[maxgallery id=”41952″]The event was held in conjunction with CARA’s biennial conference, which took place in Ontario, CA. Dozens of participants were bussed to picket the Staples store that afternoon. Members of the California State APWU were also on hand. “Staples plans on expanding postal services nationwide to all of their stores in the near future….
Mail processing is an integrated group of activities required to sort and distribute mail for dispatch and eventual delivery. Post offices, stations, and branches send outgoing mail to processing and distribution Centers (P&DCs) for processing and dispatch for a designated service area. They also provide instructions on the preparation of collection mail, dispatch schedules, and…
(October 24, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – San Francisco postal district officials have announced they are hiring workers for the holiday season, which started Oct. 17 and goes through Jan. 8, U.S. Postal Service officials said. The district is hiring casual mail handlers, holiday clerk assistants, mail processing clerks and big-rig operators, according to postal…
Published on Sep 23, 2015 Ken Lerch, longtime labor activist and the President of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 3825, discusses how postal workers are fighting back against the efforts to privatize the postal service and to bust the unions. “If we’re not prepared to strike, we won’t be successful in our fight.”…
Office of Public Affairs – October 19, 2015 Washington, D.C– The Judges Division of the National Labor Relations Board has issued a new edition of the NLRB Bench Book, which replaces an earlier version issued in 2010. The Bench Book sets forth Board precedent and other rulings and authorities on recurring procedural and evidentiary issues…
(10/24/15) Brussels (AFP) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has urged journalists to use regular postal services to thwart government spying. “My recommendation, for people who don’t have 10 years’ experience in cryptography, is to return to old methods (and) use the traditional postal service,” Assange said in an interview published Saturday. “Journalists are treated by…
By Judith Langevin – October 23, 2015 There are several reasons an employer might have employee health information, ranging from the results of a pre-employment physical to the contents of a request for FMLA leave to what’s written in a health provider’s note about the need to be absent from work. Employers may also have…
Background The U.S. Postal Service accepts passport applications at over 5,000 post offices nationwide on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. The Postal Service agreed to accept passport applications for a minimum of 5 hours per day. There is a $25 fee for first-time applications and no fee for renewal applications. Some locations offer…
