Press TV UK Post Office managers threaten to go on fresh strikesPress TVUK Post Office managers threaten to stage further strikes over payments if the employers do not return to the negotiating table and make a realistic offer to the staff, Britain's largest union Unite warns. The warning comes after …
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Post office closing irks customersGoDanRiver.comThis building at the corner of Main and Ridge Streets has housed a United States Post Office and the federal courthouse since 1932. After failing a safety and health inspection due to lead paint concerns Nov. 29, the main floor that houses the post… More: continued …
Read More »Restricting food stamps users’ menus not useful – San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle Restricting food stamps users' menus not usefulSan Francisco ChronicleYes, it is a tragedy that so many are undernourished in a nation of relative prosperity. But for the vast majority of people who are struggling to eat well on food stamps, the problem is not what they choose …
Read More »Food stamps fight continues in Congress
The outcome will determine how many people remain eligible for assistance, and how much they will receive in monthly benefits. The exact numbers are not known. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Allows Some Top Rated Sellers to Flaunt Rules – EcommerceBytes (blog)
eBay Allows Some Top Rated Sellers to Flaunt RulesEcommerceBytes (blog)I had an interesting conversation with eBay regarding the 14 day return policy. I had called eBay at least twice to report a member for having a contradictory return policy as well as watermarking their pictures with a web address. They …
Read More »Royal Mail delivers a bit more equality – The Guardian
The Guardian Royal Mail delivers a bit more equalityThe GuardianThe odds-on promotion of newly privatised Royal Mail to the blue-chip index will add the name of Canadian Moya Greene, the postal service's boss, to the three other women currently running FTSE 100 firms: Carolyn McCall at easyJet, Angela Ahrendts at … …
Read More »Berkeley making the rounds to save its historic post office
When the postal service announced plans to sell Berkeley's 1914 main post office, decorated in New Deal-era art, the town rose up. BERKELEY, Calif. — Plenty of communities have resisted the U.S. Postal Service's sweeping real estate sell-off, battling to keep open historic buildings that speak of bygone civic grandeur …
Read More »Food stamp programs worsening child obesity – U-T San Diego
Food stamp programs worsening child obesityU-T San DiegoThe Obama administration is aggressively expanding the largest federal food program, bankrolling food-stamp recruiting drives and swaying states to waive asset and income limits for applicants. The result is a boost in enrollment to nearly 48 million.Food stamp benefit cuts take their tollStockton …
Read More »Berkeley making the rounds to save its historic post office – Los Angeles Times
Berkeley making the rounds to save its historic post officeLos Angeles TimesSo when the postal service announced plans to sell Berkeley's 1914 Second Renaissance Revival-style main post office, decorated in New Deal-era art and situated in the heart of the liberal city's Civic Center, the town rose up. Opponents staged …
Read More »Ford Fiesta ‘car for lads’ eBay advert with £500000 bid banned over … – Mirror.co.uk
Metro Ford Fiesta 'car for lads' eBay advert with £500000 bid banned over …Mirror.co.ukAn eBay seller has had his 'homophobic' advert for a Ford Fiesta pulled – just as the bids topped £500,000! Jamie Rogers, from Chelmsford, Essex, had promised buyers on the auction site a better sex life if …
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