APWU e-Team News Update – June 6, 2014

June 6, 2014 The Federal Highway Trust Fund, which provides for construction and maintenance of the nation’s roads, rail lines, and bridges, is expected to run out of money this summer.  Should the fund run dry, important work on the nation’s transportation infrastructure would come to a halt. Not wanting to let a crisis go…

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House Republicans say it comes down to this: Saturday mail delivery or money for highways

Postal service on Saturday or paying for pothole patching? That’s the latest choice posed by House Republican leaders looking for ways to pump a bit of cash into the soon-to-be broken federal Highway Trust Fund. It comes down to fewer mail trucks rolling on Saturdays or less federal support for highway work seven days a…

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APWU Condemns GOP Plan to Loot USPS to Save Highway Fund

Web News Article #: 108-14 June 2, 2014 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein issued a statement June 2 condemning a proposal by House Republican leaders to raid the Postal Service treasury to shore up the Highway Trust Fund. The statement appears below: “The proposal by House Republican leaders to use Postal Service funds to help…

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