Fort Greene Seniors Notch Victory In Securing USPS Mobile Van

By Heather Chin – July 10, 2015 One of the age-friendly programs touted as a big win for senior citizens at last week’s Age-Friendly Neighborhood announcement was the impending arrival of a mobile MetroCard van AND a USPS mobile van. “During discussions this past year, our Senior Advisory Council indicated that bringing [these]vans to Myrtle…

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Postal delivery issues linger in Northland

By Brady Slater – July 11, 2015 The Duluth mail processing center on the 2800 block of West Michigan Street remains fully staffed — but the delivery time of letters it handles appears to be falling behind the U.S. Postal Service’s new two-day local standard. “You talk about frustrating,” said James Linder, a local landlord…

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Court rules AT&T can punish employees for wearing ‘prisoner’ T-shirts to work

[maxgallery id=”38863″]By Brian Fung – July 10, 2015 AT&T didn’t break the law when it forbade its technicians and other public-facing employees from wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Inmate” and “Prisoner of AT$T,” a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The ruling overturns a decision by the National Labor Relations Board and permits AT&T to…

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