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By Maria Ward, on September 28th, 2011 
 Jobs with Justice coalitions around the country came out in full force yesterday to save our postal service at representatives’ offices nation-wide. Along with postal workers and community organizations, JwJ activists pressured representatives to support H.R. 1351, a bill which would end the manufactured crisis and help correct the accounting problem that makes the postal service appear broke. With the passage of this bill, the post office will be able to access its surplus funds rather than cut over 100,000 jobs, shutter over 3,000 post offices, and reduce services.
In Boston, roughly 500 members of 6 postal unions and supporters, including Jobs with Justice, rallied to demand that post offices remain open and that no one is laid off. Reverend Terry Burke of the First Unitarian Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston spoke about how this would hurt his parishioners as well as erode the standard of living in our community. He was joined by postal workers who talked about the fact that the loss of good middle class jobs would further hurt our economy. One worker said,
Continue reading Jobs with Justice to Congress, “We Support Postal Workers”
By Maria Ward, on September 23rd, 2011
On September 27th postal workers, supervisors, and community allies will come together for the Save America’s Postal Service Day of Action. Faced with a manufactured crisis that could result in massive layoffs, the National Association of Letter Carriers, American Postal Workers Union, National Postal Mailhandlers Union, and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association have organized rallies across the country at every congressional representative’s office.
Jobs with Justice local coalitions are supporting the postal unions by rallying with the workers at congressional offices across the country. On September 27, the Central Florida, North Carolina Triad, South Bend, Northern Illinois, Portland, Colorado, and Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice coalitions will all join postal workers in taking action to save our postal service.
The postal “crisis” is the result of an accounting problem caused by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006. If not for this bill, the American Postal Workers Union president says, the Postal Service would be operating in the black. The law requires the USPS to overpay into employees’ retirement funds, pre-funding their pensions for the next 75 years, a mandate which both postal workers’ unions and management find unreasonable. Recently, the USPS announced that it won’t
Continue reading JwJ Joins Postal Workers in Rallying to Save our Postal Service
By Denise Diaz, on December 17th, 2009
 When word came down that the USPS had slated to close 5 post offices in the Orlando area, Central Florida JwJ teamed up with APWU 1462 to build community pressure against the closures. Central Florida JwJ set up a 6 week mobilization plan to engage their member organizations, residents, and the media to pressure elected officials and the USPS to keep these post offices open.
JwJ mobilized their member organizations and residents to send letters and emails to their Congressperson. Every Friday, JwJ activists and postal workers collected signatures in front of a one of the 5 set to be closed post office. Local press was invited to cover these events every week, and the story got bigger every time.
On December 14th, the USPS announced that 4 of the 5 post offices slated to close in Orlando were removed from the closing list! This is a great win for the affected communities and the workers. More than 100 jobs were saved in Orlando, and more importantly essential services were saved for thousands of people. It these concrete victories that lead to greater wins together in the end!
Continue reading Central Florida JwJ Helps Save 4 Post Offices!
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