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July 13, 2007
2007 Organizing Campaign Special Drawing Winners Announced
More than a dozen new APWU members are finding out that it really does pay to join the union. Organization Department Director Frank A. Romero announced today the winners of a special drawing that awarded prizes to a sam...
July 13, 2007
Efforts to Reduce Ergonomic Injuries Showing Positive Results at Postal Service
Postal Service employees are experiencing fewer ergonomic injuries since the formation of an OSHA-organized labor/management partnership in 2003. The joint venture between the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety an...
July 9, 2007
2007 Joint Contract Interpretation Manual
The 2007 Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM) is now available. The 2007 JCIM update was agreed to by the parties on June 29, 2007. The JCIM is intended to be a resource for the administration of the National Agre...
July 2, 2007
APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement Covering Operating Services Workers
The APWU and the USPS have reached a tentative agreement covering Operating Services workers, which is modeled on the Collective Bargaining Agreement for employees in the Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Crafts. If r...
July 2, 2007
DHL Subsidiary Ordered to Stop Interfering With Workers’ Rights at Ohio Sorting Hub
An NLRB Administrative Law Judge has ruled that DHL Express of Wilmington, OH, is guilty of the unfair labor practice charges lodged against the global-delivery company by the APWU late last year.
July 2, 2007
Labor Department Study Affirms That FMLA ‘Is Working as Intended’
A Department of Labor study released June 27 confirms what most Americans already know, that “family and medical leave is good for workers and their families, is in the public interest, and is good workplace policy.”
July 2, 2007
Operating Services Workers Ratify 4-Year Contract
APWU members working in Operating Services ratified a four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement on July 5 by a vote of 48 to 1.
June 30, 2007
The 1911 Furniture Workers Strike
A century-old and nearly forgotten story about furniture workers who overcame deep cultural divisions to unite for their common good was recently put back in the limelight by a group of labor activists.
June 28, 2007
Despite Majority Support, ‘EFCA’ Blocked in Senate
Although a majority of U.S. Senators clearly favor the Employee Free Choice Act, anti-worker lawmakers have prevented the Senate from passing the measure. Fifty-one senators voted June 26 to end debate and pass the act....
June 27, 2007
Banks Pulls Misleading Ad From Airwaves
The Wachovia Bank Corp. has stopped airing a television commercial that strongly implied that home delivery of mail is a primary cause of identity theft. On June 18, G. Kennedy Thompson, the bank’s CEO, responded to a le...
June 27, 2007
National Executive Board Establishes Rules for Clerk NBA Race in Chicago
The APWU National Executive Board has voted to open nominations for the vacancy in the National Business Agent position caused by the untimely death of Percy Harrison Jr. Brother Harrison, who died on June 18, had filed...
June 27, 2007
Union Web Site Now Features Membership Info
A new section of the APWU Web site (www.apwu.org) allows union members to review their membership information, find out how to contact their union representatives, and — in the coming weeks — will permit members to regis...
June 25, 2007
‘UNI’ Leader Visits APWU
APWU President William Burrus (left) and Union Network International General- Secretary Philip Jennings (right), at APWU The leader of an international union federation met with APWU President William Burrus on June 25,...
June 25, 2007
Public Affairs Group Honors APWU TV Ad
An APWU-sponsored TV commercial that decried the negative effects of Postal Service consolidation plans has won a “Pollie Award” from the American Association of Political Consultants. Broadcast in select cities in the l...
June 22, 2007
Ballot Placement Set, Candidates Certified for Election of APWU National Officers
Secretary-Treasurer Terry Stapleton has certified the following union members as candidates for election to national office by referendum balloting, as mandated by the APWU Constitution and Bylaws. A drawing to determine...
June 21, 2007
2006-2010 Contract Available
The official 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the USPS and the APWU is being printed and will be ready for shipping shortly, the union has announced. Copies can be viewed and downloaded from the APWU Web...
June 20, 2007
Unions Rally for Employee Free Choice Act
APWU officers, staff and members from as far away as Richmond and Philadelphia joined thousands of union activists at a rally June 19 on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol to demand enactment of the Employee Free Choice Act —...
June 19, 2007
NBA Percy Harrison Dies
Percy Harrison Jr., a Central Region National Business Agent since the early 1990s, died suddenly June 18. “We were shocked and saddened to learn of Percy’s passing,” said APWU President William Burrus. “Percy was an out...
June 19, 2007
Senate Set to Consider Employee Free Choice Act
The U.S. Senate is expected to debate legislation this week that would remove many of the obstacles faced by American workers who want to form unions. The Employee Free Choice Act would give American workers greater free...
June 15, 2007
Candidates Nominated for APWU Election of National Officers
Secretary-Treasurer Terry Stapleton has announced that the following union members have been certified as candidates for election to national office by referendum balloting, as mandated by the APWU Constitution and Bylaw...
June 12, 2007
Local, State Presidents Urged To Promote APWU Health Plan
Local and state presidents are being asked to help spread the word about an important gain in the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement: the increase in the Postal Service’s contribution to health insurance premiums...
June 12, 2007
Zanesville Consolidation Study Terminated
The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift approximately 60 miles across central Ohio will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are...
June 7, 2007
Union Garners Agreement on Jurisdictional Disputes
The APWU has negotiated an important agreement to expedite hearings on grievances involving jurisdictional disputes. In response to an APWU lawsuit against the Postal Service and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (...
June 6, 2007
APWU Sues USPS, Advisory Committee For Conducting Policy-Making in Secret
The APWU, together with an organization representing a coalition of consumers and nonprofit mailers, has filed a suit challenging secret policy-making by a Postal Service advisory committee. The panel, the Mailers Techni...
June 6, 2007
Tarducci to Fill In for Wilson
APWU Clerk Craft Director James McCarthy has assigned Vince Tarducci, president of the Philadelphia BMC Local, as a temporary replacement for Eric Wilson, who resigned as a National Business Agent at the end of May. Tard...
May 31, 2007
Union Asks Wachovia To Stop Running Misleading Ad
APWU President William Burrus has asked the Wachovia Bank Corp. to stop airing a television commercial which strongly suggests that home mail delivery is the primary cause of identity theft. “The 700,000 employees who op...
May 23, 2007
NBA Wilson to Resign
National Business Agent Eric M. Wilson has announced he will resign his position, effective May 25, 2007. Wilson, who has served as NBA “A” in the Clerk Division for the Philadelphia Region since 1994, is resigning for p...
May 22, 2007
Casual Reports to Have a New Format
New restrictions on the use of casuals, mandated by the 2006-2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement, will result in a new format for Casual Compliance Reports. These reports are provided to the national union on an account...
May 22, 2007
Wisconsin-to-Minnesota AMP Halted
The APWU has been notified that the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the La Crosse (WI) P&DF into the Rochester (MN) P&DF will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently...
May 18, 2007
Transportation Workers, Unions Declare: ‘Enough is Enough’
APWU officers and staff at the IAM rally in Washington APWU officers and staff joined thousands of transportaion workers and other labor activists at a spirited rally in Washington, DC, May 17, demanding an end to federa...