Editorial: USPS, scrap unfair deal

Source: Quad-Cities Online

With the U.S. Postal Service slammed by competition, you'd think the agency would be acutely sensitive to policies which dramatically tilt the competitive playing field. So we're hard-pressed to explain a sweethea ...
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City of Albany Pipe Band to play in Flag Day Parade

Source: The Troy Record

By Record Staff newsroom@troyrecord.com Twitter.com/troyrecord TROY — The City of Albany Pipe Band will be taking part in this year’s Flag Day Parade. The 45th annual tribute to our nation’s flag steps off at 1 p ...
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Portland: Ten Arrested in Occupy Action at Post Office

Source: OccupyWallStreet.org

Police arrested ten members of labor unions, faith groups, neighborhood organizations, and Occupy Portland who refused to leave the University Station post office at closing time this evening. Unfurling two ten foot banners, reading “Occup ...
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USPS offers buyouts to 45K mail handlers

Source: iStockAnalyst

WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Postal Service, seeking to reduce staff and cut costs, said it is offering $15,000 buyouts to 45,000 mail handlers. The mail handlers, who work at post offices and mail-processing centers, sort ...
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Beyond Corporate Capitalism: Not So Wild a Dream

Source: Firedoglake

It’s time to put the taboo subject of public ownership back on the progressive agenda. It is the only way to solve some of the most serious problems facing the nation. We contend that it is possible not only to talk about this once f ...
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US Postal Service offers buyouts to 45,000 workers

Source: China Post

The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service will offer buyouts this summer to nearly all of its 45,000 mail handlers, part of a plan to consolidate operations at 140 mail-processing facilities in the next year. The mail agency, which lost US$3.2 billion i ...
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A Big Buyout at the Postal Service

Source: Truth Dig

A Big Buyout at the Postal Service Posted on May 26, 2012 The money-losing USPS is offering buyouts to 45,000 mail handlers as it moves to slash its payroll and cut the number of processing centers around the ...
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Mammoth Cave expanding alcohol sales

Source: FOX 19 News Cincinnati

Mammoth Cave National Park is expanding alcohol sales after noting that the number of overnight visitors increased since sales were first allowed last year at its onsite hotel. Concessions manager GregFull Story > Mammoth Ca ...
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Intercity Transit deserves busload of credit for sustainability

Source: The Olympian

tool goes here Congrats to Intercity Transit for winning the American Public Transportation Association’s Gold award for its efforts in developing environmentally, socially and economically sustainable practices. A ...
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