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News Article | November 2, 2018
Numerous Negotiations Continue
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Support Services Division Director Steve Brooks I hope everyone had a good time at the 24th Annual National Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. I think it was a very good convention. As usual, the...
News Article | March 1, 2017
Negotiations, Negotiations
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks We are hitting the new year running. We ended 2016 in the middle of contract negotiations for our Information Technology/Accounting Services unit, and are wor...
News Article | April 23, 2014
APWU Nurses Approve Contract
In a unanimous vote of 33-0, members of the National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU approved a Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement with the USPS on April 23. Forty-three ballots were mailed.
News Article | April 1, 2014
Tentative Agreement Reached on Nurses’ Contract
The APWU has reached a Tentative Agreement with the USPS on a Collective Bargaining Agreement covering postal nurses.
News Article | August 21, 2012
Rep. Danny Davis: If We Fight, We Win!
In an inspirational speech Aug. 19, Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL) urged union members to fight back against “evil-doers” who would destroy the Postal Service and send the nation back to a dark time when most workers had no rights and few prospects for achieving the American Dream. ALSO: Delegates Debat...
News Article | August 10, 2012
APWU Nurses Extend Contract Talks
The APWU and USPS have agreed to extend negotiations on a collective bargaining agreement for postal nurses until Aug. 31.
News Article | July 13, 2012
NPPN/APWU, Postal Service Begin Negotiations for New USPS Nurses Contract
The National Postal Professional Nurses/American Postal Workers Union met with the Postal Service on July 11 in the opening round of contract negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The current agreement, the result of the Goldberg Interest Arbitration panel, is due to expire on Aug....
News Article | March 16, 2011
Some Questions – and Answers – On the Tentative Agreement
Several questions have been posed on the APWU’s Facebook page regarding the Tentative Agreement for a new contract. Union officers address questions regarding the conversion of Clerk Craft part-time flexible employees and part-time regular employees below.
News Article | January 12, 2010
USPS Medical Units Phase-Out Begins
In the first stage of a process that will affect approximately 130 APWU-represented nurses, most of the 51 Postal Service clinical-care medical units were set to shut down Jan. 11, with the rest scheduled for closure by March 9.
News Article | August 11, 2009
USPS, APWU-Represented Nurses Implement April Arbitration Award
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.
News Article | April 30, 2009
Arbitrator Grants Postal Nurses Raises, Job Security
An arbitration panel finalized a five-year contract for postal nurses on April 28 — the first since the National Postal Professional Nurses merged with the APWU. The ruling came more than 20 months after the nurses’ independent Collective Bargaining Agreement with the USPS expired.
News Article | April 6, 2009
Postal Nurses’ Interest Arbitration Hearings Conclude
Interest-arbitration hearings over a contract between the National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU and the Postal Service concluded April 2. Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg is expected to issue a ruling within the next several weeks on the wages, hours, and working conditions for the nurses, who have ha...
News Article | April 6, 2009
Postal Nurses Hold First Election Since 2007 Merger With APWU
Postal Nurses Hold First Election Since 2007 Merger With APWU
News Article | September 24, 2008
Nurses’ Contract Headed for Interest Arbitration
The union and the Postal Service have agreed to submit to an interest arbitrator disputed contract issues for APWU-represented postal nurses. The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU and the USPS expired Aug. 20, 2007. The parties met several times las...
News Article | October 1, 2007
Contract Talks Continue
The National Postal Professional Nurses-APWU and the Postal Service agreed on Sept. 28 to extend contract talks until Oct. 12. During negotiations held on Sept. 18, 24, 26 and 27, the union presented proposals — including an economic package — and answered questions from the Postal Service.