Press Release Friday July 25, 2014 Ralph Nader will speak on the front steps of the Berkeley Main Post Office, 2000 Allston Way, on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 2:30pm about the fate of the United States Postal Service, privatization and the importance of our public commons. Berkeley advocates have been concerned that selling off…
(July 10, 2014) For the last nineteen nights, Mike Zint, 47, has been sleeping sitting up in a chair in front of the Staples store at 2352 Shattuck Ave. He has set up vigil in downtown Berkeley to protest the âprivatizationâ of the U.S. Postal Service, as well as chronic homelessness in the United States….
Opponents of the U.S. Postal Serviceâs decision to allow Staples to operate postal counters at its stores have set up camp outside the Downtown Berkeley Staples. For more than a week, the protesters have been handing out fliers and encouraging passersby to boycott Staples in response to what they call the âprivatizationâ of the postal…
