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APWU Members, Supporters Ramp Up Stop Staples Campaign

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APWU News Bulletin 07-2014, May 1, 2014 | PDF APWU members were exuberant after staging 56 Stop Staples protests in 27 states on April 24 — and momentum is building. Carrying signs and chanting, “The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale,” participants got the message across. The protests received extensive media coverage, including 1,196 television … Read more

Mail today, gone tomorrow | Opinion

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The U.S. Postal Service’s bizarre decision to sell beloved old buildings to raise quick cash has created angst across the country, writes syndicated columnist Froma Harrop. VENICE, Calif. — This beach community is L.A.’s latest magnet for hip, cool and gentrification. Modest cottages currently sell for an immodest $2 million, even as homeless people, sprawled … Read more

USPS News Link Story – Greensboro District has a PAL

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New passport application process is convenient and saves time Greensboro District has improved customer service and revenue with implementation of the Passport Appointment Line (PAL). The concept is simple. Customers who need passports call a central phone number, where a passport consultant schedules an appointment, sends the customer passport applications or directs the customer to … Read more

Amazon Widens Same-Day Delivery Service

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Amazon.com is making it even easier to skip the mall. The e-commerce giant is set to broaden its same-day shipping service starting Thursday by allowing later ordering times in some places and adding Dallas and San Francisco to the dozen cities where it’s available. As well, Amazon will make it easier to find the roughly … Read more

Postal frustration lingers for residents of KS town without office

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EDWARDSVILLE, Kan. — The best way to describe postal service in Edwardsville, Kansas, is a “total mess,” says Ceila Mohler. She lives at the Edwardsville Village Mobile Home Park. The city’s post office has been out of commission since March 11 when a car rammed into the back of it. FOX 4 Problem Solvers first … Read more

This Is What Real Postal Privatization Looks Like

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American postal workers and their allies complain that U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is trying to privatize his agency, and Donahoe says this is preposterous. Who’s right? It might be useful to consider what’s going on in Britain, where the Conservative-run government of Prime Minister David Cameron really did take the Royal Mail private last … Read more