Social Security Launches 1st National my Social Security Week

Monday, August 18, 2014 For Immediate Release LaVenia J. LaVelle, Press Officer press.office@ssa.gov In honor of the 79th Anniversary of the Social Security Act, Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, invites everyone to celebrate the first National my Social Security Week. From August 17 through 23, 2014, Social Security will host numerous events…

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Albuquerque postal service employee fires gun at work, arrested (video)

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) — A U.S. Postal Service employee is in custody after bringing a gun to work and firing one shot. It happened early Monday morning on Albuquerque’s main post office property at Broadway and Mountain. No one was hurt in the shooting and it’s unclear what lead up to it, however, one employee who…

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Mail carriers have armed federal escorts after Troy, NY shootings

TROY – Residents have been concerned for more than a year about shooting incidents in the North Central and Lansingburgh neighborhoods and now mail carriers report feeling threatened by the groups, authorities said. Four mail carriers who work in the area have armed escorts from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service accompanying them on their rounds….

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Letter to the Editor: Postal Service wants to set record straight on Jim Hightower article

STILLWATER, Okla. — Julie Gosdin USPS Distict Manager, Oklahoma To the editor: This is in reference to the article entitled, “Postal Service is far from a loser,” (by Jim Hightower) which appeared in the Aug. 7 edition of the Stillwater News Press. The author was absolutely right about one thing – that the Postal Service…

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USPS OIG Blog: Should the Postal Service continue its consolidation plan? (vote in poll)

Network Consolidation Reboot It’s baaack. Network consolidation will return in January 2015, a year after going on hiatus. The U.S. Postal Service announced recently that it would resume consolidations, closing up to 82 mail processing facilities. This second phase of the network consolidations should be done prior to the 2015 fall mailing season. The Postal…

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APWU Launches Internet Ads Targeting Staples’ Back-to-School Sales

Internet Ads: ‘It’s Easy’ to Buy Elsewhere For Immediate Release 08/15/2014 – The American Postal Workers Union has opened a new front in its campaign against a secretive, no-bid deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Staples that established knock-off post offices in 82 of the office- and school-supply stores. These “postal” counters are staffed…

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Cutting back on U.S. postal services — yes! And no!

I’m as torn as an opened envelope. Sen. Bob Casey’s office sent out a news release Saturday saying he and a bipartisan group of 48 other senators are urging the Senate Appropriations Committee to prevent the U.S. Postal Service from consolidating up to 82 mail-processing facilities nationwide. The move would eliminate up to 15,000 jobs…

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Customers take reduced hours at rural post offices in stride

Debbie Winchester has had a box at the Bryantsville Post Office for about 15 years. Nearly every morning about 11:30 on her way home from work at Mclain’s in Nicholasville, Winchester stops by the post office to check her box and talk with Post Mistress Sheila Price and whoever else happens to drop by the…

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