postal service

  • Postal Workers Need Support from the 99%
    Paul Felton
    Jan 19 2012 - 1:25pm
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    On December 19 Oregonians occupied post offices that were slated to close in 17 rural communities. Carrying Christmas cards, cookies, and gifts of appreciation for postal workers, the occupiers collected signatures on petitions to Congress to change the laws that caused the Postal Service’s $8.5 billion budget deficit.

  • A Postal Worker Talks Back to FOX

    [This article was written for the newsletter of the American Postal Workers Union Greater Seattle Area Local, where David Yao is vice president.]

    The following is my own transcribed version of the notorious September 16 episode of a Fox Business Network show that insulted postal workers, called for postal privatization, and said that much of the American middle class “should have been pushed down.” My own comments have been added, in italics and bold.

  • Help Save Six-Day Mail Delivery
    Labor Notes Staff
    Jun 18 2010 - 6:06am

    Postal workers are asking for your help to save the vital services they provide, along with their jobs and unions. Postal Service management is planning to close more than 100 local post offices, consolidate others, and end Saturday delivery.

  • What If the Postal Service Ran like Health Care?

    This skit was written by a postal worker. It asks the question: What would mail service be like in the U.S. if it was run by health insurance companies, with all their restrictions, extra fees, and bureaucracy?