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Democracy in Action: Robust Debate Dominates Convention's Third Day
July 18, 2024
On the third day of the 27th Biennial Convention, APWU Delegates dominating democracy in action.
Delegates' Work on Convention Business Continues
July 17, 2024
On Day 2 of APWU's 27th Biennial Conveniton, delegates continue work on convention business and rally for a good contract.
APWU’s Retirees Director Retires
John R. Smith, director of the APWU Retirees Department since its creation in 1993, retired May 7. Replacing him will be Douglas C. Holbrook, the union’s secretary-treasurer from 1981 to 1998, APWU President William Burrus announced.
USPS Must Maintain All Factory Equipment, Including Air Conditioning
An e-mail from USPS headquarters dated Oct. 3, 2001, instructs managers in the field that former Emery vehicles incorporated into the postal fleet are now considered postal vehicles and must be maintained in a manner consistent with all postal...
e-Team Report, June 26, 2011
The American Postal Workers Union is working fervently to make certain that the Postal Service’s decision to suspend employer contributions to FERS does not negatively affect the nation’s postal employees, President Cliff Guffey said on June 22. “We...
Maximization Dispute Appealed to Arbitration
The APWU has appealed to national-level arbitration a dispute over whether the Postal Service is obligated under Article 7.3.B to maximize the number of full-time regular duty assignments by combining all regularly scheduled work hours of non-full-...
PMG’s Demands: Bad for Postal Workers
The Postmaster General and the USPS are lobbying Congress. What are they asking legislators to do?
Reduce letter delivery to five days per week;
Deny new hires a “defined benefit” retirement (pension) plan;
Force injured workers into a poverty...