For Immediate Release from Portland Communities and Postal Workers United Sept. 24, 2015 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 […]
Northwest Lawmakers Speak Out Against Consolidations 05/04/2015 – Oregon’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Postmaster General Megan Brennan, requesting a meeting, “as soon as possible,” to discuss consolidation plans and the future of mail delivery standards. Mail processing facilities in Bend and Pendleton are slated to close by the end of April, and the […]
April 20, 2015 At the request of Communities and Postal Workers United, Senator Jeff Merkley (D) organizes entire Oregon delegation to demand PMG meeting about plant closures/consolidations. USPS completed Bend (except DPS letters) and Pendleton CSMPCs consolidation to Portland on April 18, 2015. Eugene P & DF consolidation to Medford and Portland plants were scheduled […]
12.14.14 Dozens of protesters picketed a local Staples office supply store today, marching through the store chanting “the U.S. mail is not for sale” and “postal Staples has got to go” to demonstrate their grievances. The store manager refused to accept a petition signed by 1,500 Portland residents concerned about privatization of their postal services. […]
From: Portland Communities and Postal Workers United Immediate Release 11/14/14 Cheers went up from hundreds of postal workers today when the resignation of Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe was announced. The postal workers and their supporters rallied at Postal Service headquarters, site of a meeting of the Postal Board of Governors, and at 150 locations in […]
Portland Communities & Postal Workers United More actions planned to stop the delay of mail (October 31, 2014) The “postal defenders” won a reprieve today. County Judge Karin Immergut dismissed criminal charges in a civil disobedience protest case which was over two years old, saying the defendants’ constitutional right to a speedy trial had been […]
The wife and son of US Postal Service Portland District Manager, T. Kim Anderson, were shocked to discover protesters on the front porch of their Damascus home Tuesday evening. “Why did you come to our home?” demanded Cheryl Anderson. Explaining that they had attempted to secure a meeting with Mr. Anderson numerous times over the […]
By Jamie Partridge Despite telling local KATU news that it’s “just an idea.. we’re not really pushing for it…it’s just a discussion… they’re just talking about in Congress” , the Portland District of the US Postal Service is indeed soliciting property owners and managers to “convert” from at-the-door to at-the-corner “cluster box” mail delivery. And […]