Snippet of Article: "...Police said all employees entered the building and it was placed on lockdown due the concern the incident may be related to arecent shooting involving a mail truck in Birmingham.
The man arrested was identified as Kordell Rashad Mallory. Police said a gun and marijuana were seized from the vehicle suspected of following the USPS driver. ..."
Snippet of Article: "... Mail theft costs Americans a crazy amount of money, and not many thieves are getting caught (but obviously some are).
CBSNews.com:
Every blue mailbox has a key called an arrow key. Postal carriers use it to open blue boxes and large mailboxes in apartments or condo buildings. The same key opens everything across a particular zone.
"I think it's scary," a business owner said, "that one key can open all the mailboxes in any given zone.
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Snippet of Article: "...The stunning plot was detected by chance when someone assaulted a mail carrier and building residents told a US postal inspector they should consult with Taherzadeh and Ali. The postal inspector grew suspicious and informed the DHS Inspector General’s Office, which in turn alerted the FBI..."
Source: postalemployee.us
Snippet of Article: "...“The arbitration award he issued and the accompanying implementation memo mean thousands of jobs within 90 days, not years from now,” Dimondstein said.
The gains will help offset the 7,000 job cuts -- and thousands of additional relocations -- that will take place in 2015 due to processing plant closures. ..."
Snippet of Article: "...As expected, USPS proposals have included efforts to maximize supervisory control of the workplace and reduce costs by removing previously negotiated contractual protections.
However, to date, management has not presented its proposals on the central contractual issues of wages, benefits, protection against layoffs, seniority, and workforce structure. When these proposals are presented, we expect them to be consistent with the propaganda we have heard so frequently in recent months..."
