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January 23, 2014
CA Locals Make the Rounds
APWU leaders in California recently finished visiting dozens of Staples Outlets near San Francisco to deliver the union’s message: Opening postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees is a disservice to postal worke...
January 23, 2014
Making the Point in Pittsburgh
Members of Pittsburgh Metro Area Local paid visits to the three largest Staples stores near Pittsburgh on Jan. 22 to protest the retail supply chain’s decision to open postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees.
January 21, 2014
Is Staples Cheating Its Employees?
Is Staples guilty of chronically cheating its employees out of their hard-earned wages?
January 17, 2014
Union Delivers the Message At Bay Area Staples Stores
APWU leaders in California recently delivered the union’s message to 13 Staples stores in the San Francisco Bay area: Opening postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees is a disservice to postal workers and the na...
January 17, 2014
e-Team Report, Jan. 17, 2014
Congress Approves HR 3547 -- Awaiting Presidential Signature Ranking Member of Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to Retire Mid-Term Legislative Updates: S. 316/H.R.630, Postal Service Protection Act H.R...
January 16, 2014
Illinois Local Delivers the Message
Postal workers in Springfield IL delivered a letter to the city’s Staples franchise on Jan. 14 voicing opposition to the retail chain’s plans for opening pilot postal retail units staffed by non-USPS employees in more th...
January 16, 2014
OTDL Employees on Penalty Overtime To be Priority-Scheduled over Casuals
In a decision issued Nov. 19, 2013, Arbitrator Shyam Das sustained the APWU’s position that full-time employees on the Overtime Desired List (OTDL) must be scheduled for overtime ahead of casual employees on overtime, ev...
January 16, 2014
Postal Workers and Customers Deserve Better
Local union leaders are winning allies for the union’s campaign against a pilot program that placed postal retail centers in more than 80 Staples stores, reports Northeast Region Coordinator John Dirzius.
January 15, 2014
NJ Local Doesn’t Just ‘Mail it In’
The North Jersey Area Local sent a delegation to the Staples store in Totowa on Jan. 14 to express the union’s displeasure with the pilot that establishes postal counters in more than 80 stores in four areas — California...
January 14, 2014
Charlotte Local Heeds the Call
Members of the Charlotte (NC) Area Local visited three Staples stores on Jan. 14, to deliver letters protesting the establishment of postal retail units staffed by low-wage, non-union, non-postal workers.
January 13, 2014
Life Insurance Beneficiaries May Be Due Additional Payments
APWU has been asked to notify our members of a private class-action lawsuit on behalf of beneficiaries of certain deceased postal employees.
January 9, 2014
New York Metro Sends Delegations to Staples
The APWU’s New York Metro Area Local sent delegations to three Staples stores on Jan. 8 and 9 to deliver letters protesting the establishment of postal retail units staffed by low-wage, non-union, non-postal workers.
January 6, 2014
Delegations to Staples Stores to Protest Postal Retail Units
Local, state and retiree chapter presidents across the country are preparing to send delegations to Staples stores in their communities to protest the establishment of postal retail units staffed by low-wage, non-union,...
January 3, 2014
Assistant Clerk Director Krueth Retires
APWU Assistant Clerk Craft Director Lyle Krueth retired on Jan. 3, ending a career that spanned more than three decades.
December 31, 2013
APWU Helps Usher in the End of Apartheid
Twenty years ago South Africa held its first free and fair election. Amid violent attacks by groups seeking to disrupt the historic vote, a delegation of APWU representatives traveled to South Africa to act as election o...
December 30, 2013
United Parcel Service Christmas Debacle Shows Why We Need a Public Postal Service
The failure of United Parcel Service to deliver holiday packages by Christmas demonstrates the importance of the U.S. Postal Service to the people of the country, says APWU President Mark Dimondstein.
December 23, 2013
Tell the PRC About Delayed Mail
Businesses, customers and APWU members who have complaints about delayed mail should be sure to let the Postal Regulatory Commission know, says Debby Szeredy, the union’s executive vice president.
December 18, 2013
Using Postal Drivers Can Save Money, Secure Jobs
A recent test in Louisville KY shows that the USPS can save money and preserve postal jobs by combining truck routes currently run by contractors with routes run by Postal Vehicle Service employees, says Motor Vehicle Se...
December 18, 2013
Dimondstein Appears on ‘The Ed Show’
APWU President Mark Dimondstein appeared on The Ed Show on MSNBC Dec. 18 to discuss the campaign to protect the USPS as a public service.
December 17, 2013
Senate Panel Postpones Consideration of Postal Bill
A Senate committee has postponed consideration of a controversial postal bill that was condemned by postal unions and others. Members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs were scheduled t...
December 16, 2013
APWU Files Amended Complaint with PRC
The APWU filed an amended complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on Dec.13, alleging that the USPS is failing to comply with service standards on first-class mail and periodicals.
December 16, 2013
Look Who Dropped By!
Ralph Nader, the founder of the consumer-rights movement, met with APWU leaders at the union’s office in Washington DC on Dec. 12.
December 13, 2013
New Northeast Region Maintenance NBA
The APWU Maintenance Division Council has unanimously approved the appointment by Director Steve Raymer of Christopher Howe as Maintenance Craft National Business Agent for the Northeast Region. The appointment will be e...
December 11, 2013
Future Postal, Federal Workers To Pay More for Retirement Benefits
A proposed budget deal announced late on Dec. 10 would require postal and federal workers hired after Dec. 31, 2013, to pay more toward their retirement benefits.
December 11, 2013
APWU Calls on PRC To Investigate Delayed Mail
APWU Executive Vice President Debby Szeredy called on the Postal Regulatory Commission to conduct an investigation into delayed mail at the agency’s public meeting on Dec. 11.
December 10, 2013
Budget Negotiators Threaten Postal, Federal Pay, Benefits
Congressional budget negotiators are engaged in closed-door deal-making that could reduce the take-home pay of postal workers and federal employees; reduce retirement benefits; eliminate postal jobs, and weaken the Posta...
December 9, 2013
In Memory: Rick Logan
Richard H. Logan, National Business Agent for the Maintenance Craft, passed away on Dec. 5. He was 59.
December 3, 2013
PRC Ruling: One More Week To Prove USPS is Violating Service Standards
In a ruling responding to a complaint filed by the APWU, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) issued an order on Nov. 27 giving the APWU two weeks to submit additional evidence that the Postal Service is regularly viol...
November 26, 2013
USPS Sends Jobs, Work to Staples
On Nov. 10, in a deal that has been in the works at least since March, the USPS announced it was launching a pilot program to put postal retail units in Staples stores across the country. Some sites opened quietly in Oct...
November 26, 2013
‘Lose a Life to Save a Dollar’
The APWU family is deeply saddened by the death of Tyson Barnette, the 26 year old Maryland Letter Carrier who was killed while delivering mail on Saturday, Nov. 22, well after dark.