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Collective bargaining

Letter carrier contract would deliver annual raises of 1.3% 

If approved, the contract will raise wages for over 200,000 letter carriers. If rejected, it will be decided by a neutral arbitrator.
National

Biden announces Postal Board pick: Marty Walsh 

Postal unions are applauding President Biden’s new nominee to serve on the Postal Board of Governors: Marty Walsh.
National

Union prayers answered: U.S. Postal Service is saved

It was Congress that put the U.S. Postal Service at risk with a retiree medical pre-funding mandate. Now Congress has stepped in to save it.
Jobs

Portland delivers message on USPS’ 242nd birthday

Job cuts are causing longer lines and delay of mail delivery.
Jobs

Staples boycott ends with union win

The National Labor Relations Board ordered the US Postal Service to stop privatizing union members' work.
Jobs

On USPS birthday, Portlanders deliver a message

A bill in Congress would end door-to-door delivery nationwide
Jobs

Hey, Postmaster General! No more cuts in postal service!

Since 2007, USPS has closed 153 processing plants and eliminated 155,000 jobs.
Jobs

Rally to save postal service celebrates Postal Heritage Day

July 26 was the 240th anniversary of the U.S. Postal Service.
Jobs

RETURN TO SENDER: NLRB says Postal Service deal with Staples broke federal law

USPS broke the law when it outsourced to Staples without bargaining with the union
Jobs

Bend, Eugene mail processing centers to remain open

Postal unions and others have protested the proposed plant closures for more than a year.
Jobs

Charges dropped against ‘postal defenders’ — again

Defendants didn't get a speedy trial in criminal trespass case over civil disobedience
Jobs

Postmaster General named ‘Scrooge of the Year’ by Jobs with Justice

The group accuses him of dismantling the postal service
Jobs

Postal workers cheer postmaster general’s resignation

Call for a moratorium on USPS’s plan to close 82 mail sorting centers — three of them in Oregon
Jobs

Charges against ‘postal defenders’ dropped

A judge dismissed criminal charges in a two-year-old civil disobedience protest case
Jobs

Top postal executive’s visit to Vancouver draws protest

Protesters blasted postal facility closures and service cuts
Jobs

Charges dropped against 3 ‘postal protectors’

The three activists were arrested blocking a private truck contracted to transport the U.S. mail
Jobs

Ben Franklin would be rolling in his grave

The union boycott of Staples is growing, in protest of postal privatization.
Jobs

Staples boycott grows

Unions boycott Staples after it contracts with USPS to staff mini-post offices in stores.
Jobs

Postal service tries to ditch door delivery in Portland

USPS managers are soliciting property owners to convert from at-the-door to “cluster box” delivery
Jobs

Seven protesters arrested at Springfield postal facility

The mail processing plant is slated for closure
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