Category: National News
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Senate Approves New Members of the Board of Governors and the Postal Regulatory Commission
From www.APWU.org August 5, 2019 The Senate confirmed three appointees to the Board of Governors on Thursday, August 1, before adjourning for the summer recess. Ron Bloom, Roman Martinez IV, and John Barger will join current Governors David Williams and Robert Duncan. Bloom previously served in the Department of Treasury…
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Organizing with the APWU Health Plan
From WWW.APWU.org John L. Marcotte July 25, 2019 (This article first appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) We have been engaged in an effort to assist our locals and states with organizing by using the APWU Health Plan as an organizing tool. Our PSEs are eligible for…
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How Congress Manufactured a Postal Crisis–And How to Fix it
Published onMonday, July 15, 2019byInequality.org An unprecedented congressional mandate threatens the Postal Service’s ability to continue to provide good jobs and universal servicebySarah Anderson, Scott Klinger, Brian Wakamo Rather than the story of a Postal Service facing dire financial straits, it is time we see the Postal Service for what it really…
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APWU…’Not So Fast!’
APWU National Executive Board to USPS Board of Governors – ‘Not So Fast!’ June 19, 2019 APWU sets in motion countermeasures to check managements’ cut and slash “business plan” with a plan to defend postal workers and customers. The Postmaster General’s (PMG) 10-year “business plan” was leaked to the press on…
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Contract Mediation Ending
From APWU.org June 4, 2019 On June 3, President Mark Dimondstein and Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman reported to the APWU National Executive Council (NEC) that the contract mediator stated that the APWU and the USPS were too far apart, and further discussions would not lead to a new collective…