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APWU National Executive Board Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for the Next President of the United States
July 23, 2024
On July 23, 2024, the APWU National Executive Board voted unanimously to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the next President of the United States. One day earlier, the AFL-CIO Executive Council, where the APWU is represented by President...
Postal Workers Deserve a Great Contract!
July 23, 2024
Below is an excerpt from my address at the opening of national negotiations.
The [APWU] welcomes this opportunity to represent approximately 200,000 postal workers in these important negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between our...
Burrus Criticizes Exclusion Of Postal Unions from OIG Workshare Audit
May 25, 2010
APWU President William Burrus has criticized a decision by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) to exclude postal unions from providing input into a recently-announced audit of postage workshare discounts.
Unions, Management Reach Settlement of Unions’ Privacy Lawsuit
May 24, 2010
The APWU and National Association of Letters Carriers (NALC) reached a settlement with the Postal Service on May 20, 2010, ending a 2008 lawsuit in which the unions charged the USPS with “systematic and widespread intrusions” into members’ medical...
APWU Urges PRC To Save Saturday Delivery at Memphis Field Hearing
May 19, 2010
APWU Assistant Clerk Craft Director Mike Morris urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to save six-day mail delivery at a Memphis, TN field hearing, testifying that the Postal Service’s proposal would “deprive citizens of their right to receive mail...
APWU Rallies Against Big Banks, For Good Jobs
May 17, 2010
Protesting corporate greed and big-bank financiers, APWU officers and staff joined hundreds of union activists at a rally in Washington DC on May 17 to literally shut down K Street and to shed light on the mess big banks have made of the economy.
Bills to Extend Health Insurance Coverage To Young Adults Introduced in House, Senate
May 14, 2010
The children of postal workers enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) would retain health insurance coverage up to age 26 beginning this year, under legislation introduced this month by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Rep....