Former National APWU President (and APWU President Emeritus) William “Bill” Burrus is shutting down his blog effective October 5, 2013. Over the past year Burrus has been very critical of current APWU President Cliff Guffey, the APWU Executive Board and the contract negotiated with USPS (which will expire in 2015). Burrus has endorsed the opponents, […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey will testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Sept. 19. The hearing will address “reforming and renewing the Postal Service” and a bill proposed by Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) and Ranking Republican Tom Coburn (R-OK).
APWU President Cliff Guffey will testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 17. The hearing will examine a draft postal bill proposed by Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the need for comprehensive postal reform. The APWU declared that the draft bill was “deeply disturbing” when it was released in June. […]
“I am informed that President Guffey alleges that I was provided the opportunity to defeat the PAEA when adopted in 2006. This is blatantly untrue but is irrelevant to voluntarily negotiating the worst contract in the history of bargaining. The PAEA did not force the officers to engage in aggressive bargaining over a 6 month […]
“People are giving into the myth that the US Postal Service is on the verge of collapse. Ed tells the real story of this growing American Institution, and why Congress is to blame for the Postal problems with Cliff Guffey, president of the American Postal Workers Union.” Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey will testify before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Feb. 13 about “Solutions to the Crisis Facing the U.S. Postal Service.” “I will tell members of the Senate Committee that they have a solemn duty to save the nation’s mail system,” the union president said. “The future […]
Congress must work quickly to pass a postal reform bill, APWU President Cliff Guffey told broadcaster Ed Schultz in a radio interview on Jan. 14. “It doesn’t matter whether the Postal Service will run out of money early this year or late this year — it’s the right thing to do.” Lawmakers should pick up […]