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U.S. Postal Service
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
Jobs
Planned occupation of NW Portland’s main post office thwarted
Department of Homeland Security police stood in a post office entrance.
Jobs
Protesters disrupt airport mail facility in Portland
Morning mail runs were blocked in a protest against privatization
Jobs
Five protesters arrested at Salem mail processing facility
About 100 union members will lose jobs if the Salem plant closes in June.
Jobs
Postal Service backs off plan to end Saturday mail
Postal Service Board of Governors overruled the postmaster’s plan to go to five-day delivery.
Jobs
Rally to save U.S. Postal Service delivers big crowd in Portland
Mail centers in Pendleton, Bend will close this year.
Jobs
Holiday postal customers greeted with ‘No closures, no cuts’ message
Postal elves plastered Portland's main post office with protest signs Nov. 30.
Jobs
USPS hiring freeze hurts veterans, postal workers say
Veterans are a fifth of the postal workforce, but USPS hasn't made permanent hires for 5 years.
Politics
Portland area postal workers rally to save jobs, Saturday delivery
Proposals in Congress would end Saturday delivery and overnight delivery of First-Class mail.
National
Postal worker rallies continue
Portland-area letter carriers rallied the week of Nov. 7 against layoffs and cutbacks.
National
‘Save Our Postal Service’
USPS workers and supporters rallied around the country Sept. 27 to demand Congress avert default.
National
Postal workers, customers testify before Workers’ Rights Board
A Workers’ Rights Board panel recommended the U.S. Postal Service hire more letter carriers and clerks.
Jobs
Saturday mail delivery to continue — for now
Earlier this year, the U.S. postmaster general proposed eliminating mail delivery on Saturdays, but so far, Congress isn’t going along with it.
