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April 11, 2011
Senators Introduce Anti-Postal Legislation
Powerful senators have introduced legislation that, if adopted, would dramatically increase the cost of health and life insurance premiums for postal...
April 11, 2011
Typos in Tentative Agreement
Several typos have been found in the Tentative Agreement and have been corrected in the version posted online.
April 8, 2011
Vote on Tentative Contract
April 5, 2011
Maintenance Craft Questions and Answers On the Tentative Agreement
Several questions have been posed on the APWU's Facebook page regarding the Tentative Agreement for a new contract. Below, union officers address ques...
April 5, 2011
Guffey Defends Collective Bargaining
In a contentious hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, APWU President Cliff Guffey gave a vigorous defense of collect...
April 4, 2011
APWU Members Rally In Support of Workers’ Rights
APWU members across the country joined a national “Call to Action” on April 4 to support embattled state and local government workers in states where...
April 4, 2011
More Questions and Answers On the Tentative Agreement
Several questions have been posed on the APWU's Facebook page regarding the Tentative Agreement for a new contract. Below, union officers address ques...
April 4, 2011
Testimony to House Committee to be Shown Online
Testimony about the APWU’s tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will be broadcast l...
March 31, 2011
Management Must Convert PTFs
Managers who are relying on an alleged hiring freeze to justify their refusal to convert MVS part-time flexible employees to full-time are in violatio...
March 31, 2011
APWU Members Encouraged To Join April 4 ‘Day of Solidarity’
APWU members are encouraged to participate in events on April 4 to support embattled state and local workers in a national “Call to Action.”
March 31, 2011
Regina V. Polk: Breaking the Mold
“I only met Regina Polk once. Briefly. That’s a teamster? I thought. The beauty? The cape? The high heels? The perfect make-up? Where’s the beer belly...
March 31, 2011
Guffey to Testify Before House Committee
APWU President Cliff Guffey has been asked to testify about the union’s tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement before the House Committee on Oversi...
March 25, 2011
Guffey Defends USPS Viability, Tentative Contract Agreement on CNBC
In a televised discussion of the financial challenges facing the USPS, APWU President Cliff Guffey defended the union’s Tentative Agreement for a new...
March 22, 2011
Tentative Agreement Available Online
A full version of the Tentative Agreement between the APWU and the Postal Service is available for union members to download or view online.
March 22, 2011
APWU Members to Vote on Tentative Agreement
Voting on the Tentative Agreement for the 2010-2015 APWU-USPS contract will start with a mailing set to begin on April 8. The single-question ballot w...
March 21, 2011
Union Officers Say, ‘Vote YES!’
The APWU National Executive Board voted unanimously last week to approve the union’s Tentative Agreement with the Postal Service, and in a video for A...
March 18, 2011
Briefings on the Tentative Agreement
Members of the union’s Negotiating Team will conduct briefings on the Tentative Agreement in the locations listed below.
March 18, 2011
USPS Implements Safety Measures at ISCs To Protect Postal Employees from Radiation
In light of the recent nuclear events in Japan, the Postal Service has implemented safety measures at International Service Centers (ISCs) to prevent...
March 16, 2011
Some Questions – and Answers – On the Tentative Agreement
Several questions have been posed on the APWU’s Facebook page regarding the Tentative Agreement for a new contract. Union officers address questions r...
March 16, 2011
Rank-and-File Committee Approves Tentative Contract
The APWU Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee voted unanimously on March 16 to approve a Tentative Agreement with the USPS for a new contract.
March 14, 2011
APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract
The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, union President Cliff Guffey annou...
March 10, 2011
Guffey: Governor’s Attack on Wisconsin Workers Must Serve as a Wake-Up Call
“When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and 18 Republican state senators rammed through a bill in the dead of night that strips public workers of their righ...
March 7, 2011
APWU Presidents Gather in Washington
(03/07/11) APWU Legislative and Political Department Director Myke Reid briefed the union’s local and state presidents Saturday in Washington, DC.
March 1, 2011
OIG Issues Report On USPS Health and Safety Program
An audit report conducted by the Postal Service’s Inspector General’s Office (OIG) on the USPS Health and Safety Program, released Nov. 14, is limited...
February 25, 2011
The Battle in Wisconsin: ‘Are We Next?’
“I want to make sure that every APWU member understands the importance of what is happening in Wisconsin,” says union President Cliff Guffey in a vide...
February 24, 2011
Rank-and-File Bargaining Committee to Meet
APWU President Cliff Guffey has called the Rank-and-File Bargaining Advisory Committee to Washington, DC for a briefing on contract negotiations, but...
February 23, 2011
‘Business as Usual’ Isn’t Good Enough, Guffey Tells National Officers
Union activists cannot conduct “business as usual,” APWU President Cliff Guffey told national officers at a meeting in Washington this week.
February 18, 2011
APWU Stands in Solidarity with Embattled Workers
As embattled state and local workers in Wisconsin protest legislation that would attack public employees’ rights to bargain collectively, the APWU urg...
February 15, 2011
White House Budget ‘Recognizes Seriousness’ of USPS Crisis
President Obama’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2012, which was released Feb. 14, “recognizes the seriousness of the Postal Service’s financial cond...
February 11, 2011
Union Opposes Plans To Remove Bullet-Proof Glass at Some Retail Facilities
(02/11/11) The Postal Service notified the APWU on Dec. 23, 2010, of plans to remove bullet-resistant glazing from some retail lobbies “in order to im...