London postal workers threaten June strike over job cutsPersonnelToday.com, UKThe postal workers' union has said that 16000 Royal Mail staff in London are likely to strike next month in response to efficiency savings being introduced by the organisation. The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said staff at 159 depots across …Strike threat by postal workers over job…
The Tories will remove their support for the government on partial privatisation of the Royal Mail if it offers concessions to Labour backbenchers, the party has warned. More: continued here
May 12 (Bloomberg) — Pinnacle Airlines Corp. pilots violated rules against unnecessary cockpit chatter minutes before a February crash near Buffalo, New York, that killed 50 people, a U.S. safety board said today. More: continued here
Railroads are poised to become bigger players in FedEx’s hometown, a transportation consultant told the Memphis Multi Modal Conference Monday. More: continued here
Shares of FedEx Corp. fell Monday as the broader markets lost ground, and an analyst said the company’s aggressive cost cuts might not be enough to of…. More: continued here
Stamp your vote with timeEconomic Times, IndiaReason: Unlike in a trade, there is no time stamp on your vote. But, now, there will be voting with time stamps. Parts of Tamil Nadu, for the first time, will be voting on machines that come with an in-built timer to detect the time of polling. … More: continued…
The Breckenridge Post Office will have extended hours on Thursday to process passports for families. As of June 1, 2009, passports will be required to travel to Mexico, Canada, Bermuda and the countries of the Caribbean. More: continued here
Postal authorities say a Michigan postal worker has admitted to stealing some $20,000 worth of first-class stamps since September and trying to sell them to online auction-site customers to help pay his mortgage. More: continued here
SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has expressed alarm at UK government plans to cede control over the appointment of a new Royal Mail chief executive and other key operational matters to any minority private shareholder. More: continued here
The cost to mail a first-class letter went up to 44 cents on Monday. But if you went to John Auito, of Macomb, Mich., you probably could have purchased stamps at a 15 percent discount. Sometimes crooks don’t think about what they are doing. In the case of an alleged shoplifter with a bottle of…