McCaskill: Postal Service ‘ essential to rural America’ Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill used a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee meeting to discuss the urgent need for reforms to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to help protect delivery service for Missourians in rural communities. “Speaking on behalf of hundreds of thousands of […]
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. […]
Does this postal chairman’s lobbying history pose a conflict of interest? The U.S. Postal Service has the potential to earn billions of dollars a year by entering the payday-loan business, but former banking lobbyist Mickey Barnett could block its path. Barnett now chairs the USPS Board of Governors. Previously, he represented the interests of payday lenders, who stand to lose out […]
Portland Communities and Postal Workers United Activists vow to escalate pressure on the postal service “I suspect the authorities dropped the charges because their persecution just emboldened us to further spotlight waste, fraud, and abuse at the people’s postal service,” said Rev. John Schwiebert. Schwiebert was one of the “postal protector” arrestees who were charged […]
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 […]
May 21, 2014 – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members passed the latest postal bill offered by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), which would end “door delivery” for 15 million postal customers. The vote, which passed along party lines 18-13, occurred less than 48 hours after it was introduced. “There is no justification for the dramatic cuts in […]
Republicans love to attack the U.S. Postal Service, this time through an extremely misleading report skewing the numbers about profits.
May 8, 2014 – In response to two charges filed by the APWU, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint against the Postal Service on April 30, asserting that the USPS “has been failing and refusing to bargain collectively and in good faith,” by refusing to provide information to the union. The Postal […]
No matter what you might hear on Capitol Hill or elsewhere, the Postal Service isn’t planning to privatize itself. Some lawmakers have pointed to our partnership with Staples and our Post Plan and cited them as evidence that we want to privatize mail delivery. But that’s not the case. Here’s what Postmaster General Pat Donahoe says: […]
A small group of protesters stood outside the U.S. Post Office hub at 715 NW Hoyt Street Saturday afternoon, waving signs that read “save postal trucking” and “stop privatization.” “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Privatization’s got to go,” they shouted. The protesters were voicing their opposition to an alleged extension of a contract with private trucking […]