Postal workers sickened by bear repellent in NE Philadelphia

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A postal facility in Northeast Philadelphia was evacuated after several workers were exposed fumes which were later discovered to be bear repellent. It was shortly after noon Saturday that crews were called to the U.S. Postal facility on the 1900 block of Byberry Road. Authorities say about 13-16 employees in a…

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Man quits postal job to milk cows

MADISON TWP. — Jason Canjar is a rarity. Mr. Canjar, 39, quit his job last summer as a U.S. Postal Service mail handler to become a dairy farmer. “Everybody thought I was nuts,” Mr. Canjar said as he paused near a manure-storage tank on his 200-acre farm near the Elmhurst Reservoir. “Some people said I…

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Load Leveling Forces Mailers To Rethink Delivery Dates

Load leveling aims to reduce overtime hours and promote safety for late-working letter carriers by spreading out the heavy volume of standard mail over the entire week. By the time the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) had issued its March 26 advisory opinion urging the U.S. Postal Service to take more time to consider the impact…

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RFK, Jr. and Seder: U.S. Postal Service Fighting for Survival (video)

(Published on May 22, 2014) Ring of Fire’s Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Sam Seder discuss the protest by many U.S. Postal Service workers against a deal with Staples that could threaten their jobs.

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