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04/01/2020 · Campaign and Elections

CAN VOTE BY MAIL SAVE 2020?

As the battle against the new coronavirus rages through April and beyond, a looming question for public officials and political practitioners is what happens to the remaining primaries and what’s the impact on November’s general election? Primar...

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03/31/2020 · The Sentinel

Postal workers among those on front lines

Postal workers - alongside doctors, nurses, truck drivers and others - are among the nation’s “essential” personnel who continue to show up for work amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hillsdale Postman Brent Brown has a routine that now includes wi...

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03/30/2020 · CA Newswire

CUPW: Protecting Postal Workers to Protect Us All

"People are relying on the postal system to keep the economy going and getting vital goods to their homes," comments Jan Simpson, CUPW National President. "They need to know whether their mail is safe. It's critical that we do all we can, and we wil...

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03/27/2020 · Fortune

USPS warns it might have to shutter by June as $2 trillion c...

Today, the Postal Service is just as essential: It delivers about 1 million lifesaving medications each year and serves as the only delivery link to Americans living in rural areas. Working with other delivery services like Read more

03/27/2020 · usps

U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet April 1

The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors will meet in open session on April 1, 2020, at 12 noon ET. The Board is expected to discuss the following items:

  1. Call to Order and Remarks of the Chairman
  2. Remarks of the Postmaster Gene...

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03/23/2020 · ABC7

Unions fight for bus drivers, postal workers and other essen...

Mail carriers are also still reporting to duty, even with personal risk. "Each individual feels their personal safety could be jeopardized and that of their family," Mack Julion, President of the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 11. The...

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02/05/2020 · Inequality.org

In Blow to Privatizers, House Passes Postal Financial Relief

The bipartisan bill would ease the financial challenges that critics have used to justify calls for postal worker wage cuts and selling lucrative parts of the service to for-profit corporations.

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01/19/2020 · KFOR Oklahoma News 4

New postmaster general could signal big changes to postal se...

The hunt is on for a new postmaster general, and some say whoever gets that job could have a big impact on how you get your mail. That’s because the Trump administration wants to sell off and privatize parts of the postal service. But some who are ...

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01/13/2020 · The American Prospect

Why Everyone Should Care Who the New Postmaster General Is

The United States Postal Service (USPS) finds itself at a crossroads between the Trump administration’s pres...

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01/09/2020 · LA Times

Column: The Postal Service is America’s most popular gover...

12/27/2019 · Fortune

USPS Could Privatize As Early As Next Year

The right to an inexpensive, public postal system in the United States has roots that go back further than most amendments recorded in the Bill of Rights. In 1775, Benjamin Franklin ran the post office and used it to sustain communications between a...

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