The post office in Tamms, Illinois, is on the POStPlan list, and it was supposed to have its hours reduced to six a day. But this week the people in Tamms learned that instead of having its hours cut, their post office will be closing completely. It’s another case of an emergency suspension over a lease issue. There are nearly … Read More
One arrested as postal hunger strikers occupy Issa’s congressional office
[Press release from Communities and Postal Workers United www.cpwunited.com] Five postal hunger strikers occupied the office of Representative Darrell Issa Thursday afternoon. “Issa needs to back off his campaign to wreck the postal service. We demand that he immediately declare his commitment to preserve six day mail delivery,” said Dave Welsh, hunger striker and retired letter carrier from San Francisco. Four of the strikers were … Read More
Our post offices are not for sale: Radio interview with New Deal scholar Gray Brechin
Gray Brechin, a UC-Berkeley professor and founder and project scholar of the Living New Deal, was on the WNUR radio show “This Is Hell” yesterday to talk about the selling off of historic post offices and the push to privatize the Postal Service. Gray is one of the organizers of the effort to stop the sale of the 1914 Berkeley … Read More
A Complaint gives the PRC another crack at POStPlan
The post office in Great Cacapon, West Virginia, is on the POStPlan list, and in January its hours will be reduced to six a day. A nonprofit organization named AdvoCare has filed a formal Complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission challenging the Postal Service’s decision to cut the hours. The Complaint finds several faults with how POStPlan is being implemented, … Read More
