Through Rain, Sleet, and Snow The Mail Must Go Through, So Why Is Congress Trying To Destroy The USPS?

By Bill Brickley – February 10, 2015 As Letter Carriers put their health and safety at risk each day in this especially brutal winter we can take solace in the fact we have enabled the Postal Service to continue its financial turnaround. 2015 Fiscal Year Quarter 1 reports released Friday confirmed what all Letter Carriers know…

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Alert from APWU Retirees Dept: Live Town Hall Conference Call, Feb. 17

Live Town Hall Conference Call, Feb. 17. All APWU members, active, auxiliary and retirees are essential to securing a good contract and saving America’s postal service. The APWU is inviting union members to participate in a live Town Hall Conference Call with President Dimondstein on Feb. 17, to discuss negotiations and how union members can…

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APWU Joins ‘Government Works for America’ Rally

Web News Article #: 024-2015 – 02/10/2015 Members of the APWU endured freezing temperatures with their brothers and sisters from other federal and postal unions at a “Government Works for America” rally organized by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) outside the Senate on Feb. 10. The rally was held in conjunction with AFGE’s…

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Notice of Postal Police Officer Exam Opportunities (In-Service Only)

Application Requests Must Be Received By Monday, February 23, 2015 For The Following Locations:  Memphis, TN  Houston, TX  Pittsburgh, PA  San Francisco, CA  New Orleans, LA  Cleveland, OH  Chicago, IL  Los Angeles, CA  Philadelphia, PA  St. Louis, MO  Miami, FL  Boston, MA …

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USPS Cost Cutting Ain’t Cuttin’ It, Mailers Group Says

February 9, 2015 From Flats Sequencing to Network Rationalization, many of the U.S. Postal Service’s recent cost-cutting programs have not been living up to the agency’s projections, a multi-industry mailers group says. Worse, the programs have shifted costs to mailers without apparently benefiting USPS, the Association for Postal Commerce (PostCom) wrote in a recent filing…

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