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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 | April 5, 2011
Guffey Defends Collective Bargaining
In a contentious hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, APWU President Cliff Guffey gave a vigorous defense of collective bargaining and postal employees.
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).
News Article | December 7, 2010
The Washington Post: Wrong Again!
A recent Washington Post editorial is so riddled with inaccuracies that it’s hard to know where to begin to refute them. But one thing is clear: The message — and the not-so-coincidental timing of its publication — is that the anti-union newspaper wants Congress to tilt the scale against workers ju...
News Article | December 2, 2010
APWU Blasts Deficit Commission Proposals
APWU President Cliff Guffey is urging the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, also known as the Deficit Commission, to reject recommendations in its Dec. 1 report regarding the Postal Service, which he said were based on inaccuracies.
News Article | December 1, 2010
OIG Calls for Reduced Prefunding Requirements
The USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) concluded in a recent report that the Postal Service prefunds its pension and retiree healthcare benefits at levels that are substantially higher than other government agencies, the military, and private-sector businesses.
News Article | November 3, 2010
APWU President Refutes Unrealistic View of the USPS
APWU President William Burrus has again refuted claims about the Postal Service’s financial condition, rebutting a column that appeared recently in an Akron (OH) Beacon Journal column, "Post Office Bleeds Dollars."
News Article | November 3, 2010
APWU Must Fight for Our Future In Wake of Tough Congressional Elections
Elections have consequences.
News Article | October 20, 2010
Notion that USPS Can’t Afford Unions Is a Cheap Shot at Workers
APWU President William Burrus has again refuted assertions about the financial condition of the Postal Service that appeared in a recent column in The Daily Caller: "The Postal Service Can't Afford Unions".