Post office changes reach Canterbury, where tiny office a part of town fabric

The Canterbury Post Office is located in a white clapboard building, where it rents space from the town’s country store. A blue mailbox with the U.S. Postal Service logo and a small painted sign hanging from the awning are the only indications it is there. On a recent Thursday morning, only a few residents came…

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The right way to do what’s right: Labor Manual outlines whistleblower protection

From the USPS News Link Archives | April 13, 2006 (with links updated) You hear about “whistleblowers” almost every day in the news — employees who do the right thing ethically by disclosing wrongdoing in an organization. The Postal Service protects you from retaliation for protected disclosures. These could include allegations of violations of law,…

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Letter: There’s hope for the U.S. Postal Service

(July 26, 2014) Two years ago, conventional wisdom in Washington, D.C., was still mostly that the United States Postal Service was doomed. People knew the Internet was killing the USPS. Period. End of story. Letter carriers, through the National Association of Letter Carriers, have battled this conventional wisdom in our media and via lobbying activities….

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Ralph Nader to Speak at Berkeley Post Office July 29

Press Release Friday July 25, 2014 Ralph Nader will speak on the front steps of the Berkeley Main Post Office, 2000 Allston Way, on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 2:30pm about the fate of the United States Postal Service, privatization and the importance of our public commons. Berkeley advocates have been concerned that selling off…

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Arbitrator Voss declines to issue monetary remedy in Diebold subcontracting case

“I find that the appropriate make-whole remedy would be the amount of overtime, if any, of which the affected employees as a group were deprived.  This amount, as discussed above, was susceptible to reasonable, quantifiable determination.  The Union’s requested remedies do not reflect a loss of overtime to the affected group of employees. I therefore decline…

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