Post Office

Press TV UK post office staff stage new strikePress TVThe half-day strike, called by the Communication Workers' Union (CWU), hit Crown Post Office branches across Ipswich, Colchester, Haverhill and Newmarket, among others. CWU says the government is set to slash 20 percent of the crown network by …Suffolk: Post office …

Save the post officephillyBurbs.comI would hope that concerned citizens will contact their representatives in Congress and let them know the negative impact of losing 100,000 jobs if the U.S. Postal Service doesn't get relief from prefunding future retiree benefits. The postal service … More: continued here

Suspicious white powder discovered at Quantico Post OfficeInside NoVATwelve people were in the post office at the time, but only four, three Marine Corps postal workers and a civilian postal clerk, handled the package, according to a press release from Quantico Marine Corps base. They were kept there until the …

Post Office Issues Warning After Thieves Begin Fishing From Brooklyn MailboxCBS LocalMail is being collected from the box, but not by the Post Office. “They're fishing,” said one neighbor. “What they're doing here is using the fly paper, and they're putting it in, and they're pulling it out. They've got …

It’s fishing season in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn – but not in the sense of catching actual fish. More: continued here

Seahurst loves its little post officeHighline TimesIn this economy, some post offices continue to thrive in spite of a reduction in hours or closure of other branches. The issues of United States Postal Service hours being reduced and the threat of cutting Saturday services is an inevitable result of … …

CUSTOMERS were turned away or faced long delays as Post Office workers walked out of branches across Suffolk and Essex this afternoon on a half-day strike. More: continued here

Wisch List: Delivering life to Chicago's old post officeKankakee Daily JournalStanding at 433 W. Van Buren St. on the southwestern fringe of the Loop, the old Chicago Main Post Office is a nine-story-tall monolith that looms alongside the Chicago River and over the city's Amtrak and Metra tracks. For travelers …

Benson Post Office Robbed Second Time Within 5 MonthsPatch.comUPDATE: (1:12 p.m.)—The Benson Post Office was robbed Saturday for the second time in less than six months and investigators believe the same person may be responsible for both. Shortly before 11:30 a.m. Saturday, a man wielding a handgun walked …and more » …

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