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		<title>Editorial: USPS Financial Crisis, Self Inflicted?</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/12/07/editorial-usps-financial-crisis-self-inflicted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can USPS Management Be Trusted to Repair It&#8217;s Own Damage? The article below was written several months ago but it&#8217;s still a timely. There are some very simple factors and a deliberate unspoken agenda that explain everything that is going on with the financial “crisis” and proposed “cures” at the US Postal Service today. First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS changes: How they’ll affect the 2012 campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campaign consultants who specialize in direct mail might not admit it, but some of them are surely thrilling at the latest U.S. Postal Service cutbacks to first-class service. For years, their challenge was getting a quick look from a voter who might also be juggling freshly arrived love letters, holiday cards, or bank statements. “I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APWU: The Threat of Privatization – From Within</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/11/21/apwu-the-threat-of-privatization-from-within/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postal workers are under constant attack by the forces of privatization. Unfortunately, this group includes the Postmaster General, members of the Board of Governors, some members of Congress and others. Privatization is a clear and present danger — facility by facility, operation by operation, and job by job. It appears the Postmaster General took a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: FERS &amp; CSRS Disability Retirement &#8211; Defending a Necessary Benefit</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/10/22/editorial-fers-csrs-disability-retirement-defending-a-necessary-benefit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An exclusive article to PostalReporter.com written by Attorney Robert R. McGill Does the Emperor receive his standing because of his hereditary anointment by the gods, or because of his superior governance abilities?  Or, by giving generously to the lords and vassals and currying favor among them, does he retain power?  Or, by giving lifetime gifts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burrus: From Here to there &#8211; Focus is now turned to the hiring of PSEs</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/10/12/burrus-from-here-to-there-focus-is-now-turned-to-the-hiring-of-pses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 06:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My opposition to the new national agreement is well chronicled as I voiced my opinions about the significant changes that would be made to postal employment but the ratification process is now history and focus must be centered on its application and to the issues of the day. Contrary to the opinions of nonunion members, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Does USPS Workplace Bullying Exist?</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/10/05/editorial-does-usps-workplace-bullying-exist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article from Government Executive reports that federal job discrimination complaints have increased in 2010 over the previous year. &#8220;The federal government should be a model workplace,&#8221; said Dexter Brooks, director of EEOC&#8217;s federal sector programs. &#8220;We are concerned that retaliation is the most common basis of discrimination alleged and we caution all federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APWU Welcomes Postal Support Employees to Union</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/24/apwu-welcomes-postal-support-employees-to-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.postalreporternews.net/?p=7746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the 2010 contract negotiations, the American Postal Workers Union was finally successful in eliminating both the casual employee workforce category and the Transitional Employee workforce category. They were replaced with a new category of worker, covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement, called Postal Support Employees (PSEs). PSEs will earn more in wages than the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: USPS in the Year 2020</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/10/editorial-usps-in-the-year-2020/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The organizational tectonic plate is shifting as we explode deeper into the 21st century. With my wild imagination travel with me at the speed of thought as I get verbally-optical forecasting a future via Novus Postal Ordo Seclorum (New Postal World Order) in the year of hindsight 2020. My mind’s eye uncorrected is aligned with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: USPS! Something About The Blues</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/07/04/editorial-usps-something-about-the-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editorial by Ronald Williams, Jr. I’m taking a moment to use my pen as an exhaust pipe to vent my view about a controlled combustion inside this mail industry engine. If you don’t follow the PostalReporter news on a regular basis you might not understand the intended pun to follow in this article. Insert your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burrus: The Biggest Threat to termination of door to door mail services is Washington politicians, Congress</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/06/22/burrus-the-biggest-threat-to-termination-of-door-to-door-mail-services-is-washington-politicians-congress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Senators, Carper, Collins and Coburn hold the future of the United States Postal Service in their hands&#8221; Part 4 &#8211; Will The Post Office Survive? I have written this series to address the uncertainties of thousands of APWU members who are concerned about the long term survival of the Postal Service as a continuing place [...]]]></description>
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