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October 7, 2021
Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk MOU Extended Again
The original April 3, 2020 MOU, Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk Position Qualification, was extended by the parties on February 9, 2...
October 7, 2021
Additional Extension of April 3, 2020 MOU, Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk Position Qualification, Agreed to by APWU & USPS
By agreement between the parties on December 29, 2021, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Re: Bulk Mail Tech and Mailing Requirements Clerk Positi...
October 31, 2019
Bulk Mail Conference at the All-Craft
The final day of All-Craft, Thursday, October 31, ended with the Bulk Mail Center (BMC) Conference. Attendees included representatives from nearly all...
July 2, 2018
Appointments in Maintenance Craft
President Dimondstein has announced in accordance with Article 21 of the American Postal Workers Union Constitution & Bylaws, Idowu Balogun has assume...
May 16, 2017
Another Successful BMC Conference
The Bulk Mail Center (BMC) Conference was hosted by the APWU National and the Nation’s Capital Southern Maryland Area Local (WDC BMC) from April 30 th...
July 8, 2016
Mid-Year Refresher: Updates, Reminders
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) APWU officers and members have been very busy for the pa...
July 8, 2016
Mid-Year Refresher: Updates, Reminders
(This article first appeared in the July-August issue of The American Postal Worker Magazine) APWU officers and members have been very busy for the pa...
July 6, 2016
Arbitrator Issues BMC Staffing Clarification
In a supplemental decision issued on July 5, Arbitrator Ira Jaffe ruled in favor of the APWU on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMCs), also known as Ne...
July 6, 2016
Arbitrator Issues BMC Staffing Clarification
In a supplemental decision issued on July 5, Arbitrator Ira Jaffe ruled in favor of the APWU on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMCs), also known as Ne...
March 24, 2016
District Court Orders Clarification
The Postal Service sidestepped a fight in federal court on March 16 over enforcement of an Oct. 19, 2015, arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail C...
March 24, 2016
District Court Orders Clarification
The Postal Service sidestepped a fight in federal court on March 16 over enforcement of an Oct. 19, 2015, arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail C...
January 1, 2016
Arbitrator Blasts Management In BMC Staffing Case
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU won an important grievance involving...
January 1, 2016
Arbitrator Blasts Management In BMC Staffing Case
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU won an important grievance involving...
May 8, 2014
NLRB Issues Complaint Over USPS Failure to Provide Info to APWU
In response to two charges filed by the APWU, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint against the Postal Service on April 30, ass...
September 1, 2010
OSHA Fines USPS For Safety Violations at Cincinnati BMC
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined the Postal Service $210,000 for willfully exposing employees to electrical safety hazar...
August 27, 2010
OSHA Fines USPS For Safety Violations at Kansas City BMC
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the Postal Service $191,000 in fines for exposing employees to serious and repeat safe...
August 24, 2010
‘Our Union is Alive and Strong’
APWU President William Burrus told delegates to the 20th Biennial National Convention that the union is “alive and strong.” ALSO: Delegates to the APW...
June 29, 2010
OSHA Fines USPS for Safety Violations at Minneapolis/St. Paul NDC
Adding to the growing number of safety citations issued to the Postal Service in recent weeks, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA...
June 4, 2010
USPS Cited for Fourth Set of Safety Violations
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) charged the Postal Service with five “willful” safety violations at the Philadelphia Bulk Mai...
July 29, 2009
APWU Slams Postal Service on BMC Name Change
In a letter to USPS management, APWU President William Burrus admonished the Postal Service for failing to officially notify the union that the Bulk M...
March 12, 2009
USPS Abandons Plan to Outsource; Management to Revamp BMC Network
The Postal Service has abandoned plans to outsource the work performed at 21 Bulk Mail Centers, and instead will revamp the BMC network, the USPS Seni...
January 1, 2009
Defending the BMCs
First off, I want to wish everyone the happiest and healthiest New Year… On a more somber note, however, we see that the Postal Service has begun to a...
October 30, 2008
New Jersey BMC Workers Rally Against Privatization
Given a boost by local and national elected officials, APWU members rallied in northern New Jersey on Oct. 27 to protest plans by the Postal Service t...
October 9, 2008
APWU Activists Work to ‘Defend Our BMCs’
The APWU “Defend Our BMCs Committee,” which was established to combat USPS attempts to privatize work at the nation’s 21 Bulk Mail Centers, has made i...
September 15, 2008
Congressman, Postal Workers Protest BMC Privatization
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) joined more than 100 postal workers and their families at a press conference outside the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center Sept...
August 25, 2008
Delegates Vow to Fight Privatization of Parcel Post
On the final day of the APWU 19th Biennial Convention, delegates adopted a resolution calling on the union’s national leadership to “lead and organize...
January 18, 2008
Postal Service Says It Will Request Proposals to Outsource Some BMC Activities
The Postal Service has notified the union that it intends to issue a Request for Proposals for the outsourcing of some Bulk Mail Center activities.