Randy Zelnick has created a page on 21st Century Postal Worker for APWU Members against Ratification of the APWU Tentative Contract Agreement. FACTS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU VOTE This page will attempt to provide FULL Disclosure with regard to the proposed language in the Tentative Agreement. There will be little spin and mostly concise language […]
Note: USPS Board Of Governor James C. Miller (whose term expired in December 2010) was invited as a Board member but he chose to present his ‘personal’ views on the Postal Service. NALC Activist Alert Given that its focus was the tentative National Agreement between the Postal Service and the APWU, Tuesday’s hearing represented a […]
Two House lawmakers — Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) have introduced key measures to keep the Postal Service financially solvent and improve its long-term future. NAPS supports both proposals. NAPS members should get in touch with their House lawmakers to ask for cosponsorship of these two bills: HR 1262 and HR […]
National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative/Regulatory Update – April 6, 2011 Tuesday’s House oversight hearing into the tentative APWU contract and postal worker pay fell far from its billing as “Wisconsin Comes to Washington.” House Republicans appeared unready to take on the nation’s largest postal labor union, the Postal Service or the newly-minted labor contract […]
Several questions have been posed on the APWU’s Facebook page regarding the Tentative Agreement for a new contract. Below, union officers address questions on how it would affect Maintenance Craft workers. Question: Can Postal Support Employees in the Maintenance Craft go to NCED (National Center of Employee Development) and perform ET, MPE and MM work? […]
The following is a bill introduced by Congressmen Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Elijah Cummings (D-MD) on April 4, 2011 Currently the bill has 8 sponsors: Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] – 4/5/2011 Rep Connolly, Gerald E. “Gerry” [VA-11] – 4/5/2011 Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] – 4/4/2011 Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] – 4/5/2011 Rep […]
MADDOW: Footage from a hearing today at which the postmaster general — yet again, something cool about the post office. It`s the postmaster general. Yes, sir. Today, the postmaster general and the head of one of the largest postal employee unions testified together about the contract they just collectively bargained for. It was a contract […]
Darrell Issa on MSNBC With Andrea Mitchell discussing the future of USPS. Issa said Americans want to keep a 47 cents postage. Current postage is 44 cent. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Congressman Dennis Ross (R-FL) queries Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe on why Pay for Performance is not used for bargaining unit postal employees. Also, Ross accuses APWU President Cliff Guffey of buying members vote on the Tentative Agreement. Guffey tells Ross, I am not buying members votes, “I realize it is a common practice on your […]
On his Twitter page, Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has captured USPS problems by using graphics. Also ,Issa says on his Facebook page: “The question at hand is whether or not the USPS can continue to operate with unsustainable pay and benefit growth. All signs (like rapidly declining mail […]