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Don't Let Management Take Your Pulse!
July 8, 2024
The APWU is urging union members to refrain from participating in the USPS management’s Postal Pulse survey. Negotiations for a new union contract began June 25, and any information you give them can be used in retaliation to hurt us during...
Contract Negotiations Begin – APWU Negotiating Team Delivers Opening Day Remarks
June 27, 2024
On June 25, contract negotiations began for our next main collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Service. The current contract expires on Sept. 20. Both the union and postal management exchanged opening statements, outlining their...
Arbitrator Rules 'Separation of Casuals' Language in Article 12 Applies Only to Casuals in the Impacted Craft
In a recent National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) national arbitration award, Arbitrator Shyam Das ruled that “[t]he provision in Article 12.5.C.5.a (2) for ‘separation of all casuals’ applies to casuals in the affected or losing craft,...
e-Team Report, Sept. 27, 2013
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul?
PMG Tells Senate Committee, ‘No More Closures’ … Then Clarifies
Without Pre-Funding…
USPS Board of Governors Proposes Rate Increase
A Looming Government Shutdown and Crisis Politics
Federal Pensions At Risk – Again
USPS Plays the Perception Game
On May 17, the Postal Service announced that it would begin implementing a “new” network consolidation plan. Unfortunately, the new plan is the same as the old plan. In February, the USPS announced that it had approved 223 mail processing facilities...
e-Team Report, June 30, 2012
Stop H.R. 2309, Vote NO!
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Editorial on USPS Finances
Changing of the Guard
National Award on Attendance Control Supervisors Issuing Discipline
The issue in this case (#Q98C-4Q-C 01059241) was whether management’s use of attendance control supervisors to issue discipline for attendance-related offenses violates the National Agreement.