Below is a list of bills and resolutions NPMHU currently supports. The legislation listed strengthens the United States Postal Service; supports Mail Handlers and the rest of the postal workforce; and, promotes the labor movement.
H.R. 3076/S. 1720 - Postal Reform Act
These bills would repeal the mandate to prefund retiree healthcare costs; integrate future retirees into Medicare to reduce the USPS liablity on retiree healthcare costs; requires reports from USPS to Congress and the Postal Regulaotry Commission on costs and performance standards; creates a public dashboard to inform customers on delays; codifies 6-day delivery to businesses and residences; and, allows for agreements between USPS and state, local and tribal governments to provide property and services.
H.R. 695/S. 145 - USPS Fairness Act
The USPS Fairness Act removes the mandate requiring the Postal Service to prefund its retiree healthcare benefits.
This resolution promotes that the Postal Service should remain an independent establishment of the federal government and should not be subject to privatization.
This resolution calls upon the Postal Service to return to service standards in effect as of July 2012.
This resolution expresses that USPS employees are frontline essential employees, and shoud be given priority in state COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans.
This resolution requests the Postal Service to continue door delivery for all residence and business customers
This resolution urges the Postal Service to continue 6-day delivery.
H.R. 3077 - Postal Improvement Act
The bill incudes the language from the Vote by Mail Tracking Act (H.R. 1307), and provides paid parental leave to postal employees for the birth, adoption, or fostering of a child. During committee markup, amendments were added that included: providing funding for an electric vehicle fleet; restoring service standards to January 1, 2021, levels; requiring financial disclosures from the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General before they assume duties; and, providing mandatory access to Members of Congress to enter any postal facility for the purpose of conducting oversight.
H.R. 1307 - Vote by Mail Tracking Act
The bill calls for mail-in ballots to be barcoded by the United States Postal Service for tracking purposes. H.R. 1307 has been included as an amendment to H.R. 1, For the People Act, as well as H.R. 3077, the Postal Improvement Act.
H.R. 3287/S. 1663 - USPS Shipping Equity Act
Legislation would allow the Postal Service to ship beer, wine, and spirits, just as its private sector counterparts are already doing.
H.R. 304 - Equal COLA Act
The legislation calls for parity of cost-of-living-adjustments for those enrolled in the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employee Retirement System
H.R. 564/S. 1158 - Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees
This bill provides 12 weeks of paid leave to all federal and postal employees for personal illness, a family member's illness, the birth of a child, or military deployment.
H.R. 842/S. 420- Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act
This legislation provides employees with the freedom to organize; penalizes employers who retaliate against employees who organize; and, protects workers from being replaced while striking. The House passed the PRO Act on February 6, 2020 with a vote of 224-194.
H.R. 82/S. 1302 - Social Security Fairness Act
This bill repeals provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for individuals who receive other benefits, such as a pension from a state or local government.
H.R. 2337 - Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act
This bill recalculates Social Secuity benefits for public workers to ensure they get are not negiatively impacted by the Windfall Elimination Provision.
