Postal workers on strike in 1970. The last straw was a belated 4% raise for the workers, alongside a 41% raise for members of Congress.
This was the first time that government workers had gone on strike, and they were devastatingly effective. The workers delayed the draft and the census, and gained collective bargaining rights. The capitalists have been sore ever since; that’s why they’re pretending that the Post Office loses money and needs to be privatized.
Postman with Good Conduct Stripes by British Postal Museum & Archive on Flickr.
Postman with Good Conduct Stripes
William Gates, a postman awarded Good Conduct Stripes. Hurstpierpoint, Brighton.
Date: c1897
© Andrew Cohen Photography
There’s Always Work at the Post Office
Rubio, a former postal worker, brings to life the important but neglected story of African American postal workers and the critical role they played in the U.S. labor and black freedom movements. Having fought their way into postal positions and unions, black postal workers—often college-educated military veterans—became a critical force for social change. Centered on New York City and Washington, D.C., the book chronicles a struggle of national significance through its examination of the post office, a workplace with facilities and unions serving every city and town in the U.S. Take Action! Get it immediately!!
March to G.P.O. at 32rd St & 8th Ave for 2pm RALLY
I apologise but the the phrase “going postal” is really funny to me
Like every single postal workers dream is to go postal and that’s why they become postal workers
I don’t have anything against postal workers or anything, just that phrase
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says that at the current rate of loss, the agency will completely run out of money by October 2012. He is a warning of a possible suspension in postal operations this fall unless Congress acts to address long-term money problems. He wants the authority to eliminate Saturday mail delivery, raise stamp prices and reduce health and other labor costs…read more @ Moriches Daily
Started his career as a manager at a post office.
