postal workers

Today in labor history: National Association of Letter Carriers founded

August 29, 2013 By Special to People’s World

With sixty carriers attending from eighteen states, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) was founded in a meeting hall above Schaefer's saloon in Milwaukee, on August 29, 1889.

Postal mail: There’s no app for that

April 12, 2013 By Betty Smith

The term "snail mail" does a disservice to the hard-working people at the U.S. Postal Service.

Postal workers, customers save Saturday mail – for now

April 10, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The United States Postal Service said Wednesday that it would delay its plan to cease delivery of first-class mail on Saturdays.

Pitney Bowes pays lawmakers to push privatizing Post Office

January 14, 2013 By Bill Brickley

Under this plan, financed by Pitney Bowes, the entire Postal Service would become a series of private companies.

Letter Carriers slam new federal report on postal service

January 10, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

A new federal report on the financial ills of the U.S. Postal Service is a reiteration of previous justifications for huge agency prepayments of future retirees' health care costs.