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Postal workers warn public about outsourcing deal with Staples

February 11, 2014 By Ben Markeson

"Outsourcing an essential public service to a for-profit corporation staffed with clerks making less than a livable wage and no accountability to the American public is completely irrational."

Biden blasts “right-to-work”

February 6, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Business and right wing backers of so-called "right to work" laws really want "the right for them to eliminate your right to have a say in your work."

Unions: Senate postal overhaul would axe 100,000 workers

February 3, 2014 By PAI

The latest Postal Service overhaul bill, which stalled after the relevant Senate committee started work on it on Jan. 29, would axe 100,000 jobs.

First Energy: Locks out workers, blacks out customers

January 14, 2014 By John Wojcik

It was just after sunrise only three days before Thanksgiving, that security guards clamped locks on the gates at FirstEnergy in central Pennsylvania, barring 150 workers from their jobs.

Teamsters at UPS Freight voting on new pact

January 9, 2014 By PAI

Teamsters leaders hope the second time will be the charm as 13,000 members who work for UPS Freight cast ballots on Jan. 11-12 on a new five-year contract.