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		<title>Report: Rural Letter Carriers Union Passes New National Steward System</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/08/23/report-rural-letter-carriers-union-passes-new-national-steward-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From PostalReporter.com reader: Today at the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA)  national convention the delegation passed the proposed national steward system. Posted: 18 Aug 2011 at 4:25am Basically, State, Assistant state, and Area stewards will become employees of the national association and will be trained and paid by national. They will represent the postal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: APWU Members Before Voting No On Tentative Contract..</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an opinion by Don Cheney on why APWU members should think carefully before voting NO on Tentative Agreement. In the past when the national officers of a postal union agreed to a tentative contract and the membership voted it down, the consequences were BAD. Arbitrators view such behavior as bad faith bargaining and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS Puts Hold On Proposal To Expand Ability To Subcontract Rural Routes</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2011/01/29/usps-puts-hold-on-proposal-to-expand-ability-to-subcontract-rural-routes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Postal Service has withdrawn a proposal that “would have expanded its ability to subcontract rural routes to contract delivery service,” according to an announcement this week by the National Rural Letters Carriers’ Association. The decision “came after extensive discussions” between the NRLCA and Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, as well as other postal officials, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USPS, Rural Carriers Union Contract Talks Reach Impasse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USPS Press Release WASHINGTON — Contract negotiations with the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO (APWU) and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) expired at midnight Sat., Nov. 20. While negotiations with the NRLCA resulted in an impasse, the Postal Service and the APWU agreed to extend the negotiation deadline until Tue., Nov. 23 at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal Rural Carrier Guarantee Period For 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All Post Offices With Rural Delivery Service: Rural Carrier Guarantee Period Postal Service managers must effectively man­age rural carriers who work under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) section 7(b)(2). Those carriers are paid overtime for all hours actually worked in excess of 2,080, up to 2,240, within the 52-consecutive-week guar­antee period. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana Postal Worker Critically Injured In Crash While Delivering Mail</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/10/17/louisiana-postal-worker-critically-injured-in-crash-while-delivering-mail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rural Carrier was not wearing a seatbelt &#8211; but Postal Workers are exempt from wearing seat belts in the performance of their duties. Bossier Parish – On October 16, 2010, at 9:47 a.m., Louisiana State Police Troop G responded to a two vehicle crash on LA 527, east of LA 157, in Bossier Parish. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Rural Carrier Postings, Bids and Awards Available Online</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/09/01/all-rural-carrier-postings-bids-and-awards-available-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUTOMATED RURAL JOB BIDDING ALL RURAL CARRIERS CAN REVIEW AVAILABLE JOBS ONLINE Last week, the Postal Service reached an important milestone in its initiative to reach out to employees using technology. Now, all rural carrier postings, bids and awards are available online. Previously, not all rural carriers had access to the online bidding process. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Dakota Rural Letter Carrier Sentenced To Probation for Mail Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/07/28/south-dakota-rural-letter-carrier-sentenced-to-probation-for-mail-theft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 26, 2010 Sioux Falls, SD US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Yankton man charged with mail theft was sentenced on July 26, 2010, by US District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol. Brandon G. Novak, age 42, was sentenced to three years of probation and 40 hours of community service. Brandon G. Novak was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postal Worker Fired For Using Profanity Loses Suit Against Union</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/07/27/postal-worker-fired-for-using-profanity-loses-suit-against-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, issued a startling decision on June 16, 2010, in Jeunes v. Potter.  The Court upheld the removal of a postal employee who “admits that he used profanity during a verbal altercation with a co-worker on October 26, 2007, conduct clearly proscribed by the zero tolerance policy.”  The Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Carrier Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/05/17/rural-carrier-pleads-guilty-to-mail-theft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 14:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Brandon G.Novak, age 42, of Yankton, appeared before US Magistrate John E.Simko on May 5, 2010, and pled guilty to one count of an indictment that charged him with five counts of Theft of Mail by a Postal Service Employee. The maximum penalty upon conviction is five years [...]]]></description>
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