Landmark Arbitration Award Reshapes California PVS Subcontracting
March 7, 2013
In one of the first decisions interpreting the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled on March 4 that the USPS decision to subcontract Postal Vehicle Service work throughout California violated the contract.
Union Wins Motor Vehicle Subcontracting Case
March 5, 2013
The APWU has won an important arbitration case on subcontracting in the Motor Vehicle Craft that has important implications for the entire APWU, Motor Vehicle Craft Director Bob Pritchard announced on March 5.
Support the Postal Service Protection Act
March 1, 2013
APWU President Cliff Guffey is urging postal employees to ask their U.S. senators and representative to support the Postal Service Protection Act (S. 316 and H.R. 630).
Eleanor Roosevelt: ‘One of Us’
February 28, 2013
Although she belonged to a prominent New York family and could have chosen a life of leisure, Eleanor Roosevelt was a tireless advocate for social and economic justice.
Union, Management Reach Agreement On Locally Acquired Equipment Policy
February 26, 2013
In response to demands by the APWU — and approximately a year of negotiations — the Postal Service issued new guidelines on Jan. 29, 2013, governing the procurement of postal equipment by managers at the local level.