Also, why we needed so many hospital beds in New York City. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 6, 2020.
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Posted inCoronavirus
The U.S. Postal Service Is More Vital Than Ever
But why does Trump have it in for the USPS?
Posted inWorking in America
The Postal Workers Strike, 50 Years Later
Two hundred thousand militant postal workers forced the Nixon administration to grant them labor rights. Today, the Trump administration is attempting to take them away.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Everyone Should Care Who the New Postmaster General Is
Postal unions fear that the Trump administration will use the selection of the next postmaster general to initiate its agenda of postal privatization.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Create a Public Option for Simple Banking
Under current authority, the post office can expand its financial services options. A major postal workers union even has it in their bargaining contract.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Post Office Workers to Trump: ‘U.S. Mail: Not for Sale’
All four postal service worker unions (the National Association of Letter Carriers, the American Postal Workers Union, the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union) plan to keep up their fight against the Trump administration’s push to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). On Columbus Day, October 8, postal workers […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can Lockers Help the Postal Service Get Hip?
With a little fine-tuning, USPS could revamp its self-service parcel locker system to compete with Amazon and win over millennials.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump Moves to Gut the Post Office
His war on Amazon expands to include the right wing’s campaign to abolish America’s oldest—and still successful—public service.
Posted inEconomic Policy
President Trump Is Wrong: The Postal Service Is an American Treasure
The president’s attacks ignore the incredible scope of the agency’s work—and the hundreds of thousands of good jobs it provides.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Could Postal Banking Be the Next Big Thing?
It would free the poor from the exploitation of payday lenders, shore up the Postal Service, and not cost taxpayers a dime.
