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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 ass...
December 12, 2008
APWU Members in Florida Enlist Public’s Support in Consolidation Fight
When the Postal Service announced a consolidation study in Manasota, FL, APWU’s Local 7136 swung into action without waiting for the first in “a serie...
November 25, 2008
Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Elimination of Tour 2
The APWU has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the Postal Service, alleging that management failed to bargain over a nationwide plan to co...
November 24, 2008
Bronx Consolidation Plan – Finally – ‘Not Approved’
Nearly three years after an Area Mail Processing study was launched, a plan to send mail from three major processing facilities in the Bronx to a sort...
November 18, 2008
USPS Denies Existence of Program to Eliminate Tour 2
In response to an inquiry from APWU President Burrus, the Postal Service has denied that it is “considering or is in the process of implementing a nat...
November 7, 2008
USPS Scraps Western Iowa Consolidation Plan
Almost three years after the Postal Service announced plans to consolidate a western Iowa postal facility’s mail across state lines, the USPS has deci...
December 20, 2007
Spending Bill Includes Rider That Blocks 7 Consolidations
A provision attached to the appropriations bill awaiting President Bush’s signature would indefinitely postpone most of the Postal Service consolidati...
October 15, 2007
APWU Launches Ad Campaign Against Consolidation in Michigan
An APWU advertising campaign in southern Michigan got underway last week, urging the citizens of Flint and Detroit to speak out against the consolidat...
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 Ass...
May 3, 2007
St. Petersburg Consolidation to Proceed
The Postal Service has notified the APWU that it will implement plans to shift some mail-processing operations from the St. Petersburg (FL) Processing...
April 25, 2007
Twin Falls, Cape Cod Consolidations Stopped
The APWU has been notified that the consolidation of some mail-processing operations at the Twin Falls (ID) Customer Service Mail Processing Center in...
March 23, 2007
Postal Service Continues Plans to Close AMCs
As part of an ongoing effort to outsource postal work, the USPS recently outlined management’s continuing plans to eliminate Air Mail Centers across t...
February 12, 2007
USPS Abandons Nine More AMP Studies
The Postal Service has notified the APWU that it has cancelled nine more Area Mail Processing studies. In a statement on Feb. 9, the Postal Service to...
January 29, 2007
Postal Service Cancels Another AMP Study
The APWU won another battle in the fight against misguided “network realignment” plans when the USPS announced the end of a study aimed at consolidati...
January 18, 2007
Two Consolidation Studies Scrapped
The U.S. Postal Service announced in early January that it was calling off the only Area Mail Processing studies in the states of Montana and North Ca...
December 22, 2006
Rate Commission Assails USPS Consolidation Plan
In a blistering criticism of the Postal Service’s Evolutionary Network Development strategy, the Postal Rate Commission concluded that the “record doe...
October 26, 2006
Thousands of Postal Workers Protest Ill-Conceived USPS Plans
In a nationwide day of picketing Oct. 26, APWU locals across the country protested Postal Service policies that put the demands of corporate advertisi...
October 25, 2006
APWU Locals Prepare for Nationwide Day of Picketing
Momentum has been building for the APWU nationwide day of picketing to be held Thursday, Oct. 26, at locations across the country. Delegates at the 18...
October 23, 2006
OIG Report Criticizes Pasadena Consolidation
A report by the USPS Office of the Inspector General concluded that the cost savings projected by the Postal Service for the consolidation of a Califo...
October 5, 2006
Day of Picketing to Expose Ill-Advised Consolidation Plans
In accordance with a resolution adopted by delegates to the union’s 18th Biennial Convention, the APWU National Executive Board has selected Oct. 26 f...
September 28, 2006
Union Sets Oct. 26 For Nationwide Day of Picketing
In accordance with a resolution adopted by delegates to the union’s 18th Biennial Convention, the APWU National Executive Board has selected Oct. 26 f...
September 28, 2006
Union Sets Oct. 26 For Nationwide Day of Picketing
In accordance with a resolution adopted by delegates to the union’s 18th Biennial Convention, the APWU National Executive Board has selected Oct. 26 f...
September 21, 2006
APWU Asks U.S. Lawmakers to Support Citizens’ Right to Be Heard on Consolidation
In a letter sent to every member of Congress, APWU President William Burrus asked legislators to support citizens’ efforts to be part of the debate ab...
September 21, 2006
APWU Asks U.S. Lawmakers to Support Citizens’ Right to Be Heard on Consolidation
In a letter sent to every member of Congress, APWU President William Burrus asked legislators to support citizens’ efforts to be part of the debate ab...
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 AmericaSpeak...
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 AmericaSpeak...
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...
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...
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...
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...