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News & Events Current Issues Consolidation Media Coverage of APWU Consolidation PicketingMedia Coverage of APWU Nationwide Day of Picketing
(Updated 11/27/06)
| Postal jobs won't ship out Rejection of proposal leaves 280 jobs safe Pensacola News Journal - Nov. 25, 2006 The local U.S. Postal Service distribution center will not move to Mobile, a U.S. Postal Service official said Friday.... Last month, more than a dozen area postal workers picketed the Downtown Station Post Office to protest a proposal that might have relocated the Pensacola Plant and Distribution Center on Jordan Street to Mobile. Protesters said any move would result in a delay in mail service and would cause Pensacola to lose its own postmark, which is important in a tourism-driven town, they said.... |
| Union Says Bronx Loses in Mail Consolidation Norwood News - Nov. 16, 2006 While consolidation that would take mail processing from the Bronx to lower the United States Postal Service has not officially announced the Manhattan, the local union and the larger Bronx community, including Congressman Eliot Engel, have already united against its consequences..... |
| Review supports closing local mail center Sioux City Journal - Nov. 14, 2006 Sioux City, IA It appears the Sioux City mail processing/distribution center will be consolidated with another U.S. Postal Service center. Last December members of the American Postal Workers Union Local 186 in Sioux City related that the center and about 100 jobs could be moved to Sioux Falls. The three members of the Northwest Iowa congressional delegation have undertaken various actions to keep the center, or at least bring more openness to the process, as postal officials considered the Area Mail Processing feasibility study. ...... |
| Report: City postal center likely to close Sioux City Journal - Nov. 13, 2006, 5:05 PM Sioux City, IA Nearly a year after the idea was first floated, it appears the Sioux City mail processing and distribution center will be consolidated with another U.S. Postal Service center. ...... |
| Postal Workers Protesting Possible Downsizing CBS4TV - Ft. Lauderdale, FL OAKLAND PARK Postal workers in Oakland Park took to the picket lines Monday afternoon in an effort to raise awareness about possible downsizing and relocation of their postal facility. CBS4’sJoan Murray spoke to several postal workers who fear they will either lose their jobs or be forced to work from other postal facilities inconveniently far from their homes. ...... |
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| Study piques postal employees The Kansas City Star- A possible consolidation by the U.S. Postal Service had some of its employees protesting in front of the Main Post Office last week..... |
| Editorial: Mail Distribution Center Farther from us is better? Naplesnews.com, FL- "Don't let our mail service fall apart." So said the signs carried by protesters from the U.S. Postal Service who marched in Fort Myers last week. They decried the idea of the region's distribution center being moved from Daniels Parkway all the way north to Sarasota.... |
| Postal workers protest reorganization of Lincoln Avenue facility Pasadena Star-News, CA - PASADENA - Postal workers are protesting a recent consolidation that they say has led to degraded services as well as loss of the Pasadena postmark. ... |
| Pickets at Post Office: Postal workers protest
possible consolidation at Gaylord center Gaylord Herald Times, MI Hoisting signs and handing out flyers, members of the local American Postal Workers Union (APWU) protested potential Postal Service consolidation plans they believe could cost the area jobs and delay mail delivery. ... |
| Small Colorado Town Fights To Keep Its Name cbs4denver.com, CO - ... Residents protest the removal of the town's moniker, saying no Glen Haven by mail ... where residents can pick up their mail, it lacks a postal delivery route and ... |
| Town fights for its name Denver Post, CO - ... Residents protest the removal of the town's moniker, saying no Glen Haven by mail ... where residents can pick up their mail, it lacks a postal delivery route and ... |
| Rally Thursday to save quality mail service Workday Minnesota, MN - MINNEAPOLIS - Postal Workers will picket Thursday, Nov. 2, outside the main Minneapolis Post Office to oppose proposals to undercut quality mail service. ... |
| Postal problems Texarkana Gazette, TX - ... possibilities,” said Moss, who helped stage an informational picket Friday morning ... Postmaster Linda Jones from McKinney Boyd, a US Postal Service spokesman ... |
| Mansfield postal workers: Expect mail to be delayed if
consolidation occurs Mansfield, OH News Journal- ...MANSFIELD -- Delivery of first-class mail here could be delayed if the U.S. Postal Service sticks with plans to move local operations to Akron, post office employees said Thursday. Members of the American Postal Workers Union staged an informative, late-afternoon picket in front of the North Diamond Street post office. ... |
| Workers protest USPS changes Norman Transcript, OK - ... Highway 9, flag-waving and sign-holding employees and community members called for awareness of proposed changes to the United States Postal Service Thursday ... |
| Workers protest USPS changes Sapulpa Daily Herald, OK - ... Highway 9, flag-waving and sign-holding employees and community members called for awareness of proposed changes to the United States Postal Service Thursday ... |
| Workers protest USPS changes Palestine Herald Press, TX - ... Highway 9, flag-waving and sign-holding employees and community members called for awareness of proposed changes to the United States Postal Service Thursday ... |
| Postal workers picket against consolidation plans Federal Times - ... locals took part in a nationwide day of picketing Oct. 26 to protest US Postal Service plans to consolidate scores of facilities. ... |
| Workers protest USPS changes News Courier, AL - ... Highway 9, flag-waving and sign-holding employees and community members called for awareness of proposed changes to the United States Postal Service Thursday ... |
| Workers protest USPS changes Cushing Daily Citizen, OK - ... Highway 9, flag-waving and sign-holding employees and community members called for awareness of proposed changes to the United States Postal Service Thursday ... |
| Postal Workers Protest Consolidated Facilities NBC13.com, AL - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A handful of people turned out Wednesday to protest against actions by the US Postal Service. Members of the ... |
| Picket at Watertown Post Office News 10 Now, NY - These union workers are not on strike, but they are trying to strike up a conversation with the community about the postal service in Watertown. ... |
| Nashua postal workers picket against closures Nashua Telegraph (subscription), NH - ... Picketing, more than 100 union members from New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut came to Nashua to form the picket line. While the Postal Service says ... |
| NEW LOCAL: Postal workers protest merger plans New Castle News, PA - ... He explained workers from about 100 unions across the country picketed facilities to protest US Postal Service plans to consolidate 139 mail distribution sites ... |
| DC plan could stall your mail, Island postal workers warn Staten Island Advance, NY - ... Yesterday, postal workers around the country rallied to protest the possible consolidation of scores of mail-processing plants. ... |
| Picketers challenge mail move The Olympian, WA - ... to Seattle to be processed. He also confirmed that the postal union had scheduled a nationwide picket. "They have to be off the ... |
| Postal workers picket over consolidation plan Oshkosh Northwestern, Wisconsin - ... The Oshkosh demonstration, organized by the union's Local 178, was part of a nationwide picket conducted by postal workers to raise awareness that 140 plants ... |
| Postal workers protest proposal Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - ... The Oshkosh demonstration, organized by the union's Local 178, was part of a nationwide picket conducted by postal workers to raise awareness that 140 plants ... |
| Post Office Picket Lines WCYB-TV, VA - ... Postal workers are picketing in Bristol and Johnson City. ... But according to the US Postal Service, they`re not currently under review. ... |
| Dozens of Postal workers protest staff changes and consolidation Examiner.com - ... Baltimore City postal union officials said postal service is worse than ever before, as dozens picketed Thursday in protest of changes that have frustrated ... |
| Postal workers protest consolidation, staff cuts Baltimore Sun, United States - As part of a nationwide movement, postal workers picketed in front of the main branch of the Baltimore post office on Fayette Street yesterday, protesting ... |
| Postal workers protest consolidation plan Seattle Post Intelligencer - About 30 postal employees waved signs in downtown Seattle Thursday to protest a plan to consolidate mail-processing centers nationwide. ... |
| Postal Service not reviewing Oxnard Processing Center Ventura County Star, CA - An Oxnard mail processing and distribution center on a federal list for possible consolidation is not being reviewed and is in no threat of closure, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said Friday. "The Postal Service currently is reviewing about a dozen processing operations in the nation, none of which are in the Southern California area," spokesman Richard Maher said. ... Postal workers protest consolidation proposal Ventura County Star, CA - Some 50 postal workers — some still awake from an overnight shift — picketed Thursday outside the main post office in Oxnard over possible consolidation of ... |
| Closure talk draws ire, protest Columbus site not on short list for review for possible consolidation Columbus, OH Ledger-Inquirer- More than two dozen postal service workers picketed in front of two Columbus post offices Thursday morning, airing concern over possible closure of the Milgen Road mail processing center as part of a nationwide United States Postal Service consolidation plan.... ... |
| Postal Consolidation Could Delay Mail Service KPLC-TV Lake Charles/Lafayette, LA Despite the rain, local members of the American Postal Workers Union turned out to deliver a message to residents. "There's a plan to consolidate smaller offices with larger offices and it's going to affect everybody," said Lake Charles postal worker Michael Knatt. ... |
| Disgruntled postal employees protest Naples Daily News, FL - ... More than 100 postal workers from around the state came to Fort Myers to protest the fact that the local mail distribution center is one of 139 around the ... |
| Disgruntled postal employees protest Naples Daily News, FL - ... More than 100 postal workers from around the state came to Fort Myers to protest the fact that the local mail distribution center is one of 139 around the ... |
| Video Coverage of Picket at Oshkosh, WI Picket NBC26, Appleton, WI- Members in La Crosse joined Thursday in a nationwide day of picketing by the American Postal Workers Union to protest what it says are plans to close or ... |
| Postal union: Save our service LaCrosse Tribune, WI - Members in La Crosse joined Thursday in a nationwide day of picketing by the American Postal Workers Union to protest what it says are plans to close or ... |
| Postal workers picket proposal Pensacola News Journal, FL - Postal workers protesting a proposal that could close Pensacola's mail distribution center and move it to Mobile say it will mean delayed mail delivery and 280 ... |
| Employees protest USPS changes Norman Transcript, OK - ... Highway 9, flag-waving and sign-holding employees and community members called for awareness of proposed changes to the United States Postal Service Thursday ... |
| Postal workers protest possible closing The News-Press, FL - ... Myers plant appears on the latest list, postal service spokesman ... every right to do an informational picket, and we ... if a letter of interest to the protest is in ... |
| NP postal workers protest North Platte Telegraph, NE - Postal workers from North Platte protested Thursday in front of North Platte's main post office during a National Picket Day happening at post offices across ... |
| Postal Workers Picket MPTM TV, Omaha, NE - The Post Office says that it is looking for ways to streamline its services, but local Union Postal workers say that its latest plan would simply delay your mail service. KPTM FOX 42's Julie Hong has the story. ... |
| Postal workers protest consolidation plan Rocky Mount Telegram, NC - By John Ramsey. A handful of US Postal Service workers picketed in Rocky Mount on Thursday as part of a nationwide protest against consolidating post offices. ... |
| Protests Planned in Newark, Bronx Against Postal Plan 1010 Wins, NY - ... YORK (WINS) -- Postal workers are uniting in protest against a ... and community leaders will join the American Postal Worker's Union at the picket line for ... |
| Postal Workers Protest Possible Distribution Center Closing KWTX, TX - (October 26, 2006)—Postal picketed the Highway 6 Post Office Thursday in Waco in protest of a possible move of a major mail distribution facility to either ... |
| Picket at Watertown Post Office News 10 Now, NY - These union workers are not on strike, but they are trying to strike up a conversation with the community about the postal service in Watertown. ... |
| Postal union warns of mail service cutbacks KTVB, ID - About a dozen postal workers walked a picket line outside of Boise’s main post office. The signs read: “Don't let our mail service ... |
| Local Postal Workers Hold Informational Picket Turn to 10.com, RI - PROVIDENCE -- Postal workers in Providence and across the country were taking steps Thursday to inform the public about a change in the way the mail is ... |
| Postal Workers Go To The Picket Line WTVM, GA - Columbus postal workers went to the picket line Thursday. They say ... Postal workers say going to the picket line is not a strike. It is ... |
| Postal Workers Picket WNEP-TV, PA - By Julie Sidoni. Neither rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night will keep postal carriers from their appointed rounds, or the picket line, for that matter. ... |
| Postal workers in St. Louis protest consolidation plan KMWU - St. Louis By Bill Raack - Postal workers in the St. Louis area spent their lunch hours on the informational picket line Thursday. They are warning of long mail delivery delays if a Postal Service consolidation plan goes through. . ... |
| Business Briefs Black Enterprise, NY - OLYMPIA -- The Olympia local of the American Postal Workers Union will have an informational picket today as part of a nationwide effort to protest US Postal ... |
| Potential Post Office Shutdown Could Mean Mail Delays WMDT, MD - ... That's what postal workers on the Eastern Shore are saying. They were taking part Thursday in a nationwide protest of the possible shutdown of 139 mail ... |
| postal workers protest consolidation Naples Daily News, FL - Nearly 80 postal workers from around the state met in Fort Myers today to protest the consolidation of mail distribution centers around the country. ... |
| Postal Workers Protest Proposed Consolidation Plan KTIV, IA - US Postal Service workers in Sioux City and in several other cities are picketing post offices today, protesting plans for possible consolidations that would ... |
| Postal Workers Say Changes Will Slow Mail Delivery NewsNet5.com, OH - They walked the picket line at the Kamm's Corner branch Thursday morning and the ... time without informing the union or the patrons of the postal service," said ... |
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