Promises, Promises
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
By Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez
I’m not referring to New Year’s resolutions many of us already broke. I refer to what promises to be an...
Organize to Fight Consolidations!
APWU members and allies hold a protest to save the Duluth, MN, processing plant.
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
It is time to assess our goals for the next three years. we...
Together, Stop Consolidations and Mail Delays!
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
This is a crucial time for postal workers and people who depend upon a public Postal Service. While we are engaged in the continued fight against...
Idaho Sends Resolution Opposing Plant Consolidations to U.S. Senate
An Idaho resolution opposing mail processing plant consolidations and USPS service cuts was delivered to the U.S. Senate on April 19 – a year after Postal Service shuttered the Pocatello plant.
Consolidations in ‘Deferred Status’
Postal workers and postal customers got some good news recently: The Deputy Postmaster General notified a member of Congress that “consolidation activities remain in a deferred status.” A one-year moratorium on more than 70 plant consolidations and...