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March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, May 12, 2012
Action Alert: Contact Your Representative Today re S.1789 GOP Votes Pay Cut For Postal, Federal Workers Warning to Postmaster- Do Not Preempt Congress Fox News: Not So……Fair and Balanced
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Jan. 6, 2012
Congress Passes Eight Month Extension PRC Slams Postal Service’s Plans for Retail Closures Senator Akaka Introduces New Legislation President Obama Makes Three Recess Appointments to NLRB
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Aug. 19, 2011
Is a Postal Service Shutdown Less Than a Year Away if Legislative Changes Are Not Made? The Positive Influence of the Postal Service over the Years State-by-State Voter I.D. Law Look-Up Texas Hurting Veterans' Ability to...
March 16, 2026
‘We Hope You Can Make Headway’
Soon after being interviewed on The Ed Show on MSNBC in December, I received an email from a cousin I don’t see very often who had seen the TV segment, which was about protests by postal workers in Springfield OR against...
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Jan. 4, 2013
Out With the 112th Congress In With the 113th Congress New Congress, New Subcommittee Chair Speaker Vote
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, April 26, 2012
Postal Reform Passes First Hurdle - The Senate
March 16, 2026
Privatizers Say: Contract Out Everything But Delivery
In January, a group of “postal industry thought leaders” published a paper that advocates contracting out all postal functions except delivery — a plan that is often referred to as “the last mile strategy.” The paper, t...
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Dec. 9, 2011
Group of Senators Look to Halt USPS Cutbacks NH Right to Work Legislation Fails – Republican Presidential Hopefuls Come out in Favor of Right to Work NAACP Releases New Report
March 16, 2026
Congressional Neglect Deepens Postal Crisis
Although several postal bills have been introduced in Congress recently, our struggle for reform that makes sense is far from over. The “do-nothing” Congress is still a long way from passing legislation that will strengt...
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Aug. 12, 2011
Postal Service Looks to Destroy Layoff Protection in Collective Bargaining Agreements Through Legislation President Guffey on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” Vote By Mail Law in California Strengthened and Rhode Island Enhances Vo...
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Dec. 31, 2012
New Year's Edition! Santa Added House Republicans to Naughty List New Members for House Postal Committee Senator Carper Launches Postal Losses Clock
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, April 20, 2012
Tell Your Senators to Support Key Amendments to S. 1789
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Dec. 2, 2011
APWU Backed Workers Compensation Bill Passes U.S. House of Representatives Voter ID Laws Attack Voters' Rights NLRB Rule Changes
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Aug. 5, 2011
74,000 FAA Workers Idled Due to One Anti-Labor Congressman Senate Democrats Request Justice Department Review of New Voter ID Laws Professor's Blog Fights USPS Closings
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, April 17, 2012
Senate to Consider Postal Bill Today, April 17
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Nov. 18, 2011
More Calls for USPS Privatization - Take Action Today! Tell Congress to Vote No on H.R. 2309! Congress Moves through Budget Funding Measure – Defers Postal Service’s Prefunding Deadline Congressman Introduces Two Pieces...
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, July 29, 2011
Oppose H.R. 2309 - Send aMessage to Your Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Today! Some States Halt Moving Forward with Voter ID Legislation While, Other States Prepare to Change and Educate Public about New Law...
March 16, 2026
“It’s the De-Fault of the Republicans”
Rep. Barney Frank hit the nail on the head when he railed on the House floor on Aug. 2 against Republicans who left Washington for a five-week summer recess before completing the people’s business. Rep. Frank (D-MA) poin...
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, April 13, 2012
APWU Continues Outreach Senator - Postal Worker for a Day Workers Ready to Fight Fire with Fire this Election Right to Work Stalls Again
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Nov. 10, 2011
Senate Hearing National Protests of Voter ID Laws Scheduled for December 10th Easy Voting Act of 2011 - HR 3163 Successful Ohio and Maine Elections
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, July 22, 2011
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Comes Out in Support of Issa's H.R. 2309 Multiple Bills in Both House and Senate look to Overhaul Postal Service A Quick Question and Answer with Postmaster Donahoe Another S...
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, May 31, 2013
New Senate Bill to Fire Tax Delinquent Federal, Postal Employees U.S. Treasury to Borrow from Federal, Postal Retirement Accounts Pre-Funding Mandate Continues to Wreck Postal Finances, Rhetoric Masks Real Cause of USPS...
March 16, 2026
PMG Seeks to Take Us Out of Federal Healthcare Plan
"The APWU will vehemently oppose any plan to take postal employees or retirees out of the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program," writes APWU Executive Vice President Greg Bell in an article for the union's magazine.
March 16, 2026
Veterans, Savings, a Contentious Hearing
It’s rarely quiet in the legislative arena, and as past President Moe Biller was fond of saying, “The struggle continues.” Senate bill 1950, which would have repealed a cut to cost-of-living adjustments for future milit...
March 16, 2026
Management and Privatizers: Reading from the Same Script
Instead of developing a strategy to preserve the Postal Service in the digital age, top management executives have been undermining public confidence in the USPS — angering communities and lowering employee morale with p...
March 16, 2026
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, Oct. 28, 2011
Sign the Petition! Urge Your Member of Congress to Oppose H.R. 2309! Republican Presidential Candidates Support Efforts of Governor to End Collective Bargaining for State Public Sector Workers House Committee Again Looks...
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, July 15, 2011
Union Busting Buried Within Issa’s Postal Reform Bill AFL-CIO Urges Senators to Delete Section Of Senate Bill 1010 in Order to Support Fair and Free Collective Bargaining for Postal Workers Democratic Governors Associat...
March 16, 2026
e-Team Report, July 21, 2012
"The House’s Failure to Act Is Disgraceful" Guffey Blasts House Leaders Health Care Spending Cuts Facebook
March 16, 2026
The Postal Service’s Credibility Deficit
The decision by Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe to accelerate the consolidation of more than 70 mail processing plants that were originally scheduled for 2014 underscores the urgency of our struggle to get Congress to...