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News Article | July 27, 2017

Update on the Fight Back Against USPS Reductions in Service and Jobs

Following strong resistance from the APWU – and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) – USPS management agreed to a five-month delay in implementing forced reassignments and excessing of employees out of their installations.   

News Article | January 27, 2015

Residual Vacancies, PSE Conversions in MVS

According to USPS statistics, approximately 320 Motor Vehicle Craft employees have been converted to career status as a result of residual vacancies since a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Filling Residual Vacancies was signed in March 2014 and a set of Questions and Answers on the issue was si...

News Article | December 23, 2014

Privatization, Walmart and Goin’ Postal

An agreement between Walmart and the private shipping company Goin’ Postal threatens to further privatize postal services. Under the arrangement, announced on Sept. 29, 2014, Goin’ Postal is lining up franchisees to establish postal kiosks in approximately 2,000 Walmart stores. The arrangement has t...

News Article | October 31, 2014

APWU, USPS Extend Memo on Filling Clerk Craft Residual Vacancies

The APWU and USPS have agreed to extend a March 20 Memorandum of Understanding Re: Filling Residual Vacancies for employees in the Clerk Craft. The memo outlines a procedure for filling residual vacancies in the Clerk, Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Crafts

News Article | September 11, 2014

We Don’t Always See Eye-to-Eye, But We Always Remain United

By now the 22nd Biennial National Convention is a thing of the past, but just in case you missed it, let us recap. Just prior to the start of the convention, a committee of MVS members reviewed resolutions submitted by local and state unions relating to contract proposals for our craft.

News Article | July 1, 2014

Maintenance Sets Process For PSE Conversion to Career

On March 20, 2014, President Mark Dimondstein signed  a memorandum of understanding with the USPS on Filling Residual Vacancies. The title sounds innocuous enough, but the agreement is an extremely important step forward for APWU members.

News Article | July 1, 2014

Taking It to The Streets!

Wow! It was great to be out in the streets of Washington, DC with 200+ APWU members and other union leaders and activists on April 24, the National Day of Action to Stop Staples.

News Article | July 1, 2014

Progress on PSEs; Attacks on BEMs, Custodians

The Maintenance Craft has made significant progress recently on issues of concern to Postal Support Employees (PSEs). The Memorandum of Understanding on Filling Residual Vacancies, which was signed by President Dimondstein on March 20, solidified the timing of the opportunity for Maintenance PSEs to...

News Article | May 15, 2014

Settlement Reached on Conversions in MVS

The APWU and USPS have reached a Step 4 settlement [PDF] that resolves a discrepancy between the Collective Bargaining Agreement [PDF] and Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM) [PDF] regarding the conversion of MVS Craft Postal Support Employees (PSEs) into residual vacancies, Motor Vehicle Cr...

News Article | May 1, 2014

Understanding the Media

A January editorial in the “Colorado Springs Gazette” about the union’s campaign against the USPS deal with Staples begins with this: “Lingering on life support, the last thing the Postal Service needs is suffocating interference from an antiquated union.” ALSO: The USPS acknowledged in a Feb. 25 se...

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