By Davon Dean |Staff Writer| CVS and UPS made headlines in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Obama said that he needs more companies and employers to be like CVS and UPS, who both offer a variety of educational benefits and paid apprenticeships. “Tonight, I’m also asking more businesses to follow the lead of companies like CVS and UPS, and offer more educational benefits and paid apprenticeships,” said Obama. According to the UPS website, the company offers different programs and incentives for employees to be successful. Some programs include: UPS tuition program, health and wellness program, compensation saving program. CSUSB students agree that … [Read more...] about Companies partner with Obama to benefit workers
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Yay for Saturday mail!
By Lynn Post |Staff Writer| The US Post Office wanted to stop Saturday delivery, but thankfully the US Congress said forget it. Packages are a commodity and must continue to be delivered despite the new reality that more and more people are communicating using new technologies like the Internet and the cell phone. Fed Ex and UPS still handle package delivery, but 83.8 million packages went through the US Postal Service in 2012, and one of them could have been yours. Currently if you purchase books through Barnes and Nobel or Amazon your package will be delivered through UPS, but that may change. Congress became a savior to the 40 percent of people who receive packages through … [Read more...] about Yay for Saturday mail!