Washington, D.C. — Postal workers present at a Postal Regulatory Commission hearing on April 10 withheld applause when the United States Postal Service representative announced that Saturday mail delivery would not be curtailed. Just three weeks earlier, before the April 10 hearing here, tens of thousands of workers and community activists had joined hundreds of rallies [...]
The battle over six-day delivery and to save the U.S. Postal Service from being privatized reflects both the depth of the capitalist economic crisis and the level of the class struggle in the United States. This quote from a current television ad inadvertently points out some contradictions facing postal workers and customers: “Hi, I’m Lorenzo. [...]
The National Association of Letter Carriers has called for 100 rallies and other protests on Sunday, March 24, to save postal jobs and to keep six-day delivery. The NALC call for a National Day of Action invites unions, small business customers, civic organizations and faith groups, as well as all postal workers, families, friends and [...]
The U.S. Postal Service decision to eliminate Saturday mail delivery has generated increasing calls for protests by workers and community organizations under the common demands: “Save six-day delivery” and “Save our Post Office.” On Feb. 5, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe announced plans to stop delivering and collecting letters and other first-class mail on Saturdays, beginning [...]
On the day that the country was supposed to fall over the “fiscal cliff,” Congress finally voted for a bill on taxes and other measures that kept the government solvent for another two months. The Obama administration claimed victory over the Republican right wing. However, even the liberals in the Democratic Party camp couldn’t claim [...]
Washington, D.C. — Postal workers carried out a six-day encampment and hunger strike once again in Washington, D.C. This time they stalked the congressional lame-duck sessions that threaten to tear down the U.S. Postal Service. The labor activists contend that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and outgoing Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) are engaged in closed door postal [...]
After a yearlong mass protest campaign, San Francisco Postmaster Raj Sanghera announced that the Bayview, Visitacion Valley and Civic Center post offices had been taken off the closure list. McLaren Station on busy San Bruno Avenue was also spared. This is a victory for postal workers and community members from all over the country who [...]
The billionaires and their politicians in government want to dismantle the world’s largest civilian motor vehicle fleet, which is used by the United States Postal Service. Why? Because it would generate millions of dollars in profits for private corporations if the Postal Service privatized its motor vehicle fleet of seven ton, 11 ton and tractor [...]
After a yearlong mass protest campaign, San Francisco Postmaster Raj Sanghera announced in September that the Bayview, Visitacion Valley and Civic Center post offices had been taken off the closure list. McLaren station, on busy San Bruno Avenue, was also spared. This is a victory for postal workers and community members from all over the U.S., who [...]
Militant supporters of former political prisoner Assata Shakur, who was liberated from a U.S. federal prison and has lived in Cuba since 1984, gathered at Houston’s federal building on May 14 to let the U. […]
