Postal Oversight: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session March 7 and 8, 1973, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - Postal service |
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Page 27 - ... States or any agency thereof including wholly owned Government corporations to participate in any strike. Any individual employed by the United States or by any such agency who strikes shall be discharged immediately from his employment, and shall forfeit his civil service status, if any, and shall not be eligible for reemployment for three years by the United States or any such agency.
Page 265 - In selecting modes of transportation, the Postal Service shall give highest consideration to the prompt and economical delivery of all mail and shall make a fair and equitable distribution of mail business to carriers providing similar modes of transportation services to the Postal Service.
Page 33 - ... the quitting of labor by an employee or employees in good faith because of abnormally dangerous conditions for work at the place of employment of such employee or employees be deemed a strike under this Act.
Page 30 - States and with foreign nations and to provide for the general welfare, to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources — M STAT.
Page 201 - ... transportation, the Postal Service shall give highest consideration to the prompt and economical delivery of all mail and shall make a fair and equitable distribution of mail business to carriers providing similar modes of transportation services to the Postal Service. Modern methods of transporting mail by containerization and programs designed to achieve overnight transportation to the destination of important letter mail to all parts of the Nation shall be a primary goal of postal operations.
Page 27 - An Individual may not accept or hold a position in the Government of the United States...
Page 166 - With the prior consent of the Attorney General the Postal Service may employ attorneys by contract or otherwise to conduct litigation brought by or against the Postal Service or its officers or employees in matters affecting the Postal Service.
Page 234 - The rate for each such class shall be uniform throughout the United States, its territories, and possessions. One such class shall provide for the most expeditious handling and transportation afforded mail matter by the Postal Service. No letter of such a class of domestic origin shall be opened except under authority of a search warrant authorized by law, or by an officer or employee of the Postal Service for the sole purpose of determining an address at which the letter can be delivered, or pursuant...
Page 339 - Postal Service are linked together by a transportation network extending over millions of miles. With the decline of railroad transportation and the substantial recent cutbacks in round-the-clock services for air transportation, surface transportation by highway contractors has become the most significant aspect of the transportation network. More than 90 percent of all highway transportation for the Postal Service is conducted by the independent contractors. In addition, in rural areas, a significant...
Page 350 - As you may know, TWA holds certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board to transport persons, property and mail between various points in the United States, including Hawaii, as well as between the United States, points in Europe, the Near East, Asia, and the Pacific.