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September 8, 2006
Negotiations Update
Negotiations between the USPS and the APWU over a new Collective Bargaining Agreement resumed Sept. 7 and 8, with preliminary discussions of non-economic issues. Discussion of economic issues, including upgrades, will ta...
September 8, 2006
Negotiations Update
Negotiations between the USPS and the APWU over a new Collective Bargaining Agreement resumed Sept. 7 and 8, with preliminary discussions of non-economic issues. Discussion of economic issues, including upgrades, will ta...
September 7, 2006
Postal Service Falls Short in Attempts To Get Public Input on Consolidations
In testimony submitted to the Postal Rate Commission on behalf of the APWU on Sept. 1, Margaret L. Yao, an expert and senior associate at AmericaSpeaks, sharply criticized the USPS for failing to adequately consult with...
September 7, 2006
Postal Service Falls Short in Attempts To Get Public Input on Consolidations
In testimony submitted to the Postal Rate Commission on behalf of the APWU on Sept. 1, Margaret L. Yao, an expert and senior associate at AmericaSpeaks, sharply criticized the USPS for failing to adequately consult with...
August 31, 2006
Postal Workers ‘In the Line of Duty’
Postal workers are sworn to uphold the Constitution and protect the mail. Since 1775, we have honored our pledge to defend the security of the mail, on which much of our nation’s commerce and communication system has alw...
August 31, 2006
Postal Workers ‘In the Line of Duty’
Postal workers are sworn to uphold the Constitution and protect the mail. Since 1775, we have honored our pledge to defend the security of the mail, on which much of our nation’s commerce and communication system has alw...
August 29, 2006
National Negotiations Begin
APWU President William Burrus (right) delivers his opening statement as APWU representatives meet with USPS officials during the first session of contract negotiations. Negotiations for a new national agreement between t...
August 29, 2006
National Negotiations Begin
APWU President William Burrus (right) delivers his opening statement as APWU representatives meet with USPS officials during the first session of contract negotiations. Negotiations for a new national agreement between t...
August 23, 2006
Collective Bargaining Set to Begin Aug. 29
Negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the APWU and the USPS are scheduled to begin Aug. 29, 2006, union President William Burrus has announced. Management and union officials are expected to pres...
August 23, 2006
Collective Bargaining Set to Begin Aug. 29
Negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the APWU and the USPS are scheduled to begin Aug. 29, 2006, union President William Burrus has announced. Management and union officials are expected to pres...
August 18, 2006
Delegates Protest Consolidation
Nearly 3,000 blue T-shirt-clad APWU union members sent a strong and unified message to the Postal Service Thursday, as they surrounded what used to be the Philadelphia Processing & Distribution Center at a rally protesti...
August 18, 2006
Delegates Protest Consolidation
Nearly 3,000 blue T-shirt-clad APWU union members sent a strong and unified message to the Postal Service Thursday, as they surrounded what used to be the Philadelphia Processing & Distribution Center at a rally protesti...
August 17, 2006
Delegates Express Frustration Over Craft Jurisdictional Issues
After fervent debate on the 18th Biennial Convention’s third day, APWU delegates adopted a resolution to study “efforts and procedures and processes” that would help bring the National Postal Mail Handlers Union into the...
August 17, 2006
Delegates Express Frustration Over Craft Jurisdictional Issues
After fervent debate on the 18th Biennial Convention’s third day, APWU delegates adopted a resolution to study “efforts and procedures and processes” that would help bring the National Postal Mail Handlers Union into the...
August 16, 2006
Latest CPI Rise Will Yield $812 Annual Increase
The final Cost-Of-Living Adjustment under the National Agreement will give APWU-craft employees an annual raise of $812. The Consumer Price Index rose slightly in July, the last month of the latest six-month Cost-Of-Livi...
August 16, 2006
Delegates Debate, Approve Resolutions In Preparation for USPS Contract Talks
Delegates discuss a resolution before lining up at a floor microphone to take part in the debate. APWU members at the 18th Biennial National Convention displayed overwhelming unity Tuesday in approving resolutions intend...
August 16, 2006
Latest CPI Rise Will Yield $812 Annual Increase
The final Cost-Of-Living Adjustment under the National Agreement will give APWU-craft employees an annual raise of $812. The Consumer Price Index rose slightly in July, the last month of the latest six-month Cost-Of-Livi...
August 16, 2006
Delegates Debate, Approve Resolutions In Preparation for USPS Contract Talks
Delegates discuss a resolution before lining up at a floor microphone to take part in the debate. APWU members at the 18th Biennial National Convention displayed overwhelming unity Tuesday in approving resolutions intend...
August 15, 2006
APWU Convention Delegates to Protest Decline in Service
Philadelphians are keenly aware of a decline in area mail service in recent months, and Thursday afternoon the APWU will help make sure that residents hear that the dramatic deterioration in service is the result of ill-...
August 15, 2006
Celebrate: ‘100 Years of Progress’
Chester Parrish, left, and President William Burrus cut into the ceremonial cake. It would not have been much of a birthday without a cake, so the American Postal Workers Union kicked off its 18th Biennial National Conve...
August 15, 2006
APWU Convention Delegates to Protest Decline in Service
Philadelphians are keenly aware of a decline in area mail service in recent months, and Thursday afternoon the APWU will help make sure that residents hear that the dramatic deterioration in service is the result of ill-...
August 15, 2006
Celebrate: ‘100 Years of Progress’
Chester Parrish, left, and President William Burrus cut into the ceremonial cake. It would not have been much of a birthday without a cake, so the American Postal Workers Union kicked off its 18th Biennial National Conve...
July 26, 2006
Union Launches Ad Campaign to Combat Consolidation
Thirty-second television ads outline the negative effects of consolidation on mail service. The APWU is taking its grassroots campaign against USPS “network realignment” to a new level by airing radio and television ads...
July 26, 2006
Union Launches Ad Campaign to Combat Consolidation
Thirty-second television ads outline the negative effects of consolidation on mail service. The APWU is taking its grassroots campaign against USPS “network realignment” to a new level by airing radio and television ads...
July 10, 2006
Union President Condemns USPS Plans to Privatize AMCs
APWU President William Burrus has denounced Postal Service plans to subcontract work currently performed by bargaining unit employees at more than half of the nation’s Air Mail Centers. “This ill-advised adventure would...
July 10, 2006
Union President Condemns USPS Plans to Privatize AMCs
APWU President William Burrus has denounced Postal Service plans to subcontract work currently performed by bargaining unit employees at more than half of the nation’s Air Mail Centers. “This ill-advised adventure would...
June 30, 2006
John L. Lewis: A Giant Among Labor Leaders
A dominant figure in labor history, John L. Lewis was the founding force behind several national unions and a leader of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) for more than 40 years. In aiding the union struggle for b...
June 30, 2006
John L. Lewis: A Giant Among Labor Leaders
A dominant figure in labor history, John L. Lewis was the founding force behind several national unions and a leader of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) for more than 40 years. In aiding the union struggle for b...
April 30, 2006
Joe Hill: Labor’s Legendary Troubadour
At sunrise on Nov. 19, 1915, a firing squad at the Utah State Penitentiary executed a labor activist who many people believed had been falsely convicted of murder. Nearly a century later, the legend of “Joe Hill” is freq...
April 30, 2006
Joe Hill: Labor’s Legendary Troubadour
At sunrise on Nov. 19, 1915, a firing squad at the Utah State Penitentiary executed a labor activist who many people believed had been falsely convicted of murder. Nearly a century later, the legend of “Joe Hill” is freq...