Going Postal, The Story Behind The Forever Stamp

Attorney General Bonta Announces $500,000 in Grant Awards to Nonprofits to Protect Tenants, Fight Homelessness The grant funding was obtained from the Attorney General’s 2021 judgment against real estate investment company Wedgewood for the alleged unlawful eviction of tenants from foreclosed properties OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the award of grant funding to three no...

s.spot.im The concessions made by the UAWU in 2009 are exactly the same as those that were agreed to by the A.P.W.U. in 2005!... The postal agreement came after the PO had eliminated 200,000 bargaining unit positions between 2000 and 2005 while increasing management by 30%!.... The difference in the two situa...

USPS managers deleted workers' extra hours and cheated them of $659,000 in pay, report finds The Center for Public Integrity found at least 250 USPS managers changed employee time cards to reflect fewer hours. They're rarely held accountable.

San Pablo police detail probe into prolific mail thieves - Richmond Standard With the help of city surveillance cameras, the San Pablo Police Department identified and arrested three suspected mail thieves who allegedly used a forged USPS master’s key to break into numerious mailboxes swiftly. One of the involved incidents occurred March 24, when two women gained entry int...

s.spot.im Artificial intelligence and digital currency are going to push the cost of living higher... As the need for human labor is reduced CEO's are going to increase profit margins and unless basic incomes aer given to people, those who can't strike, like postal workers, will need additional income...

DO NOT STOP NOW!

s.spot.im BRAVO!... However you are not done yet!... When I retired from the USPS in 2005 the retirement plan was switched to 401k and IRA accounts and the minimum wage was stuck at around $7 per hr. the minimum wage should be at least $23 per hour and rather than 401k and IRA retirement accounts employees sh...

Massive raise could solidify Oakland mayor’s high-earning status in California The salary increase would come on the heels of what officials have described as the city’s largest ever budget shortfall.

As the first Maintenance Craft Director for the American Postal Worker's Union on the West Coast, I participated in the building inspection at 1675 7th street in 1989, along with the OSHA inspector and the postmaster....
The inspector from OSHA quit because the agency refused to force the postal service to remove all overhead equipment!
The EB-5 visa program was instituted in 1989. It would be interesting to see how many major building inspections have been conducted by the City Of Oakland in conjunction with OSHA since the Loma Prieta quake!!
The postal service was probably aware that OSHA would not press the issue!!!
In 2014 the postal service denied death benefits to the family of an employee who died as the result of an on the job injury!!!
THEY DENIED THE CLAIM TWICE AND OSHA BACKED THEM UP, UNTIL THE MEDIA GOT INVOLVED!!!
With 5000 buildings unaccounted for and the present evidence submitted by the city admitting that there is a shortage of building inspectors, it would be reasonable to assume that no building inspections have been conducted since 1989 in Oakland!!!
INCLUDING THE GHOST SHIP WAREHOUSE!!!
Adding insult to injury, is the fact that as Mayor for two terms, Jerry Brown cut city services even further!!

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s.spot.im The filibuster that my great, great grandfather initiated in 1857 resulted in the Jim Crow laws and legislation that is in existence today....The 13th amendment still allows for prisoners to be enslaved in America......Constitutional amendments will need to be made so that policies will be change...

The case of Dred Scott suing for his and his wife’s freedom from enslavement ended with the United States Supreme Court refusing to acknowledge African Americans as citizens. After 10 years of litigation, the court's decision was read in 1857.

In the same case, the court also decided that it was unconstitutional for the federal government to regulate slavery in U.S. territories. Northerners were outraged by this decision and worked to ensure the election of Abraham Lincoln—prompting Southern secession and the Civil War.

After the court ruling, childhood friends purchased Dred and his wife, Harriet, to set them free. He died nine months after finally achieving his freedom.

📸 Courtesy of Library of Congress