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MURDER BY PROXY: HOW AMERICA WENT POSTAL
Postal Workers in Florida Can See New Documentary Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal on a Big Screen
Los Angeles, CA – August 30, 2010. A new documentary on violence in the USPS, Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal, will be screened at two Florida film festivals this [...]
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The U.S. Postal Service will pay tribute to Mother Teresa, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. Noted for her compassion toward the poor and suffering, Mother Teresa, a diminutive Roman Catholic nun and honorary U.S. citizen, served the sick and destitute of India and the world for nearly 50 [...]
LOS ALTOS, CA (KGO) — A USPS truck set on fire and melted after its driver turned on the ignition in Los Altos on Thursday afternoon. The letter carrier escaped not injured.
Investigators are trying to determine if the truck was parked over a broken gas main along La Barranca Road.
Read Full Story: Peninsula News
Postal Service Ends Third Quarter with $3.5 Billion Loss
Cash Shortfall Likely in 2011; Customer Service Scores Remain High
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service ended the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 (April 1 – June 30) with a net loss of $3.5 billion, compared with a net loss of $2.4 billion for the same quarter [...]
The following is excerpts from DR. MICHAEL J. RILEY’s testimony before the PRC on behalf of the NALC. Dr. Riley was CFO of USPS from August 1993 to July 1998.
PURPOSE OF TESTIMONY
The purpose of my testimony is evaluate whether the Postal Service’s proposal to eliminate Saturday delivery is necessary and whether it is consistent with [...]
OSHA has cited a Vermont processing center for safety violations and is seeking $420,000 in fines. USPS has 15 days to respond to the OSHA citations. White River Junction postal employees triggered the probe OSHA said Thursday.
WBZ TV said “An inspection that began Jan. 30 found untrained or unqualified employees routinely performing troubleshooting, voltage tests, [...]
Self-proclaimed local white supremacist leader Brian Moudry apparently doesn’t care much for his mailman either.
Federal postal inspectors paid Moudry, 33, a visit after he allegedly threatened to plant a bomb in a letter carrier’s truck on Saturday morning.
According to a police report, Moudry’s postal problems stemmed from his having stopped his mail delivery and then [...]
July 19, 2010
Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)
It’s Time to Fight Back
It is time for poor and Middle-class workers to start fighting back. The corporate community has become increasingly prone to take shortcuts on safety, create hostile work environments, undercutting and even stealing wages from gainfully employed workers in the name of grossly obscene profits.
These [...]
Sunday Funnies Comic Strips Debut on Stamps
COLUMBUS, OH — The U.S. Postal Service celebrated five newspaper comic strips by dedicating the Sunday Funnies stamps today. The 44-cent First-Class stamps honor comic strips: Archie, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes. The strips, as well as their characters, may have changed over the [...]
July 16, 2010
NOTICE: We, Postal Employee Network, have been requested to share the following information with you.
ATTENTION: USPS CAREER EMPLOYEES:
MAIL HANDLER POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT THE PITTSBURGH NDC (formerly BMC)
Are you unsatisfied with your current position?
Are you interested other Postal opportunities?
Would working afternoons or nights better fit your lifestyle?
Is the Pitt NDC closer to [...]
Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal
Mother Teresa to be Honored on U.S. Postage Stamp
Literate By Choice
Driver unharmed after USPS truck sets on fire
Postal Service Ends Third Quarter with $3.5 Billion Loss
Former USPS Chief Financial Officer Says Eliminating Saturday Delivery Is Not Necessary
Feds question IL supremacist over threat