In its continuing attack on postal workers and on the public service, the U.S. Postal Service has cut a deal with Staples to provide postal services at staples stores. Postal jobs must be maintained as good jobs that pay a living wage. Visit WWW.STOPSTAPLES.COM or text POSTAL to 91990 to learn more and get involved. […]
In a letter to House of Representative Colleagues, Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) stressed: The United States Postal Service is Not a Piggy Bank! Oppose Reckless Efforts to Hold the Highway Trust Fund Hostage in Exchange for Eliminating Saturday Mail Delivery. When addressing a proposal to leverage Highway Trust Fund funding against the elimination of […]
Postal Unions Express Joint Opposition to House and Senate Leadership Postal Unions urge Congress to reject any proposal that weakens USPS In a letter urging Senators and Representatives to reject any proposal that would weaken the Postal Service, the National Presidents of the four Postal Unions collectively object to a proposal to use the United […]
May 6, 2014 – The presidents of the four postal employee unions – the APWU, the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Rural Letter Carriers Association and the NPMHU – have written to members of the House of Representatives, urging them to vote against a postal bill drafted by House Oversight and Government Reform […]
St. Louis, MO – ANTHONY DAVIS, president of Mail Handlers Local 314, was indicted for his alleged embezzlement of approximately $40,660 of union funds. Davis, O’Fallon, IL, was indicted by a federal grand jury April 23, on one count of embezzlement of Labor Union funds. He appeared in federal court Monday afternoon, April 28. If […]
The presidents of the four postal employee unions—NALC, APWU, NRLCA and NPMHU—wrote a letter to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) to share the unions’ views on President Obama’s budget proposals for 2015
C&IA, unions discuss best practices USPS continues to work with postal unions to improve customers’ experiences. Recently, Consumer and Industry Affairs (C&IA) officials in Washington, DC, met with union representatives to discuss the effects customer service has on the overall customer experience. The meeting focused on defining customer service characteristics that foster a positive experience […]
The Greeting Card Association (GCA) and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) issued the following joint statement calling for meaningful reforms to strengthen the Postal Service, and condemning proposals that would cut essential services, such as six-day delivery: “The GCA and NRLCA strongly oppose Congress’ constant attempts to eliminate essential services such as six-day […]
Up until the 1990s, the two largest unions, APWU and NALC, bargained together. We even shared almost identical contract books with jointly negotiated language. I remember attending a joint contract rally in Washington, D.C. from that period. But the alliance ended, through some combination of personality clashes at the top and different bargaining goals. Since […]
Postal Unions Form Alliance – Declaration Promises Joint Efforts Declaring that “the U.S. Postal Service is under unprecedented attack,” the presidents of the four postal unions have formed a historic alliance to fight back. “A congressionally-manufactured financial crisis drains the USPS of vital resources,” the union presidents write in a proclamation [PDF] signed over the […]