By Tiffany Holland – February 26, 2015 Roanoke postal employees on Wednesday learned that the U.S. Postal Service is going through with a plan to consolidate the Rutherford Avenue processing center to Greensboro, North Carolina, according to Roanoke Postal Workers Union president Carlton Cooper. The consolidation will begin April 18, and affected employees will be…
This is a segment from a weekly product review on our local news channel. Thought it might be of interest to our folks. Not sure where these are manufactured. There are comparable products on the market, as American/Union-made would be ideal. Does It Work: Winter Trax
Is there any news out there of 60 day letters being received by ANY craft employees at the affected processing facilities with a ‘network rationalization consolidation’ date in April? If not, what does this mean? Also, business agents should have received notification for facilities closing in July and, as far as I can find out,…
Few Wild West characters can match Mary Fields, the first known African-American woman mail carrier. Fields, who was profiled last week by the Root news site, was born a slave in 1832 in Tennessee and freed after the Civil War. She eventually settled in Cascade, MT, where she got a job driving a mail wagon…
Since our country was founded, the U.S. Postal Service has connected friends, families, neighbors and businesses by mail. Our original mandate called for an institution that would provide universal service to all Americans. That mandate is just as important to this nation today as it was over 240 years ago. Today, the Postal Service delivers…
APWU Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez released the above information from the first collective bargaining session with the USPS. The session was attended by negotiators and officers for USPS and APWU. Photographers, hotel workers, guests and others were also present. As always, Omar does a great job in keeping the membership informed and engaged. President Mark…
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