Five actions, multiple arrests, no trials More actions planned to defend the postal service Immediate Release, January 8, 2015 For the fifth time in two years, the âpostal defendersâ won a reprieve yesterday. County Judge Eric Bergstrom dismissed criminal charges in a civil disobedience protest case which was over a year old, saying the seven…
Sisters and Brothers, Attached is the November-December, 2014 newsletter [PDF] of Communities and Postal Workers United. Please forward to your lists and print (2-sided) for distribution at postal worksites and in the community. Solidarity! Jamie Partridge jamiep7206@aol.com 503-752-5112
By Gordon Oliver, Columbian business editor Published: October 3, 2014, 7:13 PM Some 40 local residents didnât bother using the U.S. Postal Service on Friday morning, choosing instead to personally deliver messages to local congressional staff members in support of Postal Service functions threatened by federal mandates to the Postal Service. The sign-carrying protesters organized…
August 13, 2014 â For Immediate Release “IÂ suspect the authorities dropped the charges because their persecution just emboldened us to further spotlight waste, fraud, and abuse at the peopleâs postal service,â said Rev. John Schwiebert. Schwiebert was one of the âpostal protectorâ arrestees who were charged with âimpeding a mail delivery vehicleâ and âblocking a…
By Jamie Partridge May 23, 2014 Despite telling local KATU news that itâs âjust an idea.. weâre not really pushing for it…itâs just a discussion⊠theyâre just talking… about in Congressâ (http://www.katu.com/news/local/Mail-delivery-to-your-front-door-may-go-away–260417771.html?tab=video&c=y), the Portland District of the US Postal Service is indeed soliciting property owners and managers to âconvertâ from at-the-door to at-the-corner âcluster boxâ…
