By Andy Medici – March 9, 2015 The Postal Service’s new Postmaster General will keep pressing for a comprehensive postal reform bill – but will work to develop consensus legislation with wide support. Megan Brennan, officially sworn in as the postmaster general March 6, sat down with a small group of reporters to outline her…
03/09/2015 – APWU members are invited to join President Mark Dimondstein for a Town Hall Call on March 19, to discuss our fight to win a good contract and protect our public Postal Service. The call is expected to last approximately 25 minutes. To participate, APWU members must register online by 6 p.m. on March…
Today was nothing but slog. A complete burden not just on the body, but a spewing of my entire soul. A steady crunch-crunch-crunch with every footstep. It’s that crunching that’s driving me mad: I can’t move my feet without that racket bouncing through my simple brain. The day started with a driving snow; two inches…
By George Zack – March 8, 2015 An announcement came yesterday from American Postal Workers Union (APWU) in which it was mentioned that the union of 200,000 members has decided to challenge the merger between Staples and Office Depot. The union which comprises of employees of United Postal Service will be taking assistance of a…
The United States shed 8.7 million jobs from the official onset of the Great Recession in December 2007 until the economy began regaining jobs in March 2010. Although the economy has since regained all jobs lost, some occupations are shrinking…. At the top of the list, the number of postal service clerks is expected to…
