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July 7, 2010
Postal Legislation Stalled in House
Ignoring the urging of numerous senators and many others, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) has signaled his intent to bring to the House floor...
July 2, 2010
PRC Affirms USPS Overpaid $50 Billion to Retirement Fund
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) released an independent actuarial report on June 30 which confirms that the Postal Service was overcharged $50-...
June 24, 2010
Sen. Coburn Tries to Pull a Fast One
Conservative Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) tried to pull a fast one at a joint hearing sponsored by Senate and House postal subcommittees on Wednesday.
June 23, 2010
USPS Must Expand, Not Cut, Service
June 21, 2010
Burrus to Testify On Future of Postal Service
APWU President William Burrus will testify at a congressional hearing titled, “Having Their Say: Customer and Employee Views on the Future of the U.S....
June 16, 2010
Rank & File Bargaining Panel Meets
“This will not be a giveback contract,” APWU President Burrus told members of the union’s Rank and File Bargaining Advisory Committee at their first m...
June 8, 2010
OIG Says Workshare Audit Will Include Union’s Views
June 3, 2010
Fight to Save Saturday Service Approaches Important Milestone
Postal employees and customers are approaching an important milestone in the fight to save Saturday service, as a House resolution supporting six-day...
May 25, 2010
Burrus Criticizes Exclusion Of Postal Unions from OIG Workshare Audit
APWU President William Burrus has criticized a decision by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) to exclude postal unions from providing input in...
May 19, 2010
APWU Urges PRC To Save Saturday Delivery at Memphis Field Hearing
APWU Assistant Clerk Craft Director Mike Morris urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to save six-day mail delivery at a Memphis, TN field hearing, t...
May 17, 2010
APWU Rallies Against Big Banks, For Good Jobs
Protesting corporate greed and big-bank financiers, APWU officers and staff joined hundreds of union activists at a rally in Washington DC on May 17 t...
May 12, 2010
Burrus: USPS Postage Discounts Are Illegal, Self-Defeating
Postage discounts for major mailers are illegal and “self-defeating,” APWU President William Burrus told lawmakers May 12. Excessive discounts for cor...
May 12, 2010
Burrus to Testify At House Hearing on Postage Discounts
APWU President William Burrus will testify on postage discounts on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, before a House subcommittee.
May 11, 2010
APWU Urges Postal Commission To Save Saturday Service
Testifying at a Las Vegas field hearing, APWU Western Region Coordinator Omar Gonzalez urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to reject the USPS propo...
May 5, 2010
Obama Declares: ‘I’m Pro-Union’
When he was asked by a union member at a recent town hall meeting how he would continue to support the labor movement now that healthcare legislation...
April 28, 2010
Get the Facts, Spread the Word
The APWU has produced material to help union members spread the word about how the Postal Service’s plan to end Saturday mail delivery would harm Amer...
April 16, 2010
Rationale for Five-Day Delivery Shattered at House Hearing
response to questions by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Postmaster General John E. Potter admitted that predictions that the Postal Service would amass...
April 14, 2010
Workers Memorial Day
On April 28 each year, the labor movement observes Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have been killed or injured on the job, and to renew the...
March 18, 2010
APWU Denounces Five-Day Mail Delivery, Urges Congress to Correct Pre-Funding Requirement
In testimony submitted to a Senate subcommittee March 18, APWU President William Burrus denounced Postal Service plans to eliminate Saturday mail deli...
March 16, 2010
Setting the Record Straight on Five-Day Delivery
The Postal Service’s proposal to eliminate Saturday mail delivery has been widely reported, but most news articles fail to address the devastating eff...
March 8, 2010
APWU Urges Members To Support Six-Day Mail Delivery
The APWU is asking union members to contact their U.S. Representatives and encourage them to co-sponsor House Resolution 173, which urges the Postal S...
March 3, 2010
Union Rejects USPS Call For Five-Day Delivery, New Business Model
APWU President William Burrus condemned USPS proposals to reduce mail delivery to five days per week, saying, “It would be the beginning of the demise...
February 5, 2010
Obama: Postal Privatization a ‘Bad Idea’
President Obama said in an interview posted on YouTube on Feb. 1 that privatization of the USPS would be a “bad idea.” He made the comment during a ro...
February 5, 2010
Obama Budget Promises Strong Support for USPS
The Obama administration’s 2011 budget [excerpt] calls for a continuation of six-day mail delivery and says the White House “will work with the Postal...
January 13, 2010
National Healthcare Day of Action
It’s now or never for healthcare reform, and the unions of the AFL-CIO are urging their members to participate in a National Healthcare Day of Action....
September 22, 2009
Fact & Fiction: The US Postal Service
News reports have been filled with articles about the financial crisis facing the U.S. Postal Service, many of them based on false premises.
December 4, 2008
Federal Judge Dismisses APWU Lawsuit Against Bush
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed an APWU lawsuit against President George W. Bush and Postmaster General John E. Pot...
November 20, 2008
‘Stakeholders’ Urge Congress To Give USPS Legislative Relief
The APWU is part of a group of 50 postal unions, management associations, and mailers that has asked Congress to help the agency during the current na...
October 6, 2008
Nine More U.S. Reps. Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
In the month of September, nine more members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed on to the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236), a bill tha...
August 6, 2008
H.R. 4236 Gains 16 More Co-Sponsors
Sixteen more members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed up in July to become co-sponsors of the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236), a bi...