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May 12, 2014
Unauthorized Tractor Log Form Circulating
An unauthorized Tractor Log Form is being utilized in some locations, Motor Vehicle Craft officers are reporting.
May 8, 2014
Help Yourself Get the Remedy, Maintenance Officers Say
Maintenance Division officers have created a questionnaire to help locals identify employees affected by a recent arbitration win.
March 1, 2014
A Safe Workplace: It’s Not a Matter of Luck
(This article appears in the May-June 2014 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Tony D. McKinnon Sr., Industrial Relations Director Our members want to be assured that we will leave work each day as healthy as...
November 1, 2013
Pay Raise Set for Nov. 16
APWU-represented postal employees will receive an increase in their annual salaries effective Nov. 16, which will be reflected in paychecks dated Dec. 6. The increase will apply to employees covered by the APWU-USPS 2010...
September 19, 2013
Second Day of Hearings On USPS ‘POStPlan’
A second day of arbitration hearings was held Sept. 19 on the APWU’s grievance protesting management’s “POStPlan.” The first day of hearings was May 1, when union presented its case. The union charges that the plan, whi...
August 15, 2013
$937 Cost-of-Living Raise Set for September
Career APWU members will receive a $937 annual increase in pay in September, APWU President Cliff Guffey has announced. “This substantial raise is the result of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, which preser...
June 7, 2013
Management Takes Initial Steps To Comply with ‘Global Settlement’ Award
After stonewalling for more than two months, the Postal Service has taken initial steps to enforce an arbitration ruling that was a major victory for the APWU.
May 1, 2013
Union Challenges POStPlan, Demands Jobs
The APWU challenged management’s “POStPlan” at an arbitration hearing that began on May 1. The union charged that the plan, which resulted in a drastic reduction in the hours of operation at thousands of post offices, al...
April 1, 2013
Enforcing the Award
The 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement and a ruling of Arbitrator Shyam Das impose strict limits on the amount of bargaining unit work postmasters and supervisors may perform.
February 15, 2013
Tool and Parts Clerk Positions Are ‘Viable’
The APWU has reached an agreement with the USPS that will help protect Tool and Part Clerk positions, which management has been eliminating.
September 18, 2012
Honor the Contract; Join the Fight to Save the USPS
APWU members have begun receiving brochures that include a tear-off card to mail to the chairman of the USPS Board of Governors, calling on him to instruct the Postmaster General to:
August 31, 2012
Follow the Contract; Save America’s Postal Service
Delegates to the APWU National Convention condemned USPS management for their failure to adhere to the terms of the 2010 Collective Bargaining Agreement and for their dismal response to the agency’s congressionally-manuf...
August 23, 2012
Ed Schultz: ‘Most Dishonest Campaign Ever’
Ed Schultz, host of the Ed Show on MSNBC, and the best friend postal workers have on television today, addressed the delegates on Day 4 of the National Convention. ALSO: Delegates to USPS Board of Governors: Honor Our Co...
August 3, 2012
Case Closed
Arbitrator Shyam Das has closed the record of an arbitration hearing regarding the number of hours postmasters in small offices may work. A Memorandum of Understanding in the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement pl...
July 23, 2012
Updated Joint Contract Interpretation Manual Now Available
The newly updated Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM) is now available, Industrial Relations Director Mike Morris has announced. The APWU and USPS finalized the 2012 JCIM on July 13.
May 17, 2012
Changes of Address for Grievance Appeals
The Postal Service has notified the APWU of several changes of address for grievance appeals, effective June 1, 2012, Industrial Relations Director Mike Morris has announced. “I encourage locals to make a note of the new...
January 13, 2012
Beware of Risks in USPS Campaign For Voluntary Transfers to Letter Carrier
The APWU is warning union members of risks associated with a management campaign to encourage career Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Craft employees to volunteer for reassignments to the Letter Carrier Craft.
December 13, 2011
USPS Announces Moratorium On Post Office, Plant Closures
The Postal Service has announced a five-month moratorium on the closure of post offices and mail processing facilities, in response to a request from 22 senators. ALSO: An arbitration hearing began on Dec. 13, 2011, on t...
August 18, 2011
APWU Initiates Step 4 Disputes
The APWU initiated four Step 4 disputes on Aug. 17, 2011, protesting violations of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
August 4, 2011
Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over USPS Refusal to Provide Information on Consolidations
The APWU has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) protesting the Postal Service’s refusal to provide the union with information regarding Area Mail Processing (AMP) feasibi...
December 17, 2010
Union Encourages Members to Use Department of Labor Forms For FMLA Leave Requests
The APWU is encouraging members to use Department of Labor forms when requesting Family & Medical Leave, while the union pursues a dispute with the Postal Service over employees’ right to use APWU forms or other equivale...
August 24, 2010
‘Our Union is Alive and Strong’
APWU President William Burrus told delegates to the 20th Biennial National Convention that the union is “alive and strong.” ALSO: Delegates to the APWU National Convention got down to business on the meeting’s opening da...
October 19, 2009
Pay Raise Set for November 21
APWU-represented postal workers will receive a 1.2 percent increase in annual salaries effective Nov. 21, based on the grades and levels in effect on Sept. 6, 2006. The raise will be reflected in paychecks issued Dec. 11...
July 29, 2009
APWU Slams Postal Service on BMC Name Change
In a letter to USPS management, APWU President William Burrus admonished the Postal Service for failing to officially notify the union that the Bulk Mail Center network has been renamed the Network Distribution Center ne...
April 30, 2009
Arbitrator Grants Postal Nurses Raises, Job Security
An arbitration panel finalized a five-year contract for postal nurses on April 28 — the first since the National Postal Professional Nurses merged with the APWU. The ruling came more than 20 months after the nurses’ inde...
March 12, 2009
USPS Abandons Plan to Outsource; Management to Revamp BMC Network
The Postal Service has abandoned plans to outsource the work performed at 21 Bulk Mail Centers, and instead will revamp the BMC network, the USPS Senior Vice President for Operations told the APWU on March 10.
February 13, 2009
PARS Software Grievance Resolved
On Feb. 6, the union reached a favorable resolution of a dispute over the Postal Service's decision to assign the installation of hardware and software for the Postal Automation Redirection System (PARS) to employees of...
January 1, 2009
Defending the BMCs
First off, I want to wish everyone the happiest and healthiest New Year… On a more somber note, however, we see that the Postal Service has begun to act on its strategic plan to contract out our parcel-post business to p...
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 and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16, is a companion to another Ste...
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 assignments and employees. The dispute, filed Dec. 16 by union President...