Please use this document when, for whatever reason, the Post Office closes due to short staffing or failure to staff. You can find additional information on betterpostoffice.org. Lets Build A Better Post Office Petition
From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 Subject: Fwd: We Won’t Be Silenced – Finalized Documents – Ready, Set, Spread The Word! Please disseminate to the field. Please contact Sheri if you need further assistance as I am only the messenger of this great ground level movement. ————————————————————— On a separate note, prior…
Web News Article #: 231-2015 12/17/2015 – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) joined members of the Campaign for Postal Banking on Dec. 17 to make a special delivery to the biggest delivery organization of all – the U.S. Postal Service. Norton and a coalition of 29 consumer, labor and civic organizations – including the APWU…
Web News Article #: 228-2015 12/08/2015 – More than 150,000 people have signed a petition launched by the Campaign for Postal Banking urging Postmaster General Megan Brennan to implement postal banking in post offices across the country. Organizers plan to deliver the petitions this month. Have you signed? If not, there’s still time. Click here…
Web News Article #: 218-2015 11/19/2015 – Did you know that nearly 28% of U.S. households are underserved by traditional banks? They turn instead to payday lenders, check cashers and other financial predators, spending on average nearly 10 percent of their income on fees. There is a simple solution: Postal Banking. The Campaign for Postal…
Web News Article #: 156-2015 08/07/2015 – The American Postal Workers has launched a petition drive calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block the merger of Staples and Office Depot. The merger would give Staples a monopoly in a key sector of the economy. “This monopoly is no game,” said APWU President Mark…
By Amanda Hinds Doyle – March 23, 2015 YREKA – American Postal Workers Union member Larry Nayer stood outside the Yreka Post Office on Friday, asking people to sign a petition that opposes the proposed closure of the mail processing center in Redding. The closure was announced early in 2014, and it is expected to…
News Brief – October 20, 2014 [PDF] The Oakland Local took the unusual step of launching an office-wide petition against Tour 1 Supervisor Preet Singh. The petition, which has more than 100 signatures, details years of a variety of unacceptable conduct. It was sent to PMG Donahoe and forwarded to the Bay-Valley District Manager, Congresswoman…
