Guffey to Senate Subcommittee: Legislators Must Apply Pension Overpayments to Pre-Funding Bill APWU News Bulletin 09-2011, May 17, 2011 In testimony before a Senate Subcommittee on May 17, APWU President Cliff Guffey urged legislators to take immediate action to restore financial stability to the cash-strapped agency. “This is not a request for a subsidy or […]
But Needs Relief from Pre-Funding Requirement “We expect the Postal Service to continue as a vital public service agency funded solely by postal customers for the foreseeable future,” APWU President Cliff Guffey told a House Committee in a May 3 statement. “However, the USPS needs immediate and short-term relief from the unique and unreasonable requirement […]
Congressman Dennis Ross (R-FL) queries Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe on why Pay for Performance is not used for bargaining unit postal employees. Also, Ross accuses APWU President Cliff Guffey of buying members vote on the Tentative Agreement. Guffey tells Ross, I am not buying members votes, “I realize it is a common practice on your […]
APWU President Cliff Guffey has been asked to testify about the union’s tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, whose powerful chairman has publicly condemned the new agreement and said it is too generous to postal employees. Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) said the April 5 hearing will “examine the […]
In a televised discussion of the financial challenges facing the USPS, APWU President Cliff Guffey defended the union’s Tentative Agreement for a new contract with the Postal Service and reminded viewers the nation’s mail system “is the backbone of a multi-trillion dollar business in this country.“ Guffey appeared in an interview today on CNBC’s “Squawk […]