The APWU has posted a series of Questions and Answers [pdf] regarding the recently-negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement, Industrial Relations Director Mike Morris announced July 6. “We have been meeting with our counterparts at the Postal Service to resolve a number of issues that have caused confusion in the field,” he said. “We have agreement on […]
House Resolution 1351 A bill introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA), the ranking Democrat on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, would address the cause of the USPS financial crisis without cutting pay and benefits, eliminating collective bargaining rights, or slashing service. H.R. 1351 would: Allow the USPS to use billions of dollars in […]
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the powerful chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has introduced a bill, H.R. 2309, that is “a reckless assault on postal workers and the Postal Service,” said APWU President Cliff Guffey. “The board would be empowered to unilaterally cut wages, abolish benefits, and end protection against layoffs.” […]
The American Postal Workers Union is working fervently to make certain that the Postal Service’s decision to suspend employer contributions to FERS does not negatively affect the nation’s postal employees, President Cliff Guffey said on June 22. “We will take every step necessary to ensure that retirement benefits are protected. We are currently evaluating the […]
A proposal by former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to privatize the Postal Service is a really bad idea, APWU President Cliff Guffey wrote in a guest column for The Hill. Pawlenty, a Republican candidate for president, cited the USPS as a prime candidate for privatization in a speech at the University of Chicago on June […]
The APWU, along with dozens of key mailing industry groups and labor unions, urged U.S. representatives to support crucial legislation that would restore financial viability to the Postal Service. Contact Your Legislators H.R. 1351 Co-sponsors (updated 06/16/11) “We urge you to act now to free the Postal Service of the unnecessary and unsustainable statutory requirement […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey will testify before a House Subcommittee on June 15 about the retail and mail processing network of the Postal Service. The hearing will be broadcast on the committee’s Web site beginning at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will focus on the “extent that these networks need to be right-sized to meet diminishing […]
Some postal employee organizations failed to file their required IRS tax-exempt returns for three years in a row. On the list is the National Association of Postal Supervisors in Alexandria VA, plus some NAPS chapters like Norfolk VA and California State. Some local units of the National League of Postmasters, NAPUS, NALC and APWU are […]
and Postmaster Relief (PMR) and Postal Support Employee (PSE Issues On June 7th, NAPUS leaders, along with heads of the League and NAPS met with Postal Headquarters officials to discuss how some of the changes in the new USPS-APWU contract will impact post offices. The discussion included a question and answer session on the recent […]
Recent headlines that predict the Postal Service will collapse within one year demonstrate the importance of APWU members getting involved in legislative affairs, President Cliff Guffey said.