[ad_1] Last week, WSWS reporters spoke with Tour 2 and Tour 3 workers outside the Morgan Processing and Distribution Center in New York City about the death of a fellow postal worker. The worker has now been identified as Lucy Diaz, who died on November 6 while working Tour 1. No facility-wide notification or explanation…
[ad_1] The International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC) has called for an independent investigation, led by rank-and-file workers, into the recent deaths of US Postal Service workers Nick Acker, 36, in the Detroit area and Russell Scruggs, Jr., 44, near Atlanta. We urge postal workers to come forward with information about safety conditions at…
[ad_1] The call by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC) for a rank-and-file investigation into the on-the-job deaths of USPS workers Nick Acker and Russell Scruggs Jr. has been endorsed by members and supporters of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) at Royal Mail in the UK. Postal workers have drawn parallels with…
[ad_1] Nicholas (Nick) Acker, 36, was found dead at the Allen Park DNDC on Saturday, November 8. [Photo] Are you a postal or other logistics worker? Send us a report on conditions in your facility by filling out the form at the end of this article. On Sunday, November 16, at 3:00 p.m. US Eastern…
[ad_1] Are you a postal or other logistics worker? Send us a report on conditions in your facility by filling out the form at the end of this article. On Sunday, November 16, at 3:00 p.m. US Eastern Time, the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC) and the Socialist Equality Party (US) are holding…
[ad_1] Deutsche Post and DHL Parcel Germany are temporarily suspending “the acceptance and transport of business customer parcels via the postal network to the U.S.” (DHL) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Postal services across the world are suspending parcel deliveries to the U.S., citing confusion about how to process…
[ad_1] Take up the fight to save the post office! Join the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee by filling out the form below. A U.S. Postal Service employee works outside a post office in Wheeling, Illinois. [AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh] The US Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors is preparing to name David Steiner, a current…
[ad_1] Build the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee to defend the post office! To join, fill out the form at the bottom of this article. USPS mail carrier [Photo: United States Postal Service] At the end of January, US Postal Service city letter carriers rejected by a more than two-to-one margin a contract proposal brought back their union,…
[ad_1] E-commerce brands have traditionally relied on the United States Postal Service (USPS) as the most cost-effective option for delivering low-weight, low-value goods domestically. Thanks to its vast network supported by federal subsidies, USPS has been able to deliver packages to remote corners of the country quickly and affordably — a service model that wouldn’t…
[ad_1] 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, across the Atlantic, the…