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March 16, 2010
Setting the Record Straight on Five-Day Delivery
The Postal Service’s proposal to eliminate Saturday mail delivery has been widely reported, but most news articles fail to address the devastating effect it would have on the USPS, as well as on citizens, businesses, and...
March 11, 2010
Commission Sharply Criticizes USPS Station Closure Plans
March 8, 2010
APWU Urges Members To Support Six-Day Mail Delivery
The APWU is asking union members to contact their U.S. Representatives and encourage them to co-sponsor House Resolution 173, which urges the Postal Service to continue to provide mail delivery six days per week.
March 3, 2010
Union Rejects USPS Call For Five-Day Delivery, New Business Model
APWU President William Burrus condemned USPS proposals to reduce mail delivery to five days per week, saying, “It would be the beginning of the demise of the Postal Service.” The USPS outlined the five-day delivery plan...
March 3, 2010
RSVP for the Postal Strike 40th Anniversary Event!
Due to space concerns, reservations are now requested from union members who plan to attend a Smithsonian National Postal Museum program on March 20 marking the anniversary of the Great Postal Strike of 1970. APWU Presid...
February 26, 2010
APWU Wins Important Maintenance Subcontracting Grievance
The union won a major victory against subcontracting Feb. 10, when Arbitrator Shyam Das directed the USPS to assign Maintenance Craft employees to maintain computers at approximately 8,000 of the nation’s largest associa...
February 24, 2010
APWU Rallies in Support of TSO Rights
APWU officers and staff joined hundreds of other union members and labor activists at a rally Feb. 23 in support of collective bargaining rights for the 40,000 Transportation Security Officers who work in the nation’s ai...
February 22, 2010
USPS Refuses to Sever Ties with Subcontractor that Defrauds Drivers of Wages, Benefits
Last month, newspapers reported a settlement between the Department of Labor and a USPS subcontractor that exemplifies the problem with postal subcontracting: After three years of defrauding its workers of pay and benefi...
February 22, 2010
President Burrus to Speak At Postal Strike Anniversary Program
February 17, 2010
Celebrating the Women of the APWU
In honor of the countless contributions that the women of the APWU make to their union, to the labor movement, and to their families, the National Executive Board has adopted a resolution designating March as “Women’s Hi...
February 10, 2010
COLA Update
In January, the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) rose to 633.176, well below the July 2008 index of 644.303 upon which the last COLA increase was based.
February 5, 2010
Obama: Postal Privatization a ‘Bad Idea’
President Obama said in an interview posted on YouTube on Feb. 1 that privatization of the USPS would be a “bad idea.” He made the comment during a round of quick answers to questions posed by citizens.
February 5, 2010
Obama Budget Promises Strong Support for USPS
The Obama administration’s 2011 budget [excerpt] calls for a continuation of six-day mail delivery and says the White House “will work with the Postal Service, its employee unions, the Congress, and other stakeholders to...
February 1, 2010
Union Urges Locals to File OSHA Complaints On Dangerous Instructions for Electrical Work
The APWU is urging local unions to file complaints with OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, following the publication by the Postal Service of instructions regarding electrical work – instructions th...
January 29, 2010
USPS Trims List to 162
The USPS announced Jan. 29 that the list of stations and branches being considered for closure has been reduced to 162, six less than the last update on Dec. 15. The Postal Service cautioned again that the list does not...
January 29, 2010
Springfield Area Local Reaches MTESC Agreement
After seven months of negotiations, the Springfield (MA) Area Local reached a tentative agreement with Alan Ritchey, Inc. on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that will cover all 90 members employed at the Mail Trans...
January 25, 2010
Union Plus, APWU Scholarship Application Deadlines Near
Union members with children who will be graduating from high school this year are reminded that the application deadline for Union Plus scholarships is Saturday, Jan. 30
January 19, 2010
USPS Can’t Rationalize ‘Network Rationalization’
Echoing APWU criticisms, a recent audit by the USPS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concluded that after more than five years of initiatives aimed at streamlining the mail-processing network, the Postal Service has...
January 19, 2010
Breen Chosen to Replace McLennan as Clerk NBA
Tim Breen, a member of the Greater Cincinnati Ohio Area Local, has been appointed to serve as Clerk Division National Business Agent “C” for the Cincinnati Region, filling the position vacated by the death of Shirley McL...
January 13, 2010
National Healthcare Day of Action
It’s now or never for healthcare reform, and the unions of the AFL-CIO are urging their members to participate in a National Healthcare Day of Action. “I encourage every APWU member to call their senators and congressmen...
January 12, 2010
USPS Medical Units Phase-Out Begins
In the first stage of a process that will affect approximately 130 APWU-represented nurses, most of the 51 Postal Service clinical-care medical units were set to shut down Jan. 11, with the rest scheduled for closure by...
January 5, 2010
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January 1, 2010
OSHA Standards
Safety standards published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) require employers to provide appropriate electrical protective equipment to employees working in areas where there are potential elec...
December 31, 2009
Black Women Advance Labor’s Cause In an Unlikely Setting: 1881 Atlanta
A little known yet largely successful job action waged in 1881 by black women in Atlanta is credited with helping to set the stage for a century of labor and civil rights struggles.
December 28, 2009
Clerk NBA Shirley McLennan
The APWU was sorry to learn that National Business Agent Shirley McLennan passed away on Dec. 24 after a long battle with cancer.
December 15, 2009
USPS Cuts List of Stations Considered for Closure to 168
The USPS announced Dec. 14 that it has reduced the number of stations and branches under consideration for closure to 168, but cautioned that the new list does not represent a final decision on consolidation.
December 10, 2009
Healthcare Open Season Ends Soon
There are only a few days left to take part in the 2010 Open Season for the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, and union President William Burrus is encouraging postal workers to give careful consideration...
December 10, 2009
Department of Labor to Reconsider Bush’s Last-Minute FMLA Changes
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced Dec. 7 that she is reviewing changes made early this year to regulations governing the Family and Medical Leave Act.
December 8, 2009
APWU, Other Federal Unions Assail Senate Bill’s Excise Tax on Healthcare
Calling it “absolutely the wrong way” to pay for healthcare reform, APWU President William Burrus was among leaders of federal and postal unions objecting to the Senate bill’s proposed excise tax on many insurance plans.
November 20, 2009
Postal Service Trims List of Targeted Stations
The USPS announced Nov. 20 that it has reduced the list of stations and branches under consideration for closure to 241 [list] (from 371 in early October) but warned that the new list does not represent a final decision...