APWU

(02/22/12) As the Postal Service prepares to announce which mail processing facilities will face consolidation beginning in mid-May, the APWU is fighting back. The union is continuing to oppose USPS plans to slash service, eliminate 35,000 jobs, and destroy the mail distribution network. "APWU members have done an outstanding job of expressing our concerns to members of Congress and the media,"said APWU President Cliff Guffey. "We face an uphill battle, so it is crucial that union members continue to make their voices heard."

(02/21/12) Current postal and federal employees won't have to pay more for their retirement benefits in order to fund an extension of the 2 percent payroll-tax holiday passed by the Congress last week, but new government workers will be required to pay 1.5 percent more to fund another portion of the bill, which extends unemployment benefits.

(02/21/12) Current postal and federal employees won't have to pay more for their retirement benefits in order to fund an extension of the 2 percent payroll-tax holiday passed by the Congress last week, but new government workers will be required to pay 1.5 percent more to fund another portion of the bill, which extends unemployment benefits.

(02/16/12) Published reports indicate that the latest deal to extend the 2 percent payroll tax holiday would require only new postal workers and federal employees to pay more for their retirement benefits. The increase would be used to fund another portion of the bill, which extends unemployment benefits. The latest compromise, which excludes current employees from the increased cost, was reached at the insistence of a group of Democratic lawmakers. The agreement has not been finalized, and complete details of the agreement are not yet known.

(02/15/12) Congress appears close to reaching a deal to extend the 2 percent payroll tax holiday -- after House Republicans made an important concession: The tax cut would not have to be paid for with reductions in federal spending. But there's a hitch. Budget negotiators insisted that postal workers and federal employees pay more for their retirement benefits to fund another portion of the bill.

(02/15/12) In a meeting with the APWU on Feb. 13, postal officials notified the APWU that they plan to begin consolidating mail processing facilities as soon as the moratorium on consolidations ends. The moratorium is set to expire on May 15.