LIUNA AND NPMHU URGE CONGRESS TO REJECT MISGUIDED PLAN
Once again, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have unveiled a proposal that displays their overt hostility to the U.S. Postal Service, its customers (more commonly known as the American public), and all postal employees. This latest, misguided proposal would make monies available to the highway construction trust fund by cutting postal services.
To be sure, Congress needs to fund the Highway Trust Fund before the end of August, in order to ensure continued funding for thousands of crucial projects aimed at repairing and improving our nation’s infrastructure. But the Postal Service also is a vital component of the American economy, and taking money from one need to fund another is simply an accounting gimmick that has no place when trying to make rational legislative decisions.
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NATIONAL ARBITRATION PENDING ON BLOOD PLATELET LEAVE
On March 10, 2014, the National parties held an arbitration hearing over the following question: whether the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Postal Service and the NPMHU on Administrative Leave for Bone Marrow, Stem Cell, Blood Platelet, and Organ Donations guarantees fulltime employees administrative leave in eight-hour increments when a request for administrative leave to donate blood platelets is approved?
Follow this link to read the complete article about the pending arbitration decision. (Text)
Consider Supporting JDRF Research
It is not too late to make a donation to help the NPMHU hit our team goal. You can donate via the JDRF team link at www.npmhu.org or you may mail a check, made payable to JDRF to the NPMHU Team Captain, Martha Ring at our headquarters office. JDRF donations are tax deductible.
Follow this link to read about the Union's JDRF fundraising goal. (Text)
