Congress Approves Temporary Financial Relief for USPS

NAPS Leg/Reg Update – October 1, 2009 Just hours before the end of the fiscal year, the Senate late yesterday approved emergency financial relief for the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service, reducing its obligation to pre-fund future retiree health benefits by $4 billion in FY 2009. The postal relief was included in a government-wide stopgap funding […]

EEOC 2009 Annual Report On USPS Workforce

From United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): “This report covers the period from October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008. The September 30 snapshot includes only employees in pay status thus, some permanent employees, like seasonal employees or those on active military tours of duty are not included….. while the United States Postal Service […]

Burrus Charts Ambitious Course for Union’s Future

APWU Embraces Change, APWU President Declares APWU News Calling the union’s current circumstances “the best of times, and the worst of times,” APWU President William Burrus outlined an ambitious agenda for the union’s future in a speech to the All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas on Sept. 30. Urging conference participants to meet the daunting challenges facing […]