Unions: Vote by mail now more than ever Jun 2, 2020 The push for national vote-by-mail is timelier than ever in the midst of a pandemic, but postal union leaders say it won’t matter much if the U.S. Postal Service isn’t around.
Is that what they call the Portland Spirit? May 3, 2017 A riverboat owner’s rant against recent pro-worker laws turns away a union convention host.
Staples boycott ends with union win Jan 17, 2017 The National Labor Relations Board ordered the US Postal Service to stop privatizing union members’ work.
RETURN TO SENDER: NLRB says Postal Service deal with Staples broke federal law Jul 20, 2015 USPS broke the law when it outsourced to Staples without bargaining with the union
Postal workers cheer postmaster general’s resignation Nov 18, 2014 Call for a moratorium on USPS’s plan to close 82 mail sorting centers — three of them in Oregon
Staples boycott grows Jul 1, 2014 Unions boycott Staples after it contracts with USPS to staff mini-post offices in stores.
Rally to save U.S. Postal Service delivers big crowd in Portland Apr 3, 2013 Mail centers in Pendleton, Bend will close this year.