Postal union contract ratified

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Source: The Washington Post

Members of the U.S. Postal Service’s largest labor union have ratified a new four-year deal that gives them a 3.5 percent pay increase but requires that they pay a greater share of their health-care costs.

More than 75 percent of the members of the American Postal Workers Union who voted in the election approved the deal, the union said Thursday morning. The final tally was 69,451 to 22,351 in balloting that ended Tuesday.

In a statement, APWU President Cliff Guffey called the new deal “an important achievement” for the union, noting, “We were able to retain protection against layoffs, bring back thousands of jobs in each craft and limit” the reassignment of workers.

The agreement will expire May 20, 2015.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/postal_union_contract_ratified/2011/05/12/AFq6mT1G_story.html

[Pharaoh]

1. As a former Letter Carrier I say

Woo Hoo!!! :toast:

K&R

[monmouth]

2. I love our postal guys, they go above and beyond for us. Great news...n/t

[JosefK]

3. So the "pay increase" is eaten up by the price of health care coverage?

[formercia]

4. Now we know where the threat of Bankruptcy and $2.2 Billion in losses meme came from.

Must have learned that schtick from the GOP.

[Omaha Steve]

5. Don't forget the letter carrier food drive this Saturday the 14th

We fill our large mailbox. You should have seen the struggling cub scouts a few weeks ago. :-)

K&R!

[IamK]

6. who uses the mail....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hox-ni8geIw

[James48]

7. Congrats on the new contract

a raise, while everyone else is frozen.

Not bad.



Good job, Mr. Post Office worker. You deserve a beer.