Web News Article #: 221-2015 11/30/2015 – Members of the Western PA Postal Workers Solidarity Committee met with Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald on Nov. 20 to discuss the dirty deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Staples. âFitzgerald listened to our concerns and offered his support,â reports Joe Radovich of the Pittsburgh Metro Area…
Web News Article #: 209-2015 11/03/2015 – Members of the Hartford Area Local were joined by labor allies for a rally to Save Americaâs Postal Service on Oct. 24. Lori Pelletier, executive secretary-treasurer of the Connecticut State AFL-CIO; Rene Morissette, president of National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 301; John Olesen, Branch President of LiUNA…
Web News Article #: 208-2015 11/03/2015 – More than 150 members of the Long Island Area Local and their supporters rallied for Good Postal Service! Good Jobs! Good Contract! at a demonstration in front of the Mid-Island general mail facility in Melville, NY, on Nov. 1. Protesters informed the public about the fight for a…
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU: The Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers Solidarity Committee held a successful demonstration against the Staples privatization scheme at the Greensburg, PA store on Sunday, September 27, 2015. Related: Western PA Postal Workers Solidarity Committee Update â Sept. 18, 2015
For Immediate Release – Sept. 24, 2015 Contact Jamie Partridge: 503-752-5112 Postmaster General Megan Brennan met briefly with protesters after giving a speech to a conference of Portland mailers yesterday. Rev. John Schwiebert and retired letter carrier Jamie Partridge, leaders of Portland Communities and Postal Workers United, were invited in from the picket line to…
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU: The Western Pennsylvania Postal Workers Solidarity Committee held a successful demonstration against the Staples privatization scheme at the Uniontown, PA store on Sunday, September 13, 2015.
Dear Pittsburgh Metro Member, Most of you still don’t get it! The Staple’s rally that was held at the McKnight store after you received the June 8 letter saw @ 40 demonstrators. There was a good mix of Letter Carriers as well as APWU members, family members, and retirees. The Committee expresses our recognition and…
By Kate Irby – May 14, 2015 BRADENTON — Postal workers warned Thursday that if people don’t start paying attention to what they described as the degradation of the postal service, in five or 10 years the industry will look completely different, and not in a good way. “By outsourcing a little bit here, a…
