Postal Service

Berkeley, Calif., says: Save the People’s Post Office

About 200 people rallied on July 27 “in direct defense of our post office” on the steps of the threatened…

August 1, 2013

Postal bill draws protests in U.S. cities

Bronx, N.Y. — No more door-to-door mail delivery. The end of Saturday mail. Those are just two of the severe…

August 1, 2013

Film on postal struggle of 1978: ‘Signed, Sealed and Delivered’

“Signed Sealed and Delivered: Labor Struggle in the Post Office,” is a 45-minute-long film made in 1980 by Tami Gold,…

July 10, 2013

USPS continues attack on workers despite pulling back on Saturday deliveries

Washington, D.C. — Postal workers present at a Postal Regulatory Commission hearing on April 10 withheld applause when the United States…

April 12, 2013

Issues behind postal workers’ struggle

The battle over six-day delivery and to save the U.S. Postal Service from being privatized reflects both the depth of…

March 25, 2013

March 24 national protests to demand NO cuts to postal service & jobs

The National Association of Letter Carriers has called for 100 rallies and other protests on Sunday, March 24, to save…

March 22, 2013

Protests to target no-mail Saturdays

The U.S. Postal Service decision to eliminate Saturday mail delivery has generated increasing calls for protests by workers and community…

February 19, 2013

Hoax of the ‘fiscal cliff’: How Pentagon feasts while jobless crisis drains budget

On the day that the country was supposed to fall over the “fiscal cliff,” Congress finally voted for a bill…

January 7, 2013

Postal hunger strike targets Congress

Washington, D.C. — Postal workers carried out a six-day encampment and hunger strike once again in Washington, D.C. This time they…

January 2, 2013

San Francisco post offices spared the axe

After a yearlong mass protest campaign, San Francisco Postmaster Raj Sanghera announced that the Bayview, Visitacion Valley and Civic Center…

November 3, 2012