New Consumer website: Save Our Retirement

Because of a “Retirement Advice Loophole” dating back to the 1970s, Wall Street banks, brokers, mutual funds, and insurance agents with major conflicts of interest are allowed to provide investment advice that puts their own interests ahead of what’s best for their clients. Millions of Americans are affected by this loophole every year without even…

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Video: Hidden Side of the Post Office – The Police Force Behind the USPS

The U.S. Postal Service moves millions of packages and letter every single day, and The List’s Brien McElhatten discovered a little known police force that keep it all running smoothly and safely.   via Hidden Side of the Post Office – ABC2News.com. Related: Command Security Corporation Awarded $250 million contract with USPS (Jan 12, 2015…

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APWU: POSTPONED Contract Campaign Regional Training – Eastern Region

Postponed due to a severe winter storm warning. The training scheduled for Jan. 27-28 has been postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 10:00 am EST – Thursday, March 5, 2015, 12:00 pm EST Bally’s Atlantic City 1900 Boardwalk Atlantic City, NJ 08401 Phone: (888) 516-2215 via POSTPONED Contract Campaign Regional Training – Eastern Region…

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NALC President Rolando: Unfair burden hurts profitable Postal Service

Op-Ed By Fredric Rolando – January 26, 2015 The Herald-Leader has done a good job reporting on the planned closing of the Lexington mail-processing facility, including how slowing the mail would inconvenience residents and how dozens of lawmakers contend that the Postal Service hasn’t followed its own procedures for such actions. But there’s a bigger…

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How Canada Post is picking the locations for community mailboxes in London

By Debora Van Brenk – January 25, 2015 Little boxes — and plenty of them. Close enough to walk to — but not on our front lawns, if you please. If Londoners must give up door-to-door mail delivery in favour of communal boxes, they’re making clear how big the boxes should be and where they…

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Video: A job that really delivers

By: Joel D. Smith HARRISBURG, Pa. — Monday, Dec. 15, is the busiest day of the year for deliveries, making an already tough job, even more challenging. They work in the rain, the snow, and everything in between. Mail carriers are a hearty bunch, and right now the USPS is looking for some more help….

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Downtown Lee’s Summit, MO post office might close – USPS to hold meeting Jan. 28 at City Hall

By Russ Pulley – January 21, 2015 The United States Postal Service might close its downtown Lee’s Summit office, moving the retail operation and post-office boxes to an existing facility about a mile away. David Rupert, a spokesman for the Postal Service, said officials are in early stages of talking about the step, which would…

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Efficiency Review of the Chicago, IL, Network Distribution Center – Operations and Transportation

Audit Report – NO-AR-15-003 – 01/22/2015 Background The U.S. Postal Service has 21 network distribution centers (NDC) linked by a dedicated transportation network. NDCs are primarily responsible for sorting and transporting bulk mail — Standard Mail, Periodicals, and Package Services. Our objective was to evaluate the efficiency of the Chicago, IL, NDC’s mail processing and…

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