After more than a decade of advocacy in Congress and sometimes in the streets, USPS employees and their unions celebrated a landmark victory last month.
With Biden’s signature, postal reform measure will lift ‘5-ton weight’ dragging down USPS
April 1, 2022 by
In meeting with Smith, postal employees pledge to ‘go the extra mile’ to ensure mail-in ballots count
August 18, 2020 by
As U.S. Sen. Tina Smith met with postal workers, letter carriers and reporters outside the sprawling mail distribution center in Eagan today, a pickup truck exiting the facility slowed to a stop near the crowd. The driver lowered her window and barked out a brief message for Smith before speeding away. “Thank you, senator!” she […]
As mail volumes plummet, unions push Congress for relief
May 1, 2020 by
Postal workers, letter carriers are fighting for their jobs – and worried about their health.
After security contractor reneges, officers at Eagan postal facility strike
September 12, 2016 by
Laurie Mattson-Collier left a meeting with Command Security Corporation managers last month relieved they had reached a compromise to stave off severe pay cuts for her unit of 13 security officers at a postal facility in Eagan. Less than a week later, Command told Mattson-Collier it was backing out of the verbal agreement, citing […]
Postal unions plan ‘Stop Staples’ protests April 24
April 2, 2014 by
Staples and the U.S. Postal Service have cut a deal that will replace full-service post offices with privately run post offices inside Staples stores. These knock-off post offices will not be staffed with Postal Service employees. This back-room deal jeopardizes the mail service, local post offices and thousands of middle class jobs, postal workers say. […]
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