Ralph Nader has a piece on Huffington Post: "The ongoing, preventable plight of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is an important issue for those of us who have observed its steady decline over the last several years due to unimaginative management, huge prepayment obligations imposed by Congress, and a deck stacked to favor corporate rivals such as FedEx and UPS. … Read More
Can One Union Save the Slumping U.S. Postal Service?
There's a great article on Alternet by David Morris, who's written several other excellent pieces about the Postal Service. Morris focuses on the efforts of the APWU to form a Grand Alliance to preserve the postal system as a public entity, but it also covers a lot of other ground, like the history of postal labor issues and the myth … Read More
“We Deliver for Amazon”: The Postal Service’s New Priority
A former postal worker in Greensboro, North Carolina, named Paul Barbot has written two excellent articles for Alternet about his experiences dealing with Amazon deliveries as a City Carrier Assistant (CCA). The first of them — “The Horrific New Marriage Between Your Post Office and Amazon Sunday” — was published in February, when Barbot still worked for the Postal Service. … Read More
Resources on Postal Banking
Government Reports USPS OIG, The Road Ahead for Postal Financial Services (May 21, 2015) USPS OIG. Providing Non-Bank Financial Services for the Underserved (Jan. 27, 2014) USPS. “Postal Savings System” Websites Commonomics Campaign for Postal Banking Friends of Postal Banking Books and Articles Christopher Shaw. Preserving the People’s Post Office: “Postal Savings” (chapter 13) Mehrsa Baradaran. It’s Time for … Read More
Inside the Mysterious Farley Post Office
NYU Local, a student-run news site at New York University, recently took a trip to the Farley post office in New York City. "The James A. Farely post office looks like a building stuck in time. Massive and squat with its Corinthian colonnade, it looks otherworldly on modern day 34th street. Step inside and its still one of the most impressive … Read More
Post office in Hinkley, CA to close: What would Erin say?
The Postal Service is closing the post office in Hinkley, California, on March 20 for an emergency suspension. According to the local news report, the building housing the post office is being sold to Pacific Gas & Electric. Hinkley’s only gas station and market are also in the building, and they’ll be closing too, so this will be a big loss … Read More
What we lose with a privatized Postal Service
Katherine McFate is the President and CEO of the Center for Effective Government has a good piece on privatization. "Our nation’s founders understood that a universal, affordable, and yes, public postal system helps knit us together as a nation," writes McFate. "They recognized that commerce requires a common infrastructure and public institutions that belong to and benefit the entire country. … Read More
Community post office in Careywood ID to close
The Postal Service is closing the community post office in Careywood, Idaho. It's a contract postal unit, so there's no requirement to go through a regular discontinuance process, and the Postal Service won't need to reveal any financial data. But most likely, the post office costs the Postal Service very little to operate, and the savings will be minimal. But … Read More
Farley Post Office hosts art show
The James A. Farley Post Office in New York City is being used for an experimental art fair. "A lot of the stuff is super-trippy," said visitor Polly Shindler, 38, an artist from Bed-Stuy. "I either need to live here forever or leave right now." The Spring/Break art show opened Wednesday, taking over largely unused space in the southeast wing of the … Read More
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