For Immediate Release 01/19/2015 – Expanding Low-Cost Financial Services through the United States Postal Service is a Way to Put More Money into the Pockets of Low-Wage Workers and to Provide Banking to Americans in Rural and Urban Areas with Few Banking Options United for a Fair Economy, One of the Coalitionâs Founding Members, Releases…
Monday’s column (Jan. 12) about rural mail suffering with new policies of the U.S. Postal Service resonated with me. About Jan. 13, I received a mail notice from my health insurance company that they were canceling my policy in two days because of non-payment of my January dues. It happens to be the first invoice…
By Josh Sigler – January 16, 2015 When the United States Postal Service announced in November it was consolidating the Kokomo processing center into Indianapolis, Nancy Fowler sprang into action. A member of the American Postal Workers Union, she spearheaded the creation of the Consolidation Coalition. The USPS has consolidated roughly 300 processing centers nationally…
The video linked below is a good example of how to spread the message that service standard changes and the closure of mail processing facilities will create hardships for individual customers and small businesses. via TV News: A Good Example | APWU.
January 16, 2015 PMG Pat Donahoe and his predecessor, Jack Potter, and successor, COO Megan Brennan, recently came together at the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC. Donahoe, who became Postmaster General after Potter stepped down in 2010, will retire Feb. 1 after 39 years with USPS. Brennan will be the 74th PMG. via USPS…
By Jeff Cole – January 15, 2015 PHILADELPHIA – A small business owner is trying to hang on. He’s had to cut an employee’s hours and is now hustling for every dime after an attempt to boost his business fails miserably. He says the U.S. Postal Service let him down. FOX 29 Investigates’ Jeff Cole…
In this issue: My dreamâto end the rule of greed (President’s Letter) Nov.14: National Day of Action Fighting the Staples deal Capitol Hill aids & abets the demise of Americaâs Postal Service NY Area Metro Election Notice / Rules APWU files Labor Board charge on cyber attack Biggest Walmart protests ever Jonathan Smith serving on…
Jameson Parker – January 9, 2015 âFree Marketâ hardliners may not like to hear it, but the old adage is true: âYou get what you pay for,â and paying people next-to-nothing to do an extremely labor-intensive job wonât get you many willing applicants. Nowhere is that more obvious than in Denver right now, where travel-wary…
