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August 31, 2009
APWU Rebuts Myths About the US Postal Service
News articles often imply that USPS financial problems are irreversible, and that “hard-copy mail is destined to be replaced by electronic messages.”
August 25, 2009
Union Negotiates Monetary Incentive For Retirements, Separations
APWU-represented employees who retire or separate on or before Nov. 30, 2009, will receive a monetary incentive of $15,000, in accordance with an agreement negotiated by the union.
August 20, 2009
USPS Assailed for Airing Ads During Bigot’s TV Broadcasts
APWU President William Burrus has asked the Postal Service to join with other responsible companies and withdraw sponsorship of an offensive nightly TV offering, “The Glenn Beck Program.”
August 20, 2009
APWU Spearheads Community Battles to Keep Retail Units Open
APWU members have been pressing the Postal Service for information about stations and branches targeted for closure, and rallying the support of communities, their legislators, and the media about USPS plans to shutter n...
August 19, 2009
Burrus: ‘Short-Sighted’ Strategy Will Mean Long-Term Damage
In a follow-up to recent testimony before a House subcommittee, APWU President William Burrus explored alternatives to station-and-branch closures, which the Postal Service is planning in reaction to a severe financial c...
August 18, 2009
APWU Responds to New York Times Column
When a business columnist for the venerable New York Times wrote an article outlining the Postal Service’s financial difficulties and concluded that the USPS should be privatized, APWU President William Burrus fired back...
August 13, 2009
National Reassessment Workshop Added to All-Craft Conference
The APWU will add a workshop on the National Reassessment Process to the list of classes offered at the All-Craft Conference, APWU Human Relations Director Susan Carney has announced.
August 11, 2009
USPS, APWU-Represented Nurses Implement April Arbitration Award
Two retroactive raises that were reflected in APWU-represented nurses’ paychecks last month are among the features of an April arbitration award, with a third salary increase to take effect later this month.
August 10, 2009
Vote Delayed on Bill To Undermine Pay and Benefits
The Senate adjourned for its August recess without voting on a bill that would be devastating for postal workers.
August 6, 2009
Give-and-Take On the Coburn Amendment
In a question-and-answer session following testimony on Aug. 6 before a Senate subcommittee, APWU President William Burrus and NALC President Fredric Rolando were asked why postal unions object to the amendment to S. 150...
July 31, 2009
Acts of Surrender, With the Battle’s Outcome in Doubt
Closing stations and branches and reducing mail delivery to five days per week “will unquestionably have a negative effect on the postal monopoly,” APWU President William Burrus told a House subcommittee at a hearing Jul...
July 30, 2009
Burrus: Postal Decision-Makers Are Off the Mark
Saying that he has long been “skeptical” about whether the increased use of electronic communication is to blame for the Postal Service’s economic woes, APWU President William Burrus told lawmakers July 30 that “It is im...
July 30, 2009
Union Calls for Campaign To Defeat Anti-Postal Worker Senate Bill
APWU President William Burrus has called on APWU locals and state organizations to organize opposition to a Senate bill that contains a provision that would be devastating to postal workers.
July 29, 2009
APWU: Amendment to Senate Bill Hurts Workers
An amendment to a bill to provide temporary financial relief to the cash-strapped Postal Service was adopted by a Senate committee July 29, rendering the bill unacceptable to the APWU.
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...
July 28, 2009
APWU Urges Legislators To Reject Amendments to Senate Bill
Amendments to a Senate bill providing short-term temporary financial relief to the USPS would weaken the legislation, harm the Postal Service, and hurt postal workers, APWU Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid sa...
July 27, 2009
Quick Action Expected On Senate Bill to Ease USPS Financial Crisis
Quick action is expected on a Senate bill that would provide the Postal Service emergency, short-term financial relief, and APWU President William Burrus is urging union members to ask their Senators to support the legis...
July 27, 2009
National Healthcare Call-In Day July 28
Union members across the nation will begin calling their U.S. representatives on Tuesday, July 28, to demand that the House pass comprehensive healthcare reform legislation, now!
July 24, 2009
FERS Sick-Leave Credit Removed from Senate Bill
The campaign to win sick-leave credit for workers who retire under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) suffered a blow July 23, when an amendment granting the benefit was withdrawn from the 2010 Defense Author...
July 16, 2009
APWU Seeks Quick Action on Healthcare Measure
APWU President William Burrus is asking union members to encourage their legislators to support healthcare reform bills adopted by key House and Senate committees July 14 and 15.
July 16, 2009
Postal Unions Seek White House Intervention
The presidents of the four major postal unions have asked the White House to address the “deepening crisis” facing the Postal Service, asserting that “the Obama administration must intervene now to avoid both a political...
July 10, 2009
House Committee Approves HR 22
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee unanimously approved H.R. 22 on July 10, clearing the way for consideration of the measure by the full House.
July 9, 2009
Area Mail Processing Plans: Locals Fight Back
APWU locals around the country have been busy fighting the consolidation of Processing & Distribution Centers — even as the Postal Service announced it was considering consolidating more than 3,200 of the nation’s larger...
July 1, 2009
Consolidating Stations
At a meeting at USPS Headquarters on June 23, the Postal Service briefed APWU officers of the Clerk, Maintenance, and Motor Vehicle Crafts [ PDF | Powerpoint presentation] about plans to consolidate operations in large s...
June 29, 2009
Repairs Times Not a Basis for Discipline
(06/29/09) Although Arbitrator Shyam Das officially denied an APWU grievance protesting the Postal Service’s Preventative Maintenance Inspection Program recently, his ruling was a victory for the APWU nonetheless.
June 26, 2009
Drive for Sick-Leave Credit Gains New Life
The drive to win sick-leave credit for postal and federal workers covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) was revived June 25, when the House of Representatives included the benefit in the 2010 Defense...
June 25, 2009
Unions Rally for Healthcare, Now!
APWU members from as far away as Philadelphia and Florida joined thousands of other union members and healthcare advocates at a rally June 25 to demand that Congress pass legislation that provides quality care for all.
June 24, 2009
Key House Panel Passes HR 22
A House subcommittee has approved an amended version of H.R. 22, legislation that would provide temporary relief from a provision of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act that requires the Postal Service to prefu...
June 22, 2009
APWU on Five-Day Delivery: Don’t Do It!
The APWU has given a straightforward response to a USPS request for input regarding five-day mail delivery: “Don’t do it!”
June 19, 2009
APWU Endorses Trumka for AFL-CIO President
The APWU National Executive Board has endorsed Richard Trumka for president of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation.