Protest against postal privatizers in Portland

adminJune 17, 2013Story

Communities and Postal Workers United PRESS RELEASE Over forty demonstrators, ten of whom blocked the entrance to the Portland Air Cargo Center (US Postal Service), declared victory against “postal privatizers” today. According to postal service managers, several morning mail runs by subcontractor Dill Star trucking were disrupted by the protest. ”Postal truckers, mail handlers and mail … Read More

Newark’s Lautenberg Post Office may be sold: Is the Senator rolling over in his grave?

adminJune 15, 2013Story

The General Services Administration (GSA) is looking to purchase the Frank L. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey, from the Postal Service. According to a GSA prospectus from April 2013, the GSA would “demolish the postal workspace for future useable office space.” The prospectus says the Postal Service currently occupies about 300,000 square feet of the building’s 430,000 … Read More

Another Biased Report Calls for Privatizing Mail Processing

adminJune 14, 2013Blog

Another conservative think tank has jumped on the “privatize everything but the last mile” bandwagon, reports APWU Executive Vice President Greg Bell. A June 2013 report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation offers a plan that would “privatize all postal operations except delivery,” he writes.. Read more.

US Postal Service says LB mail-processing center closure on July 1 won’t impact service

adminJune 14, 2013Blog

Starting on the day of the closure, mail bound for ZIP codes with 905-, 907- (Signal Hill) and 908- (Long Beach) would be re-routed to a plant in Los Angeles, where it will be processed and then transported to post offices where a letter carrier is . . . Read more.

USPS to Bronx: Drop dead — the GPO must go

adminJune 13, 2013Story

The Postal Service has decided to go ahead with the sale of the historic Bronx General Post Office. Tom Samra, Vice President of Facilities for the USPS, has issued his “Final Decision for Relocation of Retail Services in Bronx, New York.” (A copy is here.) The Bronx GPO is on the National Register of Historic Places, it's an official New … Read More

Greenwood Post office closure not permanent

adminJune 12, 2013Blog

The U.S. Postal Service implemented an “emergency suspension” of the Greenwood Post Office effective at the close of business Friday. According to information provided by the Postal Service, retail services at the office will be unavailable “until … Read more.

The Postal Service delivers the last mile, almost: Changing modes of delivery

adminJune 10, 2013Story

The Postal Service helps out FedEx and UPS by providing “last mile” delivery of their parcels, and two recent studies argue that the Postal Service should privatize its retail and mail processing networks and instead “concentrate on what it does best” — last mile delivery. But mail delivery ain’t what it used to be. More and more, the Postal Service … Read More

Downtown post office closure leaves Northfield frustrated with USPS

adminJune 6, 2013Blog

Since the United States Postal Service's April 2011 announcement that it would close the downtown Northfield post office, community and historical groups and the city have been working to limit the impact on the community. They've conducted surveys. . . .Read more.