Background On January 5, 2015, the U.S. Postal Service revised its First-Class Mail® (FCM) service standards nationwide, eliminating single-piece overnight service and shifting some mail from a 2-day to a 3-day service standard. These revisions enabled the Postal Service to expand the amount of time each day that it could process mail, a change known…
Web News Article #: 137-2015 06/29/2015 – Two young union activists, Courtney Jenkins and Arrion Brown, represented the national APWU at a voting rights rally in Roanoke, VA, on June 25, the second anniversary of a Supreme Court decision that struck down key sections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. “The call to action…
The president of American Postal Workers Union Local 482 says Greensboro facility could not handle increased volume of mail By Joe Dashiell – May 28, 2015 A local union leader says the facility in Greensboro that was slated to process Roanoke’s mail cannot handle the increase. Carlton Cooper is the President of American Postal Workers…
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(August 20, 2014) ROANOKE, Va. – Picketers in downtown Roanoke are protesting against the post office consolidation on Wednesday. The Roanoke Mail Distribution Facility is set to consolidate into Greensboro next spring. That announcement earlier this month is still unsettling for many postal workers. As of now, the consolidation begins next year on April 18….
Roanoke, VA – A an informational picket is planned outside Congressman Bob Goodlatte’s office this week as a way to let the public know about coming proposed changes. Earlier this month the US Postmaster submitted changes to the standards that will end the overnight delivery standard. It will be replaced with a two day standard….
(August 7, 2014) Postal workers at Roanoke’s mail processing center are fighting Postal Service plans to move those operations to Greensboro sometime next year, and a full-court press is on in efforts to keep the Roanoke center going. The workers say such a move will mean slower delivery times that will result in lost business. …
