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Gas prices fuel postal experiment
"Michelle Wilson, 47, has been a letter carrier seven years.
She said she has gone from walking three hours to between four
and five hours a day. Wilson said she and many of her
co-workers have been working longer hours - sometimes 10 to 12
hours a day. Mike Williams, president of the Denver branch of
the National Association of Letter Carriers, said he generally
disagrees with changing routes to walking routes. "I have
e-mails in the double digits from carriers forced to work
overtime that didn't sign up for the overtime," he said.
"Adding delivery stops to each route in Colorado and walking
routes increases hours." -
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Postal worker shot and killed at W. Virginia post office
"A West Virginia postal worker who was shot at a
Moundsville-area post office Friday has died from her wounds.
Lua Wolverton, 35, was pronounced dead at Ruby Memorial
Hospital. Wolverton was the Post Master for the small
community of Dallas. Police have arrested 39-year-old Todd
Dolin, who was found in Zanesville, Ohio. They plan to charge
him with 1st degree murder in Wolverton's death. Sheriff John
Gruzinskas said Wolverton was shot twice at work, but was able
to describe her attacker in a 911 call to police. Gruzinskas
said Wolverton and Dolin had a "familiar relationship," but
did not elaborate." -
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USPS Releases Details About VER Timeline
"On Aug. 18, an annuity estimate will be mailed to all VER-eligible
employees from Eagan, MN. In addition, on Aug. 22 a VER offer
packet will be sent to all eligible employees containing a
cover letter, an application and a list of questions and
answers. Interested employees will have from Aug. 25 to Sept.
30 to submit their application. It's important to note that
Sept. 30 is the date when an employee's voluntary choice to
retire becomes irrevocable."
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Postal Service uses more walking routes
"Because a one-cent increase in the price of fuel raises USPS
costs by more than $8 million per year, the postal service is
exploring options such as increasing walking routes, bicycle
routes and fuel-efficient vehicles to reduce its energy
consumption. "There are a lot of different elements that we're
trying, none of which by themselves sound like an awfully big
savings," said Gerry McKiernan, USPS spokesman in Washington,
D.C., "but when it's accumulative, and when you take into
account that we have 195,000 vehicles in America's
neighborhoods six days a week, even a small savings on one
route can add up." -
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Burrus to VER-Eligible Employees: 'Don't Go'
"An employee who retires after 25 years of service can
expect to receive an annuity of less than half of the average
basic salary of the last three years," Burrus said. He noted
that this would exclude most of the time period covered by the
2008 upgrade and the September 2008 Cost-of-Living Adjustment,
which is expected to be over $1,000 - one of the largest in
postal history. "Employees who can work for another 15 years
before reaching their annuity maximums can expect pay hikes
over that time equal to the nearly $18,000 in raises over the
past 15 years," Burrus said of the increase from $34,000 to
September's $52,000." OPM Approval
Letter (PDF) - Blog: Will remaining
employees be forced to work more OT after VER? -
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Catalog Choice Service Putting a Dent in Catalog Mailings
According to Catalog Choice's Website "the Catalog Choice
community is presently 949,452 persons strong, having already
opted out of 12,634,515 catalogs." The catalog service was
mentioned in the May 2008 AARP Bulletin. -
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