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News Article | August 13, 2009
National Reassessment Workshop Added to All-Craft Conference
The APWU will add a workshop on the National Reassessment Process to the list of classes offered at the All-Craft Conference, APWU Human Relations Director Susan Carney has announced.
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 | August 10, 2009
Vote Delayed on Bill To Undermine Pay and Benefits
The Senate adjourned for its August recess without voting on a bill that would be devastating for postal workers.
News Article | August 6, 2009
Give-and-Take On the Coburn Amendment
In a question-and-answer session following testimony on Aug. 6 before a Senate subcommittee, APWU President William Burrus and NALC President Fredric Rolando were asked why postal unions object to the amendment to S. 1507 that was offered by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK).
News Article | July 31, 2009
Acts of Surrender, With the Battle’s Outcome in Doubt
Closing stations and branches and reducing mail delivery to five days per week “will unquestionably have a negative effect on the postal monopoly,” APWU President William Burrus told a House subcommittee at a hearing July 30. Such actions “will impede the Postal Service’s ability to compete” when th...
News Article | July 30, 2009
Burrus: Postal Decision-Makers Are Off the Mark
Saying that he has long been “skeptical” about whether the increased use of electronic communication is to blame for the Postal Service’s economic woes, APWU President William Burrus told lawmakers July 30 that “It is imperative that postal decision-makers correctly identify the cause of the reducti...
News Article | July 30, 2009
Union Calls for Campaign To Defeat Anti-Postal Worker Senate Bill
APWU President William Burrus has called on APWU locals and state organizations to organize opposition to a Senate bill that contains a provision that would be devastating to postal workers.
News Article | July 29, 2009
APWU: Amendment to Senate Bill Hurts Workers
An amendment to a bill to provide temporary financial relief to the cash-strapped Postal Service was adopted by a Senate committee July 29, rendering the bill unacceptable to the APWU.
News Article | July 29, 2009
APWU Slams Postal Service on BMC Name Change
In a letter to USPS management, APWU President William Burrus admonished the Postal Service for failing to officially notify the union that the Bulk Mail Center network has been renamed the Network Distribution Center network.
News Article | July 28, 2009
APWU Urges Legislators To Reject Amendments to Senate Bill
Amendments to a Senate bill providing short-term temporary financial relief to the USPS would weaken the legislation, harm the Postal Service, and hurt postal workers, APWU Legislative and Political Director Myke Reid said.
News Article | July 27, 2009
Quick Action Expected On Senate Bill to Ease USPS Financial Crisis
Quick action is expected on a Senate bill that would provide the Postal Service emergency, short-term financial relief, and APWU President William Burrus is urging union members to ask their Senators to support the legislation.
News Article | July 27, 2009
National Healthcare Call-In Day July 28
Union members across the nation will begin calling their U.S. representatives on Tuesday, July 28, to demand that the House pass comprehensive healthcare reform legislation, now!
News Article | July 24, 2009
FERS Sick-Leave Credit Removed from Senate Bill
The campaign to win sick-leave credit for workers who retire under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) suffered a blow July 23, when an amendment granting the benefit was withdrawn from the 2010 Defense Authorization bill.
News Article | July 16, 2009
APWU Seeks Quick Action on Healthcare Measure
APWU President William Burrus is asking union members to encourage their legislators to support healthcare reform bills adopted by key House and Senate committees July 14 and 15.
News Article | July 16, 2009
Postal Unions Seek White House Intervention
The presidents of the four major postal unions have asked the White House to address the “deepening crisis” facing the Postal Service, asserting that “the Obama administration must intervene now to avoid both a political and economic train wreck.”