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Support Services Division Magazine Articles
DHL Ordered to Stop Interfering in Ohio:
An NLRB Administrative Law Judge has ruled that DHL Express of Wilmington,
OH, is guilty of the unfair labor practice charges lodged against
the global-delivery company by the APWU late last year. (From the September/October
2007 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)
Forging the Future Through Organizing:
Saying that the APWU’s future depends on building membership, More than 200 local union leaders, national officers and members gathered in Minneapolis in January for a three-day national organizing conference. (From the March/April 2007 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)
Weather or Not, Detroit APWU Stands Firm: APWU members faced with the loss of their jobs took a few hours off work and several miles of nasty wintry roads to let Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) know that something wasn't right with the plan to close down a Detroit-area Mail Transport Equipment Service Center. (Excerpt from the May/June 2004 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)
Our Battle in the Private Sector: APWU-represented private-sector mail-haul drivers in Jacksonville (FL), Greensboro (NC), Des Moines, Memphis, and Kansas City (KS), are facing intense union-busting activities in their fights for decent contracts. (From the November/December 2003 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)
Contract Extensions for OS and IS/ASC Workers: In early January, APWU President William Burrus continued talks with the Postal Service about extending the Operating Services and Information Systems/Accounting Service Center workers' bargaining agreements an additional year. The APWU proposal is to extend the current four-year OS agreement to Nov. 20, 2005, and the current four-year IS/ASC agreement to Jan. 20, 2006. (Excerpt from the March/April 2003 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine)
Support Services Unit Ratifies Pact: APWU members in the Support Services Division's biggest bargaining unit again are working under a contract. The Information Systems/Accounting Services Center contract was ratified Aug. 23, with 90 percent of the APWU members who took part in the balloting voting in favor of the four-year agreement. (From the September/October 2002 American Postal Worker magazine)
ABOUT THE SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION
Bill Manley
National Business Agent
Support Services Division
8009 34th Avenue, South
Suite 1250
Bloomington, MN 55425
Telephone: 952-854-0093
The Support Services Division represents APWU bargaining unit members at Information Technology/ Accounting Service Centers, Operating Services facilities, Mail Equipment Shops and Material Distribution Centers, as well professional nurses employed by the Postal Service. The Division also includes APWU-represented workers who are employed in the private sector, including mail haul drivers and Mail Transport Equipment Service Center employees.
