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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 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 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...
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
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.
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 17, 2011
Video of Union’s Fight to Save USPS Now Available
A video of the union’s fight to save America’s Postal Service can be viewed online.
October 14, 2011
House Panel Approves Postal ‘Destruction’ Bill
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved an amended version of the Issa-Ross postal bill on Oct. 13 by a vote of 22-18.
October 11, 2011
House Committee to Vote Thursday on Issa Bill
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will vote Oct. 13 on a bill that the APWU has denounced as “a reckless assault on postal services and postal employees.”
October 6, 2011
Union Challenges Proposed Changes to USPS Service Standards
The APWU is challenging proposed changes to USPS service standards that would result from a major reduction in the number of mail processing facilities.
September 30, 2011
‘Save the Postal Service’
They chanted. They cheered. Donning red, white and blue “Save America’s Postal Service” t-shirts, postal workers and concerned citizens carried signs and marched in front of congressional offices across the country to te...
September 27, 2011
Postal Workers Across the Country Say, ‘Save America’s Postal Service’
Postal workers and supporters held rallies at 492 locations on Sept. 27 to Save America’s Postal Service.
September 27, 2011
Guffey to Appear on ‘The Ed Show’ On MSNBC Tonight
APWU President Cliff Guffey will appear on The Ed Show on MSNBC tonight, Sept. 27, at 10 p.m. EDT.
September 26, 2011
APWU Calls on Rep. Issa To Correct Misstatements
APWU President Cliff Guffey has called on Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) to correct inaccurate statements he made onWashington Journal, a public affairs program that airs on C-SPAN.
September 25, 2011
Last Minute Preparations Underway For Rallies to Save America’s Postal Service
APWU locals are gearing up for the nationwide day of action to Save America’s Postal Service on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., at locations across the country.
September 21, 2011
Issa’s ‘Postal Destruction’ Bill Passes House Subcommittee
A bill that would destroy the Postal Service as we know it passed a House subcommittee on Sept. 21 by a vote of eight to five, along party lines.
September 20, 2011
APWU Praises Obama Effort, But Long-Term Solution is Needed
President Obama submitted a deficit-reduction package to a special joint committee of Congress on Sept. 19, which includes several proposals intended to address the Postal Service’s financial crisis.
September 19, 2011
House Subcommittee to Vote on Issa Ross Bill
A House subcommittee will vote Sept. 21 on a bill that the APWU has denounced as “a reckless assault on postal services and postal employees.”
September 16, 2011
APWU Launches Phase 2 Of Television Ad Campaign
The APWU has launched Phase 2 of its television ad campaign, in conjunction with the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, APWU President Cliff Guffey announced.
September 14, 2011
H.R. 1351 Gains Attention on Capitol Hill
Saving the Postal Service from financial collapse seems to be getting attention on Capitol Hill: H.R. 1351 — a bill supported by postal unions, management associations, and the mailing industry to address the USPS financ...
September 8, 2011
Postal Unions Join Forces To Save America’s Postal Service
The APWU has joined forces with the three other postal unions to designate Sept. 27 as a day of action to Save America’s Postal Service.
September 6, 2011
Congress Must Save Postal Service
Testifying before a Senate panel on Sept. 6, APWU President Cliff Guffey urged Congress to take action to prevent a collapse of the Postal Service, and he denounced USPS proposals to abrogate the union’s Collective Barga...
September 2, 2011
Spending Taxpayers’ Money to Bash the USPS?
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who likes to portray himself as a fierce opponent of wasting taxpayers’ money, has created a slick, high-tech Web site that bashes the Postal Service, using — you guessed it — taxpayers’ money.
August 22, 2011
Save USPS, Stop Layoffs, Support H.R. 1351
With headlines predicting the imminent demise of the Postal Service — and management brazenly exploiting the crisis to attack postal employees — the APWU is asking union members to contact their members of Congress and u...