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January 27, 2012
Senate to Vote on Postal Bill
The APWU has learned that the Senate will consider postal legislation very soon, and President Cliff Guffey is asking union members to contact their senators immediately and tell them that the 21st Century Postal Service...
January 26, 2012
APWU Discourages Members From Participating in ‘Align Networks’
The APWU “strongly discourages” union members from participating in physical therapy through Align Networks, Human Relations Director Sue Carney says.
January 18, 2012
Postal Workers Have the Right To Speak Out Against Facility Closures
Recent notices posted by management have generated questions about APWU members’ right to participate in activities opposing the closure of postal facilities.
January 13, 2012
Beware of Risks in USPS Campaign For Voluntary Transfers to Letter Carrier
The APWU is warning union members of risks associated with a management campaign to encourage career Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Craft employees to volunteer for reassignments to the Letter Carrier Craft.
December 31, 2011
In World War II, Black Women’s Army Unit Delivered
In 1945, an Army battalion of African-American women played an important role in U.S. efforts to defeat Nazi forces in Europe — even though many Americans questioned their right to serve. By processing a massive backlog...
December 30, 2011
PRC Blasts USPS Retail Closure Plan
Postal Service plans to close a many as 3,600 retail facilities is based on questionable data, Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) recently concluded.
December 20, 2011
Sen. Akaka, Rep. DeFazio Introduce Postal Bills
Several bills were introduced in Congress this month that would help resolve the Postal Service’s financial crisis and improve service to the American people, APWU Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid reports.
December 20, 2011
Funding Bill Postpones Pre-Funding Due Date
The government funding bill Congress approved over the weekend included a reprieve for the Postal Service: It delays until August the due date for the USPS to make a $5.5 billion payment to pre-fund healthcare benefits f...
December 14, 2011
House Republicans Attack Postal and Federal Retirement Benefits
The House of Representatives voted 243-193 on Dec. 13 to pass the so-called “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011,” which would cut take-home pay for postal and federal workers by increasing their contrib...
December 13, 2011
USPS Announces Moratorium On Post Office, Plant Closures
The Postal Service has announced a five-month moratorium on the closure of post offices and mail processing facilities, in response to a request from 22 senators. ALSO: An arbitration hearing began on Dec. 13, 2011, on t...
December 9, 2011
Senators Seek to Stop USPS Cutbacks
Twenty senators are asking Congress to impose a six-month moratorium on USPS plans to consolidate more than 250 mail processing plants, close thousands of post offices, and eliminate overnight mail delivery, in order to...
December 8, 2011
Deadline to Submit Questionnaires For Walker Class-Action Case is Dec. 15
Time is running out for postal employees involved in the Walker Class-Action lawsuit to return questionnaires they recently received from the Postal Service.
December 5, 2011
USPS Plan Will Hasten Demise Of a Still-Vital Institution
“The Postal Service plan will hasten the demise of the USPS,” APWU President Cliff Guffey said in response to the agency’s announcement that it would seek an advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission on plan...
December 1, 2011
APWU-Supported Workers’ Compensation Bill Passes House
The House of Representatives passed bi-partisan legislation supported by the APWU to update benefits for injured federal and postal workers on Nov. 29.
November 23, 2011
e-Team Report, Nov. 23, 2011
Senator Sanders’s Bill Looks To Fix the USPS Financial Crisis ACI Survey Says Overwhelming Majority Of Consumers Oppose Closing Facilities Postal Turkey Talk
November 21, 2011
Sen. Sanders’ Bill Addresses USPS Crisis
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) recently introduced the Postal Service Protection Act (S. 1853), a bill that would go a long way toward resolving the USPS financial crisis, Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid reports...
November 16, 2011
Vote No on H.R. 2309
A bill that would destroy the Postal Service as we know it was approved by a key congressional committee on Oct. 13, and could come up for a vote in the full House at any time. ALSO: The Collective Bargaining Agreement o...
November 9, 2011
Benefits to Enhance Your Lifestyle
This Open Season don’t forget your Union Health Plan because your Union Health Plan hasn’t forgotten you.
November 9, 2011
Senate Panel Approves Postal Legislation
A Senate committee approved postal legislation that would severely weaken the USPS, by a vote of 11 to 6 on Nov. 9. ALSO: Beginning Nov. 23, 2011, mandatory overtime will end for many APWU-represented employees.
November 4, 2011
Postal Unions Honor Military Veterans, Oppose Destructive Bill in New TV Ad
The APWU has launched a new TV ad that salutes our nation’s “real life heroes” and points out that a bill pending in the House of Representatives would force the USPS to fire tens of thousands of military veterans. ALSO:...
November 3, 2011
Senators Introduce Postal Legislation
The 21st Century Postal Service Act, introduced by four senators on Nov. 2, provides short-term financial relief, but also would inflict long-term damage to the nation’s mail system, President Cliff Guffey said.
November 2, 2011
Senators Announce Postal Bill
Four U.S. senators unveiled postal legislation on Nov. 2 that will have important implications for APWU members.
November 1, 2011
Union Offers Online Scheduling Tool
The APWU has posted a scheduling tool on the union’s Web site that will help local unions win desirable duty assignments in the Clerk Craft.
November 1, 2011
Surviving an Earthquake or a Hurricane
(This article appeared in the November/December 2011 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Joyce B. Robinson, Research & Education Department Director This year’s devastating natural disasters demonstrate the im...
October 31, 2011
Delivery/Sales Services and Distribution Associate
The Postal Service and the APWU have finalized the position description and qualification standards for a new Level 6 Clerk Craft position: the Delivery/Sales Services and Distribution Associate.
October 31, 2011
Remembering Postal Heroes 10 Years Later
Just weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with the country still wracked with fear and anger, we learned of another deadly threat: Anthrax was being sent through the mail. Despite the dangers, postal work...
October 31, 2011
Battle Over USPS Future Enters Critical Period
The battle over the future of the Postal Service — and our jobs — has reached a critical stage: Key senators are meeting behind closed doors in an effort to produce a compromise bill to address the USPS financial crisis....
October 28, 2011
Union Launches Petition Drive To Save America’s Postal Service
President Guffey is asking APWU members to collect signatures on a petition [PDF] to Congress urging senators and representatives to oppose plans to close post offices, shutter mail processing facilities, and drastically...
October 26, 2011
Creating Desirable Duty Assignments
Clerk Division officers have scheduled a training session on Creating Desirable Duty Assignments using the Scheduler program. The webinar will be held on Nov. 1, 2011, at 12 p.m. Eastern Time, and will last approximately...
October 21, 2011
Post Offices Subject To the Maintenance Craft Jobs MOU
The Postal Service has submitted to the APWU a list of 89 post offices that will fall under Section 1.a of the Maintenance Craft Jobs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).