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News Article | February 6, 2015
e-Team Report, Feb. 6, 2015
New Bill Would Stop Mail Slowdown, Reinstate Service Standards Recognizing the essential role mail plays in American society, some in Congress are responding to the Postal Service’s disastrous action to eliminate overnight delivery and plans to close or consolidate 82 mail processing facilities. Th...
News Article | January 27, 2015
e-Team Report, Jan. 27, 2015
New House Resolution Takes Aim at Delayed Mail Just weeks into the 114th Congress, a new bipartisan coalition of a dozen U.S. representatives is taking a stand for prompt, reliable mail service.
News Article | January 23, 2015
e-Team Report, Jan. 23, 2015
New Postal Amendment to Pipeline Bill Whether or not to approve construction of the Keystone tar sands pipeline is one of the first pieces of legislation that the Senate has taken up since the 114th Congress came into session this month. For this bill, newly minted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCo...
News Article | January 12, 2015
e-Team Report, Jan. 12, 2015
New Congress Convenes The 114th Congress convened last week, with Republicans assuming full control of the body for the first time in 8 years. Republicans captured control of the Senate and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will lead a caucus of 54 Republicans, while Senate Minority Lead...
News Article | November 10, 2014
e-Team Report, Nov. 10, 2014
The 2014 Midterm Elections and Beyond After months of electioneering, phone banks, door knocks, and billions of dollars spent in campaign ads, the book has closed on the 2014 midterm elections. The APWU is truly appreciative of all active and retired members and our Auxiliary who took time out of t...
News Article | November 3, 2014
e-Team Report, Nov. 3, 2014
One Word: VOTE As Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4 draws near, APWU President Mark Dimondstein, the APWU National Executive Board, and all National Officers have one simple message for APWU members: exercise your right to vote.
News Article | October 24, 2014
e-Team Report, Oct. 24, 2014
Get involved before it is too late – Election Day is around the corner! Election Day is just two weeks away and in several states, the polls are already open. In many contests, the margin of victory is expected to be extremely small. Control of the United States Senate and many governorships will hi...
News Article | October 8, 2014
e-Team Report, Oct. 8, 2014
Fall is in the air, kids are back to school, leaves are changing colors, and Congress has adjourned so members can return home to run for reelection. Now that members of Congress are home, it is a perfect time to meet with lawmakers and discuss our issues – particularly in support of a moratorium o...
News Article | September 19, 2014
e-Team Report, Sept. 19, 2014
This week, the House and Senate passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 11, 2014. Unfortunately, this continuing resolution did not include a 1-year moratorium on closing or consolidating mail processing facilities or cutting mail service standards – a positio...
News Article | September 15, 2014
e-Team Report, Sept. 15, 2014
The ongoing effort by APWU and our partners to block destructive cuts to America’s mail service has recently gained a powerful ally. On Thursday, September 4th, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) added his name to the list of senators opposing the Postal Service’s destructive mail slowdown an...
News Article | September 2, 2014
e-Team Report, Sept. 2, 2014
Earlier this summer the Postal Service announced plans to close or consolidate 82 mail processing plants. On August 1st, the Postal Service published in the Federal Register a reduction in Service Standards, which makes their closure and consolidation plan possible. Unless we build a movement to p...
News Article | August 20, 2014
e-Team Report, Aug. 20, 2014
On August 14th, 50 U.S. senators sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee urging congressional action to preserve service standards and prevent the closure or consolidation of mail processing facilities. Over the past few weeks, APWU members and allies sent thousands of...
News Article | August 1, 2014
e-Team Report, Aug. 1, 2014
On June 30th, USPS announced its intention to close and consolidate 82 mail processing facilities in 37 states throughout the country beginning in January 2015. Today, August 1st, 2014, service standard changes were printed in the federal register ending overnight mail service for the entire countr...
News Article | July 11, 2014
e-Team Report, July 11, 2014
On June 30, the Postal Service announced plans to resume the closure and consolidation of up to 82 mail processing plants beginning in January 2015. The APWU was quick to denounce USPS’s destructive scheme. “This is a direct assault on service to the people of the country, on postal workers and on...
News Article | June 6, 2014
e-Team Report, June 6, 2014
The Federal Highway Trust Fund, which provides for construction and maintenance of the nation’s roads, rail lines, and bridges, is expected to run out of money this summer. Should the fund run dry, important work on the nation’s transportation infrastructure would come to a halt.