Western PA Postal Workers Solidarity Committee Update – Dec 3, 2015
Via John P. Richards, President – Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter of the APWU:
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APWU: Hartford Area Local, Allies Rally to Save America’s Postal Service
Web News Article #: 209-2015 11/03/2015 – Members of the Hartford Area Local were joined by labor allies for a rally to Save America’s 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…
Western PA Stop Staples Demonstration – Sept. 27, 2015
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 – Sept. 18, 2015
Postal Protesters Meet With Postmaster General
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…
Western PA Stop Staples Demonstration – Sept. 13, 2015
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.
Video: Postal Workers Plan Protest to Keep Military Member’s Job
By Chenue Her – August 11, 2015 SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — The Eugene Area Local Postal Workers Union is planning a protest Thursday so one military member can keep his job when he’s no longer on active duty. The union president says this man, who they are keeping anonymous for safety reasons, was employed at the…
Video: Mom stages “nurse-in” after incident at Janesville Post Office
JANESVILLE (WKOW)– A Janesville mother is standing up for women’s rights to breast-feed in public, after a Post Office worker told her to cover up. Raven Dibble was breast-feeding her two-week-old daughter, Harlow, as she made a stop a Janesville Post Office. She says the woman behind the counter told her to cover up, go…
W. PA Postal Workers Solidarity Committee July 6 Update: “Most of you still don’t get it!”
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…