February is Black History Month â a time to celebrate the heritage of African-Americans and their contributions to the nation. African-Americans comprise almost 22 percent of the Postal Serviceâs workforce. The observance began in 1926 when Carter G. Woodson, founder of the organization now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life…
For Immediate Release – 02/04/2015 Washington â The American Postal Workers Union announced today that the 200,000âmember organization will âvigorously opposeâ the merger between Staples and Office Depot. âWe will urge the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to block this monopolistic and unlawful merger now, just as they did 17 years ago,â…
Attached find the February-March newsletter [PDF] of Communities and Postal Workers United. Please print (2-sided) and distribute at postal work sites and at community gatherings. Please forward to your contacts. Solidarity! Jamie Partridge 503-752-5112 via Communities and Postal Workers United – Home.
This is the final week of POStPlan implementation. On February 7, the last of the remaining 13,000 post offices will have their hours reduced, and the last of the remaining postmasters will leave their jobs. The Postal Service postponed the Reduction in Force (RIF) separation date for all remaining impacted POStPlan postmasters from January 9…
Wednesday, Feb. 4, is Thank a Mailman Day. Postal customers in the Midwest and East who have gotten their mail in the midst of a couple of blizzards might very well want to thank their mailman (or woman) on this day, but TBS is celebrating it in another way. On Feb. 4, the network will…
Last week, in advance of its quarterly earnings report, UPS admitted that it over-spent on holiday shipping in 2014 and that it wouldnât make that mistake again. Today, with those quarterly earnings announced, the company announced how itâs going to make back some of its money â by tacking on surcharges for residential deliveries. The…
The Postal Service will invest in its future by creating opportunities for long-term growth, strengthening employee training and making needed infrastructure improvements, PMG Megan Brennan said today. âWe can reinvigorate the way we serve our customers and the public by constantly looking forward as an organization, anticipating the changing needs of our customers, and adapting…
Commonomics USA to host bi-monthly “Friends of Postal Banking” conference call series; noted economist Dean Baker to headline first event; free to all interested people. Commonomics USA (formerly BankACT), a leading voice for postal banking since USPS inspector general Dave Williams first proposed it in January 2014, will host a series of conference calls featuring…
