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Feb. 13, 2013
APWU testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, on "Solutions to the Crisis Facing the U.S. Postal Service" [PDF]

Sept. 6, 2011
APWU testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, on the "U.S. Postal Service in Crisis: Proposals to Prevent a Shutdown" [PDF]

June 15, 2011
APWU testimony before the House Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy Subcommittee, on “Postal Infrastructure: How Much Can We Afford?” [PDF]

May 17, 2011
APWU testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, on "Addressing the U.S. Postal Service's Financial Crisis" [PDF]

May 11, 2011
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing by the House Workforce Protections Subcommmittee, on "Reviewing Workers’ Compensation for Federal Employees." [PDF]

April 5, 2011
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on "Are Postal Workforce Costs Sustainable?"
[submitted testimony - PDF] | [oral testimony - PDF] |
[C-Span video] | [Follow-up Questions and Answers]

June 23, 2010
APWU testimony delivered at a joint hearing by the Senate Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Subcommittee, and the House Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia Subcommittee, titled "Having Their Say: Customer and Employee Views on the Future of the U.S. Postal Service" [PDF]

May 12, 2010
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing by the House Federal Workforce, Postal Service and District of Columbia Subcommittee, on "Workshare Discounts and Products that Do Not Cover Their Costs" [PDF]

March 18, 2010
Testimony submitted to the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, on Proposals for Addressing the Current Financial Situation Facing The United States Postal Service [PDF]

Aug. 6, 2009
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing by the Senate Federal Financial Management, Government Information and Federal Services Subcommittee, on "The U.S. Postal Service in Crisis" [PDF] | Follow-up Questions and Answers [PDF]

July 30, 2009
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing by the House Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia Subcommittee, on "USPS's Station and Branch Optimization Initiative and Delivery Route Adjustments" [PDF] | Follow-up Questions and Answers [PDF]

May 20, 2009
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing by the House the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia Subcommittee, on the "The Impact of Current Cost Cutting Efforts on Postal Service Operations and Network" [PDF]

March 25, 2009
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing by the House the Federal Workforce Postal Service, and District of Columbia Subcommittee, on the "Financial Stability Of The United States Postal Service" [PDF]

July 24, 2008
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing by the House Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia Subcommittee on "Three R's of the Postal Network Plan: Realignment, Right-Sizing, And Responsiveness" [PDF]

July 10, 2008
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing by the Postal Regulatory Commission on the Report on Universal Postal Service and the Postal Monopoly (Docket No. P12008-3) [PDF]

May 20, 2008
APWU testimony submitted to the House Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia Subcommittee, May 20, 2008 about the "Cost and Benefits of the Reemployment of Federal Part-Time Annuitants" [PDF]

May 8, 2008
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing held by the House Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia Subcommittee on "The Economics of Universal Mail Post-PAEA (Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 PL 109-435)" [PDF]

Jan. 17, 2008
APWU testimony submitted to the U.S House of Representatives Subcommittee on Social Security on repealing the unfair penalties imposed on postal and federal employees by the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provisions (WEP) of Social Security law [PDF].

July 25, 2007:
APWU testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security on “The Road Ahead II: Views from the Postal Workforce On Implementing Postal Reform.” | PDF

July 19, 2007
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing held by the House Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and District of Columbia Subcommittee, on “Inquiring Minds Want to Know: What is the Postal Service Contracting Out?” [PDF].

April 19, 2007
APWU testimony submitted to the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security on postal oversight issues, including postage rates and network realignment [PDF].

April 17, 2007
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing held by the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, on postal oversight issues, including postage rates and network realignment [PDF].

April 14, 2005:
APWU testimony submitted to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on “Setting the Record Straight on Postal Reform.” [PDF]

April 5, 2005
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing held by the House National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations Subcommittee on "Improving Confidence in Anthrax Testing: A Union Perspective" [PDF]

Feb. 24, 2004:
APWU testimony before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Postal Reform |HTML

Feb. 5, 2004:
APWU testimony to the Special Panel on Postal Reform of the House Government Reform Committee Committee on the current state of the USPS and the legislative changes proposed in Postal Reform. | HTML

Feb. 3, 2004:
APWU President William Burrus to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Posta Reform| HTML

July 8, 2003:
Concluding Statement of the APWU to the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service | HTML

May 19, 2003:
APWU Statement on Testimony by USPS Consultant Michael Wachter to the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service regarding workforce issues | PDF

APWU Statement on Testimony by Professor Michael Leroy to the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service on the USPS Collective Bargaining Model | PDF

May 19, 2003
APWU testimony delivered at a hearing by the House National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations Subcommittee on events and issues surrounding the anthrax contamination of the Southern Connecticut Mail Processing & Distribution Center in Wallingford, CT [PDF]

May 1, 2003:
APWU Letter Requesting Commission Hearing on Postal Rate-Setting Process | PDF

April 29, 2003:
APWU testimony to the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service regarding the collective bargaining process of the USPS | PDF

March 13, 2003:
APWU Rebuttal Testimony Submitted to the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service | PDF

Rebuttal Testimony Submitted to the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service by Kathyrn L. Kobe, Chief Economist (Joel Popkin and Company) | PDF

Feb. 20, 2003:
APWU testimony to the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service - Oral Testimony | PDF

Testimony Submitted by Economist Joel Popkin | PDF

Testimony Submitted by Economist Kathryn Kobe | PDF

"The Relative Size of Labor Costs at UPS, Fedex and the U.S. Postal Service," a Report Prepared for APWU by Workplace Economics, Inc. and Submitted to the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service. Report | Appendix

Aug. 20, 2002:
APWU letter to President George W. Bush opposing creation of a presidential commission on postal reform | PDF

May 14, 2002:
APWU letter to President George W. Bush opposing creation of a presidential commission on postal reform | PDF

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