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Postal Service taking a 'hands off' approach to future union political action - FederalNewsRadio.com

Postal Service taking a 'hands off' approach to future union political action
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The Postal Service will no longer permit leave without pay for union political activities, after an Office of Special Counsel Hatch Act investigation recommended a “hands off” approach to the service's union political activities. Testifying during a ...
Postal Service broke law in pushing time off for workers to campaign for Clinton, investigation findsThe Spokesman-Review
Postal Service broke federal law and showed 'institutional bias' by letting workers help Clinton campaign: WatchdogWashington Examiner
USPS broke law in allowing workers to boost Clinton campaign, watchdog saysFox News
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Report: Postal Service Broke Federal Law While Campaigning for - KFDX

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Report: Postal Service Broke Federal Law While Campaigning for
KFDX
A new report says the United States Postal Service violated federal law by letting employees do union-funded work for Hillary Clinton's campaign and other ...
Nets Blackout Report Showing Postal Service Broke Law to Support ...MRCTV

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This Analyst Claims the US Postal Service Is Giving Amazon a Huge Subsidy - Fortune

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This Analyst Claims the US Postal Service Is Giving Amazon a Huge Subsidy
Fortune
In Sandbulte's view, this means the Postal Service is "picking winners and losers in the retail world." But Sandbulte's investment firm holds FedEx stock, meaning he has a direct interest in critiquing the USPS, and his analysis is debatable on several ...

Opinion: Why the US Postal Service gives Amazon special delivery - MarketWatch

MarketWatch

Opinion: Why the US Postal Service gives Amazon special delivery
MarketWatch
Amazon is big enough to take full advantage of “postal injection,” and that has tipped the scales in the internet giant's favor. Select high-volume shippers are able to drop off presorted packages at the local Postal Service depot for “last mile ...

Following complaints, McCaskill continues effort to improve postal service - Daily Journal Online

Following complaints, McCaskill continues effort to improve postal service
Daily Journal Online
WASHINGTON – Following reports from United States Postal Service (USPS) managers in Missouri that their staffing needs have been disregarded, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is calling for answers on what USPS will do to make sure it is maximizing ...

Postal Service needs better solution to Wabash delivery cutoff - The Spokesman-Review

Postal Service needs better solution to Wabash delivery cutoff
The Spokesman-Review
Oft-demeaned “snail mail” remains vital to tens of millions. When Postal Service carriers don't make their deliveries, lives are disrupted. Last month, service to 32 households along two blocks of West Wabash was cut off after threats were made against ...

Stop opioids from being delivered by the U.S Postal Service - Philly.com

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Stop opioids from being delivered by the U.S Postal Service
Philly.com
Henry Koffie, who described himself on Facebook as a “professional entrepreneur,”has been identified by Homeland Security investigators as “Narcoboss.”.

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Belleville postal worker charged with stealing mail - STLtoday.com

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Belleville postal worker charged with stealing mail
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David A. Ledbetter, 37, a U.S. Postal Service employee from Belleville, has been indicted on a federal charge of mail theft. A federal grand jury indicted Ledbetter on Tuesday, accusing him of stealing "items of mail entrusted to him for delivery" on ...
Postal worker from Belleville charged with stealing mailBelleville News-Democrat

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Wisconsin letter carrier to testify Wednesday on political campaigning by postal workers - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin letter carrier to testify Wednesday on political campaigning by postal workers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The counsel concluded that the U.S. Postal Service was in violation of the Hatch Act, which restricts political activity of federal employees while on the job. The investigation found that the Postal Service did not take political sides but sought to ...

Not rain nor hail nor sleet nor snow -- but one thing did make mail service stop - KUTV 2News

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Not rain nor hail nor sleet nor snow -- but one thing did make mail service stop
KUTV 2News
Tyne says both he and the landlord have protested to the U.S. Postal Service, but to no avail. If Tyne and his neighbors want their mail, they must schlep to the post office to get it. "It's very frustrating,” he said. “I work two jobs. I have to fit ...

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