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March 26, 2012
USPS Explanation of Secret Study Is Misleading, Inaccurate, Union Charges
The Postal Service’s recent attempt to justify the decision to keep market research secret is misleading and inaccurate, the APWU has charged. The research, which was conducted in August and September 2011, indicates that revenue losses from the USPS...
March 13, 2012
APWU Launches Next Phase of Television Ad Campaign
Washington, DC – On Wednesday, March 14, the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will begin running three new television ads that highlight the critical ways America depends on the Postal Service — and the devastating effect closing post offices and...
December 5, 2011
USPS Plan Will Hasten Demise of a Still-Vital Institution
“The Postal Service plan will hasten the demise of the USPS,” APWU President Cliff Guffey said in response to the agency’s announcement that it would seek an advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission on plans to eliminate next-day delive...
September 19, 2011
Postal Unions Launch New Ad Campaign
Washington, DC (Sept. 19, 2011) — Three postal unions are launching a new television ad campaign targeting unfair financial burdens imposed on the U.S. Postal Service by Congress. The new spot exposes the real reason the USPS is facing a crisis...
June 22, 2011
We Will Take Every Step Necessary to Ensure Retirement Benefits Are Protected
The American Postal Workers Union is working fervently to make certain that the Postal Service’s decision to suspend employer contributions to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) does not negatively affect the nation’s postal employe...
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...
March 10, 2011
Governor’s Attack on Wisconsin Workers Must Serve as a Wake-Up Call
“When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and 18 Republican state senators rammed through a bill in the dead of night that strips public workers of their right to collective bargaining, they sent a clear message,” said union President Cliff Guffey. “I hope i...
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...
October 15, 2010
Cliff Guffey Elected President of APWU
In balloting that ended Oct. 14, Cliff Guffey was elected the new president of the American Postal Workers Union, receiving 69 percent of the votes in a three-way race. Greg Bell garnered 75 percent of votes cast, to win the Vice Presidency. Guffey,...
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...
August 22, 2010
Postal Workers Rally to Save Saturday Mail Service
Postal Workers from across the nation will gather at Detroit’s Campus Martius Park on Tuesday, Aug. 24, to protest the Postal Service’s plan to end Saturday mail delivery. More than three thousand members of the American Postal Workers Union — who ar...
April 23, 2010
Postal Union President to Retire at End of Term
William Burrus, president of the American Postal Workers Union, has announced that he will retire in November, ending a 53-year career representing hundreds of thousands of postal employees. He was elected to the APWU’s top office nine years ag...