Vishal Shankar, Revolving Door Project: The past two weeks have been newsworthy, to say the least. You’d be forgiven if you missed a June 8th op-ed in The Washington Post entitled “We’re fixing the Postal Service. We can’t stop now,” written by none other than the embattled Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy. The op-ed is DeJoy’s latest effort to rehabilitate his … Read More
USPS to open RPDC in Phoenix in a new leased property
The Phoenix Business Journal is reporting that the Postal Service will open a new Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Phoenix later this year. The Phoenix RPDC is located in a 450,260-square-feet building in the the Fairway Commerce Center at 12250 W. Corporative Drive in Avondale, a suburb west of Phoenix. The Postal Service has signed a 10-year lease, April … Read More
USPS regulator says DeJoy should pause all network reform efforts
Government Executive: The U.S. Postal Service’s regulator is calling on the mailing agency to pause all of the reform efforts it is currently undertaking, marking the first time it has formally issued such a recommendation and yet another escalation in the feud between the two entities. The Postal Regulatory Commission expressed concern that postal management is moving forward with its … Read More
CPWU Newsletter for Summer 2024
The Summer 2024 newsletter from Communities & Postal Workers United has articles about proposed legislation in Congress pushing back against DeJoy’s network transformation, the successful effort of postal unions to stop the consolidation of the Buffalo P&DC, and the continuing dangers to postal workers posed by excessive heat. Read the newsletter here, and visit CPWU at their website here.