Post Office

East Bay Express Post office's fate lies in CongressCumberland Times-NewsCUMBERLAND — The survival of the Cumberland post office processing center on Park Street hinges on US Congress, which reconvenes Monday, according to local officials of the American Postal Workers Union. Senate Bill 1789, if passed with major …Richmond Main Post …

The top U.S. Postal Service official on Thursday took his case for rural post office closures straight to those it will hurt most, telling residents in Montana's capital and one of its smallest towns that thousands of post offices nationwide must be shuttered to cut costs. More: continued here

The survival of the Cumberland post office processing center on Park Street hinges on U.S. Congress, which reconvenes Monday, according to local officials of the American Postal Workers Union. More: continued here

CBS News Clara Barton's Civil War office to become a museumWashington Post (blog)By Linda Wheeler Clara Barton's post-Civil War office, where the battlefield nurse had helped families find missing soldiers, may finally get the care and respect it deserves. The top floor of an old brick commercial building in downtown …

Post Office ProtestKFYR-TVSome postal workers say customers won`t be happy once budget cuts take place and mail service suffers. Demonstrators walked around the federal building in Bismarck Thursday afternoon to rally the public about possible Congressional action. More: continued here

Local Postal Workers Join National DemonstationKOLO“The Post Office is like a business and if a business is having problems and needs to cut costs, that's one thing, but if you cut service and you're a service industry you're going to lose more money in the long run,” Grizzle said. More: …

ROCK ISLAND – Quad City postal workers protested Thursday afternoon against a bill going through the U.S. Senate. At around… More: continued here

Some postal workers say customers won`t be happy once budget cuts take place and mail service suffers. Demonstrators walked around the federal building in Bismarck Thursday afternoon to rally the public about possible Congressional action. More: continued here

Marine Sgt. Angel Mendez began his life in a Staten Island orphanage and then made the ultimate sacrifice on a battlefield in Vietnam. Now a post office in Staten Island bears his name to honor his service and sacrifice. More: continued here

Saginaw postal workers protest Senate billminbcnews.comby Dillon Collier SAGINAW — Saginaw postal employees picketed outside Senator Carl Levin's Saginaw office Thursday afternoon to protest US Senate Bill 1789. "The bill, as its written right now, would dismantle the post office," said mail carrier Brad …and more » More: continued here