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June 17, 2015
House Appropriations Committee Approval of Amendment to Restore Postal Service Standards an ‘Important Step Forward’
Today’s vote by the House Appropriations Committee to approve an amendment to restore postal service standards is an important step forward for postal employees and our customers – large and small. The bipartisan vote was 26-23. Postal workers have b...
August 20, 2013
APWU Opposes USPS Healthcare Proposal
“The American Postal Workers Union vehemently opposes the Postal Service’s proposal to remove postal workers from the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program,” President Cliff Guffey said following the release of a GAO report on the plan. “The APWU...
May 23, 2011
APWU, USPS Sign New Contract
APWU President Cliff Guffey and Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe have signed the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Their signatures formalize the new contract, which was ratified by APWU members on May 11 by a vote of 69,451 to 22,351. The...
May 12, 2011
Postal Workers Ratify Contract
Members of the American Postal Workers Union approved a new contract on May 11, with more than 75 percent of those casting ballots voting in favor of ratification. The final tally was 69,451 to 22,351 in balloting that ended May 10. The agreement wil...
March 14, 2011
APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, APWU President Cliff Guffey announced on March 14. “Throughout the bargaining process, the union sought to negotiate a contract that w...
November 20, 2010
Postal Workers Contract Extended to Nov. 23; Talks Continue
APWU President Cliff Guffey announced that the union and the Postal Service have agreed to extend the Collective Bargaining Agreement until Tuesday, Nov. 23, at noon. The contract was scheduled to expire Nov. 20, at noon ET. “We do not have a new co...
September 8, 2010
Postal Workers Union Denounces USPS Attempts to Work the Refs
Says Contract Negotiations Are Ill-Served by Public Misstatements American Postal Workers Union President William Burrus is denouncing efforts by the Postal Service to influence the outcome of contract negotiations by issuing demands in public forums...
September 1, 2010
Contract Negotiations Begin Between U.S. Postal Service and American Postal Workers Union
Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between the U.S. Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union began Sept. 1. The current contract expires Nov. 20, 2010. “Every contract negotiation brings special challenges, and this wi...