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Privatization: Profits Over People

Brian K. Noe · March 25, 2015 ·

Paul Buchheit at Common Dreams takes a look at The Project on Government Oversight’s latest report on privatization. They found that in 33 of 35 cases the federal government spent more on private contractors than on public employees for the same services. The authors of the report said “Our findings were shocking.”

For the U.S. Postal Service, for instance, it costs less than 50 cents to send a letter to any remote location in the United States. For an envelope with a two-day guarantee, FedEx and UPS charge about four to five times as much.

USPS is so inexpensive, in fact, that Fedex actually uses the U.S. Post Office for about 30 percent of its ground shipments. As Ralph Nader notes, the USPS has not taken any taxpayer money since 1971, and if it weren’t required by an inexplicable requirement to pre-fund employee benefits for 75 years, it would be making a profit. Instead, this national institution has been forced to cut jobs and routes and mailing centers.

In other words, privatization places profits over people.

Read the entire article: How Privatization Degrades Our Daily Lives | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community.

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Capitalism, Common Dreams, Privatization, Public Policy, Save Our Post Office, Scams, Union, USPS, Vulture Capitalism

A Grand Alliance

Brian K. Noe · February 12, 2015 ·

In 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.

Danny Glover: Our Postal Service from A Grand Alliance on Vimeo.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: America, Class Struggles, Post Office, Postal Workers, Privatization, Union, USPS

The Truth About The USPS Staples Deal

Brian K. Noe · June 24, 2014 ·

The Postal Service’s propaganda machine has been working overtime in recent months, with workers forced to watch videos featuring Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe spewing falsehoods about “the state of the business” and the deal with Staples. APWU President Mark Dimondstein takes on the PMG’s claims in a new video that every postal worker and consumer should see.

More info: APWU: Stop Staples

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Post Office, Postal Workers, Stop Staples, USPS

“Stop Staples” Protest

Brian K. Noe · April 7, 2014 ·

It was one of the pleasures of my life to join together with union sisters and brothers on Saturday to protest the plan to outsource mail services to Staples stores.

Several hundred of us came to the Staples in Elmwood Park for the protest.

Follow these links for more information.

APWU Press Release

STOP Staples

Community and Postal Workers United

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Class Struggles, Postal Workers, Protests, Solidarity, Union, USPS

New Leadership in the APWU Ready to Rock

Brian K. Noe · March 13, 2014 ·

Newly elected APWU President Mark Dimondstein is determined to oppose creeping privatization by the Postal Service.

“If you put post offices in Staples stores and pay the workers $8 or $9 an hour, it’ll lead to closing post offices and a shift to non-union poverty-wage jobs from living-wage union jobs.”

Read More: New postal union leader seeks to halt latest privatization scheme » peoplesworld.

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Class Struggles, Post Office, Privatization, Union, USPS

The Fight to Save the People’s Post Office

Brian K. Noe · July 9, 2013 ·

Jamie Partridge, Melissa Rakestraw and Frank Couget speak on The Fight to Save the Post Office at Socialism 2013. Audio courtesy of We Are Many.

Click here to download the MP3.

Visit Community and Postal Workers United for more information.

Filed Under: Audio, Curated Links Tagged With: Activism, America, Jobs, Public Policy, S13, Union, USPS

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