APWU News – 7/25/19 – Thousands of APWU members joined our nationwide phone action on Tuesday, July 23 to tell Congress to fix a bad law that has put our public Postal Service in jeopardy.
More than 5,000 postal workers, allies, and community supporters called their Representative in Washington, DC and asked them to cosponsor the USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382) – following a call to action from APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard.
The legislation would repeal the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act’s (PAEA) burdensome pre-funding mandate for retiree health care. That burdensome mandate is pulling billions of dollars out of the Postal Service, which has caused job and service cuts across the USPS.
The USPS Fairness Act would do a lot to put the US Postal Service back on the road to sustainability.
Calls Made All Over the Country
In one day, APWU members contacted all 435 House Representatives. “When we speak up together, there is power in our collective voice,” said APWU Legislative and Political Director Judy Beard. “A special shout to the Central region for making the most calls!”
As the day drew to a close, seven new members of the House of Representatives had signed on as cosponsors of the USPS Fairness Act, and five more became cosponsors on Wednesday, July 24. More are saying they will add their names.
“The fact is that, in 2006, Congress damaged our public Postal Service. We are working hard to pressure them to undo that damage,” said President Dimondstein. “Too often, big moneyed interests and corporate lobbyists roam the halls of Congress wielding undue influence over the people we elect to represent us. That’s why it’s so important that they hear from working people. If we don’t speak up, then the privatizers who want to sell off our public Postal Service will go unanswered.”
As of July 25, 201 Representatives have signed on to support the bill.
To Whom this may concern:
Why does the United States Postal Services not offer paid maternity leaves for its employees?
Having a child while working at the post office should never feel like a punishment, but more like a contribution to the next generation of society. Payed maternity leaves to the women soon to be mothers, must be a priority not a regret…. Full time employees of this organization should be considered under the new federal employees bill Act for paid maternity leaves.
Therefore, no leave wop or leave without pay should be passed on to it’s employee in that situation nor should there be any out standing bills owing to the post office for that matter. We should remember that if it was not for a mother no one would be born….
There are a number of stress being place on a woman who must work during her pregnancy since, she must worry about her safety and the babies safety….Please, consider this to be a
necessary change to your policy and make it a successful one…
Our site IS NOT the official USPS. Having said that – as far as we know USPS does offer paid maternity leave under FMLA. Ask your USPS manager. This ‘MAY’ not be true for non-career employees. Again, ask your USPS manager.