By Jamie Partridge Eleven protesters invaded the office space of Portland’s senior US Postal Service management on September 18. Slipping past security barriers on the third floor of the Main Post Office, the group occupied the hallway outside the offices of Brenda Jackson, transportation manager for the Portland district. Demanding a meeting with Jackson, the…
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Postal Activists Blockade Private FIrm USPS Sliding Out of Public Hands
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Story by Jamie Partridge Ten protesters blocked a private mail truck leaving the Mt. Hood Distribution Center (US Postal Service) today, demanding that postal management stop subcontracting the trucking of “the people’s mail.” Claiming concerns about safety, cost and corruption, the blockaders left after police ordered them to disperse. No arrests were made. ”Postal truckers are losing…
Protesters Target Postal Privatization, Demand Corporate Mail Theft End
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Story by Jamie Partridge • Photos by Jerry Atkin Over forty demonstrators, ten of whom blocked the entrance to the Portland Air Cargo Center (US Postal Service), declared victory against “postal privatizers” today. According to postal service managers, several morning mail runs by subcontractor Dill Star trucking were disrupted by the protest. ”Postal truckers, mail…
No War on Iran: Occupy AIPAC
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by Jamie Partridge A coalition of peace, human rights, and Palestine solidarity organizations will hold a demonstration outside the annual Oregon fund-raising dinner of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Sunday, April 29. The demonstration will protest AIPAC’s role in promoting a military attack on Iran’s nuclear energy facilities. The protest is also…
Workers and Allies Rally Around Tax-Free Postal Solutions
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By Jamie Partridge Over two hundred Portland-area letter carriers, other postal workers, family members and allies held a picket and rally Tuesday, April 17, 2012 (tax day), calling attention to tax-free solutions to fix postal service. As last minute tax filers drove up to the blue postal collection boxes, picket signs calling for no closures,…
Foreclosure Resistance Finding Local, National Home
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By Jamie Partridge I have lived and worked in the Northeast/Killingsworth neighborhood for decades. I’m a recently-retired letter carrier, so I’ve had a street level view of the housing crisis in this community. I know who lives in the houses. I know what kind of work they do, whether they rent or own. I’ve watched kids…
