How can we stop the usps from lowering service standards and closing or consolidating mail processing plants? How can we reach our communities? How can we motivate our legislators and neighborhood organizations? How can we reach the businesses in our cities and town? We must let residents know the effect the reduction in service standards and […]
(NBC) – 12.22.14 – The U.S. Postal Service has been busy the past couple of weeks year thanks to a surge in online shopping. An aggressive campaign to take on its private sector rivals. The U.S. Postal Service is on track for another record holiday season with package volumes already exceeding forecasts. “It’s just a lot. We’ve been working really hard, […]
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – 12.22.14 – A West Palm Beach post office and the surrounding area were evacuated Friday night because of a suspicious package, police said. The man who received the package said it contained 200 dehydrated and preserved rats. Officials said two workers at the post office on Summit Boulevard had to […]
USPS – 12.22.14 In Angelton, TX, a Military Moms and Wives volunteer prepares a care package with Houston District Business Development Specialist Kanickewa Johnson. The Postal Service offers a lifeline for people who want to stay connected to their loved ones in the military — especially during the holidays. The Military Moms and Wives […]
ATLANTA— United Parcel Service Inc. all year has been focused on one day above the rest: Monday Dec. 22, when it will deliver 34 million packages, more than any other in its history. Read more from WSJ
HOUSTON (KTRK) – December 2014 – Over the last two weeks we’ve been telling you about delayed packages that the we uncovered at the U.S. Post Service and now we know it’s just the beginning. All of us will be seeing slower delivery times and it starts in a matter of days. Our investigation started […]
12.20.14 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein appeared on Washington Journal on Dec. 20, where he discussed the future of the USPS and the union’s opposition to changes in service standards that will affect postal customers across the country. The public affairs program airs daily on C-SPAN.
Union Says ‘Return-to-Sender’ APWU – 12/19/2014 – Postal management has launched a new offensive – one that clearly reveals the sinister goals of its no-bid deal with Staples. The Postal Service has sent a mass mailing to “postal customers” advertising 20 percent discounts on USPS shipping services. But the coupon glued inside isn’t for use at your neighborhood […]
December 2014 – NALC President Fredric V. Rolando and the 27 other newly installed members of the union’s Executive Council took the oath of office on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in northwest Washington, DC. With President Emeritus William H. Young, the installing officer, leading them, the men and women chosen […]
In the 2014 mid-term elections, voters across the country resoundingly voted for increases in state or local minimum wages. As of New Year’s Day, 29 states and the District of Columbia (as well as a number of cities and smaller municipalities) will have minimum wages above the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. At that […]