Tell PMG, Board of Governors: Stop Delaying America’s Mail! 11/10/2014 – On Nov. 14 postal employees from every craft in more than 125 locations will send an urgent message to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors: Stop Delaying America’s Mail! Donahoe and the Board are poised to make devastating cuts in…
The protest’s theme: “Stop Staples. The U.S. Mail is not for sale.” Despite a persistent, chilly rain, more than 20 members and allies of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) marched outside the Germantown Avenue Staples on Thursday afternoon to protest plans to expand a recent retail agreement with the U.S. Postal Service. As part…
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
Stop Staples Rally – West Hartford, Connecticut Sunday, November 16, 2014 11:45am – 2:00pm
Web News Article #: 183 10/10/2014 – As the one-year anniversary of the Postal Service’s no-bid deal with Staples approaches, the ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ movement is continuing to grow. The USPS and Staples are upping the ante as well: On Oct. 7 management notified the APWU that it plans to expand the program to all…
Post office clerks rallied outside a Staples office supply store in Center City on Tuesday. They were complaining that the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to install in-store postal counters where lower-wage Staples employees would sell stamps and accept packages would hurt postal jobs and jeopardize the safety of the mail. The post office “is not…
Click Here for APWU Press Release: Philly Postal Workers Protest Outsourcing to Staples
