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National
Privatize the postal service? Postal unions say no
David Steiner, who started July 15 as postmaster general, is a former Waste Management CEO who served on the board of USPS competitor FedEx.
Collective bargaining
Arbitrator imposes terms after letter carriers vote down deal
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and USPS agreed to submit to an expedited binding arbitration to decide contract terms.
Jobs
Postal unions protest privatization threats nationwide
President Trump has said privatizing USPS was an idea he’d consider, and on Feb. 24 he said he may put it under the U.S. Commerce Department.
Collective bargaining
Letter carriers reject contract
The sticking point was that USPS sought to keep some workers from receiving wage increases and protections.
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.
Buying Union
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
