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Postal Workers Hold Nationwide 'Day of Action' Oct. 1 in 90 Cities to Promote Vote-by-Mail, Demand First-Class Service Year-Round
October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON – On Tues., Oct. 1 postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will be rallying with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s...
APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement
September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...
USPS, APWU-Represented Nurses Implement April Arbitration Award
August 11, 2009
Two retroactive raises that were reflected in APWU-represented nurses’ paychecks last month are among the features of an April arbitration award, with a third salary increase to take effect later this month.
Vote Delayed on Bill To Undermine Pay and Benefits
August 10, 2009
The Senate adjourned for its August recess without voting on a bill that would be devastating for postal workers.
Give-and-Take On the Coburn Amendment
August 6, 2009
In a question-and-answer session following testimony on Aug. 6 before a Senate subcommittee, APWU President William Burrus and NALC President Fredric Rolando were asked why postal unions object to the amendment to S. 1507 that was offered by Sen....
Acts of Surrender, With the Battle’s Outcome in Doubt
July 31, 2009
Closing stations and branches and reducing mail delivery to five days per week “will unquestionably have a negative effect on the postal monopoly,” APWU President William Burrus told a House subcommittee at a hearing July 30. Such actions “will...
Union Calls for Campaign to Defeat Anti-Postal Worker Senate Bill
July 31, 2009
APWU President William Burrus has called on locals and state organizations to organize opposition to a Senate bill that contains a provision that would be catastrophic for postal workers.
ALSO: Burrus: USPS Initiatives Are Acts of Surrender. Closing...