The bill currently working it’s way through Congress is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It relies on the fact that most people don’t know the history of employer bankruptcy, and how the working people get screwed by the judicial system during these proceedings. My cousin is married to a former airline pilot, who worked for…
Web News Article #: 43-2017 05/05/2017 – On May 4, Congress passed legislation providing for 22,600 retired coal miners, widows and dependents to have the health care they were promised by the federal government and earned through going into the mines for decades to power the country. The members of the United Mine Workers of…
One of the issues involved in HR 756 is what is in it for the membership of the APWU? I came to work for the old Post Office Department in 1968, and left in 2012. I represented the APWU for a good part of that time. Our experience during that time should show us that…
Via John P. Richards, President – APWU Pittsburgh Area Retiree Chapter SOLD OUT? The retiree establishment within the Union is abuzz over the administration’s embracing and supporting HR 756, known as the Postal Service Reform Act. This law, if enacted in it’s current draft, will drastically change our health ‘insurance’ delivery system. Several of many…
Published on Apr 10, 2017 TPA hosted a hill briefing on Postal Reform, featuring Justin Sykes with Americans for Tax Reform; David Williams with the Taxpayers Protection Alliance; Kevin Kosar with the R Street Institute; Steve Pociask with the American Consumer Institute; and George Landrith with Frontiers of Freedom.
By Steve Pociask – April 17, 2017 Despite a lot of big ticket consumer-oriented issues coming into focus for Congress lately, like healthcare and tax reform, it is also apparent that the United States Postal Service (USPS) and its chaotic operations have also had the attention of some legislators on Capitol Hill. For the new…
With a Republican Congress and Republican Administration, past cuts to USPS operations and Union members were threatened even further. Postal Unions had to cut some sort of deal to pay the blackmailers one way or the other in hopes they would go away. So it was agreed by all that tens of thousands of postal…
National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) Deputy Legislative Director John Hatton gave an informative presentation followed by a 1 hour Q&A period. The April 4, 2017 Legislative Webinar focused mainly on the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017, HR 756. A PDF of the webinar slides is below: Source: NARFE.org
