Denied Entry to ‘Public’ Meeting, Postal Workers Stage Raucous Protest

Denied Entry to ‘Public’ Meeting, Postal Workers Stage Raucous Protest

Denied Entry to ‘Public’ Meeting, Postal Workers Stage Raucous Protest – Hundreds Cheer Wildly at Announcement That PMG Donahoe is Stepping Down Approximately 250 postal workers and supporters protested loudly in the lobby of Postal Service headquarters after they were denied entry to a “public” meeting of the Board of Governors’ on Nov. 14. But […]

NALC: Poised for Growth: A Look at USPS 2014 Financial Results

NALC: Poised for Growth: A Look at USPS 2014 Financial Results

Poised for Growth: A Look at USPS 2014 Financial Results Friday, November 14, 2014 Once again, the Postal Service’s end-of-year results – which were released earlier today – demonstrate the Postal Service’s continued importance to American commerce and society. In 2014, the Postal Service saw overall revenue growth, as well as growth in letter mail […]

Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein Regarding PMG’s Retirement Announcement

Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein Regarding PMG’s Retirement Announcement

11/14/2014 – Today’s announcement that Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is stepping down is welcome news. Over the summer, delegates to the American Postal Workers Union national convention voted unanimously for his resignation. We hope that the next Postmaster General will reverse Donahoe’s policies of lowering standards, reducing hours, outsourcing work and diminishing a great American institution. We […]

NALC: PMG announces retirement; USPS releases 2014 financial report

NALC: PMG announces retirement; USPS releases 2014 financial report

November 14, 2014 – During today’s U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors meeting, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe announced his retirement from USPS, effective in February. He will be replaced by Megan Brennan, who currently is the Postal Service’s chief operating officer. The chairman of the Board of Governors initially announced Donahoe’s retirement, as well as […]

Video: Postal employees hospitalized after eating leftovers

Video: Postal employees hospitalized after eating leftovers

Charlotte, NC – Approximately 15 people were taken to area hospitals early Thursday morning after becoming sick at a U.S. Postal facility in west Mecklenburg County, according to post office officials. Paramedics transported at least nine people from West Pointe Dr. around 5:45 a.m. and were called back out to the facility around 8 a.m. […]

US Postal Service Poised to Make Devastating Cuts in Service

US Postal Service Poised to Make Devastating Cuts in Service

APWU – November 13, 2014 US Postal Service Poised to Make Devastating Cuts in Service: Postal Workers to Deliver Message – ‘Stop Delaying America’s Mail’ 150 Events Planned, To Take Place in All 50 States 11/13/2014 – Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and the USPS Board of Governors, the board that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, are poised to […]

Reps. Cummings, Lynch Request Moratorium on USPS Service Cuts

Reps. Cummings, Lynch Request Moratorium on USPS Service Cuts

APWU: 11/12/2014 – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) are the latest in a long list of members of Congress calling for a moratorium on reductions in postal service standards and the closure of mail processing plants. The congressmen urged leaders of the House Appropriators Committee to include language in a 2015 funding […]

APWU President Regarding USPS Cyber Security Breach

APWU President Regarding USPS Cyber Security Breach

11/10/2014 – Sisters and Brothers, The security breach in the Postal Service’s data systems that compromised personal information about postal employees, including all active and some retired workers, is a very troubling matter. Unfortunately, cybercrime is real and effective. But we are outraged that this happened. We do not know at this point whether management did everything […]