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February 19, 2013
APWU Asks Union Members To Build Support for Postal Bills
The APWU President Cliff Guffey is calling on union members to ask their senators and representatives to co-sponsor a pair of postal reform bills that were introduced in the House and Senate on Feb. 13. The Senate bill (...
February 13, 2013
Congress Must Act Now, Guffey Tells Senate Panel
“The crisis confronting the Postal Service is dire, but the demise of the USPS is not inevitable,” APWU President Cliff Guffey told a Senate panel on Feb. 13.
February 13, 2013
e-Team Report, Feb. 23, 2013
APWU President Guffey Urges Support of Postal Bills Tell Your Senators and House Representative to Co-Sponsor Postal Reform Bill
February 13, 2013
e-Team Report, Feb. 15, 2013
President Guffey Testifies on Postal Reform Before Senate Committee Legislation Introduced to Promote New Sources of Revenue for Postal Service Congress’ Onerous Pre-Funding Mandate Pushes USPS from Black to Red in First...
February 8, 2013
Guffey to Testify Before Senate Committee
APWU President Cliff Guffey will testify before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Feb. 13 about “Solutions to the Crisis Facing the U.S. Postal Service.”
January 15, 2013
Congress Must Act Quickly To Pass Postal Bill, Guffey Says
Congress must work quickly to pass a postal reform bill, APWU President Cliff Guffey told broadcaster Ed Schultz in a radio interview on Jan. 14. “It doesn’t matter whether the Postal Service will run out of money early...
January 3, 2013
Get Ready – The Fight Goes On
Congress’ failure to enact postal reform in 2012 means the legislative fight to Save America’s Postal Service goes on, APWU President Cliff Guffey is telling union members.
December 21, 2012
House GOP Votes to Protect Millionaires, Increase Costs for Postal, Federal Workers
House Republicans won’t allow taxes on millionaires to go up, but they do agree on one thing: Postal and federal employees should pay more.
October 26, 2012
e-Team Report, Oct. 26, 2012
APWU 2012 Elections Central 1-866-OUR-VOTE GOP Operative Trashes Voter Registration Forms Buttons & Bumper Stickers He Said What? Mitt Romney In His Own Words
October 2, 2012
PRC Urges USPS To Preserve Overnight Delivery
In an advisory opinion on the Postal Service’s “Network Rationalization” plan issued Sept. 28, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) urged the Postal Service to preserve overnight mail delivery and concluded that ”there...
September 28, 2012
House Inaction Brings USPS To Brink of Default – Again
House inaction to resolve the congressionally-manufactured USPS financial crisis has brought the Postal Service to the brink of default for the second time in two months, President Cliff Guffey is warning APWU members.
September 20, 2012
e-Team Report, Sept. 20, 2012
Calling out the Do-Nothing Congress National Voter Registration Day Voter ID laws
September 5, 2012
Video Chronicles Union Struggle
A video shown on the first day of the APWU National Convention summarized the struggles of the APWU to Save America’s Postal Service.
September 5, 2012
Labor Day Highlights Unions’ Role In Building Middle Class
At Labor Day parades across the country, APWU members urged supporters to join the fight to Save America’s Postal Service. Workers highlighted the contributions of the labor movement to building the middle class by winni...
September 3, 2012
e-Team Report, Sept. 3, 2012
21st Biennial APWU National Convention Republican National Convention Labor Day Proclamation
August 20, 2012
President Cliff Guffey: ‘We Must Win in November’
In his first State of the Union address, APWU President Cliff Guffey praised union members for their activism and said postal workers must win our battles in the political arena. ALSO: Thank Veterans – Give Them Jobs! AN...
July 26, 2012
Congress’ Failure Pushes USPS to Brink of Default
The failure of House Republican leaders to take action to resolve the congressionally-manufactured USPS financial crisis has brought the Postal Service to the brink of default, APWU President Cliff Guffey is warning unio...
July 19, 2012
Do You Know Where Your Legislators Stand?
Lately, USPS management seems hell-bent on destroying the Postal Service — and some members of Congress have appeared eager to help. In December, however, in response to protests by postal workers, small businesses and c...
July 18, 2012
Guffey Blasts House Leaders
APWU President Cliff Guffey is blasting House Republican leaders for their “utter failure to solve the nation’s problems.”
June 22, 2012
APWU to Re-Air T.V. Ad As Campaign to Defeat House Postal Bill Heats Up
The APWU will air a revised version of one of its popular television ads beginning on June 25, President Cliff Guffey has announced.
June 19, 2012
Stop H.R. 2309, Vote NO!
A bill that would destroy the Postal Service — and our jobs — could be voted on in the House of Representatives in July, and APWU President Cliff Guffey is calling on union members to send their legislators a message: Vo...
May 29, 2012
APWU Tells Members: Get Ready for a Busy Summer
APWU members should get ready for a busy summer, union President Cliff Guffey said as the unofficial start of the season got underway.
May 12, 2012
House Republicans Pass Pay Cut For Postal, Federal Employees
The House of Representatives voted for a 5 percent cut in postal and federal workers’ pay on May 10 by approving an increase in employees’ pension contributions.
May 11, 2012
Members of Congress Seek Extension of Moratorium
More than 100 U.S. representatives have signed a letter to Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe urging him to extend the moratorium on the closure of post offices and mail processing facilities, and asking him to refrai...
May 10, 2012
Address Postal Reform Now, Start With Senate Bill
As the May 15 expiration of a moratorium on the closure of post offices and mail processing facilities approaches, the APWU is urging the House of Representatives to address postal reform immediately, and to use the Sena...
May 9, 2012
Fox News, Wrong Again!
Fox News may have set a new record for inaccurate reporting this week in a story about the Postal Service.
May 4, 2012
PMG: We Never Used the Word ‘Closure’
In an interview televised on C-SPAN on April 27, Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe down-played the threat of post office and mail processing plant closures and suggested no major changes would take place anytime soo...
April 27, 2012
Senate Approves Postal Bill, Action Now Moves to House
The Senate passed an amended version of the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) on April 25, and legislative action on postal reform will now move to the House of Representatives.
April 25, 2012
Senate Approves Amended Postal Bill, Next Up: The House of Representatives
The Senate passed an amended version of the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S.1789) on April 25 by a vote of 62-37.
April 24, 2012
Voting Begins on Postal Bill, Important Votes Set for April 25
The Senate began voting on amendments to the 21st Century Postal Service Act (S. 1789) on April 24, with action on the bill expected to be wrapped up in the Senate on April 25.