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April 13, 2011
House Hearing Sets Troubling Precedent
APWU members across the country cheered when President Cliff Guffey stood up for postal workers at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and G...
April 11, 2011
Two Postal Service Reform Bills Introduced in Congress
Two legislators have introduced postal reform bills designed to restore stability to the cash-strapped agency and help it survive tough times.
April 11, 2011
Senators Introduce Anti-Postal Legislation
Powerful senators have introduced legislation that, if adopted, would dramatically increase the cost of health and life insurance premiums for postal...
April 5, 2011
Guffey Defends Collective Bargaining
In a contentious hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, APWU President Cliff Guffey gave a vigorous defense of collect...
March 31, 2011
Guffey to Testify Before House Committee
APWU President Cliff Guffey has been asked to testify about the union’s tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement before the House Committee on Oversi...
March 25, 2011
Guffey Defends USPS Viability, Tentative Contract Agreement on CNBC
In a televised discussion of the financial challenges facing the USPS, APWU President Cliff Guffey defended the union’s Tentative Agreement for a new...
February 10, 2011
Senator Collins Introduces Bill To Terminate OWCP Payments
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has sponsored legislation that would lead to reduced benefits for postal and federal employees who receive payments from the...
February 2, 2011
APWU Urges Commission To Make Repeal of Pre-Funding Mandate a Priority
Repealing a provision of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act is “so critical to the welfare of the Postal Service” that it should be the exc...
January 21, 2011
National Officers to Meet in February
APWU’s national officers will meet in Atlanta for several days in early February, as President Cliff Guffey seeks to move the organization in a new di...
December 15, 2010
APWU Urges House To Extend ‘Tax Holiday’ To CSRS Employees
APWU President Cliff Guffey has sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives urging them to extend a proposed 2 percent “payroll tax holid...
December 7, 2010
The Washington Post: Wrong Again!
A recent Washington Post editorial is so riddled with inaccuracies that it’s hard to know where to begin to refute them. But one thing is clear: The...
December 2, 2010
APWU Blasts Deficit Commission Proposals
APWU President Cliff Guffey is urging the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, also known as the Deficit Commission, to reject rec...
December 1, 2010
OIG Calls for Reduced Prefunding Requirements
The USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) concluded in a recent report that the Postal Service prefunds its pension and retiree healthcare benefits a...
November 3, 2010
APWU President Refutes Unrealistic View of the USPS
APWU President William Burrus has again refuted claims about the Postal Service’s financial condition, rebutting a column that appeared recently in an...
November 3, 2010
APWU Must Fight for Our Future In Wake of Tough Congressional Elections
Elections have consequences.
October 20, 2010
Notion that USPS Can’t Afford Unions Is a Cheap Shot at Workers
APWU President William Burrus has again refuted assertions about the financial condition of the Postal Service that appeared in a recent column in The...
October 13, 2010
APWU Sets the Facts Straight on the USPS
APWU President William Burrus has ridiculed assertions about the Postal Service that appeared in a recent column in the E-Commerce Times: “There were...
October 1, 2010
Rough Week for USPS Highlights Importance of Bill to Fix Finances
The Postal Service suffered two punishing blows this week: The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) rejected a request for a rate increase, and Congress...
September 27, 2010
Deadline for Voting Extended
The APWU Election Committee has extended the deadline for voting in the national officers’ election because of reports that a large number of union me...
August 27, 2010
Union Vows to Escalate Fight To Preserve Postal Service
APWU members vowed to escalate the fight against the Postal Service’s plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery on the fourth day of the union’s 20th B...
August 26, 2010
Thank You, Bill
APWU members and friends celebrated the 53-year career of President William Burrus and his contributions to the union at a tribute dinner Aug. 24. ALS...
August 13, 2010
Burrus: “Postal Workers Will Not Settle for Less”
“America wants to keep Saturday delivery, and we will beat back this proposal to lock the mailbox on Saturday,” APWU President William Burrus told del...
August 9, 2010
Support Crucial Postal Bills
The union is asking APWU members to give their U.S. representatives an important “welcome home” message during Congress’ August recess: Support H.R. 5...
August 5, 2010
AFL-CIO Adopts Resolution To Save Saturday Mail Service
The AFL-CIO adopted a resolution written by the APWU in support of retaining six-day mail delivery at its Aug. 4 Executive Council meeting.
August 3, 2010
Norton Urges USPS Stamp Committee To Honor Members Killed in 2001 Anthrax Attack
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) urged Postmaster General Potter and the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Council to approve a commemorative postage...
July 30, 2010
Two Congressional Panels Support Six-Day Service
Two congressional panels voted on July 29 to approve spending bills that would require the Postal Service to continue to provide mail delivery six day...
July 27, 2010
Locals Rally to Save Saturday Service
As part of a nationwide campaign, local union members across the country have ramped up the fight to Save Saturday Service, taking action to alert the...
July 22, 2010
Crucial Postal Bill Clears First Hurdle
Legislation to restore financial stability to the Postal Service cleared its first hurdle July 21 when the House postal oversight subcommittee approve...
July 21, 2010
20 Years of Equal Rights in the Workplace
The APWU is marking the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with a proclamation of recommitment to the law’s goal.
July 19, 2010
Union Praises House Bill To Restore USPS Financial Stability
The APWU is praising a bill introduced by Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), which is designed to restore financial stability to the Postal Service.