EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – It looks like a typical, small post office. But, for David Silvia, there’s one very important thing missing at a U.S. Post Office in East Providence – a ramp. “I feel discriminated against,” Silvia. “You can walk up those stairs, go to the post office, and do your business. I can’t. […]
Duluth, MN – U.S. Representative Rick Nolan is angry that the U.S. Postal Service plans to shut down and consolidate postal services across the country, and cutbacks have impacted Northland mail deliveries. At a rally on Wednesday, Congressman Nolan stood up with others who support returning the Duluth Processing and Distribution Facility back to a […]
New Report from American Postal Workers Union Outlines How Proposed Staples/Office Depot Merger Would Harm Consumers And Why it Should Be Blocked Union Shares Legal, Economic Conclusions With Federal Regulators and Key Stakeholders 05/27/2015 – WASHINGTON DC – A report released today by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) outlines the harm that would come to consumers, small businesses and government […]
USPS Demands Cuts in Pay, Benefits, Job Security News Bulletin 09-2015 (69.41 KB) 05/28/2015 – Contract negotiations between the American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service ended without an agreement on May 27. The USPS scuttled any prospect of reaching a deal by insisting on severe cuts in pay and benefits, despite the fact that progress […]
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The U.S. Postal Inspection Service has seen a rise in postal letter carrier robberies and is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any suspects. From Wednesday to Saturday, letter carriers will deliver more than 300,000 reward flyers to neighborhoods across Miami-Dade […]
May 25, 2015 Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Bennie Adkins and I share the same hometown of Opelika, Alabama. As a personal tribute to Bennie I would like to share the following video with you. Thanks to ALL of our veterans and thank you for watching this video. Rick Owens – PEN Read more about […]
Sometimes he reads books such as Justice Belied. Sometimes he chats with neighbours who bring him coffee and donuts, or honk their car horns in support. Sometimes he brings Albert, his dog. Henry Evans-Tenbrinke, a long-time activist who once spent a month with Yasser Arafat, has a new quest – to stop Canada Post from […]
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In the last 10 years, more than 100,000 living-wage clerk craft jobs have been eliminated. Service standards have been reduced, lines at the windows have grown longer, and many cherished local post offices have been forced to close their doors or reduce their […]
Is Check-Cashing Coming to a Post Office Near You? OIG Report Paints Bright Future for Postal Banking APWU News – 05/21/2015 – A report by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released May 21 outlines the next steps for implementing postal banking, in which post offices would offer basic financial services – providing affordable […]
HENRICO COUNTY, VA – Lisa Johnson said that buying money orders at her local post office in Henrico was just an unassuming task. “I never really gave it a second thought, it just seemed like an okay system,” she said. Now that she has heard about a former postal clerk arrested for stealing money orders […]