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USPS Board of Governors Elects New Leadership

January 16, 2025
The USPS Board of Governors elected governor Amber F. McReyolds as a new board chair at its fourth and final meeting of 2024, Now three vacancies exist upon the expiration of Anton Hajjar's term on December 8. 

Project 2025 Seeks to Undermine Public Services with Schedule F

January 16, 2025
The reinstatement of Trump’s 2020 “Schedule F” Executive Order may be on the horizon with Project 2025, reclassifying many civil servants into at-will employees without job protection. Organized labor must stand together and prepare to fight back:

Postal Reform Legislation Introduced in Senate

March 18, 2005
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, introduced a postal reform bill March 17 that is similar to legislation approved by the panel last year. The measure was co-sponsored by Sen....

Three-and-a-Half Years Later, Trenton P&DC Re-Opens

March 14, 2005
The Trenton P&DC, closed in the wake of anthrax terrorist attacks nearly three-and-half years ago, re-opened its retail services March 14, with its processing workers expected to return to the facility shortly. 

List of Problematic ‘Leyman’ Trucks Released

March 10, 2005
The APWU in early March learned which USPS trucks featuring Leyman lift gates are being used and where they are being deployed. The USPS has been receiving parts and instructions from the manufacturer and has started modifying and replacing both...

Pat Salmon & Sons Cuts Off APWU Members' Healthcare Benefits

March 4, 2005
Hundreds of private-sector mail-haul drivers and their families had their eligibility for health insurance cut off earlier this week by Pat Salmon & Sons as a collective bargaining agreement lapsed.

Mother Jones

February 28, 2005
Although vilified by her detractors as “the most dangerous woman in America,” struggling workers all over the nation had a more affectionate way of referring to Mary Harris Jones: They called her “Mother.”

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