Budget Bills: Cut Postal, Federal Pay
Two congressional committees are proposing to solve the nation’s financial problems in part by reducing pay for millions of postal and federal employees. Budget bills for fiscal year 2016 proposed by House and Senate committees last week would cut...
The Worst Trade Deal You've Never Heard Of
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is now headed to Congress, is a product of big corporations and Wall Street, seeking to circumvent regulations protecting workers, consumers, and the environment. Watch this video, and say “no” to fast-tracking...
Robin Hood to the Rescue!
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) will re-introduce the Robin Hood Tax bill in Congress today.
e-Team Report, March 6, 2015
APWU Stands Firm with Allies – No TPP and No Fast Track
In the coming weeks, Congress is expected to consider a wrongheaded bill to "Fast Track" passage of the international trade deal known as Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). TPP would be the...
What Does the Year Hold for Us?
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The USPS welcomed 2015 by reducing service standards so it can complete its so-called “Network Rationalization Plan.” The plan calls for the closure...