A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service (AGA) will convene 1 of only 5 “Field Hearings” across the country in Greensboro, June 29th, to discuss how healthy and vibrant communities need an efficient and reliable public post office.
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Read MoreOn May 14, just six days before their contract expires, postal workers across the country will hold events organized around the theme, “I Stand with Postal Workers.” You can stand with them at events planned in North Carolina.
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Read MoreIn the latest issue of his fiery monthly newsletter, The Lowdown, populist truth-teller Jim Hightower uses the story of how the small town of Valentine, Texas is rallying to save its post office from closing to call on Americans to think big about what postal service in the 21st century could be and to introduce A Grand Alliance that has formed to save the United States Postal Service from annihilation.
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February 20, 2015
Watch this – Danny Glover: Our Postal Service
Read MoreIn this superb two-minute video, actor-activist Danny Glover champions the need for a vibrant public Postal Service and asks the public to join with him in A Grand Alliance to save it.
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April 17, 2014
Join the National Day of Action to Stop Staples (4/24)
Read MoreStaples and the U.S. Postal Service have cut a deal that jeopardizes your mail service and your local post office. Help us stop Staples!
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March 22, 2013
Rally to save six-day delivery on March 24th
Read MoreLetter carriers, other postal employees, and their families will rally in Charlotte and in Raleigh this Sunday against an unlawful edict by the Post Master General that would end Saturday mail delivery and add thousands more Americans to unemployment rolls at a time when our fragile economic recovery is not secured.
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April 5, 2012
Rally to Save the Postal Service…Again (4/12)
Read MoreIn dealing with Congress, sometimes (often?) you just have to shake your head. Such is the case with the United States Senate, where North Carolina Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan are now considering a bill that would dismantle the United States Postal Service!
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November 14, 2011
Public Outcry Needed to Stop WNC Postal Closings (11/21)
Read MoreA plan by U.S. Postal Service management to close a major facility in Asheville, move operations to another state, and eliminate as many as 200 good-paying, middle-class jobs in Western North Carolina will be subject to public input at a hearing on Monday, Nov. 21 at 5pm.
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October 7, 2011
North Carolina Rallies to Save the Postal Service
Read MoreOn September 27, 2011, hundreds of postal employees were joined by other workers for rallies in every North Carolina congressional district to educate the public and call for passage in Congress of HR 1351, a bill that would Save America’s Postal Service.
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September 23, 2011
Postal Employees Rally to Save America’s Postal Service (9/27)
Read MoreSeptember 27 has been designated by postal employees as a Day of Action to Save America’s Postal Service. We are rallying in every congressional district in the country. Join us at a rally near you!
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