These questions concerning H.R. 756 were the most frequently asked by APWU members. The answers were produced by APWU National Officers in consultation with attorneys and health plan experts. Check back frequently for the latest developments and additional information. Web News Article #: 34-2017 04/10/2017 – In order to have a healthy, sustainable, public Postal…
Via Thomas Benson, President â APWU Lake Geauga Area Local #1204 March 5th 2017 In HR 756 it is evident that the employees of the USPS will be greatly affected by the changes the Bill proposes. Most importantly FORCED MEDICARE INTERGRATION as well as a change in delivery for both business as well residential. The…
By Dan Casey – April 6, 2015 There’s no sign that problems with the region’s U.S. Mail service are letting up. And all of it might be related to an obscure law Congress passed in 2006 that caused a financial crisis in the U.S. Postal Service. Bill Bunchâs March car payment also arrived way…
Itâs hard to know whether the U.S. Postal Service should have as its theme song âWeâre in the Moneyâ or âBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?â Its just-released financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 suggest both are accurate â depending on how you read the statements. Spurred by record volume of holiday…
Postal Workers’ Contract with USPS Expired Three Months Ago For Immediate Release 08/31/2015 – WASHINGTON â As the nation observes Labor Day, more than 200,000 members of the American Postal Workers Union are fighting for a good contract and improved service for postal customers â more than three months after their collective bargaining agreement with…
 By Tim Devaney – May 12, 2015 Postal workers are rallying for expanded service hours that they say would lead to more stable jobs. The American Postal Workers Union, which represents many of the behind-the-scenes postal workers like counter clerks and those who sort mail, is organizing a nationwide protest Thursday. The union does…
Web News Article #: 014-2015 01/26/2015 – When Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe retires at the end of the week, heâll get a retirement package of more than $4 million. Not bad for a âcivil servant.â But in his controversial farewell address to reporters at the National Press Club on Jan. 6, Donahoe made clear that…
Web News Article #: 101-14 May 21, 2014 – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members passed the latest postal bill offered by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), which would end âdoor deliveryâ for 15 million postal customers. The vote, which passed along party lines 18-13, occurred less than 48 hours after it was introduced….
