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News Article | October 17, 2011
Video of Union’s Fight to Save USPS Now Available
A video of the union’s fight to save America’s Postal Service can be viewed online.
News Article | 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.
News Article | 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 tell the real story about the Postal Service’s financial crisis and to build suppo...
News Article | 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.
News Article | 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.
News Article | 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.
News Article | 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.”
News Article | 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.
News Article | 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 Bargaining Agreement.
News Article | 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.
News Article | 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 federal retirement programs.
News Article | 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) feasibility studies.
News Article | 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.
News Article | 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 APWU President Cliff Guffey.
News Article | 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?”