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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 dates” beginning Nov. 21, in accordance with the 2006-2010 Collective Ba...
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 consolidate mail processing into two tours — a plan that would eliminate...
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 sorting facility in Manhattan has been shelved. [USPS notice to APWU] “The...
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 nationwide financial difficulties by giving legislative relief to its re...
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 at a downtown hotel, APWU President William Burrus has announced.
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-shirts that display candidates’ names and/or pictures while on duty or in...
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 nationwide program establishing a two-tour operation, which is intended t...
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 it would implement new regulations governing the Family and Medical L...
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 Alcoholic Recovery (PAR), opened its doors in San Francisco to assist postal...
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 announced it will extend the deadline for returning ballots until 10:...
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 decided to allow the Sioux City Processing & Distribution Facility to cont...
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 by supervisors in small offices. In a letter dated Oct. 31, the union...
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. “America came together last night, and perhaps has begun a new chapter in th...
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 president in today's history-making election. “We must change the direct...
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 chronicled the harsh lives many working people faced at the dawn of th...
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 to privatize Bulk Mail Centers.
October 30, 2008
Burrus Urges Union Members: Get Out and Vote!
As Nov. 4 draws near, APWU President William Burrus is urging union members to “get out and vote!” “This has been a long campaign and the stakes are high, especially for working people,” he noted. “We must change the dir...
October 30, 2008
APWU Activists Making the Difference
Denver Metro Area Local member Tina DeSautels, participating in a "labor walk" earlier this year. As Election Day draws near, APWU members are out in force from coast to coast, canvassing neighborhoods and making phone...
October 24, 2008
APWU Members and Loved Ones Killed in Action in Iraq and Afghanistan
To our knowledge, 17 members of the APWU family have paid the ultimate price while fighting in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan:
October 20, 2008
Two New APWU Flyers Support Obama
Flyers urging union members to vote for Barack Obama for president and for pro-worker legislators in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are being distributed to APWU members. A flyer mailed to APWU members who...
October 20, 2008
Penalty Overtime, Casual Exception Periods Set
The annual periods during which penalty overtime regulations and the limit on the number of casuals are not applicable have been announced. As referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5 of the National Agreement, there ar...
October 17, 2008
Live Life Well!
APWU Health Plan has increased benefits for both the Consumer Driven Option and High Option for 2009, but has kept premium costs low. When you enroll in APWU Health Plan this Open Season, you’ll save money and get a top-...
October 16, 2008
D.D. Johnson Wins Motor Vehicle NBA Election
October 16, 2008
Retirees to Get Big Cost-of-Living Raise
Postal and federal workers who retired under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) will soon receive the largest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in more than 25 years, and the COLA for the Federal Employee Retireme...
October 9, 2008
APWU Activists Work to ‘Defend Our BMCs’
The APWU “Defend Our BMCs Committee,” which was established to combat USPS attempts to privatize work at the nation’s 21 Bulk Mail Centers, has made its first inroads into the legislative arena, meeting with aides to bot...
October 7, 2008
Campaign in Full Swing in NC
APWU members in North Carolina found the presidential campaign on their doorstep over the weekend as Barack Obama visited the western part of the state. Obama spoke to an overflowing crowd of 28,000 at Asheville High Sch...
October 6, 2008
Nine More U.S. Reps. Co-Sponsor Mail Network Protection Act
In the month of September, nine more members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed on to the Mail Network Protection Act (H.R. 4236), a bill that would limit wasteful, inefficient, and detrimental subcontracting pr...
October 6, 2008
Voter Registration Deadlines Approach
Oct. 6 is the voter registration deadline in seven states, with the cut-off date approaching in many others. States with an Oct. 6 deadline include Florida, Colorado, Indiana, and Virginia, which are considered “battlegr...
September 24, 2008
Department of Labor Extends Voting Deadline
In a notice to APWU members who are eligible to vote in the re-run election for Motor Vehicle Division National Business Agent, Southern Region, Southwest Sub-Region, the Department of Labor announces an extension of the...
September 24, 2008
Nurses’ Contract Headed for Interest Arbitration
The union and the Postal Service have agreed to submit to an interest arbitrator disputed contract issues for APWU-represented postal nurses. The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the National Postal Professional N...