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June 30, 2013
To Stand Up, Auto Workers Sat Down
On Dec. 30, 1936, workers in Flint MI began a historic “sit down” strike that helped win union representation for auto assembly employees across the n...
June 28, 2013
e-Team Report, June 28, 2013
Bills for Postal Reform Need to Be Heard! Issa’s Draft Bill is FAR from Compromise July 1st is National Postal Workers Day! Break the Chained CPI… No...
June 24, 2013
Ballot Placement Set for Election Of APWU National Officers
Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell has certified the union members listed below as candidates for national union office by referendum balloting, as mandat...
June 21, 2013
Rep. DeLauro Introduces Bill To Protect Overnight Delivery Standards
Joined by 63 other members of the House, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced the Protect Overnight Delivery Act (H.R. 2459) on June 20, which would pr...
June 20, 2013
Article 12.5.B.2 Decision Received
In an award dated June 17, 2013, Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg rejected the union’s argument that the USPS was required by Article 12.5.B.2 to cobble to...
June 20, 2013
Break the ‘Chained’ CPI!
The APWU is urging union members and retirees to participate in rallies across the country on Tuesday, July 2, to protest a proposal that would put re...
June 18, 2013
MVS Craft Forms Jobs Committee
The Motor Vehicle Service Craft has established a committee to help develop strategies to fight the outsourcing of MVS jobs and to help locals enforce...
June 17, 2013
Candidates Nominated For APWU Election of National Officers
Secretary-Treasurer Liz Powell has announced that the following union members have been certified as candidates for election to national office by ref...
June 14, 2013
Issa’s Draft Bill ‘Deeply Disturbing,’ APWU Says
A draft postal bill released by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) on June 13 would punish postal workers, privatize major portions of the USPS, and deprive the...
June 14, 2013
e-Team Report, June 14, 2013
Rep. Issa Releases a “Deeply Disturbing” Draft Postal Reform Bill Rep. DeLauro Calls on House Members to Preserve Overnight Delivery Rep. DeFazio Spea...
June 13, 2013
Rep. DeLauro to Introduce ‘Protect Overnight Delivery Act’
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) will introduce legislation to preserve overnight mail delivery and, in the process, protect mail processing facilities from c...
June 11, 2013
MDAT Computer Program To Win Good Jobs Goes Online
A new APWU computer program that will help win good jobs has gone live! The program, known as the Max Duty Assignment Tool (MDAT), will help local uni...
June 7, 2013
Management Takes Initial Steps To Comply with ‘Global Settlement’ Award
After stonewalling for more than two months, the Postal Service has taken initial steps to enforce an arbitration ruling that was a major victory for...
June 7, 2013
Telephone, Electronic Grievance Discussions
The APWU has reached agreement with the Postal Service on a Memorandum of Understanding re: Step 1 Discussions dated June 5, 2013, that clarifies the...
May 31, 2013
More Ricin News
UPDATE: In a Stand-Up Talk to employees on May 30, the USPS said, “A third suspicious letter — this one addressed to the President of the United State...
May 30, 2013
Ricin Update
May 29, 2013
Suspicous Letters to NYC, DC Were Postmarked in Shreveport LA
Two suspicious letters, one to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and another to an address in Washington DC, are being tested for ricin, the Postal Ser...
May 28, 2013
Federal Government Loots USPS; Nobody Seems to Notice
When Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew told Congress last week of plans to take money from two federal employee retirement funds to avoid defaulting on the...
May 24, 2013
PSE Overtime Rates to Increase, Retroactive Pay Adjustments to Be Made
The Postal Service method of calculating overtime rates for PSEs violates the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Department of Labor has found. The...
May 23, 2013
On Memorial Day, Honor Those Who Sacrificed So Much
As Memorial Day approaches, the APWU reminds union members to honor the extraordinary men and women of the Armed Forces who have sacrificed so much in...
May 22, 2013
Oklahoma Tornado Takes Life of APWU Member
The tornado that killed 24 people in Moore OK has claimed the life of Richard L. Jones, a Tour 3 Clerk who was a member of the Oklahoma City Area Loca...
May 20, 2013
Stop Accelerating Consolidation of Mail Processing
Forty-seven members of Congress have signed a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe urging him to stand by his commitment to keep more than 70...
May 20, 2013
Congressional Support Growing For Postal Service Protection Act
Since the beginning of May, 18 more U.S. representatives and five more senators have become co-sponsors of the Postal Service Protection Act (H.R. 630...
May 16, 2013
First Installment of Retirement Incentive Due May 24
APWU President Cliff Guffey is congratulating APWU retirees and other former employees who will soon receive the first installment of the $15,000 ince...
May 15, 2013
St. Louis Retirees Celebrate Older Americans Month
Approximately 250 APWU retirees celebrated Older Americans Month in St. Louis on May 10. “Our retirees were not only happy to begin a new chapter of t...
May 15, 2013
Another Ricin Incident Hits Spokane
Preliminary lab tests indicated the presence of ricin on two suspicious letters in Spokane WA, the Postal Service told the APWU on May 15. The letters...
May 14, 2013
Guffey Addresses Alliance for Retired Americans
APWU President Cliff Guffey asked leaders of the Alliance for Retired Americans to encourage members of Congress to support the Postal Service Protect...
May 13, 2013
Legislative Director Myke Reid Retires, Gary Kloepfer Takes Legislative Reins
Myke Reid retired effective May 13, ending an illustrious career as the APWU’s Legislative and Political Director
May 7, 2013
War in Afghanistan Takes the Life of Son of APWU Member
The War in Afghanistan touched the APWU family on April 27, when Capt. Reid K. Nishizuka, 30, was killed in a plane crash near the Kandahar Airfield....
May 6, 2013
Save the Postal Service!
The APWU is asking union members and supporters to sign an online petition urging the White House to Save the Postal Service and Save American Jobs by...