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October 6, 2011
Union Challenges Proposed Changes to USPS Service Standards
The APWU is challenging proposed changes to USPS service standards that would result from a major reduction in the number of mail processing facilities.
September 30, 2011
‘Save the Postal Service’
They chanted. They cheered. Donning red, white and blue “Save America’s Postal Service” t-shirts, postal workers and concerned citizens carried signs and marched in front of congressional offices across the country to te...
September 27, 2011
Postal Workers Across the Country Say, ‘Save America’s Postal Service’
Postal workers and supporters held rallies at 492 locations on Sept. 27 to Save America’s Postal Service.
September 25, 2011
Last Minute Preparations Underway For Rallies to Save America’s Postal Service
APWU locals are gearing up for the nationwide day of action to Save America’s Postal Service on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., at locations across the country.
September 16, 2011
APWU Launches Phase 2 Of Television Ad Campaign
The APWU has launched Phase 2 of its television ad campaign, in conjunction with the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, APWU President Cliff Guffey announced.
September 15, 2011
Union Denounces USPS Plans To Dismantle Mail Processing Network
APWU President Cliff Guffey condemned USPS plans to study 252 mail processing facilities for possible closure, saying widespread closures would “dismantle the mail-processing network.”
September 8, 2011
Postal Unions Join Forces To Save America’s Postal Service
The APWU has joined forces with the three other postal unions to designate Sept. 27 as a day of action to Save America’s Postal Service.
September 6, 2011
Congress Must Save Postal Service
Testifying before a Senate panel on Sept. 6, APWU President Cliff Guffey urged Congress to take action to prevent a collapse of the Postal Service, and he denounced USPS proposals to abrogate the union’s Collective Barga...
September 2, 2011
Spending Taxpayers’ Money to Bash the USPS?
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who likes to portray himself as a fierce opponent of wasting taxpayers’ money, has created a slick, high-tech Web site that bashes the Postal Service, using — you guessed it — taxpayers’ money.
August 12, 2011
USPS Seeks Legislation To Allow Layoffs, End Federal Benefits
APWU President Cliff Guffey has condemned Postal Service legislative proposals that would permit the USPS to layoff 120,000 employees and remove postal workers from the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and from...
August 4, 2011
Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over USPS Refusal to Provide Information on Consolidations
The APWU has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) protesting the Postal Service’s refusal to provide the union with information regarding Area Mail Processing (AMP) feasibi...
June 29, 2011
Postal Jobs, Pay, Benefits Threatened by Congress
The Postal Service is in danger of financial collapse, and could close its doors as early as July 2012.
June 24, 2011
A Reckless Attack On Postal Services, Postal Employees
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the powerful chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has introduced a bill, H.R. 2309, that is “a reckless assault on postal workers and the Postal Service,” said APW...
June 15, 2011
Guffey Asks, Who’s the ‘We?’
Testifying before a House panel on June 15, APWU President Cliff Guffey began by taking issue with the title of the hearing, “Postal Infrastructure: How Much Can We Afford?”
June 13, 2011
Guffey to Testify on USPS Network Before House Subcommittee
APWU President Cliff Guffey will testify before a House Subcommittee on June 15 about the retail and mail processing network of the Postal Service.
June 6, 2011
Updated Consolidation Toolkit Available to Assist in Locals’ Efforts
The APWU has produced an updated toolkit to assist locals in their efforts to bring attention to the negative effects consolidation would have on mail service.
December 17, 2010
Management Message Confirms Excessing Moratorium
Union officials in locales where managers are balking at implementing the moratorium on excessing that was announced on Dec. 15 will be pleased to see an e-mail message from a headquarters-level manager notifying Area-le...
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. 5746, a bill to restore financial stability to the Postal Service.
January 19, 2010
USPS Can’t Rationalize ‘Network Rationalization’
Echoing APWU criticisms, a recent audit by the USPS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concluded that after more than five years of initiatives aimed at streamlining the mail-processing network, the Postal Service has...
December 19, 2008
Union Files Second ‘Dispute’ Over Two-Tour Initiative
The APWU has filed a second Step 4 dispute protesting the Postal Service’s nationwide program to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 assignments and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16, is a companion to another Ste...
December 17, 2008
Union Files ‘Dispute’ Over Elimination of Tour 2
The APWU has initiated a Step 4 dispute with the Postal Service, protesting management’s nationwide plan to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 assignments and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16 by union President...
December 12, 2008
APWU Members in Florida Enlist Public’s Support in Consolidation Fight
When the Postal Service announced a consolidation study in Manasota, FL, APWU’s Local 7136 swung into action without waiting for the first in “a series of community meetings” that the USPS said it would schedule. Instead...
November 25, 2008
Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Elimination of Tour 2
The APWU has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the Postal Service, alleging that management failed to bargain over a nationwide plan to consolidate mail processing into two tours — a plan that would eliminate...
November 24, 2008
Bronx Consolidation Plan – Finally – ‘Not Approved’
Nearly three years after an Area Mail Processing study was launched, a plan to send mail from three major processing facilities in the Bronx to a sorting facility in Manhattan has been shelved. [USPS notice to APWU] “The...
November 18, 2008
USPS Denies Existence of Program to Eliminate Tour 2
In response to an inquiry from APWU President Burrus, the Postal Service has denied that it is “considering or is in the process of implementing a nationwide program establishing a two-tour operation, which is intended t...
November 7, 2008
USPS Scraps Western Iowa Consolidation Plan
Almost three years after the Postal Service announced plans to consolidate a western Iowa postal facility’s mail across state lines, the USPS has decided to allow the Sioux City Processing & Distribution Facility to cont...
December 20, 2007
Spending Bill Includes Rider That Blocks 7 Consolidations
A provision attached to the appropriations bill awaiting President Bush’s signature would indefinitely postpone most of the Postal Service consolidation plans still awaiting implementation. The initial adjustment to the...
October 15, 2007
APWU Launches Ad Campaign Against Consolidation in Michigan
An APWU advertising campaign in southern Michigan got underway last week, urging the citizens of Flint and Detroit to speak out against the consolidation of mail-processing operations into a new facility in Pontiac. The...
June 25, 2007
Public Affairs Group Honors APWU TV Ad
An APWU-sponsored TV commercial that decried the negative effects of Postal Service consolidation plans has won a “Pollie Award” from the American Association of Political Consultants. Broadcast in select cities in the l...
May 3, 2007
St. Petersburg Consolidation to Proceed
The Postal Service has notified the APWU that it will implement plans to shift some mail-processing operations from the St. Petersburg (FL) Processing and Distribution Center to the Tampa P&DC. Citing declining mail volu...