Itâs dĂ©jĂ vu for me. We went through Social Security and retirement cuts during the Reagan administration 30 years ago, then pay and staffing cuts due to the PAEA passed during the Bush administration a decade ago, and now, it looks like more of the same under the Trump administration. To those in the Postal…
November 10, 2016 Tuesdayâs election defied expectations and set historical precedents. The results were disappointing, but we recognize democracy in action, and look for ways to move forward. In August at our National Convention, the delegates endorsed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for President. Not only was she on the side of labor, but she…
Web News Article #: 238-2016 11/10/2016 – To APWU Members, The Presidential election is over and Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States. Throughout the primaries and general election there was a revolt against the âestablishmentâ and politics as usual. People clearly wanted a change. As a union whose members cover the…
Donât celebrate the recent APWU win at the NLRB in the Staples case. It is not likely to survive the next four years. House Speaker Paul Ryan will surely insert a sentence or two in a government appropriations bill to undo any gains postal unions have made. Ignored during the Hillary email furor (as Bernie…
Here is a statement by Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, about the results of the 2016 election for president and for members of Congress: Although yesterdayâs election did not turn out as we had hoped, the American people have spoken. Our endorsement of Hillary Clinton, and of so many other…
From: Mark Dimondstein via ActionNetwork.org Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 1:59 PM Subject: Trump attacks the integrity of postal workers across the country Brothers and Sisters, Over the last weekend Donald Trump accused USPS employees of âthrow[ing] awayâ mail-in election ballots. Without any substance or fact, he accused us of breaking our oath as postal…
First Name: Janice Last Name: Kelble Email: jkreflection@gmail.com Union/Local: APWU – Manchester Area Local Office held if any: Legislative Director
By Sam Janesch – March 8, 2016 Tomas Strouhal just wanted to openly support Donald Trump. The 23-year-old Quarryville resident put a Trump bumper sticker on his 2003 Chrysler Sebring and hung up a newspaper clipping inside his locker at the Leola post office, where he works. But Strouhalâs employer took issue with them. Citing the…
