Communities and Postal Workers United

Jan 18th

Family, postal workers rally for letter carrier gunned down delivering mail after dark

Many in Rock Hill’s Barnette family will travel to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. this weekend, but the trip is not for sightseeing. The family will take part in a march and rally on Monday, the Marthin Luther King Jr. holiday, because Tyson Barnette, 26, was gunned down outside the nation’s […]

Dec 15th

CPWU: National Day For Letter Carriers To Report Delivery In the Dark Hazards

Communities and Postal Workers United Call for a National Day To Report Dark Delivery Hazards on Sat. Dec. 21, 2013 As a follow-up to our Dec. 2nd National Day of Mourning for Tyson Jerome Barnette, letter carrier killed while delivering in the dark – Communities and Postal Workers United calls on all letter carriers who […]

Dec 1st

Postal workers call on USPS to end delivery after dark

Postal workers and their allies will observe a national day of mourning within the US Postal Service this Monday. Employees will wear black armbands, observe a moment of silence, and lower flags to half staff on the day after his funeral, to call attention to the killing of Tyson Jerome Barnette, a 26 year old […]

Oct 30th

4 Portland, OR protestors may file assault charges against postal inspector

Portland Communities and Postal Workers United Seven arrested at postal privatization protest Calling themselves “postal protectors”, fifteen activists gathered in the third floor lobby of the Main Post Office in downtown Portland yesterday, holding signs protesting postal privatization. Seven were arrested while attempting to negotiate a meeting with District Manager Erica Brix. “Postal truckers, mail […]

Oct 17th

No Closures! No Cuts! No Delay of the Mail!

Communities and Postal Workers United (CPWU) Newsletter Oct. – Nov. 2013 Bronx General Post Office – Not for Sale Excerpts from Labor Press article by Steven Wishnia Chanting “Keep the Post Office in the Bronx,” about 75 people rallied Sept. 21 to protest the U.S. Postal Service’s plans to sell the Bronx General Post Office. […]

Sep 18th

Protesters occupy postal management offices, demand end to privatization

Communities and Postal Workers United Eleven protesters invaded the office space of Portland’s senior US Postal Service management today. Slipping past security barriers on the third floor of the Main Post Office, the group occupied the hallway outside the offices of Brenda Jackson, transportation manager for the Portland district. Demanding a meeting with Jackson, the […]

Sep 8th

Occupy bike swarm blocks private truck at Portland mail facility

Communities and Postal Workers United Occupy Portland’s bike swarm joined “postal protectors” to block a private mail truck leaving the Mt. Hood Distribution Center (US Postal Service) today, demanding that postal management stop subcontracting the trucking of “the people’s mail.” Claiming concerns about safety, cost and corruption, the blockaders left after police ordered them to […]