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The Post Office Belongs to the Public. Let’s not Give it to Wall Street.

1 Comment / Postal Workers, Uncategorized / By max cyril

On June 15, Louis DeJoy of Greensboro, N.C., began his new job as Postmaster General of the United States. We are postal worker union activists who also hail from Greensboro (and are now American Postal Workers Union president and solidarity representative, respectively). For decades we have defended the interests of the public Postal Service and …

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The Head of the Postal Workers Union Says the Postal Service Could Be Dead in Three Months

1 Comment / unions / By max cyril

Among the most prominent victims of the coronavirus financial crisis is the United States Postal Service, which could quite literally run out of money to operate if the federal government does not approve a rescue package for it soon. The Trump administration—which, like much of the GOP, has long advocated for cutbacks and privatization of the postal …

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Postal Service plans to slash worker benefits, this week in the war on workers

Leave a Comment / workplace issues / By max cyril

ongress has put strict limits on the U.S. Postal Service to prevent it from entering the 21st century or competing with private businesses, and now the Postal Service wants Congress to let it compete in the race to the bottom. HuffPost’s Arthur Delaney and Dave Jamieson reported this week on internal documents proposing that Congress allow the …

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How the American Postal Workers Union Scored One of its Biggest Wins Ever

Postal Service Drops Staples Privatization Effort

Leave a Comment / Postal Workers / By max cyril

The Postal Service’s experimental “pilot program” in privatizing the retail end of the USPS using Staples outlets has failed and ended. The “Grand Alliance to Save Our Postal Service” has forced the USPS to back off from partnering with Staples in their effort to privatize and undermine the wages and jobs of USPS employees. The …

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