Web News Article #: 075-2015 04/06/2015 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein addressed a rally in front of the White House on April 2, calling on President Obama to issue an Executive Order requiring corporations that do business with the government to disclose their political spending. Rally organizers presented petitions bearing 500,000 signatures calling for an…
March 23, 2015 In 2001 Postmaster General Bill Henderson submitted the first blueprints for a transformation of the Postal Service into a sleeker, more efficient business entity. To justify the transformation, the rhetoric has repeated one mantra: the problem with the Postal Service is its outmoded and defective business model. A great deal of our…
4 years ago…..APWU President Guffey and other National officers laughed at us and refused to participate and advised others not to participate. They said our action was “rogue” and not sanctioned by APWU HQ. And look at where we are today….
By Mike Causey – January 21, 2015 President Barack Obama’s proposal to give all American workers up to seven days of paid sick leave a year is mind-boggling — and welcome — to many people. Also … It could launch a public debate over pay-pension-leave and health insurance perks offered by the government to its…
“A brighter future is ours to write. Let’s begin this new chapter — together — and let’s start the work right now.” Click Here to Read President Obama’s remarks via The White House
By Katharine Parker – January 15, 2015 Employers have been scrambling to keep up with the multitude of paid sick leave laws that were passed in the last several years. These laws vary by jurisdiction and often can’t be easily reconciled into a uniform policy — an issue for multi-state employers. As reported in today’s…
Committee leadership taking shape for incoming Congress One of the first orders of business for lawmakers returning after the mid-term elections was voting on committee leadership posts for the 114th Congress. Those elections were held on Tuesday. With regard to committees of importance to the NALC, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) will no longer chair the…
(November 21, 2014) Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) is retiring after 40 years of dedicated public service, including the championing of policies and legislation benefiting Social Security and Medicare recipients and their families. One of those pieces of legislation was the Strengthening Social Security Act (S.567), designed to immediately increase current benefits by about $800 annually,…
