Video: Explain it to me, GOP

“Federal employees from AFGE Locals representing Veterans Affairs nurses, Defense Department workers and federal corrections officers ask GOP lawmakers to “explain it to me” how cutting federal pay and benefits helps put Americans back to work.” American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO also http://explainittomegop.wordpress.com/  

Video: Post Offices: Rural, Rustic, Relics?

“World Report goes on a road trip with post office aficionado Evan Kalish, who visits thousands of out-of-the-way post offices around the country. Kalish is on a one-man mission to save every post office he can from closing, even if Congress has other ideas.” In Their Sights: The Kill-Capture Policy in Afghanistan; Post Offices: Rural, […]

Scammers Use USPS Online Change of Address To Steal Woman’s Identity

A local woman says someone from Nigeria stole her identity, opened multiple accounts in her name and took out a big loan, all things she says she probably would’ve caught except she stayed in the dark for weeks because scammers managed to stop her mail. The culprits used a free online change of address service […]

Video: PMG Donahoe On Future of the Post Office

In a CNBC interview, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe responds to comments made earlier this week on “Squawk Box” by Rep. Darrell Issa regarding the Post Office and its reforms. “we’re looking to work with everybody very closely over the next couple weeks up there and see if we can push something through.” “if we make […]

Video: Sen. Sanders Fights for the Postal Service

“Sens. Bernie Sanders, Patrick Leahy, Rep. Peter Welch, Gov. Peter Shumlin and nearly 500 Vermonters packed the American Legion hall in White River Junction, Vt., on Wednesday evening to voice strong opposition to the potential closing of one of Vermont’s major postal processing plants. “It makes zero sense at all to be shutting down this […]

Video: Hundreds of Western New Yorkers join fight to save mail center

WNYers join fight to save mail center: wivb.com CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Frustration and fury reigned the night as hundreds of western New Yorkers joined the fight to save Buffalo’s William Street Post Office. About 200 outraged citizens, elected officials and Postal Service employees lit up the mic at a public meeting to discuss a […]

Video: Postal workers protest Wayne PA processing center closing

Thirty U.S. Postal Service employees marched up Lancaster Avenue from St. Davids to Wayne on a frigid Tuesday evening to protest the possible closing of the Southeastern PA Processing and Distribution Center in Tredyffrin. The protest preceded a postal service hearing at the Radnor Middle School about proposed changes that could close the facility. Public […]