The Postmaster General threatens to close half the sorting facilities, thousands of post offices, end Saturday and door-to-door delivery and eliminate hundreds of thousands of living wage union jobs. Letter carrier unionist, Jamie Partridge, reports on a growing rank-and-file and community network, Communities and Postal Workers United , launched at this weekend’s Labor Notes conference in Chicago.

On the picketline in front of H B Lee Middle School, Labor Radio host Jamie Partridge talks with striking Reynolds teachers Micah Howard, Connor Colbrick, and Rosemary Elisa.

Day 4 of the Reynolds teachers strike finds no talks scheduled between the union and the district.  Despite the union agreement to the district's economic package, the school board has walked away from the table, for the second time since the strike began.  Labor reporter Jamie Partridge talks wiith Frank Matthews, Reynolds Learning Academy teacher, Theresa Osborne, Reynolds High School teacher, and students Jose, Sandra, and Kirsten on the strike line at noon today.

As of July 11th, Oregon has a law mandating mortgage lenders to mediate "workout options" with homeowners before foreclosing on their home.  Angela Martin, director of Economic Fairness Oregon; Keith Dubanevich, Oregon's Associate Attorney General; and Carlos Garcia, housing counselor with Hacienda CDC explain how "at risk" homeowners can take advantage of the new law.