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May 1, 2026

e-Team Report, Sept. 16, 2011

APWU Members Call Your Member Of Congress In Opposition To H.R. 2309 Today! Congresswoman Fudge along with 55 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives Send Letter to Postmaster General Senator Carper of Delawar...

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May 1, 2026

e-Team Report, Sept. 2, 2011

President Guffey to Testify before Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Contact Your Member of the House Today! Republican Leaders Intend to Repeal Labor Regulations and Labor Board Issue Multiple...

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May 1, 2026

e-Team Report, Sept. 23, 2011

Congressman Issa’s H.R. 2309 Moves Through House Subcommittee Joint “Save America’s Postal Service” Rallies Set Nationwide for Tuesday, Sept., 2011 Deficit-Reduction Package Put Forward to Special Joint Committee APWU, N...

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May 1, 2026

e-Team Report, Sept. 30, 2011

Postal Unions Rally All Across the Country for H.R. 1351 McCain Introduces Version Of Issa’s Bill in the Senate Multiple U. S. Reps. Introduce Postal Legislation APWU President Guffey on MSNBC’s Ed Show and CSPAN H.R. 13...

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May 1, 2026

e-Team Report, Sept. 9, 2011

Sept. 27 Day of Action  President Guffey Testifies Before Senate Committee Proposed Postal Service Layoffs Would Significantly Impact Minorities, Veterans Governor Lynch’s Veto Sustained in New Hampshire / Ohio to Mail A...

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May 1, 2026

e-Team Report, Sept. 9, 2011

Sept. 27 Day of Action  President Guffey Testifies Before Senate Committee Proposed Postal Service Layoffs Would Significantly Impact Minorities, Veterans Governor Lynch’s Veto Sustained in New Hampshire / Ohio to Mail A...

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May 1, 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...

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May 1, 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...

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May 1, 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.

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May 1, 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.

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May 1, 2026

PMG’s Credibility In Doubt Again

At Senate hearings in September on proposed postal legislation, "Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe made several statements that once again call his credibility into question," notes APWU Executive Vice President Greg Be...

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May 1, 2026

PMG’s Demands: Bad for Postal Workers

The Postmaster General and the USPS are lobbying Congress. What are they asking legislators to do? Reduce letter delivery to five days per week; Deny new hires a “defined benefit” retirement (pension) plan; Force injured...

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May 1, 2026

Postal Reform – At the 11th Hour

With the expiration of a moratorium on the consolidation and closure of mail processing plants and post offices approaching, there has been a tremendous amount of activity about postal legislation on Capitol Hill — and a...

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May 1, 2026

Postal Service Default: A Congressionally-Manufactured Crisis

The Postal Service’s default on a $5.5 billion payment to the U.S. Treasury on Aug. 1 — and an expected default on Sept. 30 — is the result of a congressionally-manufactured crisis that could have been avoided, the APWU...

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May 1, 2026

Privatization Merits ‘Serious Consideration,’ Panel Says

The National Academy of Public Administration, an organization chartered by Congress to provide advice to government leaders, recently evaluated a proposal to privatize all postal operations except delivery and concluded...

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May 1, 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...

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May 1, 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...

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May 1, 2026

Summary of Regulations Governing COPA Solicitations

Summary of Regulations Governing COPA Solicitations

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May 1, 2026

Survey Says: Most Americans Oppose Plant Closures

I have always been skeptical of surveys conducted by the Postal Service, because they seem to be designed to generate responses that would justify cutting service, closing postal facilities, or reducing employees’ pay. B...

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May 1, 2026

The Long and Winding Road to Real Reform

Are you ready for a busy summer? I hope so, because it looks like APWU members will need to spend much of the season persuading members of Congress that enacting customer-friendly, worker-friendly postal reform legislati...

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May 1, 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...

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May 1, 2026

USPS Misrepresentations Lead to Barrage of Criticism

The Postal Service’s top management, including Postmaster General Donahoe, has been drawing fire from all sides in recent months, after a series of disturbing and embarrassing revelations. Criticism of postal management...

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May 1, 2026

USPS Plays the Perception Game

On May 17, the Postal Service announced that it would begin implementing a “new” network consolidation plan. Unfortunately, the new plan is the same as the old plan. In February, the USPS announced that it had approved 2...

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May 1, 2026

USPS Plays the Perception Game

On May 17, the Postal Service announced that it would begin implementing a “new” network consolidation plan. Unfortunately, the new plan is the same as the old plan. In February, the USPS announced that it had approved 2...

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May 1, 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...