Joseph Piette

Activists protest postal service privatization

Members of Communities and Postal Workers United and Community- Labor United for Postal Jobs and Services attended the quadrennial AFL-CIO…

September 20, 2013

AFL-CIO Convention draws low-income workers

At a time of record poverty and massive government cutbacks, and under the threat of another war in the Middle…

September 9, 2013

Free the MOVE 9!

August 8 marked the 35th year of incarceration for the surviving eight members of the MOVE 9. On Aug. 7,…

August 14, 2013

Who’s pushing post office privatization?

Postal and community activists struggling to save the U.S. Postal Service from privatization need to know who they are fighting…

August 11, 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

In solidarity with Yassin Aref: A woman’s ‘Journey of Justice’

Activist Lynne Jackson began her “Journey of Justice” on July 13 in Albany, N.Y. She is walking 133 miles to…

July 25, 2013

U.S. and British postal workers fight privatization

A British parliamentary spokesperson announced on May 13 that the world's oldest postal service would be privatized this fall.  Royal…

July 23, 2013

U.S. and Cuba open postal talks

Cuban diplomats met with U.S. State Department and Postal Service officials on June 18-19 to discuss the normalization of mail…

July 21, 2013

Deep education cuts protested in Philadelphia

Matching the loss of 3,859 jobs is the slashing of the city’s education budget that will force schools to open…

June 19, 2013

Philadelphia solidarity with rebellion in Turkey

Progressive activists joined Turkish immigrants in Philadelphia's Love Park on June 17 to express solidarity with the ongoing rebellion in…

June 18, 2013