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Two Postal Workers Shot
Dead IN Tennessee Post Office Shooting
(10/18/10)
Police say two female postal workers
have been shot and killed in a Tennessee post office shooting.
Two Postal Workers Shot
Dead IN Tennessee Post Office Shooting
(10/18/10)
Police say two female postal workers
have been shot and killed in a Tennessee post office shooting.
Ed O'Keefe on Monday's Capital
Insider on TBD TV discussing a watchdog report on employment
contracts at the U.S. Postal Service (9/28/10)
That's Bull - Video by postal
employees rapping against 5 -day delivery (8/2/10)
100 Years of Progress: APWU
History Video Of Postal Workers Movement
This video
traces the origins and development of the postal workers' union
movement, which led to the formation of the American Postal
Workers Union, AFL-CIO.
(July 20, 2010)
Andy Rooney speaks
about the trouble the U.S. Postal Service is in. He also talks
about possible changes that could help them financially.
(3/15/10)
USPS "Creepy Clown" Commercial
US Postal Service Commercial
featuring a family looking for a way to get rid of a creepy
clown (1/3/10)
Rap Song: I'm The
Mailman
Two yrs ago I wrote a
rap song called I'm the mailman. Well last year I finally
recorded it and has performed at our annual holiday party, our
state convention, and at a picnic/rally for Chicago's local #11
union this pass summer. It's a great song and I think everyone
that visit this site will like it (10/28/09)
Postal workers caught in
drug sting (5/14/09)
Rep. Mark
Souder Breaks Down OGR Postal Subcommittee Hearing
Postmaster General Dodges CNN Reporter About Relocation Costs
CNN's Abbie
Boudreau asks the Postmaster General why the USPS buys million
dollar homes from relocating employees (3/25/09)
Why would the U.S.
Postal Service buy the $1.2 million home of an employee?
Postal Service Introduces
Cartoon Characters to Warn Children to “Stay Away from the Truck”
June 25, 2008
Stay Away from the Truck
The Postal Service
eagle is coming to life in full-action animation this summer
to warn young children to stay away from postal delivery
vehicles. The eagle, Franklin, and his sidekick bird friend
Benny, are featured in a public service announcement (PSA)
being sent to more than 500 television stations nationwide
this week to help prevent injuries and deaths caused when
children get too close to delivery vehicles.
The 30-second PSA features fast-paced humorous action to
make children and parents aware of how important it is to
always “stay away from the truck.” It is part of a broader
child awareness safety program from the Postal Service and
two of its unions, the National Association of Letter
Carriers and the National Rural Letter Carrier’s
Association.
SF Postal
Bosses Go Postal: Postal Workers Protest Terrorism On The Job- 26 min - May
12, 2008
On May 2, 2008, over 100 San
Francisco postal workers protested harassment, intimidation and
terrorism by postal supervisor Ron Malig. This protest was not
the first against growing threats against postal workers on the
job. 22 minutes. For DVD copies of this documentary send $15.00
to the Labor Video Project Labor Video Project P.O. Box 720027
San Francisco, CA 94172 lvpsf@labornet.org (415)282-1908 "Labor
On The Job" is programmed the very 2nd and 4th Friday at 8:30pm
to 9:30 PM of the month on San Francisco Cable Channel 29.
"Labor On The Job" is also the longest running labor cable show
in the United States since 1983. It is produced and programmed
by the Labor Video Project in San Francisco. The Labor Video
Project also produces "Labor Line" which is programmed every
Tuesday from 9:00 PM to 9:30 PM on San Francisco Comcast Cable
channel 29. Labor On The Job also programmed on Philadelphia
Drexel TV 54 every Wednesday 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM and St. Louis
cable systems on on cable ch. 22 in the "City" of St. Louis
Fridays at 9:00 PM The Labor Video Project also produces labor
documentaries and is part of the Union Producers and Programmers
Network (UPPNET) www.uppnet.org
NALC Picket Held July 1, 2007
at the Paterson, NJ Post Office
NJSALC.com - Four minute compiled video of an informational
picket held on 7-01-2007 at the Paterson, NJ Post Office by the
NALC Region 15 / NY Metro and Local Branch 120. Over 700 letter
carriers showed up from NY, NJ, PA and CT
Reno NALC Picket Against
Contracting Out of City and Rural Carrier Jobs - NALC Branch #709
(Length: 10 min - press play button on left to start
video)
June 21, 2007 picket in
Reno, NV - The chant “Save Our Service, Save Our Jobs"
echoed up and down Vassar Street in Reno on Friday, as local
letter carriers marched for more than an hour to protest a
postal service plan to out-source some delivery routes.
NALC Picket
(Length: 5:28 min - press play button on left to start video)
April 16 picket of
U. S. Postal Service Headquarters at L'Enfant Plaza by the
National Association of Letter Carriers. Video by NALC Branch
#3825
Going Postal In Brooklyn 11218
December 06, 2006
(press play button on left to start video)
A Brooklyn post
office branch cited for horrendous service got another black eye
after a customer's postal behavior was signed, sealed and
delivered to YouTube viewers. The clip on the Web site - shot
with a cell-phone camera at the Kensington post office branch in
December - shows an irate, profanity-spewing man demanding to
see a manager, but he's stopped by police instead." Get the
manager over here!" screams the unidentified customer to a
postal employee behind a counter window. "I want the manager.
We'll see how long you have your job, sweetie." After several
minutes of the customer's rant, three police officers respond to
the scene, but the 5-minute, 43-second clip ends too soon to see
what happens next.
January 24, 2006
- (Length: 2 min 56 sec. (press play button on left to start
video)
Postal Workers rally
in front of the Minneapolis downtown post office to protest
efforts by the USPS to close post offices in the name of
privatization.
Signed, Sealed and
Delivered: Postal Workers 1978 Strike Against Mandatory Overtime,
Speedup and Hazardous Working Conditions
January 7, 2006
- (Length: 36 min 2 sec. (press play button on left to start
video)
Signed, Sealed and Delivered: Labor Struggle in the Post Office
On July 21, 1978 thousands of postal workers across the
country walked off their jobs when their contract expired, saying "No" to mandatory overtime, forced speedups and hazardous working conditions. As a result of this wildcat strike, six hundred thousand postal workers won a better contract. But two hundred workers were arbitrarily fired by management to teach all postal workers a lesson.
SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED... is the story of the struggle these postal workers waged to win back their jobs. It follows their fight into the streets, onto the floor of the American Postal Workers Union's National Convention and among workers and communities nationwide. But it took the tragic death of Michael McDermott, a 25 year old mailhandler who was sucked into a conveyor belt and crushed to death, to bring their hazardous working conditions to national attention.
SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED... speaks loudly and clearly to people everywhere who are organizing for safe and humane conditions in the workplace.
By Tami Gold, Dan Gordon, Erik Lewis
1980, 45 minutes, Color and B&W, Video
"In these days when so many expensively funded films about labor are bittersweet recollections of ancient battles, this made-on-a-shoestring production that grapples with the here and now, deserves particular attention. SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED is among the best socially concerned video productions I have seen."
George Stoney, Professor, NYU/Filmmaker
"...a labor classic."
Deirdre Boyle, AMERICAN FILM
"The strength of this work lies not in its technical or artistic form, but in the sincerity and power with which it pleads the cause of workers."
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Video: Labor on the Job Presents
Going Postal Again: San Francisco Postal Workers Speak Out After
Murder and Suicide
December 13, 2006-
Length: 56 min 54 sec (press play button on left to start video)
Summary: On November 28, 2006 two postal workers died in San
Francisco. Postal worker and National Association Letter Carrier 214
member Julius Tart who had been an employee since 1988 had been
disciplined for not finishing his work on time. A massive speedup is
going on within the postal system with automation and increased
pressure on the workers to mold themselves to the machines. Many
postal workers are forced to work at night delivering mail in the
dark
Weeks after being written up by his supervisor Genevieve Paez,
Julius Tart went to her house and killed her. He then committed
suicide. This incident shocked some postal workers but did not
surprise others. SF Postal workers talk about the stressful and
deadly conditions in the post office and why postal workers feel
they have no future. They also discuss why they feel they are being
terrorized. A note by Julius Tart was found later addressed to his
mother referred to himself in the past tense and complained about
conditions at work.
Also - a
short video segment from the Royal Oaks, Michigan postal murders
that led to deaths on the job in 1992. That LOJ show which was
programmed on 2/27/1992 was titled "The Deadly Connection, Postal
Workers, Stress And Murder On The Job."
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On July 21, 1978 thousands of postal workers across the