By Flo Summergrad On May Day, 2012, our officers and members attended a labor rally in New York City, joining with other workers under the slogan, “Our Grievances are All Connected.” Nora Mendez, a Mail Handler from the Mid-Hudson facility, was there—easily recognizable as one of us in her “SAVE America’s Postal Service” t-shirt. In…
On May 5, 2014, the Postal Service mailed to Pittman (aka Walker) EEO class members a Claim Form and Release. Buried in the Release are some severe consequences to be aware of. Pittman EEO class members consist of disabled employees in permanent rehabilitation assignments/limited duty positions whose duty hours during the period from 3-24-2000 to…
NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell and the city’s congressional delegation have written separate letters urging the United States Postal Service not to close and relocate the downtown post office. Mitchell submitted a letter and a petition signed by more than 200 city residents opposing the move of the post office, an historic 1915 Classical…
Web News Article #: 095-14 May 19, 2014 – In the wake of the APWU’s National Day of Action on April 24, the Stop Staples campaign is gathering momentum. After months of stonewalling by USPS management and Staples executives, the APWU National Executive Board voted to increase the pressure on the office-supply chain by officially…
via ▶ Community & Postal Workers United – Northern Exposure – This is the U.S. Mail, a sacred trust – YouTube.
If you are even remotely digitally hip, you probably know that “big data” is a hot topic. But it is far from a mere fad. Big data — which refers to large, complex datasets combined with sophisticated, powerful analytics — has definitely been having a big impact on not just scientific research capabilities, but commercial…
While the door has been slammed on door-to-door mail service, questions on what comes next continue to linger. The first phase of mail delivery conversion from door-to-door to community mailboxes begins in the fall with 11 communities across the country, none of which are in Edmonton. But Ward 8 city councillor Ben Henderson remains concerned…
Casual observers may be excused for regarding the U.S. Postal Service as a basket case. They know it reports multibillion-dollar losses, routinely raises postage rates and threatens to cut Saturday delivery and close post offices. They have been annoyed by bored clerks and plagued by deliveries of unwanted junk mail. They have seen fast-delivery services…
