Health fears aren't the only issues frustrating postal employees. Workers in three unions - the American Postal Workers Union, National Postal Mail Handlers Union, and National Rural Letter Carriers Association - have been without contracts for nearly a year. The contract for a fourth union - the National Association of Letter Carriers - expires next week.
Federal law forbids strikes by postal employees, so workers must go through a lengthy process of binding arbitration when negotiations reach impasse.
The Postal Service claims it will lose somewhere between $1.6 billion and $3 billion this fiscal year, making negotiations more difficult, the unions say. However, as Jim Beaupre, clerk craft director of the St. Paul Area Local of APWU, noted sarcastically, 'They always lose money in a contract year.'
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Disputes are similar in all the negotiations. The Postal Service is essentially proposing contracts with no increases in base wages, though it has offered annual lump-sump payments in some cases.
In addition, the unions say, the Postal Service wants to cut health benefits, increase employees' out-of-pocket costs for health coverage, reduce night differential and Sunday premium pay, and eliminate cost-of-living adjustments. Disagreements also remain on work rules.
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A summary of contract status:
