suit saying she ended up losing her job
because she called police about what she calls a hostile working environment.
Note: The postal employee is representing herself (pro se) in the case.
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Man killed in accident at Massachusetts
Postal Facility
A Ludlow man is dead following an accident
in South Hadley. It happened at the post office on Hadley Street a little
after midnight. Police tell abc40 that the man was killed when a forklift
fell off a flatbed truck and pinned him beneath it. His name has not
been released. The cause of the accident is still under investigation,
but Police tell us that the bed of the truck was coated in ice.
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January 18, 2007-
Postal Employee’s Whistleblower Protection Case Against
OIG Dismissed-
The Postal Employees alleged that OIG engaged in prohibited personnel
practices in violation of the Whistleblower Protection Act . The MSPB
dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because Postal Service
employees cannot appeal violations of the WPA directly to the MSPB.
The employee asserted that the OIG was not a part of the Postal Service.
The Court found that the OIG is subject to appointment and removal by
the Postal Board of Governors, which serves as the “head of department”
for the Postal Service. The Court concluded that the employee was a
Postal Service employee and that the MSPB lacked jurisdiction over his
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January 17, 2007-
Editorial: Arbitrator's Postal Police Decision Costs Millions, Does
Nothing
"Taxpayers across the United States might have to dole out $100
million to postal police for overtime they never worked, thanks to a
decision by a federal arbitrator in Baltimore. Everything about the
case is ridiculous, including the decision. A union representative said
earlier this month the back pay for Baltimore postal police will be
about $2.6 million. As background, the Fraternal Order of Police National
Labor Council filed a grievance against the U.S. Postal Service in Baltimore
for using cheaper part-time private security guards to guard its facilities
instead of paying overtime to postal police officers. The union also
filed grievances in 11 cities across the country, including Washington
and San Francisco."
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January 04, 2007-
USPS Could Pay Up to $2.6M for Cutting Postal Police
With the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001 still fresh in many minds, the
U.S. post office in Baltimore City made a cost-cutting decision that
has proven costly. Officials replaced about 20 postal police officers
on shifts with cheaper, less-trained security guards who don’t carry
weapons. Now, the U.S. Postal Service could pay up to $2.6 million in
missed pay to its Baltimore postal police officers after an arbitrator
ruled the move violated the officers’ union contract, according to documents
obtained by The Examiner. Baltimore U.S. Postal Inspector spokesman
Frank Schissler said he believed the Baltimore case has national implications,
since other cities have been using security guards.
Postal police could win at least $100 Million from 11 similar grievances
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January 15, 2007-
Retired Postal Employees
to Perform Retail Services
According to APWU President
William Burrus in the Jan./Feb. 2007 issue of the “American Postal Worker”
: Perhaps the most innovative aspect of the agreement is the memorandum
committing the parties to develop rules and procedures for the employment
of retired postal employees to perform retail services. These employees
will be hired by and paid by the American Postal Workers Union, and
contracted to the Postal Service. If successful this program will present
an opportunity to expand retail services to locations where it is not
cost-effective to open a full-service facility. Of course, care must
be taken to ensure that these new retail opportunities do not distract
from official retail sites and that our career employees are not adversely
affected. MOU: Such workers will not be a part of a supplemental
workforce under Article 7. The meetings will begin no later than February
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January 11, 2007-
Senator Collins Introduces
Resolution Reaffirming Constitutional Protections of Sealed Mail
- Senator Susan Collins
has introduced a bipartisan resolution reaffirming that both federal
law and the Constitution protect sealed domestic mail from being searched.
The resolution is in response to a signing statement that the White
House issued in conjunction with the signing of the Collins/Carper postal
reform legislation. In a speech before the U.S. Senate, Senator Collins
explained that following the singing of the Postal Accountability and
Enhancement Act, the White House issued a statement that resulted in
confusion about the Administration’s commitment to abide by the basic
privacy protections afforded sealed domestic mail.
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NY Post editorial misrepresented Bush signing
statement
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Bloggers Put Senator Collins in the Hot Seat Over Signing Statement
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First Class Mess
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Can Bush Open Mail Without Warrant |
Funnies:
Complaint for Bush? Write Your Sister |
Google it
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January 08, 2007-
Video: Signed,
Sealed and Delivered- Labor Struggle in the Post Office
1978 Strike Against Mandatory Overtime, Speedups, and Hazardous Working
Conditions -
"On July 21, 1978 thousands of postal workers across the country walked
off their jobs when their contract expired, saying "No" to mandatory
overtime, forced speedups and hazardous working conditions. As a result
of this wildcat strike, six hundred thousand postal workers won a better
contract. But two hundred workers were arbitrarily fired by management
to teach all postal workers a lesson. SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED is
the story of the struggle these postal workers waged to win back their
jobs. It follows their fight into the streets, onto the floor of the
American Postal Workers Union's National Convention and among workers
and communities nationwide. But it took the tragic death of Michael
McDermott, a 25 year old mail handler who was sucked into a conveyor
belt and crushed to death, to bring their hazardous working conditions
to national attention."
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January 31, 2007-
Woman Claims
Neighbor's Mailbox Is Obscene
A Pomfret
mailbox is at the center of controversy between two neighbors.
Pam Lee said she is offended by the mailbox of her neighbor
who lives across the street. ." It's very sexually oriented,
very offensive and very risqué," Lee said. The United States
Postal Service told Lee that it is not its job to censor patrons.
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NALC President Young: Reforming Health Care
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Semi hauling mail to Denver burns on highway
Ticking package turns out
to be box of toys
NY: Fire destroys Adirondack post office
FL: Postal Service, Vero Beach continue talks on dispute
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January 30, 2007-
APWU Receives 200 ‘Man-Year’ Office List
(01/30/07) The Postal Service has provided the APWU with a
list showing facilities that qualify as
“200 man-year” offices [PDF].
In accordance with the recently ratified 2006-2010 Collective
Bargaining Agreement, all Clerk Craft part-time flexible employees
at facilities of 200 man-years or more will be converted to
full time, no later than Dec. 1, 2007. According to the information
provided by the USPS, 440 facilities qualify as 200 man-year
offices.
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Earl Miller led the postal
workers' union
APWU: Postal Service Cancels Another AMP Study
Burrus: A Brief Conversation Rekindles the Commitment
USPS Promises, But Residents Skeptical
Woman gets 8 years in federal prison for Post Office Robbery
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NALC: Rap Session Info
Postal Service
Is a Backdoor ATM -
Several times a
week, the U.S. Postal Service is a backdoor ATM when customers
buy a 39-cent stamp, pay with a debit card, and get cash back
without paying bank fees. “Honestly, (our retail employees)
see it three or four times a week, if not more,” Clovis postmaster
John Yeast said. “Most of my employees are taking advantage
(of it) themselves.”
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January 29, 2007-
Goleta Postal
Shooting Anniversary
It’s been
nearly a year since a deadly shooting rampage in Goleta shattered
a community. Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the
tragic Goleta postal shooting massacre that left eight people
dead. A somber private ceremony to remember those killed will
be held Tuesday afternoon at the Goleta postal facility where
the shooting occurred. Olive trees will be planted, each honoring
a life lost.
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Senator Objects to USPS Proposed Passport Card Acceptance
Fee -
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) is objecting
to a proposed $25 fee the Postal Service intends to charge
to accept applications for the “passport card” Americans will
need sometime in the next two years to enter the United States
from Canada. He says the $25 fee is excessive, particularly
since the Departments of State and Homeland Security, which
will process the application and provide the passport card,
intend to charge only $20 for adults and $10 for kids. Dorgan
has asked the GAO to investigate the Postal Service estimate
that an additional $25 fee is required to cover its costs.
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Mailbox graffiti spurs demand for cleanup
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Postal Carrier Finds Pipe Bomb in Mailbox
Group Purchases Former Marina del Rey P & DC from Home Depot
U.S.
Lost Mail Turns Up in Juarez House |
Juarez Postal Employees Arrested
Deal struck to keep Kinsey post office open
UPS Franchisees
Charge UPS With Forcing Them to Distribute Pornographic Material
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January 28, 2007-
House Judiciary
to Hold Hearing on Bush Signing Statements
Photo: Delivering
Mail By Bicycle in St Pete
Photo: Postal
Truck Advertising Stamps and Fuel
Postal Cartoon:
Different Title, Same Job
Mailman helps nab assault suspect
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Shipping store bets on big business from Goin' Postal name
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Editorial: USPS is not the style authority
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Steroid dealer preferred USPS vs private shipping companies
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January 27, 2007-
Supreme Court
Rules Federal, Postal Employees Cannot Be Sued
In a 7-2 decision
last week, the high court ruled that the government can insert
itself as the defendant in lawsuits against federal workers
who claim innocence, even if the alleged act was not part of
the accused employee’s job description.
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Fewer Clerks, City Carriers on Postal Rolls
At the End of 2006
While Mail Handlers and Rural Carriers were
the only two bargaining unit groups that had a significant increase
for 2006. Clerks down by 8,354 (211,991), City Carriers 2,399(224,218),
Mail Handlers increased by 1,376 (57,261) and Rural Carriers
1,996 (66,977). Casuals increased by 3219 (17,206).The Postal
Inspection Service is down by 687 (2837) and The Office of Inspector
General increased it staff by 272 (1132). Total workforce complement
was down 7,921 –compared to 3704 at the end of 2005
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PRC To Consider Creating Inspector General Office, Position
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eNAPUS Bulletin (PDF)
Mailman Called Hero After Detecting Deadly
Gas At Home
'Super postman’
rescues couple from burning house
Shared savings plan could help Postal
Service save energy
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Postal
Worker Saves Baby Chicks Sent In Mail
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Long Green Post Office will close
School
revives art of snail mail
Canada: Ottawa postal worker rescues lost toddler shivering
in snow
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January 26, 2007-
Burrus: Postal Workers
Must Include COLA Raises in Wage Increase Comparisons
Postal employees
often compare our negotiated wage increases with those of workers
in other industries and conclude that postal raises don’t measure
up. Postal increases in the range of 1.5 percent or less, they assert,
don’t match the increases of 5 percent or more that the media reports
for workers in other industries. These comparisons are flawed, however,
because they fail to take into account that the raises provided
in the APWU contract consist of general wage increases and
cost-of-living adjustments. >
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Long lines, lost mail, area residents
give postal official an earful
- (New York) One board
member came forward with a bag of mail misdelivered to her address
over the past six months. Another had a package of medication that
had been misdelivered to her home a week ago, and had not yet been
picked up by the post office. During a session that lasted perhaps
25 minutes, numerous issues were hurled at Warner and Andrea Burrows,
the post office’s customer relations coordinator. The complaints
ran the gamut from problems with deliveries to unsatisfactory lobby
conditions. Board member Kenrick Wescott recalled waiting outside
the post office for his wife for a full hour while she transacted
her business within. “I thought she had gone someplace else,” he
told Warner.
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Post Office expansion
may include Condos built above it
(Maryland) Montgomery County planners
may approve renovations to the post office on Arlington Road in
Bethesda that could lead to a larger facility with 111 condominiums
above it. If the plans are approved, the existing 16,000-square-foot
building, at 7001 Arlington Road, would be torn down and replaced
with a new office, an underground parking lot for residents and
postal workers, and four stories of residences.
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Study: Women Prefer Direct Mail
to E-mail Ads
Rio Rancho residents promised better
postal service
Postal worker faces gift card theft
charges
Raleigh's first
female postal worker retires
Mailman Saves Family
Mail delivery stopped to retirement community
because of virus
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Postal Movie Set to Offend
Postal Worker aids
heart attack victim at Post Office
Undelivered mail
recovered in Caledonia
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January 25, 2007-
USPS Consolidations,
Tech Efficiencies Expected to Pare Work Hours
"Progress
in increasing efficiencies was so good in 2006 and the prospects
for more of the same in 2007 are so promising that the U.S. Postal
Service hopes to
reduce work hours
dramatically during the next 12 months. The goal, revealed in the
Postal Service's Annual Progress Report, released this month, states
that new efficiencies will eliminate as many as 42 million work
hours - or the equivalent of about 21,000 full-time workers. "It's
a lot," said the Postal Service's vice president of strategic planning,
Linda Kingsley. "There's only been one year in which we have achieved
that before."
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Mail Handlers Ratify
2006 National Agreement
The National Office of the National
Postal Mail Handlers Union is pleased to announce that the membership
of the NPMHU has voted to ratify the terms of the 2006 National
Agreement between the NPMHU and the U.S. Postal Service. The final
vote tally, subject to minor adjustment prior to final certification
by the AAA, was 15,244 in favor of ratification and 2,116 in opposition
to ratification.
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Editorial: Postal Service should butt out of a Denver election decision
Two Questioned In
Nebraska Post Office Bomb Threat
Postal delivery
changes set in Massachusetts town
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Money order imprinter stolen from Ohio post
office
"The machine and 60 blank money orders were taken. Authorities found
a handwritten note on a desk that said they were sorry and only
needed money."
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January 24, 2007-
Rise Seen In Postal Workers' Injuries
Since Storms Began
Some 80
U.S. postal workers have reported injuries in the Colorado/Wyoming
area since the start of the blizzard five weeks ago and the several
snowstorms that followed. A spokesman for the U.S. postal service,
Al DeSerro, said the injuries have included fractures, sprains and
a concussion due to slips and falls on the ice. DeSerro said workers
were injured in over 30 vehicle accidents with postal trucks, though
most of them happened at low speeds.
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Automation Forces Elimination of Some
Postal Jobs in Albuquerque
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New automated mail systems will eliminate some U.S. Postal Service
jobs in Albuquerque, though no workers are to be laid off, a spokeswoman
for the service said today. A mail processing center is awaiting
machinery that will read bar codes affixed to mail bins, directing
them to the proper location for sorting - work that previously was
done by postal workers, said spokeswoman Barbara Wood. A machine
that handles change-of-address requests will also affect some jobs
on the West Side, she said. The total number of jobs affected won't
be determined until the machinery is in full operation, Wood said.
But workers whose jobs will be made redundant can bid for vacancies
within the postal service, Wood said. "There will be no layoffs
due to technology," she said.
US
Sen. Bingaman Concerned About Possible Reduction In Postal Service
Staffing
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New Prescription
Benefit for Postal Employees Injured On Duty
Video: APWU
Save Our Service Rally in Minneapolis
Retirees can expect faster
full annuity checks – in 2008
Rise Seen In Postal Workers' Injuries
Since Storms Began
Post Office Bomb Threat Closes Businesses,
School In Stanton, NE
Third Generation Letter Carrier Dave
Duerk loves people
Kodiak: Postal Service pushes ahead with new facility
Coming and going postal: APO down-low
Politicians give postal trucks plan Bronx cheer
Disparity in wages, profits widening: UPS carrots and sticks
International Post Corporation Re-elects Potter as Board Vice Chairman
Butch the dog forces post office to reroute mail
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January 23, 2007-
Postal Truck Plunges 50 ft. off bridge, Driver Survives
(Dallas)
A U.S. Postal truck plummeted from the Trinity River Bridge after
a collision with a large milk truck Tuesday morning. The impact
created a chain reaction of accidents that involved a total of five
vehicles in the eastbound lanes of Interstate-30. The traffic near
Sylvan Avenue had slowed down around 11:40 a.m. when the milk truck
traveling in the left lane collided with the postal truck in front
of it, said Sgt. Gil Cerda, a Dallas Police Department spokesman.
The impact sent the postal truck across two right lanes of traffic
and over the bridge railing.
Postal Truck Plunges Off I-30 Bridge -
Police said recent
rains may have saved the driver of a USPS truck that crashed off
a bridge . Postal officials said 65-year-old, Jimmie Simpson who
has been a USPS driver since 1989, was expected to fully recover
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Postal
Service cites vote problems in Colorado -
Trouble stems from mail ballots- The Postal Service sent a letter
of complaint to the Colorado secretary of state's office last week
about problems with the envelopes and the voter addresses used for
the mail-in ballots in Denver's special election this month. More
than 10 percent of the nearly 300,000 ballots sent out for Denver's
Jan. 30 mail-in election were returned, calling into question the
accuracy of the city's voter registration list.
USPS chastised
Denver for its handling of mail- ballot election
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USPS Issues Notice on Whistleblower Protection Rights
The Notification and Federal Employee
Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act) requires
that each Federal agency provide notice to all employees, former
employees, and applicants for employment about the rights and remedies
available to them under the anti-discrimination laws and whistleblower
protection laws that apply to them. Retaliation against an employee
or applicant for making a whistleblower protected disclosure is
prohibited by ELM 666.18.
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Postal Service aims to assist
GSA aims to raise
mileage reimbursement in February
SteelCloud Intervenes to Dismiss Lawsuit
Against USPS
Aberdeen: PRC says consolidation plans for postal service flawed
USPS: FAQs About the Financial Impact of the
New Postal Law
Mike Causey: The Calendar Always Wins
Postal Officials Stick With Yakima
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Now Applies to USPS
January 22, 2007-
APWU: Shirley Jasper Named Western Region Maintenance
Division NBA
Postal Officials Stick With Yakima
Photo: Seco, KY Post Office Needs Makeover
Postal Service should
revisit its decision on mail delivery
Nonprofit postal plastic box maker gives perks to execs, layoffs
to others - Minnesota Diversified Industries Plans To Layoff
250-300 Workers, many disabled, Many Making Minimum Wage. MDI Execs
Get Treated To Parties, Spa Vacations, Golf Outings, Casino Trips.
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January 21, 2007-
Moving Mail on Superhighway
At the end of the
entrance hallway to the Chattanooga remote encoding center is a
sign above a door that reads, "You are now entering the U.S. Postal
Service Communication Superhighway." Chattanooga's facility will
take on much of the 400-employee Tampa center's load. Postal Service
officials here are looking to hire up to 250 workers, and possibly
more, to meet the demand. The new hires must sign 360-day contracts
for four-, six- or seven-and-a-half-hour shifts. They earn $12.27
an hour, without benefits. The center now handles mail from 27 plants
from six states, including one at JFK International Airport in New
York City, where most of the country's international mail is processed.
Chattanooga's center has survived the consolidation because of its
size and its employees' productivity, officials said. Last year,
the center ranked No. 1 in cost efficiency in processing mail.
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Thirteen Postal Union
Officers Target of DOL-OLMS Criminal Actions in 2006
Over a dozen postal
union officers were the target of DOL/OLMS criminal enforcement
actions in 2006. These were the most serious cases. A name that
will be recognizable to many is John McGovern, who ran for APWU
National President in 1998, 2001 and 2004. Delegates to the 2004
APWU National Convention voted to uphold his expulsion from the
union. As a result his name was removed from the ballot. The lesson
from these enforcement actions is for union officers to take their
legal responsibilities seriously. Mistakes can be costly.
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Gonzales Defends Bush's Mail Snooping Statement
"I
mean, obviously, there may be instances where either the sender
or the recipient may consent to a physical search, so that possibility
may exist. But to my knowledge, there is no physical search of mail
ongoing under either the authority to use military force or the
president’s inherent authority under the Constitution, except as
otherwise authorized by statute passed by the Congress. For example,
there are provisions in FISA which would allow physical searches
under certain circumstances, so…"
ACLU
and CNSS Seek Records on Warrantless Mail Surveillance
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Pam Anderson goes
postal over Colonel Sanders stamp
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Update: Forklift accident kills man at postal facility
IT's in the mail ... or is it?
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Woman's mailbox is five miles from her home
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Driver Killed In
Collision With Mail Truck
Mail Truck Driver Crashes in the Amherst
County Area
Ex-postmaster witness
to mail transformation
CO: Mesa mail delivery change debated
January 20, 2007-
Carbon monoxide levels trigger OSHA fine for Suffolk post office
The post office downtown must pay a fine for a
November incident that exposed 39 employees to high levels of
carbon monoxide. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
concluded after a six-week investigation that the post office was
responsible for improperly placing two portable generators during
an electrical outage. Last week, post office representatives agreed
to pay $5,130 in fines and to correct the violations, according
to a copy of the settlement obtained by The Virginian-Pilot. Workers
at the Main Street location began feeling ill the morning of Nov.
8, before the building opened to the public. The generators had
been running for hours due to an overnight power outage.
OSHA fines postal service more than $5,000
for 2006 incident
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MSPB Overturns Postal Worker’s Removal for $45,000 Stamp Stock Shortage
An Acting Finance
Supervisor in New York City won mitigation of his removal from the
Postal Service for "Failure to Account for Postal Funds / Failure
to Follow Proper Procedures." Under his supervision shortages of
postal stock from the Unit Reserve and from the Retail Floor Stock
occurred totaling approximately $45,000. Management failed to consider
mitigating factors such as his "lack of intent and culpability."
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Avoiding canine
confrontation
“Dog Whisperer” comes to the aid of letter carriers - Last
September, dog trainer and TV star Cesar Millan shared his expertise
in animal behavior with letter carrier Bonnie Moon and several of
her colleagues at the Roswell, GA, Post Office. His visit with the
Peach State postal workers aired last night on The
National Geographic
Channel,.
The show airs again today at 2p.m.and Friday Feb. 2 at 4p.m.
See Video Excerpt
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Pit Bull Owner Says PO Targets Specific Breeds
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Post office reroutes mail around dog problem
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Photo: Dinosaur Post Office
Photo: Guinness Book of World Records
for Postmaster?
eNAPUS: House Oversight and Govt. Reform Committee
Organizes (PDF)
Mail carrier who died
aiding motorist leaves a legacy of helping others
Fight that began in parking lot ends in the post
office
Post office often ships, receives parcels
with a pulse
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January 19, 2007-
Fired Postal Employee Sues Postmaster General
A woman who was fired from a Hamilton
County Post Office, is suing the U.S, Postmaster General. According
to court documents, Leila Mitchell's former supervisor at a local
post office has been found guilty of sexually harassing her
(supervisor pled guilty to assault by offensive touching) . He apologized
to her, in court. But, after the case was over, the man was allowed
to keep his job. Now, Mitchell has filed suit saying she ended up
losing her job because she called police about what she calls a
hostile working environment. Note: The postal employee is representing
herself (pro se) in the case.
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Man killed in accident at Massachusetts
Postal Facility
A Ludlow man is dead following an accident
in South Hadley. It happened at the post office on Hadley Street
a little after midnight. Police tell abc40 that the man was killed
when a forklift fell off a flatbed truck and pinned him beneath
it. His name has not been released. The cause of the accident is
still under investigation, but Police tell us that the bed of the
truck was coated in ice.
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Postal
Workers' Paychecks Lost in the Mail
Postal
workers apparently have no special clout when it comes to being
told the check's in the mail. That's the case in Owensboro in western
Kentucky, where post office employees are still waiting for their
Jan. 12 paychecks. They seem to have been lost - in the mail, Postmaster
Kristine Fox told the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer." Somebody somewhere
made a mistake," she said. "And nobody has 'fessed up yet."
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Through sleet and snow, with slips and slides
Slipping, sliding and falling; dozens
of postal workers took a trip to the hospital in the last month."
We've had 80 injuries so far to our letter carriers through out
Colorado and Wyoming," said Al DeSarro, spokesperson for the USPS.
"Everything ranging from fractured arms and legs, to sprains, to
even a concussion." The Post Office says it will deliver no matter
the weather, but DeSarro says some help from the residents would
be nice.
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Postal Service Takes
Control of Powder Scares -
A local Postal Inspector
says the Postal Service ordered the makers of its machinery to replace
worn down parts that were responsible for powder showing up on mail.
The suspicious looking powder turned up three times in the past
week.
Postal Worker
pleads guilty to stealing cash, cards from mail
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Investigators:
Postal worker likely dumped mail on other occasions
Retired postal worker sentenced to 18 months
in vote fraud case
Cape post office halts transition to curbside
boxes
Retired postal worker arrested after standoff
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January 18, 2007-
USAirports wins $24M contract to
manage Newark Air Mail Terminal
USAirports officials said today that
the Rochester-based company has been awarded a $24 million contract
by the U.S. Postal Service to manage a mail terminal at Newark International
Airport in New Jersey. The company will assume mail handling at
the site beginning March 19. “More than 70 million pounds of mail
will travel through the Newark terminal annually, making it one
of the country’s largest outsourced postal operations,” said USAirports
Senior Vice President John E. Wilson Jr. Wilson said the goal is
for USAirports to provide faster service while reducing costs for
the Postal Service. More than 75 people will work at the site.
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Two Postal Service Consolidation Studies Scrapped
APWU: Official Local-by-Local Ratification Vote Totals
FMLA 1250 Work-Hours Eligibility Requirement
Strictly Enforced
OLMS Establishes Program to Review Union Constitutions
and Bylaws
USPS Changes Couple's Address Without Notice
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Postal Bulletin: Retirement counseling, 2006 Tax Information, more
Manhattan Is No Place for Bronx Mail, Group Says
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MO: Tickets considered for parking in front of mailbox
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Kinsey fights to keep its post office
Postal Rate Increase to Drive Major Changes in Mailing Industry
Uncle Sam's Super CD
Opinion : Mail service
helped to put Tucson on the map
Weather Stops Mail in Austin
'Flat pack' post offices piloted in Scotland
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January 17, 2007-
Postal union seeks to oust supervisor -
On the busy
Tuesday after the Martin Luther King federal holiday, the Levittown
Post Office was besieged by postal union workers protesting
the reinstatement of a supervisor. About 15 members of the American
Postal Workers Union Local 7048, which represents Levittown,
chanted, carried signs and persuaded dozens of postal customers
to sign a petition to oust clerk supervisor Toni Battiste. Battiste,
who had been in Levittown since the early '90s, was transferred
to Philadelphia in June, but was reinstated over union objections
last week. In a letter to union President Vince Tarducci, post
office operations manager Dorita Barnes rejected the union's
request not to bring back Battiste to Levittown. She also issued
a warning to Tarducci that protest fliers distributed to Levittown
postal workers constituted “violating postal regulations...
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Editorial: Don't Open Personal
Mail
White House officials insist that
President Bush's signing statement asserting the government's
authority to open personal mail without judicial warrants in
emergencies and for gathering foreign intelligence is no big
deal. Mr. Bush was merely reaffirming the authority already
granted to the Postal Service by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act and by court precedent that allows warrantless searches
in exigent circumstances, a spokesman explained. His argument
might be credible if the Bush administration didn't by now have
a track record of asserting the government's authority to imprison
and physically abuse suspects without due process, eavesdrop
on telephone exchanges without a search warrant and expand the
definition of what constitutes a legal search.
Postal Prying: Cartoonists' Take on Warrantless
Opening of Mail
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USPS is federal agency with highest number of delinquent taxpayers-
The federal
agency with the highest number of delinquent taxpayers is the
United States Postal Service, where 56,652 employees owe more
than $320 million. So far, about 22,000 of those employees have
agreed to a payment plan. A spokesperson for the Postal Service
says the agency hopes all of its employees follow the law, but
will leave enforcement to the IRS.
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USPS Seeks Additional
Comments on Proposed Mailing Standards
New Postal Law: COP
Waiting Period
Close call for mail carrier
Bullet narrowly misses retired Marine on Saturday route in Hickory
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Third letter found with powder
Harmless substance is traced to machine that processes mail
Editorial: Don't Open Personal
Mail
USPS CFO Carrying a Full Bag
Lubbock: Attacks have mail recipients in dog house
Why the Vanishing Mailboxes? E-Culprits Abound
Ice Storm Slows Mail Delivery
British postal worker attacked
by cat
FedEx Kinko's Adds Direct Mail
Netflix to Deliver Movies to the PC
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January 16, 2007-
Crowds jam post offices to apply for passports
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January 15, 2007-
Help Desk Delivers for Postal
Service
While new technology helps sort
and deliver mail more quickly, it also increases complexity
for postal workers charged with keeping the equipment running.
Such was the case with USPS’ phone-in help desk. AT&T and Convergys
Corp. of Cincinnati installed a new interactive voice response
system for the Postal Service. Employees who phone into the
help desk span the entire Postal Service, from senior managers
to employees at the local post offices throughout the country.
The system is needed anywhere a piece of equipment or software
is in use and employees might need help correcting a problem
with it.
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Letter: Postal Picket Highlighted Volatile
Situation
- By John Flattery- "the American Postal Workers Union, Central
Massachusetts Area Local 4553 AFL-CIO held an informational
picket in front of the Leominster Post Office on Dec. 12. The
purpose of this action was to bring to light the volatile situation
inside the post office. The Central Massachusetts Area Local-APWU
believes this hostile environment is a byproduct of Postmaster
Scot Florio’s management style. As this point, it seems the
postal service is less interested in addressing the concerns
of the dedicated postal employees who toil in this volatile
environment and more interested in hoping this story just goes
away. Unfortunately, problems don’t just go away, they get worse
with neglect. I only hope the postal service doesn’t ignore
this problem until it becomes a tragedy."
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Lawmakers deliver postal reform
Postal worker attempts rescue from burning
house
Mail delivery change angers homeowners
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Class of ’36 Celebrates 70th reunion via
Postal Service
Postcard arrives
decades late, mystery attached
Stamps Go Up In Canada Monday, But Does Anyone
Still Care
MSPB: Injured Postal Worker's Reemployment
Dilemma (PDF)
Box sent to Clinton causes scare, closes post office
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Postal Supervisor's appeal timely due to
MSPB e-filing malfunction (PDF)
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January 14, 2007-
Letter
carriers have a first-class relationship
Neither snow nor
rain nor heat nor gloom of night can keep Gary and Judy Schroeder
apart -- as letter carriers in Belleville and as husband and wife.
Both work at the Dutch Hollow branch of the Belleville post office
where they spend the mornings sorting mail together. They sort out
family issues at home.
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Photo: Bobblehead
Postal Worker
Postal Letter Carrier
Ralph Trumbo is neither an athlete nor a celebrity. Nevertheless,
he has a bobblehead likeness of himself sitting on his mantel. For
Trumbo, it’s a kick to own a miniature version of himself, sitting
there for all to see. From his postal uniform to his glasses and
wedding ring, it’s a perfect match. “It’s one of a kind,” he said.
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Lost wallet, cash or purse? It just might show up in your mailbox
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Magazine Publishers Square Off Over Postal Rate Case
Complaint line puts bad stamp on Postal Service
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City
could deliver bad news to mailbox blockers
USPS town hall meeting
set at PAC FOR Jan. 25
Wilson Hulme, National Postal Museum curator, dead at 60
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January 13, 2007-
New Blog: Postal Workers United Against Tyranny
Postal Workers United
is a group of American postal workers of all crafts committed to
exposing the crimes of the Bush administration, specifically as
they relate to his unlawful surveillance of innocent Americans without
warrants, including the opening of our mail. The blog was created
by Jeff Richardson, a Tacoma, Washington letter carrier, a trade
unionist, a peace activist, and a populist progressive with big
dreams for America.
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Anti-Consolidation Resolution
Introduced
Bitter
Cold Latest Hazard For Mail Carriers
Colorado: Postal worker indicted
for gambling on the job
North Carolina: Mail operations
to remain in Kinston (NC)
Florida: Mail carrier fired after letters
are dumped
CT: Former postal
supervisor gets probation
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January 12, 2007-
APWU Membership Ratifies Four-Year Contract
APWU members ratified a four-year Collective
Bargaining Agreement by a vote of 84,486 to 12,016, in balloting
that concluded Jan. 12. The new National Agreement, which is retroactive
to Nov. 21, 2006, will expire Nov. 20, 2010.“I consider this contract
to be among our union’s strongest achievements,” said APWU President
William Burrus. “Wage increases, upgrades, and Cost-of-Living Adjustments
were secured, and ‘no-layoff’ protection and other benefits were
continued.”
Burrus: An Open
Letter to the Union Membership
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"Unfortunately, a majority of the members did
not exercise their right to express their approval or disapproval
of the negotiated provisions that will affect their lives over the
four-year term of the agreement." "The dates of the retroactive
pay and the identification of the 200 work-year offices are expected
to be available within the next 14 days and will be published as
soon as they are known."
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USPS Opens First Bilingual Postal Unit in Arkansas
- The first bilingual postal service location in Arkansas opened
Thursday in Springdale, the U. S. Postal Service announced Monday.
The service will be provided at Snappylogos Inc at 3138 Old Missouri
Road. Customers can buy stamps and use express and priority mail
service, receiving help in English and Spanish. This is the first
U. S. Postal Service contract unit in Arkansas that will provide
service to both English- and Spanish speaking customers. USPS also
opened a bilingual contract post unit in Memphis last year.
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UPS delivers to residents in new senior development, Postal Service
doesn’t - The planned 1,425-home Del Webb neighborhood is
just north of Lathrop Road and contiguous to the 640-home Chadwick
Square Estates where the Postal Service delivers mail. In the mean
time, Briggs along with all other Del Webb residents interested
in picking up there mail, were asked to travel cross town to the
postal annex located on Industrial Park Drive. Manteca Post Master
Suzanne Sheldon Sheldon said the post office is currently negotiating
with a private contractor to deliver and pick up mail at Del Webb,
which will further delay service to residents of the development
for another four to six weeks.
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Postal
worker pleads guilty to online obscenity -
A 37-year-old
Capital Region Postal Worker pleaded guilty to obscenity charges
after police get a tip from nationwide website PervertedJustice.com.
That’s the group that teams up with Dateline NBC for the “To Catch
a Predator” series
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Postal carrier claims throwing away mail was part of job -
A Tolleson
postal carrier charged with throwing away mail he'd been assigned
to deliver claims he thought he was "doing the right thing," investigators
said.In an interview with U.S. Postal Service agents, Jerry E. McDonald,
52, said he thought throwing away mail that didn't fit in his vehicle
or customers' mailboxes was "part of the job," a memo obtained from
the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General reveals."I did
what I thought was right; what I have been taught," McDonald told
Special Agent Kevin Kreitman during an Oct. 17 interview.
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Baucus: Mail sorting services to
stay in Helena (MT)
New clues in Memphis postal worker
assault
Signing statement creates political firestorm (PDF)
Missouri post office wants boxes
at curbside
Postal worker charged
with theft
2007 will be a good year for DM, says Winterberry Groups’ Biegel
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January 11, 2007-
Postal Service Poised
for Continuing Breakthroughs
According to New Progress
Report -
The U.S. Postal Service
has achieved remarkable results and is better prepared than ever
to help ensure a prosperous future for mail, according to a progress
report on the organization’s transformation efforts. The
2006 Annual Progress
Report
examines progress made on key strategies identified in the Strategic
Transformation Plan, 2006-2010.
USPS says its transformation plan has
achieved remarkable results
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USPS : No ID Numbers on Badges
Homeland Security
Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) will require the Postal Service
to encode employee identification numbers as barcodes on the new
employee badges. At no time will the EIN be printed as a number
on employee identification badges.
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2 Colorado Carriers Charged With Throwing Away Mail
"The federal government charged two postal carriers in Colorado
with throwing away thousands of pieces of mail in two separate cases.
"In both cases, we had members of the general public find discarded
mail in trash receptacles," said David Montoya, Office of Inspector
General. Jason Romero was charged with discarding 748 pieces of
mail including passports, treasury checks and birth certificates.
Vickie Ann Walker was charged with dumping 1,436 pieces of mail
including 91 that were first class items."
Former Aspen
carrier charged with tossing mail
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Direct mail faces
year of reckoning
"Several credit card issuers are now quietly questioning the
value of not just mail, but the entire pre-approved credit approach
to prospecting. They're asking why they should go through the hassle
and expense of sourcing credit and compiled data - the exact same
data that their competitors are using - for the privilege of paying
a $132 to acquire a new customer. Enough about credit cards. The
mail downturn won't be confined to that industry. Another case in
point: telecommunications. One large firm I spoke with in this industry
aims to squeeze out hundreds of millions in marketing spend next
year. Where do you think they're looking first? Hint: not Internet
marketing. In the last few weeks I've also heard from retailers
planning to cut catalog pages and/or circulation next year. Some
are freeing up more money for Internet marketing. Others are responding
to more general pain.
Marketers still reaching people through
their mailboxes — like it or not
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Postal Polo Shirt Saga Continues
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Congress renews focus on postal issues
Postal Service finds Social Security checks
Carrier ticketed for parking to deliver mail
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Long-time postal worker retires
USPS appoints Peters
Western NY District Manager
USPS prepares for foreign forays
Letter: Eliminating
mailboxes is postal service failure
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January 10, 2007-
Ask President Burrus: Why More Casuals
in Contract?
I support the union and all the good
that comes from it. However, I strongly disagree with the provision
of the tentative agreement that would allow casuals to work year-round.
Not to mention that we lose our right to protest the use of casuals
in lieu of career employees. Please help me understand why our union
would consider allowing this to be part of our contract.
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Mail carrier accused
of drunken driving in truck crash
A Waukesha, WI letter carrier mail
carrier has been taken off his route after he was accused of being
drunk on the job - with nearly four times the legal blood-alcohol
level - and crashing his postal delivery truck into a sign. Thomas
Lahiff, 46, was arrested Friday after he returned to the post office
from delivering mail. He was incoherent, bleeding from his hands
and at one point collapsed, police Capt. Mike Babe said.
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Postal Service: ‘Intelligent
Mail’ Fully Operational By 2009
USPS Board of Governors
Authorizes Purchase of 5,856 Delivery Vehicles
Rolling gunbattle
forces mail carrier to take cover
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Ella Fitzgerald Debuts on First U.S. Postage Stamp of 2007 Today
NY Post editorial
misrepresented Bush signing statement
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January 09, 2007-
Postal worker accused of stealing gift cards
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No late post office dash
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Longtime postal worker gets accustomed to life as a retiree
Melissa Data tool
qualifies mailings for maximum postal discounts
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January 08, 2007-
First wiretapping, now letter-opening?
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Outrage continues
over Bush Postal Reform Signing Statement -THE BUSH administration
seems determined to raise the specter of surveillance over every
means of communication within the United States. Not content to
monitor selected phone calls and e-mails in secret, it recently
hinted that letters and packages may be opened without a search
warrant too.
Bloggers Put Sen. Collins in the Hot Seat Over Signing Statement
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First Class Mess
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Whoops! UPS Ads Pimp
Postal Service-
The Postal Service’s legitimate ties to (and partnership with) the
USPS, it struck me as a terribly odd choice of backing track for
a UPS commercial. Seems like the folks at Moxie Pictures (production
company) and The Martin Agency (the ad agency) didn’t really catch
this up front, as they probably would have chosen a different track.
Most (as in 99%) of the casual viewers of the ad will never notice
this oddity, but I thought it was worth pointing out.
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USPS Event: First
Day Stamp Ceremonies for Love and Kisses
Calls end, junk mail
still piles up
Pa. man receives letter
postmarked October 1954
Cancer screening is
focus of program at postal sites
Postal worker killed in fiery crash
Mailboxes' first-class exit
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January 07, 2007-
NPMHU Sues USPS, APWU To Overturn RI-399 Arbitration Award
Late last year
(2006) the National Postal Mail Handlers Union filed suit in
District Court to overturn an RI-399 (Oakland, CA) Arbitration
Award. The NPMHU alleged that the Arbitrator exceeded his authority
by issuing the decision. "By rendering a decision on a merits
issue that the parties to the arbitration proceeding had not
in fact agreed to submit to him, Arbitrator Anderson exceeded
his authority under the parties’ tripartite agreement, and his
award cannot stand." APWU filed its answer and counterclaim
to compel NPMHU and USPS to arbitrate RI-399 cases.
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Hajec retires from Fenton Post Office after 41 years of service
Westfield letter
carrier voted NALC president
Bypass mail still arrives, but with spoilage, criticism
Sketch of Suspect In Brutal Attack on Mail Carrier
Postal Service to Commemorate Keystone State's Hershey's Kiss
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January 06, 2007-
Postal carrier
arrested for illegal drugs, guns and undelivered mail in his
jeep
(Texas) Lt. Philip
Cash said the carrier, Jessie Orman Corder, Jr. 28, of Navasota,
was apprehended when the SIU executed a search warrant around
5 p.m. at a residence on Dorietta Drive in Walden. "Marijuana
was recovered from the postal service vehicle that was parked
at the residence," Cash said. "U.S. Postal Service Inspectors
were contacted and responded to the scene to secure U.S. mail
and other postal property." Cash said he was not told what potential
charges Corder faces regarding mail found inside the vehicle,
since the two investigations were separate. Investigators learned
Corder started his vacation a few days prior to his arrest,
but still had mail addressed to other people inside his jeep.
Two loaded .45 caliber handguns were also found in the jeep,
but Corder had a concealed handgun license.
Stolen postal
satchel leads to two arrests
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He delivered for over 40 years
Parked cars hinder delivery of mail
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Postal worker accused of stealing customer's cash
Licking his last stamp
Limerick post office not closing
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January 04, 2007-
W pushes envelope on U.S. spying
New postal law lets Bush peek through your mail -
President Bush has quietly
claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's
warrant, the (NY) Daily News has learned
(PostalReporter posted this claim several days ago) .The
President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform
bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a "signing statement" that
declared his right to open people's mail under emergency conditions.
That claim is contrary to existing law and contradicted the bill he
had just signed, say experts who have reviewed it.
Reader: Good article
on Bush use of signing statements
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Editorial: George Bush, snooper in chief
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Sen. Collins questions Bush's signing statement
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Postal Bulletin 1/04/07 Issue
Postmaster headed to Iraq
January 03, 2007-
3-day
closure overloads postal carriers -
The first ever national
three-day closure of the U.S. Postal Service will increase mail volume
and possibly delivery times.
Ford Day of mourning keeps post offices closed for 3rd day
It's an exceeding rare
confluence of events that would shut the national Postal Service for
three days. How often would the president of the United States call
for a day of mourning? And if he did, what are the odds it would fall
on a day before or after an existing two-day holiday? Cleveland native
Megaera Ausman, the historian for the U.S. Postal Service in Washington,
D.C., said she had never heard of it happening before.
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Postal
Worker Accused Of Running Gambling Operation
Allegedly engaged
in "book-making" while on duty- A U.S. postal worker is among four
local men who face charges relating to an illegal gambling operation
that raked in as much as $82,000 a week, Jefferson County District Attorney
Scott Storey said Wednesday. Mark J. Evans, 38, a postal worker in Arvada,
was indicted on charges of organized crime, professional gambling and
conspiracy, according to a release from the Jefferson County District
Attorney's Office. Evans met with undercover law enforcement personnel
to allegedly process bets while on duty and in uniform at the post office
in Arvada, Storey said. According to court documents, Evans also recruited
other postal employees to place bets.
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Trying to stamp out unwanted
junk mail
"Legislators in New York, Missouri and Illinois introduced bills
last winter to create a statewide "Do Not Junk" registry. But not all
unsolicited mail is unwanted, said Stephanie Hendricks, a spokeswoman
for Direct Marketing Association, the leading trade group. Some people
like getting new catalogs and other mailers, she said. However, she
said, marketers "want to hear from people who don't want their mailings
-- it's in their best interest. The way we look at it, a company that
wants to pitch you their business should have the opportunity to do
that, but the consumer should also have the right to opt out of it."
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USPS Board of Governors Set Agenda for Jan. 9-10 Meeting
APWU Locals Encouraged to Get Out the Vote
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Polo Shirt Shortage?
The USPS Shapes Up
Former postal employee sentenced to prison for marijuana trafficking
A postman to the letter
The singing carrier hangs
up his mailbag
Reports Required by the
Postal Reform Act via Postcom (PDF)
Survey: Most oppose day off with pay for national day of mourning
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Going postal - again
Denver: Delayed parcels
coming, really!
Postal Nurses Lose Court
Case Challenging USPS Employment of Contract Supervisors
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Postal nurses duties include
pre-employment health assessments for applicants to employment, treatment
of USPS employees in need of medical care, reviewing medical reports
for workers’ compensation claims, administering drug tests, and health
education. They are supervised by Occupational Health Nurse Administrators
(“OHNA”) and/or physicians. Some of the OHNAs and postal physicians
are contract employees, and not career postal employees. The nurses
union challenged USPS in federal court over its employment of contract
supervisors. The case was dismissed.
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January 02, 2007 -
AZ: Tolleson mailman charged with ditching mail
Rent-by-mail biz is going digital
January 01, 2007 -
Vote by mail spreads across U.S.
Voters in the rest of the country are joining Oregonians in skipping
the tradition of going to polling places on Election Day. About 30 percent
of voters in the November election either cast their ballot by mail
or filled it out in the early election centers set up by some states,
according to estimates by Paul Gronke, director of the Early Voting
Information Center at Reed College in Portland Oregon. Secretary of
State Bill Bradbury helped Portland activist Adam Smith form The Vote
by Mail Project, a nonprofit group pushing for other states to adopt
mail voting. Smith said he has received financial backing from the National
Association of Letter Carriers, the union that represents mail carriers
who are understandably interested in increasing the volume of first-class
mail. He said unions in general like mail voting because it gives them
more time to encourage their members to vote.
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