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News Article | March 14, 2008
Mail Network Protection Act Steadily Gaining Co-Sponsors
As of mid-March, 55 members of the House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of an anti-subcontracting measure supported by the APWU. The Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236), which was introduced in November by Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), would require the Postal Service to bargain w...
News Article | February 28, 2008
Anti-Subcontracting Measure Attracting Support
Several more “co-sponsors” have signed on to show their support for the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236), which would require the Postal Service to bargain with postal unions before it engages in significant subcontracting. In February, these House members (all Democrats) became co-sponsors o...
News Article | January 31, 2008
Anti-Subcontracting Bill Picking Up ‘Co-Sponsors
The Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236), which would require the Postal Service to bargain with postal unions before it engages in significant subcontracting, has been steadily gaining sponsorship in the House. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) on Nov. 15, and support f...
News Article | January 9, 2008
Union President Asks Locals, States To Seek Support for Subcontracting Legislation
APWU President William Burrus has asked the union’s state and local presidents to encourage APWU members to write to their U.S. representatives and ask them to co-sponsor and support the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236). The bill, introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) on Nov. 15, 2007, woul...
News Article | January 7, 2008
They Love to Hate Us
Postal Points, a mailing industry newsletter, has enjoyed taking potshots at the APWU for quite a while, but the vitriol seems to have increased lately. And in a Dec. 21, 2007, article about the Omnibus Appropriations Bill that passed Congress late last year, the publication also blasted legislators...
News Article | December 26, 2007
House ‘Mail Network Protection Act’ Gains Seven Co-Sponsors Prior to Holiday Break
Seven U.S. representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of H.R. 4236, the Mail Network Protection Act introduced by Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA). Introduced in the House on Nov. 15, the bill would require the Postal Service to bargain with postal unions before engaging in significant subcontracting. T...
News Article | December 20, 2007
Spending Bill Includes Rider That Blocks 7 Consolidations
A provision attached to the appropriations bill awaiting President Bush’s signature would indefinitely postpone most of the Postal Service consolidation plans still awaiting implementation. The initial adjustment to the legislation came at the instigation of Rep. Jose Serrano (D-Bronx), who chairs...
News Article | December 19, 2007
APWU Seeks Support for ‘Mail Network Protection Act’
The APWU has written to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives, asking them to co-sponsor and support the Mail Network Protection Act, which would require the Postal Service to bargain with unions before committing to significant subcontracting. The legislation (H.R. 4236) was introduced b...
News Article | December 12, 2007
Rep. Lynch Seeks Support for ‘Mail Network Protection Act’
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) has asked his congressional colleagues to co-sponsor legislation he introduced last month that would require the Postal Service to bargain with unions before engaging in significant subcontracting. Lynch’s Dec. 11, 2007, letter to fellow representatives outlines the impo...
News Article | November 19, 2007
Legislation Would Compel USPS to Bargain Over Subcontracting
The APWU won a significant victory Nov. 15, with the introduction of a bill that would require the Postal Service to bargain with postal unions before engaging in significant subcontracting. The union has been strenuously advocating such legislation for several months.
News Article | November 16, 2007
APWU-Backed Bill Introduced in Congress
The APWU won a significant victory on Nov. 15, when Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) introduced legislation that would require the Postal Service to bargain with postal unions before making a commitment to significant subcontracting. H.R. 4236 would require the USPS to submit to arbitration if management a...
News Article | July 20, 2007
Burrus Tells Congress: Compel USPS to Bargain Over Subcontracting
If Congress wants to limit USPS subcontracting, lawmakers should enact legislation compelling the Postal Service to bargain over the issue, APWU President William Burrus told a House subcommittee on July 19, rather than intervening in specific contracting-out disputes. Congress should avoid substitu...
News Article | June 28, 2007
Despite Majority Support, ‘EFCA’ Blocked in Senate
Although a majority of U.S. Senators clearly favor the Employee Free Choice Act, anti-worker lawmakers have prevented the Senate from passing the measure. Fifty-one senators voted June 26 to end debate and pass the act. But the 48 senators who oppose the bill voted against “cloture,” preventing a vo...
News Article | June 19, 2007
Senate Set to Consider Employee Free Choice Act
The U.S. Senate is expected to debate legislation this week that would remove many of the obstacles faced by American workers who want to form unions. The Employee Free Choice Act would give American workers greater freedom to make their own choices about joining unions and bargaining for better wag...
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...