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Article Title: Collective Bargaining Begins between the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the USPS
Snippet of Article: "...The National Postal Mail Handlers Union bargaining team met with representatives of the U.S. Postal Service on August 30, 2011 to mark the official start of the collective bargaining process for a successor agreement to..."
Article Title: ATF Director Reassigned; U.S. Attorney Out Amid 'Fast and Furious' Uproar
Snippet of Article: "...The purge of those responsible for the firearms trafficking scandal continued as new documents reveal a deeper involvement of federal agencies beyond ATF...."
Article Title: GAO weighing field office closures and layoffs
Snippet of Article: "..."No decisions on RIFs, field offices or any other such decisions have been made and will not be made until our budget situation for FY 2012 becomes more clear," GAO spokesman Chuck Young said. Furloughs, hiring freezes and promotion freezes are also possibilities, the FAQ said...."
Article Title: GAO to offer early retirement (VERA), buyouts (VSIP) [PDF]
Article Title: Postal Service asks Congress to allow 120,000 layoffs, overhaul benefits
Snippet of Article: "...the United States Postal Service is appealing to Congress to remove collective bargaining restrictions in order to lay off 120,000 workers. ..."
Article Title: Education will offer buyouts, early outs
Snippet of Article: "...The buyouts and early outs, which will begin in September, will extend through Jan. 3, 2012. The Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs, and the Office of Management will not participate in the second round of buyouts and early outs...."
Article Title: Feds Turn To Hackers To Defend Nation In Cyberspace
Snippet of Article: "...a digital capture the flag game at the DefCon hacker conference, where government officials looked to recruit hackers...."
Article Title: China Suspected of Hacking US Defense Firms, Others — Largest Theft 'In History'
Snippet of Article: "...“This is the biggest transfer of wealth in terms of intellectual property in history,” Dmitri Alperovitch, McAfee’s vice president of threat research, told Reuters..."
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Article Title: Mr President: Call a Special Session of Congress for FAA and a Jobs Bill
Snippet of Article: "...The House of Representatives is heading home for a 5-week, PAID holiday. For those who have been unemployed, you know how hard they have been working..."
Article Title: Delta's Greed Helps Shut Down The FAA
Snippet of Article: "...fight to keep workers from being able to form a union. Delta wants the rules changes so a nonvoting worker, including one who might be sick, on vacation or otherwise absent from the workplace on election day, is counted as a “no” vote for unionization...."
Article Title: Democrat TSA Shutdown | Wasted Union Dues: AFGE Silent on Democrat Attack on Unionized TSA Workers The disgusting AF...
