Presidential Proclamation — Honoring Victims of Terrorist Attack in Orlando

For Immediate Release – June 12, 2016 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the victims of the act of hatred and terror perpetrated on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the…

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EEOC Judge Awards Disabled Veteran Letter Carrier $120,000

PRESS RELEASE 3-28-16 U.S. Postal Service Discriminated against Disabled Veteran Letter Carrier, EEOC Judge Rules MIAMI –Administrative Judge Kimberly A. Greenleaf of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) Miami District Office has ordered the United States Postal Service to pay $120,000 in monetary damages to Robert Wells, a Jupiter, Florida veteran who suffers from combat-related…

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APWU to Detail Its Meeting With FTC Legal Team Reviewing Staples/Office Depot Merger

APWU to Hold Briefing Immediately Following June 19 Office Depot Shareholders Meeting: Why Federal Regulators Should Block The Staples/Office Depot Merger Union to Detail – for the First Time – Its Meeting With FTC Legal Team Reviewing Merger For Immediate Release 06/18/2015 – BOCA RATON – The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will hold a…

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USPS: Florida rural carrier helps, inspires others

Since joining the Postal Service 14 years ago, Crestview, FL, Rural Carrier Anita Fee has come to the aid of several customers, including one whose home caught fire and a woman about to give birth. But Fee’s daily acts of heroism inspire her co-workers most. Fee’s right leg was amputated as a child. She walks…

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NALC’s Rolando: Postal Service is highly profitable

May 29, 2015 The Times-Union’s report on the slowing of mail in Florida accurately depicted the impact of the closing of mail-processing facilities and other changes. But there’s even more to the story. The U.S. Postal Service also wants to end Saturday mail delivery and door-to-door delivery — meaning small businesses wouldn’t receive checks and…

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Who Is Doug Hughes? Inside the Mind of the Mailman Who Flew to Washington

By M. Alex Johnson – April 16, 2015 Doug Hughes wouldn’t like this story. After all, the Florida letter carrier who landed a gyro-copter at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has long insisted that his message — not he — is what’s important: “I’m just delivering the mail.” Hughes, 61, of Ruskin, Florida, piloted his…

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