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October 11, 2007
It’s Official! Election Results Certified
Official results for the APWU election of national officers have been tabulated by American Arbitration Association and certified by the APWU Election...
October 11, 2007
Union Officers Elected
In balloting that ended Oct. 5, William Burrus was re-elected to his third term as president, receiving more than 77 percent of the votes cast and cap...
October 6, 2007
Unofficial Election Results Posted
Ballots for the APWU election of national officers are being counted by the American Arbitration Association, under the supervision of the APWU Electi...
October 6, 2007
Final, Unofficial Election Results
Ballots for the APWU election of national officers have been counted by the American Arbitration Association, under the supervision of the APWU Electi...
October 5, 2007
Ballot Count Begins
The APWU national officers’ election ballot count began Oct. 5. Secretary-Treasurer Terry Stapleton has announced that approximately 77,127 ballots ha...
October 4, 2007
Union Election Results To Be Posted on APWU Web Site
Ballots for the APWU election of national officers will be counted beginning on Oct. 5, and preliminary results will be posted on the union's Web site...
October 1, 2007
Contract Talks Continue
The National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU and the Postal Service agreed on Sept. 28 to extend contract talks until Oct. 12. During negotiations hel...
September 26, 2007
APWU Officers’ Election Ends Oct. 5
Time is running short for members who have yet to vote in the APWU National Officers election. Ballots were mailed Sept. 12-15, and must be returned t...
September 19, 2007
Union Vows to Fight On At DHL in Eastern PA
Despite losing a union-representation election, an APWU-led organizing committee will press on in its campaign for workers’ rights at a sorting facili...
September 18, 2007
APWU Slashes Employees’ Costs For Consumer Driven Health Plan
APWU members who enroll in the Consumer Driven Health Plan will pay much lower premiums for health insurance in 2008, plan administrators announced Se...
September 17, 2007
New Developments in the Case of the ‘Jena Six’
A Louisiana appeals court has overturned the aggravated battery conviction of Mychal Bell, the lead defendant in the Jena 6 six racially-charged incid...
September 14, 2007
Seeking Justice for the ‘Jena Six’
The American Postal Workers Union will join with other progressive forces at a demonstration in Jena, LA, to protest the excessively disparate punishm...
September 12, 2007
National Officers Election Ballots Mailed to Members
Ballots for the 2007 Election of APWU National Officers are being mailed Wednesday, Sept. 12, to Saturday, Sept. 15. Every member in good standing as...
September 10, 2007
National Safety-and-Health Program Renewed
The APWU and USPS announced Sept. 10 that they have renewed their commitment to the Voluntary Protection Program, which is designed to improve safety...
September 7, 2007
USPS Must Do More For Veterans
Although the Postal Service employs large numbers of veterans, not enough is being done to help qualified veterans secure jobs with the agency, APWU E...
September 5, 2007
Several Local and State Elections Set for Nov. 6
Many APWU members who plan to be in attendance at the APWU All-Craft Conference in Las Vegas Nov. 5-8 should also make plans to vote ahead of time in...
August 31, 2007
The History of Labor’s ‘Day’
The celebration of the first Monday in September as a holiday “is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achieve...
August 29, 2007
COLA Raise Shows Value of a Union Contract
The $686 salary increase that will be reflected in APWU members’ paychecks Sept. 21 demonstrates the ongoing value of the union contract, said APWU Pr...
August 27, 2007
Support Good Jobs – Buy Union
Union Label Week 2007 begins on Labor Day, Sept. 3 and runs through Friday, Sept. 8. The message this year is: “Support Good Jobs — Buy Union.” During...
August 22, 2007
Postal Nurses Vote to Merge with APWU
In an overwhelming vote of 51 to 9, on Aug. 17 the National Postal Professional Nurses (NPPN) voted “YES,” in favor of merging with the American Posta...
August 15, 2007
Latest CPI Rise Will Yield $686 Annual Increase
Even with the Consumer Price Index falling slightly in July, the latest Cost-Of-Living Adjustment under the National Agreement will give APWU-craft em...
August 14, 2007
AFL-CIO President Salutes APWU For Work on ‘Solidarity’ Campaign
In a letter to the union’s Executive Office, AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney has commended the APWU for making a solid case for solidarity. Citing t...
August 6, 2007
Online Registration Now Available for All-Craft Conference
APWU members who plan to attend the 2007 All-Craft Conference can now register online, select workshops, and remit payment to the national union throu...
August 3, 2007
IT/ASC, Operating Services Contracts Signed
In a ceremony Aug. 1, APWU President William Burrus and Postal Service Labor Relations Vice President Doug Tulino signed Collective Bargaining Agreeme...
August 2, 2007
Postal Regulator Tells Congress of Failures in Consolidation Planning
In a rush to redesign its nationwide network of facilities, the Postal Service acted on several misguided and poorly rationalized assumptions, a Posta...
August 1, 2007
Union Members to Question Presidential Candidates
Will the next president fight for the concerns of working families? Will he or she be accountable to America’s workers — or to corporate donors? Will...
July 27, 2007
Candidates Certified for Election Of Chicago Region Clerk NBA
Secretary-Treasurer Terry Stapleton has certified six union members as candidates for the position of Clerk Craft National Business Agent (A) for the...
July 27, 2007
Tennessee AMP Study Terminated
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift approximately 90 miles across southwest T...
July 26, 2007
Burrus Testifies Before Senate: USPS on Path to Privatization
The USPS “has begun to travel resolutely down the road of privatization,” APWU President William Burrus told a Senate subcommittee on July 25, “withou...
July 25, 2007
Texas Consolidation Plan Shelved
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation of mail-processing operations in Waco, TX, will not occur. A study to determine whether opera...