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Atlanta postal workers stole millions in government checks

ATLANTA - Authorities say two former postal workers have pleaded guilty to charges of stealing more than $3.5 million in federal tax refund and government benefit checks. The...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-03-01/atlanta-postal-workers
Augusta businesses, people got $400 million from federal government in 2012

...Veterans Affairs employs 2,005 federal workers in Augusta, ahead of the U.S. Postal Service, which has 249 Augusta postal workers, and the Social Security Administration, which has 89 federal employees. The U.S. Department of Transportation...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-29/augusta-businesses-peopl
Postal workers rally in favor of keeping Saturday delivery

...requires USPS to pay for future postal workers' retirements in advance. The...battle," said Griggs, a retired postal worker with 31 years of service. "But...tremendous." Griggs said the postal workers' fight will be long and will...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-24/postal-workers-rally-favor-ke
Gloria Griffin

...Williams officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Griffin was the Union Representative for Postal Workers Union of America and was employed at the US Post Office for 28 years. She was a member of the Carey Hill Baptist...

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Andy Williams, 'Moon River' singer, dead at 84

...began performing with his older brothers Dick, Bob and Don in the local Presbyterian church choir. Their father, postal worker and insurance man Jay Emerson Williams, was the choirmaster and the force behind his children's career.When Andy...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-09-26/singer-andy-williams-has-die
Augusta mail facility closing details expected this week

...Service officials say will affect more than 30,000 postal workers and save about $2.1 billion a year.The February...Postal Service has yet to give the precise number of postal workers who will be affected by the move, but according to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-05-15/augusta-mail-facility-closin
USPS financial problems concern Augusta workers

...impending financial crisis, local postal workers are hoping a change in legislation...requires USPS to pay for future postal workers' retirements in advance.But...of the Augusta-area American Postal Workers Union. "It's vital that...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-09-07/usps-financial-problems-conc
Study supports ending mail processing in Augusta

...through the mail, bills, they will be delayed," said Karen Gilmore, the president of the Augusta-area American Postal Workers Union.Before taking any action, the postal service will hold a public meeting to get input. If the consolidation...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-12-08/study-supports-ending-mail-p
Augusta postal workers speak against processing center closing

...consideration," said Ben Panzella, a 30-year Augusta postal worker.Postal Service officials are considering consolidating...Gilmore, the president of the Augusta-area American Postal Workers Union.Workers also spoke about rumors that mail carrier...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-12-15/augusta-postal-workers-spe
Jobs, economic development should be top priorities of governor and legislature in 2012, poll shows

...also strongly said they support changes in state ethics laws to limit lobbyists' largesse at the Gold Dome.Retired postal worker William Glide well, of Lincolnton, wants both disclosure of lobbyists' gifts along with caps on the value of dinners...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-01-08/jobs-economic-developmen