USPS

Five protesters arrested at Oregon mail facility

Forty people protested the scheduled June closing of the Salem, Ore., mail plant on April 17. When five “occupiers” stepped…

April 25, 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

Berkeley activists demand, ‘Take post office off auction block’

Berkeley, Calif. — Nearly 200 people rocked a U.S. Postal Service official hearing here on Feb. 26 to demand that Berkeley’s…

March 8, 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

Berkeley, Calif., gears up to save post office

Berkeley, Calif. — A special meeting of the Berkeley City Council’s Post Office Committee drew more than 100 people on…

February 19, 2013

‘Save the Post Office’ rally planned for Staten Island, N.Y., Feb. 9

Postal workers and community activists will rally at the Staten Island, N.Y., Mail Sorting Facility, 550 Manor Rd., at noon…

February 4, 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