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Why Is the Post Office Buying Bullets?

No One Hires Vets like the Postal Service

People Aren’t Getting Their Mail Because of One Tiny Dog

CFC Pledges Fall 19 Percent in 2013

'Billion-dollar Bet' on Postal Service

Postal Service Drives toward Tech Future

Postal Service to Reduce Workforce by 10,000

Ten Ways the USPS Could Save the Economy and Change Our Lives

New Jersey Postal Clerk Returns Wallet with $4,800 in Cash

Is USPS Delivering a Better Deal for Small Parcels?

The Senate Can't Part With Saturday Mail Delivery

Not Dead Yet The U.S. Postal Service Tests Same-Day Delivery

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 A Big Idea to Save the Post Office: Turn It Into a Bank

 Can Becoming a Bank save the Post Office?

 Post Office Banking Plan Gains Support

 Would the U.S. Postal Service Make a Better Banker for the Poor?

 Inspector General: Since Postage Is Not Enough, Add Debit Cards, Loans

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Better Hurry This Guy's Trying to Visit All 31,272 Post Offices

Not News Clerks Hit Hardest by USPS Cuts. Headquarters Staff Grows.

Unions Angered by Postal Service's Staples Outlets

The U.S. P. S. Can Win the Battle for Same-Day Delivery

An Unlikely Star of the Holiday-Shipping Season: The USPS

Root for the Postal Service to Survive

Ralph Nader Wants You to Save the Post Office

FedEx Earnings: Is the Amazon-USPS Deal a Bigger Threat Than UPS?

The Unstoppable Postal-Service Retreat Starts in Canada

U.S. Postal Service to Test Same-Day Delivery in New York

Postal Service Kicks off `Operation Santa` Holiday Program

Cheapest Holiday Shipping: FedEx, UPS, or the Post Office?

Sculptor Sues Postal Service over Mistaken Lady Liberty Stamp

Berkeley's Struggle to Save the Post Office

Is Harry Potter Stamp Un-american?

Amazon Sunday Shipping Will Help the USPS, But Not Enough

The Real Reason the Postal Service's Outlook Is Improving

Neither Snow nor Rain nor Funding Troubles...

U.S. Postal Service Narrows Loss for 2013 Fiscal Year

Amazon Puts Mail Carriers to Work on Sundays

Postal Service (Yawn) Defaults Again

Postal Service Defaults on $5.6 Billion Payment

NEWS USPS Seeks 3-cent Increase for First-class Mail

NOT NEWS FedEx, DHL  Shipping Rates to Rise

Postal Rate Hike Proposal Faces Senate Scrutiny

U.S. Postal Service Pays Futurist to Study Stamps' Fate

Lobbyists: Postal Service Will Try to Hike Stamp Price

USPS IG Puts Retirement / Leave Benefits Under the Microscope

Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Gamefly in Netflix/USPS Dispute

►Most Dangerous Federal Jobs? Postal Service Tops List◄

Big Early-out Offer Coming for USPS Management

USPS Rolling Out Mobile Phones to Collect Data

GAO: Postal Health Plan Could Hike Costs to Workers

COLAs Coming Next Month for Many

USPS Boosting Package Delivery to Cut Losses

USPS -- No Taxpayer Bailout Needed, If Congress Acts

U.S. Postal Sees $500 Million From Priority Mail Changes

Postal Service Revamps Priority Mail Program

AP Interview: USPS Eyes Alcohol Deliveries

Britain's Centuries-old Royal Mail Eyes End of State Control

Postal Service Overtime Costs Topped $3.5 Billion in 2012

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• UAW Withdraws Appeal of Volkswagen Union Vote

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• Workers Say Walmart Chairman Owes $7.8 Billion Tax

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• United Auto Workers Membership Grows

• Volkswagen Expansion Talks at Standstill in Tenn.

• UAW Subpoenas Haslam, Corker in VW Challenge

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• The Koch's 'Secret Bank' Takes Another Step Out of the Shadows

• UPS Fired Workers - Just Got Their Jobs Back

• As Wage Debate Rages, Some Have Made the Shift

• Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Costco, and Chipotle: The Myopia of Low Wages

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 and Harder to Get Out

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• VW Plant's Union Vote Could Be a Southern Labor Breakthrough

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• Cambodians Risk Their Lives for $160 a Month

• A Mass Labor Dispute in Cambodia Turns Deadly

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• What a $10.10/hour Minimum Wage Means for Starbucks

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• The New Face of Food Stamps: Working-age Americans

• The Myth of the American Dream

• Wealth Gap: A Guide to What It Is, Why It Matters

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• Help Struggling Workers: Eliminate the Corporate Income Tax!?!

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• No, You Can’t Just Bootstrap Yourself Out of Poverty

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• Benefits Lapse Severs Lifeline for Longtime Jobless

• Million+ Americans Have a Terrible Christmas

• Out of Jobs, Out of Benefits, Out of Luck

• Focus on America's Forgotten 46 Million

• Santa's Sleigh Delayed after Snags at UPS, FedEx

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• Fast-Food Workers of the World, Unite!

• McDonald's Advises Its Employees To Stay Away From Fast Food

• McDonalds Out of Touch Tipping Advice

• The Myth of America's Decline: Why the 'Declinists' Are Wrong (Again)

• Inequality Hits People Hardest At Worst Possible Moment, in 1 Chart

• Rand Paul: Unemployment Extension - A 'Disservice' To Workers

• With Food Stamp Cuts, GOP Turns Its Back on the Hungry

• McDonald's And Starbucks' CEOs Make More Than $9,200 An Hour

• Worst Rental Affordability Crisis That This Country Has Known

• McDonald's Gives Workers Advice For How To Tip Au Pairs

• NOT NEWS FedEx Matches UPS's 4.9% Rate Hike

• Governor To McConnell: Get Your Facts Straight On Obamacare

• Fast-food Strikes Return amid Push for Wage Hikes

• North Carolina Fast Food Workers Demand More Money

• Fast-Food Workers Strike to Demand Living Wage

• Obama, in Speech, to Focus on Income Disparities

• Bay Area Rail Unions Sue to Enforce Contract That Ended Strike

• Wal-mart Pays Lawyer Fees for Dozens of Execs in Bribery Probe

• Wal-Mart's Chairman Burned Through Millions Of Dollars - In Seconds

• DC Council Unanimously Approves Minimum Wage Hike

• 'Thinking Globally, Acting Locally' In the Minimum Wage Fight

• Wage Strikes Planned at Fast-Food Outlets

• With Food Stamp Cuts, GOP Turns Its Back on the Hungry

• Why Unpaid Internships Negatively Impact Women

• Federal Cuts Biting into Home Heating Aid

• Why the American Worker Is Miserable

• Could The 'Rolling Jubilee' Free Americans From Debt?

• Ten Companies Paying Americans the Least

• Eleven Reasons To Love Costco That Have Nothing To Do With Shopping

• Walmart Broke Labor Law & Retaliated Against Workers, NLRB Charges

• Report : Many fast-food workers are living in poverty

• Wisconsin High Court Reviewing Collective-Bargaining Law

• Some Unions Could Get Break from Health Care Fees

• Animosity toward Affordable Health Care Is Hard to Fathom

• Do Workers Even Stand a Chance in the Fight for $15?

• Could This Paper Make a Change in Minimum Wage Thinking?

• Burger Cooks Cost $7 Billion a Year in Government Aid

• How Two Billionaires Rescued a Union Bank

• Minimum wage victories build momentum for 2014

• NJ Voters Support Annual Minimum Wage Hike

• Backers of $15 Minimum Wage Declare Victory in Seattle Suburb

• The Real Reason So Many Americans Are Poor

• Louisiana Parish Provides Extreme Example of Inequality

• Shutdown Affected Us in Ways We Did Not See

• Fast-Food Chains Costing Taxpayers the Most Money

• Obamacare Myth, Destroying Full-Time Jobs, Just Got Debunked

• Republicans Are No Longer the Party of Business

• Warning U.S. Against ‘Catastrophic’ Default

• The Reckoning the Republicans Need

• Sequester: 'From Merely Stupid to Dangerous'

• How Income Inequality Hurts America

• Yes, It Is John Boehner's Fault

• California Minimum Wage Soars to $10

• Wis. Unions File Contempt Motion over Restrictions

• The Biggest Myth About Obamacare

• Man, 77, Prepares Burgers Earning in Week His Former Hourly Wage

• The 99% Owe “A Debt of Gratitude” to the 1% --?!?

• The Right Is Wrong about Rights

• Robert Reich vs. Income Inequality

• Wal-Mart Workers are Gearing Up for Another Demonstration

• The Rich Got a Lot Richer since the Financial Crisis

• Obamacare Saved Consumers $1.2 Billion in 2012 Premiums, HHS says

• Fifteen Percent of Americans Living in Poverty

• Forty-eight Million Americans without Health Insurance

• What the GOP Has to Love About Obamacare

• Agency: Firms Can't Only Use Debit Cards to Pay

• Top 1% Getting 95% of Income Gains: Is Washington Responsible?

• What Should We Do about Income Inequality?

• California Poised to Raise Minimum Wage to $10

• Starbucks Won't Cut Worker Benefits Ahead of Obamacare

• Fed Researchers: Obamacare Not to Blame for Jump in Part-time Jobs

• The Real Reasons You’re Unhappy at Work

• Wall Street Fat Cats Imprisoned Like ‘Goodfellas’

• Must-Reads on Income Inequality and the Rich-Poor Gap

• Why Greedy CEOs May Be Terrified Right Now

►• Fast-Food Strikes Set for Cities Nationwide◄

• Wal-Mart Agrees to Safety Improvements at 2,857 Stores

• Taco Bell  - Worst-Paying Fast Food Company

In-N-Out Burger Is The Best

• Worker Wages: Wendy's vs. Wal-Mart vs. Costco

• Twelve Cruel Anti-Suffragette Cartoons

• New Jobs Disproportionately Low-pay or Part-time

• Unions Get Creative to Halt Decline in Membership

• Revealed: What's Wrong With American Business Culture & Economy

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• Fast Food Workers Walked Out Of Work To Protest Low Pay

• McDonald's Could Just Double Wages For Employees,

Not Raise Price Of Big Macs, And Just Make Less Money ...

• The Rising Rebellion of the McDonald's Worker

• Fast Food Fight! Workers Protest for Minimum Wage Hike

• This Is What Would Happen If Fast-Food Workers Got Raises

• The Real Budgets of McDonald's Workers

• How She Lives On Minimum Wage: A McDonald's Worker's Budget

• McDonald's Employee Budget Has Everyone Up In Arms

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• GOP Donor's School Grade Changed

• Will Your Congressman Retire Richer Than You?

• Are Hourly Workers Being Short-Changed With Payroll Cards?

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• Indiana Fudges On Health Costs To Make Obamacare Look Bad

• Poll: Most Americans Don’t Want Congress to Repeal Obamacare

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• This Is the Way Blue-Collar America Ends

• Congress Sets a New Record for Being Hated

• More Evidence: Colleges Give Money to Those Least in Need

• A Backdoor Approach to Union Organizing

• Ten Good Things About Obamacare

• Are Americans ‘Subsidizing’ Astronomical CEO Pay?

• It's Official: Random Inspections Improve Workplace Safety

• Jumbo Severance Packages for Top CEOs Are Growing

• Costco: The Cheapest, Happiest Company in the World

• Is Wal-Mart Mooching Off Taxpayers to Keep Wages Low?

• Wal-Mart's Low Wages Cost Taxpayers

• The Top 1% Now Controls 39% Of The World's Wealth

• Reuters Editorial: Stinging Indictment Of Wall Street Bankers

• Poor Hit Hardest by Washington Budget Cuts

• CEO Pay Rises to $9.7 Million on Average in 2012

• Higher College Tuition As Administrative Salaries Rise

• Why Bad Bosses Are Bad For Business

• GOP Seeks Alternative to Overtime Pay

• CEO Pay Is More Out of Whack than Ever

• $50M for Getting Fired?

• Why We Need Labor Unions After All