Workers are battling an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service that would cost thousands of jobs and slow the mail for half the country.
In the name of efficiency, a letter mailed within Cheyenne, Wyoming, would travel to Denver and back. And if you miss a package, your local post office would no longer have it. It might be 45 minutes away.
In March, Buffalo became the first place to fend off the closure of its mail processing plant, in a team effort by Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 3 and Postal Workers (APWU) Local 374.
The unions turned out 300 people to picket in front of the plant, and 700 to pack a public hearing, said Branch 3 President David Grosskopf. They deluged USPS with feedback in its online survey.
They lined up the support of their state reps and city council; they got neighboring town councils to pass […]
You are so right about the USPS and its service. Never before have I had so many bills and letters not be received!!! But Biden had his hands tied. There is a board of directors for the USPS and most of the people had been appointed by Trump. They have to vote on who is the head of the USPS and apparently, either they didn’t take a recent vote or they still have a majority that keeps the jerk there!!!!