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		<title>Retired Postal Worker Fights To Get Job Back After 20 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2012/01/05/retired-postal-worker-fights-to-get-job-back-after-20-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Johnson worked for the United States Postal Service from 1960 until he accepted an early retirement offer on November 20, 1992, at age 52. The following is from the Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit  and the MSPB. JOHNSON v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD CHARLES G. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent. No. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal Manager&#8217;s Demotion for Dropping His Pants Upheld</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit ruled against former EAS-24 Postal Manager for unacceptable conduct. Natty joined the Postal Service in 1990. By June 2010, he served as an EAS-24 Manager of Distribution Operations (MDO), supervising a total workforce of 130 employees, including six subordinate supervisors. On June 19, 2010, the agency demoted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Mail Contractor Charged With Making False Claims Mileage Against USPS</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/11/pennsylvania-mail-contractor-charged-with-making-false-claims-mileage-against-usps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH, Pa. &#8211; A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of making false claims against the United States Postal Service, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The seven-count indictment named David Cooper, 62, as the sole defendant. According to the indictment, from on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals Court Upholds Firing of Acting Postal Supervisor (204B) For Timecard Fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acting Postal Supervisor was terminated for falsifying timecard but not his female boss (Postmaster) Charles Wilcher, a 204B (acting) supervisor from the letter carrier craft, claimed he was “working” on July 5, 2006 when he spent the day with his Postmaster .  She was also accused of getting paid for July 5, 2006 even though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals Court Upholds Firing Of Letter Carrier Who Refused To Work Saturdays For Religious Reasons</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decision from the United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, March 31, 2011 The accommodation requested by Harrell that he be given every Saturday as a scheduled day off would have violated the CBA, and the USPS was therefore not required under Title VII to grant Harrell&#8217;s request. The district court granted summary judgment in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Postal carrier indicted for stealing cash and gift cards from mail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a press release from the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office, District of Minnesota: A federal indictment, unsealed earlier today in St. Paul, charges a postal carrier with stealing approximately $4,000 in cash and gift cards from the mail she delivered. The indictment, which was filed on March 16, 2011, charges Michelle Lynn Bressette, age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Tests Are Secret Under FOIA</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/03/22/usps-tests-are-secret-under-foia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An applicant rejected for hire as an Electronic Technician, PS-11 was denied the right to visually review his test documents. The U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania wrote:   Plaintiff attempts to concoct a &#8220;scenario&#8221; to circumvent said exemptions. Plaintiff states that he &#8220;does dispute that the cited law [by the USPS] totally preclude[s] the Plaintiff&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal Supervisor Loses Lawsuit on Hostile Work Environment</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/03/20/postal-supervisor-loses-lawsuit-on-hostile-work-environment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postal Supervisor Claimed A Hostile Work Environment aggravated his medical condition and USPS failed to investigate. The following facts are based upon the allegations in John Pell&#8217;s amended complaint filed in the United States District Court and information from the EEOC case. Pell is a former employee of the USPS who worked at the Framingham, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court: NALC Must Go To Arbitration To Enforce Grievance Settlements With USPS</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/03/16/court-nalc-must-go-to-arbitration-to-enforce-grievance-settlements-with-usps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem of USPS ignoring their settlement agreements is a big one. Courts, like the one below, are mandating that unions take their disputes to arbitration before asking for enforcement in court, even when the dispute has already been settled multiple times! Unions have to take their disputes all the way to arbitration or the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Postal Worker Indicted On Workers Comp Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/03/09/new-york-postal-worker-indicted-on-workers-comp-fraud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SYRACUSE, New York — A former U.S. Postal Service employee from Prospect was indicted Wednesday on federal worker’s compensation charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Syracuse said. Kimberly Morris, 36, allegedly falsely claimed that a work-related injury prevented her from performing any duties with the Postal Service between April 4 and June 3, 2010, when she [...]]]></description>
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