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National Postal Mail Handlers Union A Division of LIUNA (AFL-CIO)

Media Center / Mail Handler Update

March 2015

Every two years, the Committee on the Future of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union adopts a comprehensive legislative agenda for the new Congress.  This year is the start of the current 114th Congress, which will be in session during 2015 and 2016, and once again a legislative agenda has been developed.  Included on this agenda are specific legislative goals, as well as various political matters on which the NPMHU National Office will be working during the next two years.

After the 2014 national elections, President Obama remains in the White House, but both Houses of Congress now have strong Republican majorities.  If anything, the political atmosphere in Washington, DC is expected to be more polarized than ever, as the majorities in Congress have become more conservative and more combative.  Only recently, for example, the reappointment of Speaker John Boehner was challenged from the right, with tea party activists seeking even more bickering and confrontation with the White House. The next two years, therefore, are likely to be dominated, at least in the Congress, with anti-worker, anti-union, and anti-USPS rhetoric and proposals that pose serious risks for the NPMHU and all mail handlers. 

As always, the NPMHU will continue its fight to protect the legislative interests of all mail handlers and promote deeper involvement of its members in the legislative and political arenas.

Read the complete March Update and NPMHU 2015 Legislative Agenda in text format at this link.

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