Postal Infrastructure: How Much Can We Afford? Guffey Asks, Who’s the ‘We?’ Testifying before a House panel on June 15, APWU President Cliff Guffey began by taking issue with the title of the hearing, “Postal Infrastructure: How Much Can We Afford?” “A key point to bear in mind is that the ‘we’ in this question […]
APWU Web News Article 069-2011, June 13, 2011 APWU President Cliff Guffey will testify before a House Subcommittee on June 15 about the retail and mail processing network of the Postal Service. The hearing will be broadcast on the committee’s Web site beginning at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will focus on the “extent that these […]
On June 7th, NAPUS leaders, along with heads of the League and NAPS met with Postal Headquarters officials to discuss how some of the changes in the new USPS-APWU contract will impact post offices. The discussion included a question and answer session on the recent letter of opportunity that was issued to PMRs in level […]
June 1, 2011 To: APWU Members Perhaps it is time for the Postal Service to consider offering a healthy incentive for APWU represented employees to retire. The wage difference between a Grade 6 Step 0 employee and a newly hired replacement is $18,000 per year ($53,102 vs. $35,182) so for every 1000 employees replaced, the […]
Postal Service’s Carbon Footprint Shrinks Efforts to Decrease Greenhouse Gas Emissions Succeeding WASHINGTON — As suggested by its Reduce our Environmental Footprint Go Green Forever stamp, the U.S. Postal Service became a lot greener last year. Known globally for sustainability innovations and leadership, the agency reported an 8 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions […]
KNOW THE FACTS — BE INFORMED LIMITED SPECIAL INCENTIVE OFFER FOR SEVEN DISTRICTS USPS News Link The Postal Service is offering a version of the Special Incentive Offer announced earlier this year limited to supervisors, Customer Services, and supervisors of Distribution Operations, in seven districts. The districts affected are: Caribbean, Honolulu, Long Island, New York, […]
To APWU Members May 30,2011 Will The Post Office Survive? Over the past 50 years pundits and politicians have speculated about the imminent demise of the United States Postal Service and to date they have been proven wrong. Despite the outstanding record of existing for 30 years without government subsidy, a cottage industry emerged at […]
Could USPS close its’ doors for good in July 2012? If you read the Tweeter talk you just may believe this to be true. Courier, Express, and Postal Observer tells us … “The Wall Street Journal has reported that a number of private sector economic forecasters are toning down their economic forecast for the rest […]
The following reports are from The Dept. Of Labor – Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) On May 2, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Frankie L. Sanders, former Southern Regional Coordinator of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), was sentenced to 18 months custody of the Bureau of […]
The Unites States Court of Appeals issued its decision regarding USPS v. PRC (PDF) – exigency case. Basically, the Court found what they concluded is ambiguous language and has sent the case back to the PRC. Postcom tells us that Sen. Collins had the following to say regarding the courts decision… “Today’s decision is a […]