The great postal heist / produced by Sheila Dvorak ; directed by Jay Galione ; a production of Post Truth.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Galione, Jay, director, editor of moving image work.

Dvorak, Sheila, producer, editor of moving image work.

Post Truth (Firm), production company.

Cinema Libre Studio, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States Postal Service--Officials and employees--Attitudes.

United States Postal Service.

United States Postal Service--History.

United States Postal Service--Corrupt practices.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Burbank, CA : Cinema Libre Studio, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The Great Postal Heist follows director Jay Galione's father, a 30-year US Post Office clerk, who was harassed, threatened, and fired for standing up for his colleagues. A moving indictment of the toxic culture and push to downsize, the documentary chronicles the journey of postal workers, experts, and advocates who experienced firsthand the abuses in the oldest federal agency in America and stood up against the USPS's notoriously violent work environment, featuring interviews with Ralph Nader and Richard Wolff. The atmosphere was a result of systematic dismantling and privatization of the trillion-dollar mail industry by lobbyists and politicians who seek to make profits at the expense of the mental health, living wages, and working conditions of their employees.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed November 21, 2024).

OCLC:

1463729926