Post Office

Time is Running Out To Save The Post Office

November 9, 2013 David Morris, www.commondreams.org Resist! Commons, Government, Post Office

In July 2011 the United States Postal Service (USPS) management announced it would rapidly close 3600 local post offices and eventually as many as 15,000. And shutter half the nation’s mail processing centers. A frenzy of grassroots activity erupted as citizens in hundreds of towns mobilized to save a treasured institution that plays a key and sometimes a defining role in their communities. Only when Congress appeared ready to impose a six month moratorium on closures and consolidations that December did USPS management agree to a voluntarily moratorium of the same length. That moratorium ended in May 2012. Rather than proceed with closings, management embraced a devilishly clever new strategy.

Nader to Feinstein: Stop the USPS Sell Off

October 7, 2013 Staff, www.corporatecrimereporter.com Resist! Corporatism, Government, Post Office

Ralph Nader wants Senator Diane Feinstein (D-California) to introduce legislation to put a halt to the sell off of United States Postal Service (USPS) buildings around the country. In a letter, Nader calls on Feinstein to “introduce and champion a bill to immediately suspend all sales of postal properties throughout the country.” Why Feinstein? As it turns out, Feinstein’s husband, Richard Blum, is chairman of the C.B. Richard Ellis Group (CBRE), which has an exclusive contract to negotiate the sale of USPS real estate. Investigative journalist Richard Byrne has dug into CBRE’s and Blum’s activities and written an expose, most recenty in e-book form, titled: Going Postal: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Sells Post Offices to His Friends, Cheap.

Four New Occucards Just Released

September 30, 2013 the Occucards collective, www.occucards.com Organize! Citigroup, Energy, NSA, occucards, Post Office

We are proud to announce the release of four new occucards. The first (#22) is on the Surveillance State. Thanks to the courage of Edward Snowden, it is now confirmed that the NSA monitors, collects and stores virtually all domestic electronic communications, including telephone calls, emails and texts, in direct violation of the fourth amendment of the U.S. constitution. Snowden's revelations have shocked the country, put the corporate-intelligence network on the defensive and ignited a movement to end NSA spying (see stopwatching.us). Our card also addresses the likely reason for the implementation of such a massive domestic spy program, which is not about protecting us from terrorism, but about protecting corporate interests from us amidst increasing economic inequality, environmental collapse and social unrest.

Husband Of Senator Feinstein Selling US Post Offices To Friends, Cheap

September 27, 2013 Peter Byrne, www.m.eastbayexpress.com Educate! Finance and the Economy, Government, Neoliberalism, Post Office

When a post office closes, it is obviously that much harder to buy a stamp, pick up a package, send a registered letter, or purchase a money order. But inconvenience alone did not account for the existential angst being expressed by the mostly over-fifty members of the throng as they questioned the motives of the United States Postal Service for selling post offices all over the country to developers. "Which of our public assets will be privatized next?" speakers asked. "Streets? Schools? The Lincoln Bedroom?" The Berkeley crowd is not acting alone: From the beaches of Santa Monica to the avenues of the Bronx to the orange farms of Nalcrest, Florida, people who like the US Mail are getting mad. "Hey, wait a minute, Mr. Postman! That is our community post office — "

Don’t Shrink the US Postal Service; Expand It

September 13, 2013 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.truthout.org Create! Democracy, Finance and the Economy, Post Office, Worker Rights and Jobs

Public support for the USPS is the primary reason that it has been preserved. This is still a huge battle. More than taking a defensive position, it is important to go on the offense and demand not only that the attack on the USPS end but that the services offered by the USPS are expanded. There are a number of exciting possibilities. According to Jim Sauber of the National Association of Letter Carriers, the USPS has more storefront facilities nationwide than five or six fast food chains and Starbucks combined. Post offices exist in every community, even in places that have been abandoned by private companies and banks because they are rural or do not have enough commercial business. It is in these communities in particular that the local post office serves as a lifeline. Some have suggested that the post office could provide notary services and fishing and hunting licenses. Other possibilities include voting and financial services.

Don’t Take our Post Office Away: Saving the US Postal Service with Jim Sauber

August 28, 2013 Podcast Banks, Finance, Infrastructure, Jobs, Post Office, Privatization, Voting

Economist Jim Sauber who serves as Chief of Staff to the President of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

All In To Save The Post Office

August 14, 2013 Staff, www.deliveringforamerica.com Organize! Commons, Post Office

The Postal Service can thrive in a digital age by innovating and adapting to provide new services, as it has done repeatedly over its 230-plus year history. The Postal Service’s universal reach — its mandate to cover even the very last mile to touch every American, six days a week — is part of what makes it more than just a business and so vital to American life. For all its current problems, the Postal Service remains an important national asset that is just as vital to the nation’s infrastructure as the Interstate highway system. Congress should not settle for slashing costs and battling over which services to cut. Instead, it should start working a plan to revitalize the Postal Service in a manner that makes sense for our way of life in the 21st century.

Protests Continue Despite Warnings from US Postal Service

August 9, 2013 Simon Greenhill, www.dailycal.org Educate! Government, Post Office

Protesters have been occupying the space for nearly two weeks in a last-ditch effort to prevent the sale of the post office to private developers. The investigators, federal agents dedicated to enforcing Postal Service regulation, warned protesters verbally and provided them with the service’s rules governing conduct on Postal Service property on Friday. Agents have not attempted to forcefully remove the protesters but continue to monitor the scene. Currently, the protest is being held by four or five activists handing out pamphlets and talking to passers-by as well as a few loiterers who say they will remain despite the threat of law enforcement.

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