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           American  Postal Workers Union

4-30-08

 

Six More U.S. Representatives
Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act

(04/30/08) Six more members of the U.S. House of Representatives have become co-sponsors of the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236) in support of the union’s efforts to reduce wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting by requiring the U.S. Postal Service. The legislation would help preserve inexpensive, trustworthy mail service for the American public as well as USPS jobs by requiring the USPS to bargain with postal unions before it engages in significant contracting-out.

4-30-08

 

Rally to protest Lafayette post office closing

"Up to a few weeks ago, the only reasons given by United States Postal Service officials for closing the branch had to do with security concerns, citing broken security cameras and a broken bulletproof glass door through which parcels are passed. But earlier this month, Darleen Reid, a USPS spokeswoman gave Jersey Journal columnist Earl Morgan an additional reason. "It's not official yet, but the paperwork is already in the works to permanently close the Lafayette Post Office because it doesn't make a profit and we are under a congressional mandate that post offices make a profit," Reid said." –

 

4-30-08

 

Sweeping Changes Debated for Landmark Family and Medical Leave Act

 

"Under proposals being considered by the Labor Department, workers would have to tell their bosses in advance when they take nonemergency leave, instead of being able to wait until two days after they left. They would have to undergo "fitness-for-duty" evaluations if they took intermittent leave for medical reasons and wanted to return to physically demanding jobs. To prove that they had a "serious health condition," they would have to visit a health-care provider at least twice within a month of falling ill. What's more, employers would have the right to contact health-care providers who authorized leave."

 

5-8-08

 

It Takes Only OneTo Get the Grassroots Growing

5-5-08  APWU member John Windle has been hard at work, boosting Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign as the important May 6 Indiana primary approaches. Noting that his state has never been so crucial to a modern nomination battle, the Indianapolis Area Local member said, “I just didn’t want to let this opportunity pass without trying to amplify my voice.”

May 05, 2008

- Substitute Postal Employee Invading Privacy
You trust them to deliver your mail but now one postal worker is facing federal charges for allegedly cashing checks stolen from mailboxes. –

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            Canada Post struggles to maintain service

May 05, 2008

- Court upholds labor ruling in Florida post office case

A federal appeals court has upheld a finding of unfair labor practices by the U.S. Postal Service and a USPS supervisor in a dispute stemming from a discovery of white powder at a post office in the Florida Panhandle. –

 

5-5-08

 

SF Postal workers go postal with picket

A group of local postal workers are hitting the streets this afternoon, Friday, and going postal on their boss who they say won’t stop going postal on them.

5-5-08

 

Complaints of undelivered mail, poor service dog Rockaway post offices

"Postal problems in the Rockaways are piling up like junk mail. Rep. Gregory Meeks is hosting a town hall meeting Friday to address growing dissatisfaction with mail service on the peninsula, and has invited U.S. Postal Service brass from Washington to listen to the complaints. "There is so much incompetence and lack of supervision" at the Far Rockaway post offices, said Meeks. "I'm hearing from a lot of seniors who don't get their Social Security checks on time. A lot of people aren't getting their bills."

5-5-08

Carrier Accused of Warning Customer About 'Mail Cover' Surveillance

"Here's a good reason to remember your postal carrier at Christmas time. Apparently, he or she can tell you if the government is secretly monitoring your mail. Federal prosecutors in Detroit say letter carrier Darlene Cry illegally tipped off a postal customer that he was the subject of a "mail cover" -- a form of warrantless surveillance in which the envelope information on every card and letter received is secretly recorded by the Post Office, then passed to federal law enforcement or intelligence officials." –

5-9-08

APWU Testimony on Capitol Hill
Postal Reform Act Is No Endorsement of Privatization

(05/09/08 The passage of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act in December 2006 did not change the fundamental mission of the Postal Service, an APWU leader testified on Capitol Hill, and should not be perceived as justification for privatizing the nation’s mail system or eliminating its obligation to provide service to all Americans. Nonetheless, APWU Legislative Director Myke Reid told a congressional panel on May 8, “As we meet here today, there is an active and ongoing effort to dismantle the Postal Service as we know it, to privatize it, and to turn its work over to for-profit companies.”

5-9-08

 

“The U.S. Postal Service, Post-PAEA: What’s Next?”

Note: Scroll to page bottom for testimony

5-9-08

 

McAllen, TX postal worker indicted on mail theft charges
A federal grand jury has indicted a McAllen postal employee on 10 counts of mail theft. –

5-9-08

 

Do not call, do not spam, do not mail
With junk mail out of the way, what would the purpose of the Postal Service be?

5-9-08

 

USPS Reports Second Quarter Loss of $707 Million - Economic Slowdown Cited

"Mail volume for the quarter ending March 31 totaled 51.3 billion pieces, a 3.3 percent drop from the previous second quarter. First-Class Mail volume decreased by 3.1 percent and Standard Mail volume was down 3 percent. Year-to-date total mail volume is down by 3.1 percent compared to the same period last year. If the trend continues, this will be only the seventh year total mail volume has decreased in the last 50 years and could be the largest decline since 2002." -

5-9-08

 

Woman awarded $382,500 in case against U.S. Postal Service
"A federal jury has awarded a black woman more than $380,000 in her racial discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service. Sheryl Rogers, a former night shift mail sorter at the Des Moines Post Office, testified during the trial that the harassment included chants of racial epithets by her co-workers."