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Postal unions unite against privatization

In the face of unprecedented attacks from Congress, corporations and postal management, the four major postal unions have created a…

March 29, 2014

On the picket line

Unions unite to defend public postal service The four unions that together provide the service in the U.S. Postal Service…

March 21, 2014

On the picket line

‘Stop Staples: The U.S. mail is not for sale’ Chanting “Stop Staples! The U.S. mail is not for sale!” about…

February 7, 2014

On the picket line

Low-wage workers in six states get raises While the federal minimum wage is stuck at $7.25 an hour, some low-paid…

January 25, 2014

Save the people’s post office

Without question, the big-business class — and their agents in the U.S. Postal Service headquarters, the executive branch and Congress…

August 12, 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

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

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