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December 29, 2008
APWU Secures More Space For Inaugural Assembly,Invites NALC
The APWU has reserved additional space for union members to gather on Inauguration Day, union President William Burrus has announced. Union members wi...
December 23, 2008
APWU Complaint About Falsified Reports Prompts OIG Audit of Philadelphia P&DC
An APWU complaint that senior managers and other supervisors filed false mail-count reports at the Philadelphia Processing & Distribution Center has r...
December 19, 2008
Union Files Second ‘Dispute’ Over Two-Tour Initiative
The APWU has filed a second Step 4 dispute protesting the Postal Service’s nationwide program to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 assignments an...
December 17, 2008
Union Files ‘Dispute’ Over Elimination of Tour 2
The APWU has initiated a Step 4 dispute with the Postal Service, protesting management’s nationwide plan to eliminate or drastically reduce Tour 2 ass...
December 16, 2008
USPS Still Embraces Shipping Franchise That Offends
APWU President William Burrus has posed a straightforward question to Postmaster General John E. Potter regarding the Postal Service’s decision to des...
December 16, 2008
Federal Health Plan Open Season Extended
Open Season for the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHB) has been extended, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced Dec. 8. The...
December 15, 2008
APWU Offers Commemorative Inauguration Buttons
As excitement builds for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States, the APWU is offering union members commemorative...
December 12, 2008
APWU Members in Florida Enlist Public’s Support in Consolidation Fight
When the Postal Service announced a consolidation study in Manasota, FL, APWU’s Local 7136 swung into action without waiting for the first in “a serie...
December 11, 2008
Burrus Meets with Obama Transition Team
APWU President William Burrus met with Stephen Crawford, a member of President-Elect Obama’s Transition Team, at the union’s national headquarters on...
December 9, 2008
Health Plan Open Season Extended
Open Season for the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) will be extended, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced Dec. 8. OPM ...
December 4, 2008
Federal Judge Dismisses APWU Lawsuit Against Bush
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed an APWU lawsuit against President George W. Bush and Postmaster General John E. Pot...
December 3, 2008
Arbitrator Rules Tour 1 Casuals May Work After 5 a.m.
In a national-level award, Arbitrator Shyam Das has ruled that Tour 1 casuals may continue to work past 5 a.m., concluding that the intent of the 2006...
November 26, 2008
Shop ‘Union-Made’ for the Holidays
As the holiday shopping season begins, APWU President William Burrus is encouraging members to "look for the union label" when selecting gifts for the...
November 26, 2008
Crawford Wins Clerk NBA Election
Jack Crawford has won the race for Clerk Division National Business Agent in the Dallas region, defeating Jeane Gardiner and Paul R. Manley, 1624-803-...
November 25, 2008
Uniform Allowances Increases
APWU-represented employees are eligible for a 2.5 percent increase in uniform and work clothes allowances effective on their “allowance anniversary da...
November 25, 2008
Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Elimination of Tour 2
The APWU has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the Postal Service, alleging that management failed to bargain over a nationwide plan to co...
November 24, 2008
Bronx Consolidation Plan – Finally – ‘Not Approved’
Nearly three years after an Area Mail Processing study was launched, a plan to send mail from three major processing facilities in the Bronx to a sort...
November 20, 2008
‘Stakeholders’ Urge Congress To Give USPS Legislative Relief
The APWU is part of a group of 50 postal unions, management associations, and mailers that has asked Congress to help the agency during the current na...
November 20, 2008
Union Members to Gather for Obama Inauguration
APWU members who plan to visit the nation’s capital for Inauguration Day festivities on Jan. 20 will be able to enjoy the event with other activists a...
November 18, 2008
Postal, Federal Employees Can Now Wear Election Gear
With the national election concluded, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel has issued instructions that allow postal and federal employees to wear T-shi...
November 18, 2008
USPS Denies Existence of Program to Eliminate Tour 2
In response to an inquiry from APWU President Burrus, the Postal Service has denied that it is “considering or is in the process of implementing a nat...
November 17, 2008
Bush’s Lame-Duck Labor Department To Implement Onerous FMLA Rule Changes
As the Bush administration prepares to leave office, it is giving workers one more kick in the teeth: The Department of Labor announced last week that...
November 10, 2008
Happy Birthday, EAP
On Nov. 12, the USPS Employees Assistance Program will turn 40 years old. The first postal EAP program, which was then known as the Program for Alcoho...
November 10, 2008
Department of Labor Extends Deadline to Nov. 25
The U.S. Department of Labor, which is supervising a re-run election of the race for Clerk Division National Business Agent for the Dallas Region, has...
November 7, 2008
USPS Scraps Western Iowa Consolidation Plan
Almost three years after the Postal Service announced plans to consolidate a western Iowa postal facility’s mail across state lines, the USPS has deci...
November 5, 2008
Union Requests Documentation Of Supervisors Performing Bargaining Unit Work in Small Offices
APWU President William Burrus has asked the Postal Service to provide documentation that will help the union track the amount of craft work performed...
November 5, 2008
Burrus Hails Election Results As Signifying ‘The System Has Changed’
APWU President William Burrus spoke to APWU headquarters officers and staff during a celebration of Barack Obama's election as U.S. President. “Ameri...
November 4, 2008
Today’s the Day: Vote!
Vote Tuesday, Nov. 4 APWU President William Burrus is calling on union members to exercise their democratic right, and to vote for Barack Obama for pr...
October 31, 2008
Jack London: Famous Author Chronicled Workers’ Struggles
Though best known as the author of widely acclaimed adventure stories such as The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and To Build a Fire, Jack London also...
October 30, 2008
New Jersey BMC Workers Rally Against Privatization
Given a boost by local and national elected officials, APWU members rallied in northern New Jersey on Oct. 27 to protest plans by the Postal Service t...