Postal services are more than just delivery systems. They are part of a country’s identity, history and public trust. In the United States, the US Postal Service (USPS), founded in 1775, is under pressure to privatise, a suggestion often made by President-elect Donald Trump, triggering debates about its future. Meanwhile, …
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Take up the fight for rank-and-file control! Contact the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee by filling out the form at the bottom of this article. A USPS employee works outside post office in Wheeling, Illinois December 3, 2021. [AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh] The United States Postal Service and the National Association …
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The article posted last week on the World Socialist Web Site on the results of the latest route evaluations at the US Postal Service has evoked a wide response from rural letter carriers. The evaluations, which ended last week, confirmed massive cuts in pay for the vast majority of rural …
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Are you a rural letter carrier? Tell us how the latest mail count affected your pay by filling out the form below. All submissions will be kept anonymous. A US Postal Service letter carrier delivers mail in Atlanta. [AP Photo/David Goldman] The United States Postal Service (USPS) completed its second …
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Work at USPS? Tell us what you working conditions are like by filling out the form below. All submissions will be kept anonymous. A USPS employee works outside post office in Wheeling, Illinois December 3, 2021. [AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh] The WSWS recently spoke with a rural letter carrier for …
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Are you a rural letter carrier? Tell us what you think about the massive pay cuts under RRECS and what you think ought to be done about it. All submissions will remain anonymous. USPS truck [Photo by Flickr/Lisa Brewster / CC BY-SA 4.0] The National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA), …
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On Castle Royal Court in Lawrenceville, homeowners raised a red flag when the postal service stopped delivering mail nearly two weeks ago. Brandi … Source link
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Employing over 600,000 workers and handling 48 percent of the world’s mail volume, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is the world’s largest mail carrier service. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, postal workers join all logistics workers in playing an ever more “essential” role, as they deliver food, …
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. – From Washington to Royal Oak — people rallied to demand Congress do something to protect the Post Office. People from all over Metro Detroit protested in Royal Oak Saturday. They said not only is the Post Office essential for democracy in November, but also to their …
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USPS centralizes leadership as step towards privatization and possible election fraud By Shuvu Batta 11 August 2020 The United States Postal Service(USPS), under the leadership of Postmaster General, former logistics firm CEO and major Trump donor Louis DeJoy, announced an unprecedented restructuring of the organization’s top management. USPS mail …
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