US postal workers fight cutbacks, union busting

BY MAGGIE TROWE In a national day of action organized by four postal unions Nov. 14, several thousand people demonstrated outside 150 U.S. Postal Service facilities in all 50 states to protest job cuts, outsourcing and other union-busting measures — as well as to defend the basic mail service that working people above all depend…

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Letter to the Editor: Common-sense changes needed for USPS

I read with interest your editorial about the current Senate bill to reform the postal service (Los Angeles Times editorial, “Fixing the ailing Postal Service,” Nov. 21). The editorial omits mention of major portions of the bill including the reformation of the federal workers’ compensation program, which is best handled outside postal reform legislation and…

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Updating Our Understanding of the FMLA – An Employers’ Legal Perspective

In employment law, a very hot topic continues to be the issues surrounding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) which entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee…

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Philadelphia Black Friday rally for Walmart Workers – Postal & Other Union Workers, Community Activists Show Support

Union members (including postal workers, stagehand and other workers) and community activists rallied outside the Delaware Avenue Walmart in South Philadelphia on Black Friday to support $15 wages for storeworkers. Several speakers linked the struggle to raise low wages to the fight against police brutality.   See more pictures here: Philadelphia Black Friday rally for Walmart…

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Don’t blame the postal clerk

We’re coming up on the time of year when smiling, festive, gift-mailing people go to the post office to get mad. I’ll bet you’ll get upset, too, standing a long time in long lines with hundreds of strangers who will spend their time telling you how inefficient government is and how lazy are its employees….

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USPS OIG: Semiannual Report to Congress

Apr. 1 – Sep. 30, 2014 (Updated December 1, 2014) The Office of Inspector General is tasked with ensuring efficiency, accountability, and integrity in the U.S. Postal Service. We also have the distinct mission of helping to maintain confidence in the mail and postal system, as well as to improve the Postal Service’s bottom line….

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Video: Dear Santa, Didn’t You Get My Letter?

Published on Nov 26, 2014 Will Santa get Cindy’s letter in time for Christmas? Only with YOUR help! Contact your Congressperson, Senators, and the Postmaster General, and tell them to stop the closure of Mail Processing Facilities nationwide, including the Mid Hudson Plant in Newburgh, NY. It’s time to Stop Delaying America’s Mail! This message…

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