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May 31, 2007-
USPS Agrees to Pay $61 Million in
Disability Discrimination Case
Under a class
action settlement , the United States Postal Service will pay
$61 million to resolve the workplace disability discrimination
claims of over 7500 current and former postal workers. Over $53
million will be distributed directly to the workers, the balance
represents attorneys fees and expenses of the attorneys who have
been litigating the case over the last 14 years. The case,
Glover/Albrecht v. Potter, involves denial of promotion and
advancement opportunities to U.S. Postal Service employees with
workplace disabilities who had been placed in dead end
"rehabilitation" positions.
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Postmaster General Takes Umbrage With
Wachovia Ad
"Postmaster General John Potter today attacked Wachovia Corp.
for suggesting in a TV ad that the mail was a major source of
identity theft -- and that customers should pay bills online
instead. Asserting that mail accounts for less than 4% of
identity theft and that the problem is already confusing enough
to consumers, Mr. Potter first ripped the ad, created by
Interpublic Group of Cos.' Mullen, Winston-Salem, N.C., without
mentioning that it was for the nation's fifth-largest bank.
Asked specifically about the bank, he accused Wachovia of
"really doing a disservice to the American public. "
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Customer Slugs Postal Workers
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Postal
vehicle fire affects Whetstone mail delivery
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At Age 57 Rural Carrier still
running
U.S. post office shows off recycled packaging
USPS begins 'slim jim' testing
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May 30, 2007-
Postal worker charged with stealing mail
A U.S. Postal Service employee of
the Hillsborough post office has been charged with stealing,
hiding and destroying mail, some dating as far back as 2003.
Mail buried at postal worker's home
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Postmaster General to be Asked
for Ten Commandments Postage Stamp
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A coalition of groups headed by the
Washington, DC based Faith and Action will publicly ask
Postmaster General John Potter to issue an official Ten
Commandments U.S. Postage Stamp. Faith and Action was previously
denied its request for a Ten Commandments stamp after the
advisory commission responsible for evaluating stamp proposals
deemed its content "religious." Yet, shortly after the denial,
the Postal Service issued two stamps honoring Islamic religious
feasts.
USPS: Ten Commandments Stamp
Unlikely
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Deal or no deal: Shop around for life insurance
DMA disappointed by postal commission
decision
Postal Service
May Soon Approve a Key Mailing Break for Charities
Siemens Awarded $217.5 Million Flats Sequencing System
Subcontract
Postman delivers lady gift of life
USPS, MBDC
Announce ‘Cradle to Cradle’ Certification
Two teens accused of blowing up mailbox
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May 29, 2007-
Burrus: Congressional Intervention Would
Interfere With Collective Bargaining
"My testimony last month
before the House Oversight and Reform Committee revealed
differences of opinion between the APWU on the one hand and the
other postal unions and management associations on the other,
regarding the issue of congressional interference in collective
bargaining. The long-standing APWU position is that mandatory
subjects of collective bargaining are best left to the parties
for resolution, even when bargaining has not achieved the
desired results. I believe the danger of Congress determining
conditions of employment for postal employees far outweighs the
possibility of short-term success in specific areas."
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PRC
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May 28, 2007-
NALC, USPS Disagree Over Handling of On-Roll Sexual Offenders
Last year, Fox 4 News reported finding several
sexual offenders
delivering mail in the Dallas area. In this follow-up, Fox 4
News in Dallas reported that NALC is "not making it easy" for
the USPS to remove registered offenders from their mail routes.
USPS filed a lawsuit in District Court to overturn an
arbitration decision returning a letter carrier to his route
after admitting he is a sex offender to a news reporter. USPS
stated in its lawsuit that the arbitrator did not take into
account the
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. However, USPS
withdrew the lawsuit several days after its initial filing.
Last week the Postal Service released a
new reporting policy for employees who are registered sex
offenders. Note: The Dispute Resolution Team ruled that
the letter carrier should be returned to his route --USPS failed
to comply with the DRT's decision which led to the arbitration
case .
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NAPUS:
Mandatory Stand-Up Talk Issued on Workplace Violence Prevention
"With what has been happening this past year; new rate case;
critical public comments; high stress on Postal employees;
complement shortages; budget shortages; and the list goes on,
the likelihood that you would be assaulted in the workplace is
small, but there is a remote possibility that it could happen.
To minimize even that small chance, paying attention to warning
signs can help us keep a potentially bad situation under
control."
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Letter carrier meets customer he helped save
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PRC Recommends Only Temporary Cut in Standard
Flats Rates
Magazines feeling postal pinch
Ready and waiting for next postal increase
Junk mail: who needs it?
Postal rate increase hits nonprofit organizations hard
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May 27, 2007-
USPS Weighing A Vanity Zip Code Program
Vanity ZIP codes could be a gold
mine for USPS - Just days after upscale department
store Sakes Fifth Avenue convinced the USPS to give it a vanity
ZIP code for its shoe department, the always cash-strapped
postal service said it was exploring the idea of using vanity
ZIP codes as a way to generate additional income. You can just
imagine the legions of corporate marketing managers planning to
adopt a ZIP+4 code for their businesses.
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Yoda Tops Darth Vader in Stamp
Voting
Belt-tightening at Postal Service worries Alaskan villagers |
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May 26, 2007-
Letter Carrier
Honored for 50 Years of Service
Stolen mail won’t be delivered any
time soon
18 years to life for murder of
letter carrier
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May 25, 2007-
Harkin Introduces Senate Bill To Outlaw
‘Contracting Out’
NALC Bulletin (pdf)-
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) on
May 23
introduced in the U. S. Senate legislation to protect city and
rural letter carriers from having their work contracted out by
the U.S. Postal Service to private firms and individuals. The
bill, S. 1457, is titled the “Mail Delivery Protection Act of
2007” and would forbid the Postal Service from entering into any
contract “with any motor carrier or other person for the
delivery of mail on any route with 1 or more families per mile.”
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Mail carrier attacked by three dogs in Santa Maria
A mail carrier is recovering after
being mauled by three dogs in a Santa Maria neighborhood. The
dogs were in the backyard, before they broke through a fence and
escaped. Police say that's when the 40-year-old mail carrier was
attacked by a female pit bull mix. The carrier tried using
pepper spray to ward off the dog. But her two grown puppies
joined in the attack. Police say a patrol car was nearby and
drove up on the lawn to try to rescue the carrier.
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Star Wars Stamps Available in Post Offices Today
Staged dogfights, attacks suspend mail
service to Detroit neighborhood
Postal Service may move all to Stamford
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May 24, 2007-
Ex-postal union chief accused of embezzling to live high life
A postal-workers' union president
from Pacifica was indicted today on charges that he embezzled
more than $170,000 and then fudged union and Labor Department
records to cover it up. Graham Paul Vane, 49, was president of
the San Mateo-based NALC
Branch 1280 from January 2002 through 2006, and allegedly
used a union-issued credit card and 10 personal credit cards to
rack up massive personal expenses such as dining, family travel,
spa treatments, satellite television and pay-per-view movies,
jewelry, wine, pet expenses, personal utility bills, groceries
and gas. He then paid the credit-card bills -- as well as his
wife's cell-phone bills -- with checks drawn on the union's
account, court documents claim.
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ELM Revision: Reporting Requirements for Sex Offenders
Effective May 24, 2007, Employee and Labor Relations Manual
(ELM) 665, Postal Service Standards of Conduct, is revised by
adding 665.17, Reporting Requirements for Sex Offenders.
The language contained was established to identify current
Postal Service employees required by any jurisdiction to report
their status as sex offenders. This language creates the
requirement that any Postal Service employee required to
register as a sex offender with any governmental entity must
notify the appropriate Postal Service management official as
described.
Postal Bulletin 5/24/07 Issue
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Saks Shoe
Department Gets Own ZIP Code
‘Trouble-Shooter’
Postmaster Leaves Palisades
Mailman Gets Citation Against Customer
Former
Mt. Airy mailman reveals all his postal sins
Sudan
Postal Worker Jailed for Mail Theft - KCBD-TV
NALC Backs McCotter Measure to Prevent Dog Bites
APWU: NBA Wilson to Resign
Residents must demand better postal service
Post
office employee took gifts from mail
USPS proposes new
address quality standards
What every mailer
must know about the USPS’
rate case
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May 23, 2007-
Postal Service
investigating delay in delivery of mail
A Beaufort-based Postal Worker is
under investigation for not delivering mail on time, according
to authorities. The Campaign adviser for South Carolina state
Rep. Catherine Ceips said Tuesday that he became concerned when
several voters complained that they had received campaign mail
asking them to vote in the May 1 primary a week late. Wally
Olihovik [ former NAPUS president??], a spokesman with the Office
of Inspector General, in charge of Postal Service employee
investigations, said the investigation would determine if the
misstep will be categorized as theft or delay and destruction.
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Post office employees honor memory of co-worker
USPS reaches key milestone in green purchases
APWU: Wisconsin-to-Minnesota Consolidation Study Halted
TSP to mail annual
statements to participants
Growing postal fees stick it to businesses
Chicago Tribune offers catalogers alternative delivery
Intended target testifies about killing of postal worker
US Postal Service Goes Digital to Promote New
Star War Stamps
Greco: DM needs 'positive, coordinated responses'
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May 22, 2007-
Mail Handlers File Dispute Over
Delay in Retroactive Wage Payments
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...because of conflicts within the
processing scheme at the Postal Data Center – the retroactive
payments to Mail Handlers will now be delayed by at least four
weeks, until PP14-2007 (which begins on June 23, 2007, with
paychecks to be issued on July 13, 2007). The NPMHU National
Union has expressed its outrage over this payroll system delay,
and for management’s lack of foresight and planning in the
administration of its data and payroll operations. In response
to this delayed payment, the NPMHU has filed a National-level
grievance, which seeks the payment of interest and/or other
penalties by the USPS to all Mail Handlers affected by this
delay in the payment of retroactive wage amounts.
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Mail Handlers Lobby
Against Subcontracting of Career Jobs
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New York City pooches still going postal
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Armed
Robbery At Virginia Post Office
Higher postal rates shaping up as trouble for smaller companies
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May 21, 2007-
Third shift created
at USPS center to improve mail service
"A third
shift is now working at the U.S. Postal Service Processing and Distribution
Center in El Paso, expanding operations there to 24 hours a day.
Because of the extra shift, 15 new employees are being hired. The
extra shift has been created to improve mail service in Las Cruces
and El Paso. The new workers added to the El Paso center come on
the heels of the decision by USPS officials to hire an addition
75 employees to work in the processing and distribution center in
Albuquerque, to improve mail service to central New Mexico.."
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