Hundreds of postal workers protest at Chicago Staples over outsourcing

July 22, 2014 (Reuters) – Hundreds of postal workers from around the country protested outside a Staples store in downtown Chicago on Tuesday over a program that allows postal services to be sold at more than 80 Staples retail outlets. Postal workers have complained about the program for months, saying the “mini-post offices” staffed by…

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USPS apologizes for no show status at POSt Plan meeting they set up

(July 22, 2014) WAUSAU – Wausau postal customers recently received a survey form from the U.S. Postal Service recently asking for their input into a process that is currently reviewing the Wausau post office. The results of that survey were to be discussed at a meeting scheduled by the USPS for Thursday, July 17, at…

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APWU Convention News Bulletin #2 – July 22 (video)

Click Here for Convention News Bulletin #02-14 July 23, 2013 Delegates Take It to the Streets – ‘The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale’ Motor Vehicle Services: ‘Fighting for our Survival’  Clerk Craft Focuses on Resolutions, MOUs Maintenance Craft Debates Settlement Support Services: Successful Negotiations Delegates Debate Bargaining Resolutions The Labor Movement: Time for a New…

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NALC National Convention Chronicle for July 21, 2014

Click Here for Convention Chronicle In his keynote speech on Monday, July 21, to the more than 5,300 delegates on hand for the National Association of Letter Carriers’ 69th Biennial Convention in Philadelphia, President Fredric V. Rolando highlighted the many victories letter carriers have celebrated since the 2012 convention in Minneapolis, while also laying out…

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