From eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin Although the U.S. Senate was able to approve a consensus measure to provide fiscal relief to the US Postal Service months ago, the House of Representatives dropped the ball and skipped town without considering postal relief legislation. Just as troubling is that the House Leadership seems to be confused […]
APWU News Bulletin 16-2012, June 19, 2012 A bill that would destroy the Postal Service — and our jobs — could be voted on in the House of Representatives in July, and APWU President Cliff Guffey is calling on union members to send their legislators a message: Vote NO on H.R. 2309! To help APWU […]
WASHINGTON – Today, as postal losses surpassed $1 billion since the U.S. Senate passed its bipartisan bill to reform the U.S. Postal Service, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), co-author of the 21st Century Postal Service Act and chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the Postal Service, launched a new Facebook page – “Priority Fail” – […]
Some very powerful politicians have set their sights on postal employees, APWU President Cliff Guffey has warned, and union members must respond decisively. “Anti-labor members of Congress have said the union’s tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement [PDF – members only] is too favorable to workers,” the union president noted. “They favor contracting out virtually all of […]
HATCH ACT PROHIBITION: CERTAIN IMAGES NOT ALLOWED IN WORKPLACE If you have a photo in your workspace of a candidate for president of the United States, you may be violating federal law. The Hatch Act prohibits postal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty in any government office, while wearing an official uniform […]
Mail Will Get Delivered, Post Offices will remain open but Passports Will Not Get Processed As Democrats and Republicans bicker over $30 billion, thousands of government employees fret over whether they can go to work on Monday. After the current continuing budget resolution expires at 12:01 a.m. Friday, all “nonessential” government employees will be sent […]
Note: USPS Board Of Governor James C. Miller (whose term expired in December 2010) was invited as a Board member but he chose to present his ‘personal’ views on the Postal Service. NALC Activist Alert Given that its focus was the tentative National Agreement between the Postal Service and the APWU, Tuesday’s hearing represented a […]
Two House lawmakers — Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) have introduced key measures to keep the Postal Service financially solvent and improve its long-term future. NAPS supports both proposals. NAPS members should get in touch with their House lawmakers to ask for cosponsorship of these two bills: HR 1262 and HR […]
MADDOW: Footage from a hearing today at which the postmaster general — yet again, something cool about the post office. It`s the postmaster general. Yes, sir. Today, the postmaster general and the head of one of the largest postal employee unions testified together about the contract they just collectively bargained for. It was a contract […]
Congressman Dennis Ross (R-FL) queries Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe on why Pay for Performance is not used for bargaining unit postal employees. Also, Ross accuses APWU President Cliff Guffey of buying members vote on the Tentative Agreement. Guffey tells Ross, I am not buying members votes, “I realize it is a common practice on your […]