Mail Handlers: USPS Submits Harsh Proposals at Bargaining Table

Bargaining between the NPMHU and the U.S. Postal Service is reaching its critical stages, as the November 20th deadline draws closer. During the next two weeks, the parties will determine if a negotiated settlement is possible. If a tentative agreement is concluded through bargaining, that agreement would be presented to the NPMHU membership for ratification […]

NPMHU Contract Update: USPS Suggests Sweeping Operational Changes Are Necessary

In addition to the recent Finance Presentation discussed in last week’s update, the Postal Service has provided the NPMHU bargaining team with an Operations Presentation. During this meeting, the Postal Service highlighted key changes that the agency wants to make to the current operating model in order to reduce costs.

Video: Save America’s Postal Service Rally in Jersey City, NJ

Save America’s Postal Service Rally – Video National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU), Local 300 Jersey City, NJ.  Featuring:  Paul Hogrogian & Terry O’Sullivan Over 400 participated in NPMHU Local 300’s rally to SAVE AMERICA’S POSTAL SERVICE. All four Postal Unions (NPMHU, NALC, APWU, NRLCA) and the NAPS have joined forces. Also attending Local 300’s […]

Postal Supervisors will join unions September 27, 2011 in effort to save USPS

The leadership of the National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) has agreed to join forces with the four postal unions representing employees of the Postal Service to designate September 27, 2011 as a day of action to Save America’s Postal Service. Together, NAPS, the American Postal Workers Union, the National Association of Letter Carriers, the […]

Postal Unions Join Forces To Save America’s Postal Service

Rallies Set for Sept. 27 in Every Congressional District The APWU has joined forces with the three other postal unions to designate Sept. 27 as a day of action to Save America’s Postal Service. Together, the APWU and the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the National Rural Letter […]

USPS Starts Negotiations With NALC Today, Mail Handlers Set For Aug. 30

Facing a projected loss of $8 billion loss this year and a need to reduce workforce numbers by 220,000 by 2015, the Postal Service has begun contract negotiations with the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO (NALC). Contract talks with the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) begin Aug. 30. The two unions represent 247,000 […]

Has Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Been Named The New Postmaster General?

USPS to Congress: Break Our Collective Bargaining Agreements With National bargaining over the terms of the 2011 National Agreement about to begin, the Postal Service has publicly announced that management is seeking wholesale changes in its collective bargaining agreements.  In short, they are asking Congress to override collective bargaining. President John Hegarty and Secretary-Treasurer Mark […]

USPS: New Labor Contract Saves $3.8 Billion

Extends Flexibility to Adjust to America’s Changing Mailing Trends WASHINGTON — It’s official. The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) AFL-CIO ratified March 14 tentative labor contract agreement with the U.S. Postal Service that will save the nation’s mail system $3.8 billion over the four and a half year life of the contract that becomes effective […]

Postal Mail Handler President Accused of Defrauding Postal Workers

A Fort Worth federal grand jury indicted a former postal worker and union leader who allegedly defrauded postal employees of more than $225,000. John P. Woods Jr., 68, of Arlington was a U.S. Postal Service employee and elected president of the Fort Worth branch of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union before he was charged […]

Postal Mail Handlers 2011 National Negotiations: Official Call For Bargaining Proposals

From the National Postal Mail Handlers Union: With preparations underway for negotiations over the terms of the 2011 National Agreement between the NPMHU and the Postal Service, the National Office has issued its official call for bargaining proposals from all members and Local Unions. To be fully considered prior to the onset of negotiations, proposals […]