The U.S. Postal Service, our great national treasure, is under attack. Mail service to the American people is suffering. And a great public institution is threatened with privatization. On Jan....
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Lowdown Call-Up #1: Save the public post office! Featuring Mark Dimondstein, President of the APWU On March 24th, Hightower hosted our first ever Lowdown Call-Up– a strategy discussion covering the…
Despite what you may have heard, the Internet isn’t making the world’s largest postal system irrelevant. First class mail has declined, but online shopping and e-commerce are causing an explosion...
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The American Postal Workers Union will join other labor and advocacy groups Thursday to announce a new coalition designed to “save” the U.S. Postal Service from service cuts and efforts…
Due to ongoing litigation with the city of Berkeley regarding the sale of the Downtown Berkeley post office, the U.S. Postal Service removed the location from its commercial listings of buildings for…
By Pamela WoodThe Baltimore Suncontact the reporter Kevin Timmons loves his job. On a chilly and drizzly day recently, he walked briskly from one shop to the next in a…
The mail is slowing down again, but it’s not clear how much. There’s good reason to be believe, though, that it will more than the Postal Service is saying. The…
When the Postal Service closes a large mail processing plant, it doesn’t just impact postal workers. There can also be significant indirect effects. Other people lose their jobs, business activity…