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News Article | June 6, 2011

Legislative Action Needed

Recent headlines that predict the Postal Service will collapse within one year demonstrate the importance of APWU members getting involved in legislative affairs, President Cliff Guffey said.

News Article | May 17, 2011

Legislators Must Apply Pension Overpayments to Pre-Funding Bill

In testimony before a Senate Subcommittee on May 17, APWU President Cliff Guffey urged legislators to take immediate action to restore financial stability to the cash-strapped agency.

News Article | May 13, 2011

Guffey to Testify on Postal Finances Before Senate Subcommittee

APWU President Cliff Guffey will testify before a Senate Subcommittee on May 17 about the USPS financial crisis and the steps needed to restore financial stability to the cash-strapped agency.

News Article | May 5, 2011

Tell Congress: Support H.R. 1351

APWU members are encouraged to contact their members of Congress and urge them to support H.R. 1351, an important measure that would restore financial stability to the Postal Service.

News Article | April 13, 2011

House Hearing Sets Troubling Precedent

APWU members across the country cheered when President Cliff Guffey stood up for postal workers at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 5, but the inquiry into the union’s tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement set a troubling precedent nonetheless.

News Article | April 11, 2011

Two Postal Service Reform Bills Introduced in Congress

Two legislators have introduced postal reform bills designed to restore stability to the cash-strapped agency and help it survive tough times.

News Article | April 11, 2011

Senators Introduce Anti-Postal Legislation

Powerful senators have introduced legislation that, if adopted, would dramatically increase the cost of health and life insurance premiums for postal employees, and would void provisions of the tentative 2010-2015 USPS-APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement.  

News Article | March 31, 2011

Guffey to Testify Before House Committee

APWU President Cliff Guffey has been asked to testify about the union’s tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, whose powerful chairman has publicly condemned the new agreement and said it is too generous to postal employees.

News Article | March 25, 2011

Guffey Defends USPS Viability, Tentative Contract Agreement on CNBC

In a televised discussion of the financial challenges facing the USPS, APWU President Cliff Guffey defended the union’s Tentative Agreement for a new contract with the Postal Service and reminded viewers the nation’s mail system “is the backbone of a multi-trillion dollar business in this country.“

News Article | February 10, 2011

Senator Collins Introduces Bill To Terminate OWCP Payments

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has sponsored legislation that would lead to reduced benefits for postal and federal employees who receive payments from the Office of Workers Compensation Program (OWCP) due to job-related injuries or illnesses.

News Article | February 2, 2011

APWU Urges Commission To Make Repeal of Pre-Funding Mandate a Priority

Repealing a provision of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act is “so critical to the welfare of the Postal Service” that it should be the exclusive focus of a report to the president and Congress on the effectiveness of the law, the APWU wrote to the Postal Regulatory Commission on Feb. 1.

News Article | January 21, 2011

National Officers to Meet in February

APWU’s national officers will meet in Atlanta for several days in early February, as President Cliff Guffey seeks to move the organization in a new direction.

News Article | December 15, 2010

APWU Urges House To Extend ‘Tax Holiday’ To CSRS Employees

APWU President Cliff Guffey has sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives urging them to extend a proposed 2 percent “payroll tax holiday” to postal workers and other federal employees who are covered by the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS).