Important Arbitration Win in Fight Against Plant Closures and Consolidations
Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled on Dec. 3, 2015, that the American Postal Workers Union and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union may now go forward with their Step 4 grievances challenging the Postal Service’s decision to close or consolidate...
Union Settles Dispute on CDLs for Technicians
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The union and management resolved a dispute in august concerning the Postal Service’s decision in April 2002 to waive the Commercial Driver’s...
Lessons of a $56 Million Settlement
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
At the end of the summer, the clerk division announced the criteria for distributing the $56 million monetary portion of the settlement that...
Management’s New BEM Motto: Run to Failure!
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The Postal Service has notified the APWU of management’s intent to move forward with proposed changes to the MS-1 Handbook, which identifies...
Arbitrator Hammers USPS in Maintenance Staffing Case
The APWU won an important grievance involving Maintenance Craft staffing at Bulk Mail Centers on Oct. 19, when Arbitrator Ira Jaffe issued a stinging rebuke to the Postal Service.