Western PA Postal Workers Solidarity Committee Update – November 2016
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU:
Category: Stop Staples
In stinging rebuke, NLRB rules USPS-Staples deal violated Federal law
11/17/2016 – On November 8, 2016, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge Paul Bogas ruled to uphold all of the charges leveled at the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) Staples Approved Shipper program. The APWU initially filed the complaint on November 13, 2014. The judge ruled the Staples deal was subcontracting within the…
NLRB Judge’s Decision in Staples Approved Shipper Case: A Victory for APWU!
November 8, 2016 Congratulations to all of the dedicated and hardworking Stop Staples activists and supporters who kept up the pressure in the fight on USPS and Staples to end their privatization agenda of the United States Postal Service. A big thanks to APWU President Dimondstein for his vision, leadership and commitment in this fight….
USPS OIG Report: Contract Postal Unit Operations Oversight
Background A contract postal unit (CPU) is a retail establishment under contract to the U.S. Postal Service to provide postal services to the public. The objective of the CPU program is to reduce customer wait time in post offices, retain and increase Postal Service market share, reduce operational costs, improve customer satisfaction, and grow retail…
Western PA Postal Workers Solidarity Committee Update – October 2016
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU:
2016 Fall Newsletter of Communities and Postal Workers United
Friends, Attached is the Fall, 2016 newsletter of Communities and Postal Workers United. Please share widely and print (2-sided) to distribute at postal worksite and appropriate community gatherings. Solidarity! Jamie Partridge
R.I.P. Philadelphia APWU Retiree Activist Oliver Drummond
We lost a good friend and APWU brother Saturday night. Oliver Drummond succumbed to cancer after a long and hard fought battle with the disease. Oliver was a member of the APWU Philadelphia Retiree Chapter. He was a very dedicated activist in our fight to save the Postal Service. Oliver was also a Philadelphia Stop…
Word from the field: San Leandro and El Cerrito, California Staples are closing
The San Leandro Staples is closing October 8 and the El Cerrito Staples is closing in November! No one travels 50 or 100 miles to shop at Staples, they go to the one near them. There are only so many customers within range of a particular store. The people we talk to are all from…