Category: National News
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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 managementsโ cut and slash โbusiness planโ with a plan to defend postal workers and customers. The Postmaster Generalโs (PMG) 10-year โbusiness planโ 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…