APWU: On 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act the Fight for the Right to Vote Rages On

Web News Article #: 155-2015 08/04/2015 – On Aug. 6, the APWU will join with others across the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, and rededicate ourselves to the fight to protect the right to vote. APWU President Mark Dimondstein is urging locals and state organizations to participate in a…

 Continue reading

USPS: Arizona District strengthens training for CCAs

August 4, 2015 Arizona District has strengthened training for city carrier assistants (CCAs), employees who fill in for regular carriers on their routes and perform other mail delivery and collection tasks. The program offers newly hired CCAs hands-on experience before they’re assigned to a unit to deliver mail. “[The curriculum] has greatly improved the retention…

 Continue reading

Letter: U.S. Postal Service thrives in Internet age

August 4, 2015 Re “Reisman: Complaining about Postal Service is futile,” March 16 column: Columnist Phil Reisman repeated misleading “conventional wisdom” about U.S. Postal Service finances in asserting that “email, social media and the Internet in general are the primary cause of the Postal Service’s chronic woes.” Were increased Internet usage indeed causing the red…

 Continue reading