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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 proposal to end Saturday delivery.
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 has become law, President Obama responded by proclaiming his support f...
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 American citizens and businesses — and jeopardize the USPS itself.
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 losses of $238 billion by the year 2020 were “theoretical.” The exchan...
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 fight for stronger safety-and-health protections. This year’s theme i...
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 delivery, and urged Congress instead to correct two major causes of USPS f...
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 effect it would have on the USPS, as well as on citizens, businesses, and...
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 Service to continue to provide mail delivery six days per week.
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 of the Postal Service.” The USPS outlined the five-day delivery plan...
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 round of quick answers to questions posed by citizens.
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 Service, its employee unions, the Congress, and other stakeholders to...
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. “I encourage every APWU member to call their senators and congressmen...
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. Potter that sought to compel the appointment of a Postal Advisory Council...
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 nationwide financial difficulties by giving legislative relief to its re...
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 that would limit wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting pr...
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 bill that would limit wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontract...
August 1, 2008
House Passes FERS Sick-Leave Bill
The House of Representatives passed a bill July 30 that would grant postal workers and other federal employees covered by FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System) credit for unused sick leave when calculating their ret...
July 28, 2008
APWU Testimony Assails Latest ‘USPS Network Plan’
APWU Legislative Director Myke Reid The Postal Service’s strategy for “network realignment” is based on a faulty premise, APWU Legislative Director Myke Reid told lawmakers July 24. The stated objective of the USPS Netwo...
July 17, 2008
APWU Sues Bush Over Failure To Appoint USPS Advisory Council
The APWU filed suit against President George W. Bush and Postmaster General John E. Potter in District Court July 16 over their failure to appoint a Postal Service Advisory Council, as required by federal law. “The Posta...
July 9, 2008
Management Issues Draft ‘Request for Proposals’ To Subcontract Some Work at Bulk Mail Centers
The Postal Service has posted a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for a “Time-Definite Surface Network,” seeking comments from private companies that are interested in subcontracting work currently done at Bulk Mail Cent...
July 2, 2008
Support Keeps Growing For Mail Network Protection Act
As Congress broke for its July 4 recess, a total of 119 members of the U.S. House of Representatives had become co-sponsors of the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236) to help preserve inexpensive, trustworthy mail se...
June 23, 2008
Six More U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
APWU efforts to build support in Congress for the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236) continued to gain ground over the last two weeks, as six more members of the U.S. House of Representatives endorsed the measure to...
June 6, 2008
Mail Network Protection Act Gains Six More Co-Sponsors
Six more members of the U.S. House of Representatives have become co-sponsors of the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236). Thanks to continuing grassroots action by APWU locals across the country, a total of 110 repr...
May 28, 2008
Postal Workers Protected from Retaliation for Age-Discrimination Complaints
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled May 27 that the law that prohibits age discrimination protects federal and postal employees from retaliation when they file age-discrimination complaints. The ruling is noteworthy because the...
May 21, 2008
Support for Mail Network Protection Act Tops 100
Thanks to continuing legislative outreach efforts by APWU locals, 10 additional members of the U.S. House of Representatives have become co-sponsors of the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236). To date, a total of 104...
May 13, 2008
Another Dozen U.S. Reps. Sign On to Mail Network Protection Act
APWU efforts to build support in Congress for the Mail Network Protection Act have gotten a big boost in the last two weeks, as 12 more members of the U.S. House of Representatives became co-sponsors. The bill (H.R. 4236...
May 8, 2008
Postal Reform Act Is No Endorsement of Privatization
The passage of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act in December 2006 did not change the fundamental mission of the Postal Service, an APWU leader testified on Capitol Hill, and should not be perceived as justifi...
April 28, 2008
Six More U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
Six more members of the U.S. House of Representatives have become co-sponsors of the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236) in support of the union’s efforts to reduce wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracti...