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March 18, 2010
APWU Denounces Five-Day Mail Delivery, Urges Congress to Correct Pre-Funding Requirement
APWU President William Burrus denounced Postal Service plans to eliminate Saturday mail delivery March 18, and urged Congress instead to correct two major causes of USPS financial difficulties: A provision of the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhanc...
March 3, 2010
Union Rejects USPS Call For Five-Day Delivery, New Business Model
APWU President William Burrus condemned USPS proposals to reduce mail delivery to five days per week, saying, “It would be the beginning of the demise of the Postal Service.” The USPS outlined the five-day delivery plan and other proposals at a confe...
September 22, 2009
Fact & Fiction: The US Postal Service
News reports have been filled with articles about the financial crisis facing the U.S. Postal Service, many of them based on false premises. The articles often imply that the problems are irreversible, and that hard-copy mail is destined to be replac...
August 26, 2009
Union Mourns of Loss of Senator Kennedy
The American Postal Workers Union joins the nation in mourning the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, a life-long champion of labor. “Ted Kennedy was instrumental in passing legislation of great importance to working people,” said APWU President Willia...
June 19, 2009
APWU Endorses Trumka for AFL-CIO President
The APWU National Executive Board has endorsed Richard Trumka for president of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation. “Rich Trumka will bring the new ideas and energy that are needed to revitalize the labor movement,” said APWU President...
August 21, 2008
American Postal Workers Union to Picket ‘USPS Partner’ With Corporate Name That Plays on Offensive Stereotype
Nearly 1,000 postal workers will be demonstrating Thursday at three Las Vegas retail stores in protest of the use of an offensive phrase in a “pack-and-ship” business’s name. American Postal Workers Union members who are in the city as delegates to t...
April 16, 2008
Union’s Big Contribution Helps Save Small-Town Post Office
The APWU has given a one-of-a-kind gift to the people of McCausland, Iowa: a donation of $30,000 to help save their post office. The contribution will pay for renovations to a building the small town purchased in order to stave off threats by the USP...
April 9, 2008
APWU Endorses Sen. Barack Obama
The National Executive Board of the American Postal Workers Union has voted unanimously to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president. “Sen. Obama’s message is one of hope and change,” said union President William Burrus. “His message is special, and th...
October 18, 2007
William Burrus Re-Elected APWU President
In balloting that ended Oct. 5, William Burrus was re-elected to his third term as president of the American Postal Workers Union, receiving more than 77 percent of the votes cast and capturing a majority in every state. Burrus was first elected APWU...
February 26, 2007
APWU PREVAILS, COMMISSION LIMITS POSTAGE INCREASE
APWU President William Burrus praised the recommended decision of the Postal Regulatory Commission today that would raise the price of a first-class stamp only two cents, instead of three cents as the Postal Service requested. In doing so, the commis...
July 31, 2006
Postal Workers Warn of Service Delays Under USPS ‘Consolidation’ Plan
Postal workers are warning customers to expect week-long delays in mail delivery under a Postal Service plan to close parts of mail processing facilities across the nation. Last week, the USPS was forced to reveal a secret list targeting 139 sorting...