postal workers
Letter Carriers slam new federal report on postal service
January 10, 2013A 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.
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Postal workers’ hunger strike over, victory declared
December 26, 2012The hunger strikers called on postal management to suspend cuts and closures and allow Congress to fix the finances by repealing the prefunding mandate and refunding the pension surplus.
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Hunger strike underway in D.C.
June 26, 2012Planned cuts to the U.S. Postal Service that would cost more than 100,000 active workers their jobs and other cuts, prompted eight retired union Letter Carriers to begin a hunger strike in D.C. on June 25....
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The year 2047: a postman’s nightmare
May 15, 2012I often wonder how this could have happened to this once great nation.
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Workers say fight to save Post Office goes on
May 1, 2012By a 62-37 vote on Apr. 25, the Senate approved a modified postal "reform" bill, S1789. The battle over the future of the Postal Service now moves to the GOP-run House.
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