As we get closer to the Postal Service implosion (?) it is also an opportunity to listen to what employees in the trenches have to say about what is going on inside our troubled agency. None of the politicians ever want to hear from the T-shirt wearing people at the bottom of the organization underrepresented […]
75 House Members Call for New USPS Business Model, Not Post Office Closures in Bi-Partisan Letter to PRC Chairwoman Ruth Goldway Congressmen Gerry Connolly (D-VA) Don Young (R-AK), joined by 73 other bipartisan members of Congress, have written Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Chairwoman Ruth Goldway to urge the PRC to reject thousands of Post Office […]
On Sept. 27, members of the Postal Service’s four employee unions will join forces with members of our communities to send a message to the nation and Congress through informational rallies at the home office of each member of the House of Representatives, to thank those members who have signed on as co-sponsors of H.R. […]
The APWU has launched Phase 2 of its television ad campaign, in conjunction with the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, APWU President Cliff Guffey announced. Spots will air on CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News. The ad will run for approximately two months. The ad is designed to explain […]
List of USPS Mail Processing Facilities Facing Closure To view the list of USPS processing centers facing closure please follow the link below. Processing Facilities Facing Closure
Congressman Lacy Clay Cosponsors Bill to Give Postal Service 90-day Extension of Pre-Payment of Retired Employee Healthcare Benefits Congress Will Consider Steps to Restore Profitability While Maintaining Universal Mail Service Washington, DC – Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri, joined Ranking Oversight Committee Member Elijah E. Cummings (D) Maryland, and ten of his House Democratic […]
The following is being released by the American Federation of Government Employees: A coalition of labor and management groups, including the numerous postal groups and unions, sent a letter to President Obama today, September 15, 2011, urging him to reject proposals that would require federal employees and retirees to shoulder more of the cost of lowering the nation’s […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey condemned USPS plans to study 252 mail processing facilities for possible closure, saying widespread closures would “dismantle the mail-processing network.” On Sept. 14, the USPS released a list of offices where studies will take place. “The Postal Service should be urging Congress to address the cause of its problems – not […]
WASHINGTON – Sept. 15, 2011 Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement on the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement regarding changes to its distribution network: “Obviously I am deeply saddened to learn that the Hares Corner processing center in Delaware has been included […]
Saving the Postal Service from financial collapse seems to be getting attention on Capitol Hill: H.R. 1351 — a bill supported by postal unions, management associations, and the mailing industry to address the USPS financial crisis — has become one of the top three bills searched for on the Library of Congress’ legislative research Web […]