USPS: Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Employees support the cause

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a national campaign to increase the awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research. Postal employees from across the nation have been showing their support for the campaign in creative ways this year. Female Wyckoff, NJ, letter carriers wear special pink shirts each Wednesday in October for…

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Jacksonville USPS sorting facility to take on Gainesville mail

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The United States Postal Service admits it will change the way you get first class mail and periodicals. They call it the phase 2 rationalization and one of the places being affected is the sorting facility in Jacksonville. Most people we found dropping off mail at Jacksonville’s main sorting facility had no…

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Next in postal privatization: Goin Postal counters in 2,000 Walmarts

The Goin Postal pack-and-ship company has signed a deal to put small postal stores inside of 2,000 Walmarts. While the Postmaster General will probably say it’s all about customer convenience, the deal represents yet another step in the privatization of the Postal Service. These postal stores, it should be noted, aren’t exactly the same as…

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(VIDEO) “You Want More Time Off?” – Dealing with Employees’ Medical Leave Requests Under FMLA and ADA

The webinar will review the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), focusing on the interplay between the two statutes and the differing employer and employee requirements under each. The webinar will also address recent guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on the FMLA and the…

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APWU: Duluth Rallies Against Consolidation

Web News Article #: 185-2014 10/15/2014 – A group of about 200 impassioned postal workers, elected officials, and community members rallied on Oct. 6, on the steps of the Federal Building in Duluth, MI, to save the city’s mail processing center. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, Duluth Mayor Don Ness, and Rep. Rick Nolan (D) joined…

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