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May 28, 2014
Mail Handlers Make It Official: Don’t Buy Staples
The National Postal Mail Handlers Union continues to demonstrate outstanding support for the Stop Staples campaign, with its National Executive Board voting unanimously to endorse the APWU’s ‘Don’t Buy’ call.
May 28, 2014
Clerk Craft Negotiates New Customer Care Center
A May 28 agreement between the APWU and USPS [PDF] establishes a new Customer Care Center (CCC) in Wichita KS. The new CCC will be located at the Remote Encoding Center (REC) site, which is scheduled to close no later th...
May 27, 2014
New Hampshire Teachers Union Joins ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ Campaign
The New Hampshire chapter of the American Federation of Teachers has joined the movement to Stop Staples, with the Board of Directors voting on May 23 to endorse the ‘Don’t Buy Staples’ campaign. The AFT-New Hampshire re...
May 21, 2014
APWU Urges ‘No’ Vote on Issa’s Latest Postal Bill
The APWU is urging House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members to vote ‘no’ on the latest postal bill offered by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), which would end “door delivery” for 15 million postal customers....
May 21, 2014
Committee Passes Controversial Issa Bill
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members passed the latest postal bill offered by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), which would end “door delivery” for 15 million postal customers. The vote, which passed a...
May 20, 2014
Dimondstein to Appear on the ‘Ed Show’ This Evening
APWU President Mark Dimondstein will appear this evening on The Ed Show, which airs on MSNBC at 5 p.m. He will discuss postal finances – and how Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe seems determined to use the ginned-up cr...
May 20, 2014
MVS Craft Questions & Answers on Filling Residual Vacancies
The APWU and USPS have agreed to a set of Questions & Answers [PDF] regarding the May 15 Step 4 settlement and March 20 agreement on the conversion of Motor Vehicle Craft Postal Support Employees (PSEs) into residual vac...
May 20, 2014
Dimondstein Discusses Postal Finances on Radio, TV with Ed Schultz
APWU President Mark Dimondstein appeared on The Ed Schultz Radio Show and The Ed Show on MSNBC to will discuss postal finances – and how Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe seems determined to use the ginned-up crisis to...
May 19, 2014
‘Stop Staples’ Campaign Gathers Momentum
In the wake of the APWU’s National Day of Action on April 24, the Stop Staples campaign is gathering momentum. After months of stonewalling by USPS management and Staples executives, the APWU National Executive Board vot...
May 15, 2014
The Sign on the Door Says It All
Hours have been cut at 16 post offices within a five-mile radius of the San Francisco Staples store that has a postal counter, according to information obtained by the APWU. A sign on the post office door directs custome...
May 15, 2014
Grievance Time Limits Extended During National Convention
The APWU has reached an agreement with the Postal Service to extend the time limits for grievances and appeals to arbitration during the weeks surrounding the APWU National Convention, Industrial Relations Director Tony...
May 15, 2014
Settlement Reached on Conversions in MVS
The APWU and USPS have reached a Step 4 settlement [PDF] that resolves a discrepancy between the Collective Bargaining Agreement [PDF] and Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM) [PDF] regarding the conversion of MVS...
May 14, 2014
Questions & Answers about May 23 Retirement Incentive Payment
The APWU-negotiated Retirement Incentive Agreement signed on Sept. 28, 2012, awarded eligible employees two lump-sum payments totaling $15,000. The first installment of $10,000 (minus applicable taxes) was distributed on...
May 12, 2014
Video Highlights: ‘Stop Staples’ National Day of Action
Thousands of APWU members, joined by labor and community activists, protested at Staples stores across the country on April 24, a 'Stop Staples' National Day of Action. Events were held in 56 locations in 27 states to pr...
May 12, 2014
Unauthorized Tractor Log Form Circulating
An unauthorized Tractor Log Form is being utilized in some locations, Motor Vehicle Craft officers are reporting.
May 9, 2014
Letter Carriers’ Food Drive
On Saturday, May 10, be sure to leave a contribution of non-perishable food at your mailbox for the 22nd Letter Carriers’ food drive. Letter Carriers will collect donations as they deliver mail. The contributions will b...
May 9, 2014
Look Who Dropped In!
Danny Glover, the star of "Lethal Weapon" and "The Color Purple," stopped by the union office on May 9 for an informal conversation with APWU officers about the building of a Grand Alliance to save the U.S. Postal Servic...
May 9, 2014
USPS Reports $1 Billion Operating Profit in First Half of Fiscal Year
Midway through the fiscal year, the USPS is reporting a $1 billion profit from operations, with $261 million of that amount from the second quarter. But you won’t read that in the mainstream media. Instead, you’ll hear –...
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, asserting that the USPS “has been failing and refusing to bargain collect...
May 8, 2014
Help Yourself Get the Remedy, Maintenance Officers Say
Maintenance Division officers have created a questionnaire to help locals identify employees affected by a recent arbitration win.
May 7, 2014
Philadelphia May Day Rally Calls for Workers Rights; Hits Staples Deal
APWU members joined a crowd of 200 that marched through Philadelphia on May 1, stopping at Staples, Wells Fargo, Starbucks, and Comcast to criticize their anti-labor, anti-community policies and to champion the cause of...
May 7, 2014
Consideration of Postal Bill Postponed
Consideration by a House Committee of a new postal bill sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) , which was scheduled for May 7, has been postponed indefinitely.
May 6, 2014
Vote NO on Issa Bill
The presidents of the four postal employee unions – the APWU, the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Rural Letter Carriers Association and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union – have written to memb...
May 5, 2014
Retirees to Receive Final Early Retirement Incentive Check
When retirees pick up their final incentive checks, it presents a great opportunity to invite these former APWU members to join the union’s Retirees Department.
May 1, 2014
Understanding the Media
A January editorial in the “Colorado Springs Gazette” about the union’s campaign against the USPS deal with Staples begins with this: “Lingering on life support, the last thing the Postal Service needs is suffocating int...
May 1, 2014
APWU Members, Supporters Ramp Up Stop Staples Campaign
APWU members were exuberant after staging 56 Stop Staples protests in 27 states on April 24 – and momentum is building. Carrying signs and chanting, “The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale,” participants got the message across. T...
April 30, 2014
House Delegation Urges PMG to Reject Deal; Teachers Vote to Boycott Staples
California opponents of the USPS deal with Staples delivered two stunning blows to the program yesterday: Thirty members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California called on Postmaster General Patrick R. Donaho...
April 30, 2014
APWU’s Redesigned Website to Launch Friday
The APWU is pleased to announce the launch of our redesigned website, www.apwu.org, which will begin on Friday, May 2. We invite you to explore the new site and share your feedback with us.
April 30, 2014
Ludlow Massacre Forges Mine Workers’ Struggle
Life was not easy a century ago for coal miners in Southern Colorado, where heavily industrialized mines produced high-grade coal needed by the steel and railway industries. The largest mining operation in the region, th...
April 29, 2014
APWU Supports NALC’s Annual Food Drive
APWU President Mark Dimondstein is urging APWU members to actively support the 22nd annual Letter Carriers Food Drive, which is set for May. 10. NBAs to Address Questions On Residual Vacancies APWU President Mark Dimon...