THE BULLETIN BOARD
March 2011
[March 1st]Scholarships Available to PMAPWU Members
APWU Vocational Scholarship
- Applicants must be a senior attending high school or other corresponding secondary school. Applicants must be a child or grandchild, including stepchild or legally adopted child of an active member, Retiree's Department member, or deceased member of the American Postal Workers Union.
- Type: Vocational Scholarship
- $1,000.00 for nine months each year, up to three consecutive years of school, with total not exceeding $3,000.00..
- Application is to be received no later than March 15, 2011.
- You can download an application at the APWU's website.
The APWU E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship
- Type: Academic Scholarship
- $2,000.00 for each of four consecutive years of college
- Applicants must be a senior attending high school or other corresponding secondary school. Applicants must be a child or grandchild, including stepchild or legally adopted child of an active member, Retiree's Department member, or deceased member of the American Postal Workers Union.
- Applications are to be received no later than March 15, 2011.
- You can download an application at the APWU's website.
You may also visit the APWU's Scholarship Programs webpage where the various scholarships are discussed.
[March 5th]Congress Hears the Truth About Postal Service Finances
excerpted from DeadTreeEdition.com
A Congressional panel heard the blunt truth [on February 11, 2011] about how Congress' budget games have put the U.S. Postal Service on track to run out of money in September.
"Burdensome and flawed benefit payments have contributed to almost 90 percent of the $20 billion loss in the past 4 years," David C. Williams, Inspector General of the Postal Service, told the House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. "This has raised the cost of the infrastructure, postage rates, and forced the Postal Service to incur debt.
"Federal financial raids on the Postal Service have to be halted; and the Postal Service should be taken back off-budget as originally designed, and the benefit funds restructured. We will need strong collaborative efforts to enable the Postal Service to serve Americans in the 21st Century."
Read the entire article at DeadTreeEdition.com's website.
[March 1st]The Battle in Wisconsin: 'Are We Next?'
From APWU Web News Article 024-2011
"I want to make sure that every APWU member understands the importance of what is happening in Wisconsin", says union President Cliff Guffey in a video message. The nurses, teachers, firefighters and police of Wisconsin are fighting for the fundamental right to have a voice at work..." for the American values of freedom, fairness, and the right to speak, organize, and negotiate for a better life."
"If Gov. Walker succeeds in taking away the rights of middle-class working people, other states will follow his lead— and attacks on our right to negotiate will not be far behind" Guffey says.
He asks: "If we fail in Wisconsin, who's next? Are we next?"
APWU members across the country are showing solidarity with embattled public workers in Wisconsin, attending rallies and declaring, "Stop the War on Workers." Members are encouraged to attend events in their area.
Read the entire article at the APWU's website.
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