APWU Nurses Contract Negotiations Continue

The APWU and USPS have continued to meet in an effort to negotiate a successor contract to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which expired on Aug. 10, 2012. The parties met on Aug. 31, Sept. 14, and Sept. 20.

Idell Mitchell, president of the National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU, and NPPN-APWU member Luvonnie Clarke have participated in the negotiations sessions, along with Support Services Director Bill Manley.

“We have been negotiating throughout the summer to reach agreement on new language that covers wages, hours, and working conditions for these APWU members,” said Bill Manley, Support Services Division director.

“All terms of the current contract remain in effect. There will be no involuntary excessing of our nurses while we continue to try and reach agreement,” he said.