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News Article | November 29, 2017
Senate Tax Bill Punishes Working People
The Senate is set to vote on a disastrous tax bill this week, after their House counterparts passed a tax reform bill earlier this month. Much like the House plan, this bill would punish working families and reward the wealthy elites with tax breaks.
News Article | November 1, 2017
Still in the Struggle
(This article first appeared in the November-December 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Central Regional Coordinator Sharyn M. Stone Postal management’s massive violation of Article 12 continues to have a significant impacton our jobs. As this article goes to press, we are still...
News Article | July 27, 2007
Tennessee AMP Study Terminated
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift approximately 90 miles across southwest Tennessee will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently no significant opportunities to improve efficiency and/or serv...
News Article | July 25, 2007
Texas Consolidation Plan Shelved
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation of mail-processing operations in Waco, TX, will not occur. A study to determine whether operations should be shifted both north (about 90 miles to Fort Worth) and south (100 miles to Austin) has been terminated. Approximately 250 jobs were at...
News Article | July 20, 2007
Oshkosh-to-Green Bay Consolidation Study Cancelled
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift from one Wisconsin P&DF to another approximately 50 miles away will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently no significant opportunities to improve efficienc...
News Article | June 12, 2007
Zanesville Consolidation Study Terminated
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift approximately 60 miles across central Ohio will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently no significant opportunities to improve efficiency and/or service thr...
News Article | May 22, 2007
Wisconsin-to-Minnesota AMP Halted
The APWU has been notified that the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the La Crosse (WI) P&DF into the Rochester (MN) P&DF will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently no significant opportunities to improve efficiency and/or service through consol...
News Article | May 17, 2007
Termination of AMPs Is Good News For Northern Michigan, Southern Texas
The APWU has been notified that studies of the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the Gaylord (MI) Main Post Office and at Beaumont (TX) P&DF have been brought to a close and the proposed consolidations will not take place. “After review, it has been determined that there are curren...
News Article | May 10, 2007
House Bill Would Set Timetable for Consolidation Studies
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would establish firm deadlines for Area Mail Processing surveys and would prohibit the USPS from removing equipment or reducing the workforce in affected facilities during AMP studies. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) introduced H.R. 2177, which would re...
News Article | May 7, 2007
Mail Processing Staying Put in Western MD
The Cumberland Area Local’s anti-consolidation T-shirt made its debut last summer. The APWU was notified May 4 that the proposed consolidation of some mail-processing operations involving two sites 90 miles apart in western Maryland has been cancelled. “After review, it has been determined not to pu...
News Article | May 3, 2007
St. Petersburg Consolidation to Proceed
The Postal Service has notified the APWU that it will implement plans to shift some mail-processing operations from the St. Petersburg (FL) Processing and Distribution Center to the Tampa P&DC. Citing declining mail volume at the St. Petersburg facility, postal management claims the move will result...
News Article | April 25, 2007
Twin Falls, Cape Cod Consolidations Stopped
The APWU has been notified that the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the Twin Falls (ID) Customer Service Mail Processing Center into the Boise P&DC has been cancelled. On April 20, 2007, the USPS wrote, “After preliminary review, it has been determined not to pursue the consolida...
News Article | April 13, 2007
Bloomington, Two Upstate New York AMPs Halted; Bronx Study in Limbo
The APWU received notice recently that consolidations of mail-processing operations in Watertown and Binghamton, NY, and Bloomington, IN, no longer are being considered, and that the Area Mail Processing study in the Bronx may be on hold. “After preliminary review, it has been determined that there...
News Article | January 29, 2007
Postal Service Cancels Another AMP Study
The APWU won another battle in the fight against misguided “network realignment” plans when the USPS announced the end of a study aimed at consolidating mail processing operations in Yakima (WA) with those in Pasco, 85 miles away. Saying that the proposed consolidation would not result in improved s...