Railroad post offices increased postal delivery in Inland Empire

By Mark Landis – May 11, 2015 The Inland Empire received its first railway mail service in 1876 via Los Angeles, and a newly completed line to Colton. The railroad was extended into San Bernardino in 1883, and the city received its first direct railway mail service. In the early 1900s, the Railroad Post Offices…

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APWU: Everybody’s Doing It! Are You?

Web News Article #: 100-2015 05/11/2015 – Across the country, union activists are promoting the National Day of Action on May 14 and getting postcards signed that say, “I Stand with Postal Workers.” In Washington, DC, APWU officers distributed flyers and got postcards signed outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Post Office at 14th and…

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Postal Service could save $400 million on cheap gas

By Andy Medici – May 11, 2015 The Postal Service has saved about $200 million so far this fiscal year as gas prices remain lower than expected, according to the agency. Joseph Corbett, the chief financial officer at the Postal Service, said in a conference call with reporters May 8 that if the low gas…

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