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News Article | July 20, 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 1, 2017
This Too Shall Pass, We Must Persevere
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As I am writing this article, our national elections have just finished. The candidate our union endorsed for U. S. President did not prevail, and there were few gains in the House and Senate.
News Article | February 23, 2016
Union Files Court Complaint
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Maintenance Division filed a complaint in federal court on Dec. 11 seeking enforcement of a national arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMCs). We asked the court to direct the Po...
News Article | February 23, 2016
Union Files Court Complaint
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Maintenance Division filed a complaint in federal court on Dec. 11 seeking enforcement of a national arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMCs). We asked the court to direct the Po...
News Article | February 5, 2016
USPS to Implement Flat Redirection System
In a letter dated Jan. 29, 2016, the Postal Service notified the APWU that it plans to activate Flats Postal Automated Redirection Systems (FPARS) in 17 locations where there are Central Forwarding System (CFS) sites. Deployment of the new equipment is expected to impact employees in some locations...
News Article | February 5, 2016
USPS to Implement Flat Redirection System
In a letter dated Jan. 29, 2016, the Postal Service notified the APWU that it plans to activate Flats Postal Automated Redirection Systems (FPARS) in 17 locations where there are Central Forwarding System (CFS) sites. Deployment of the new equipment is expected to impact employees in some locations...
News Article | November 1, 2015
50-Mile Limit on Excessing Extended
(This article first appeared in the November/December 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The APWU and USPS agreed to extend the 50-mile limit on excessing in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated Sept. 28, signed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein and the USPS Vice President for...
News Article | October 7, 2015
Union, Management Agree to Extend 50-Mile Limit on Excessing
The APWU and USPS agreed to extend the 50-mile limit on excessing in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated Sept. 28, signed by APWU President Mark Dimondstein and the USPS Vice President for Labor Relations. The original MOU, Minimizing Excessing, which was slated to expire with the 2010 contrac...
News Article | September 29, 2015
50-Mile Limit – Minimizing Excessing Memo Extended
The APWU and the USPS have agreed upon two Memoranda of Understanding: “Minimizing Excessing” and “Peak Season Exception Periods,” in addition to a Maintenance-specific Step 4 Settlement, that are all interconnected and result in the extension of the 50-mile memo on Sept. 28, 2015, APWU President Ma...
News Article | May 1, 2015
When Complement Managers Make Contact, Union Calls Foul
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) As this issue goes to press, there is no sign that management is stopping or postponing the Network Rationalization Plan and the quest to systemically dismantle the Postal Service. Back in 2011and 2012,...
News Article | March 1, 2015
What Does the Year Hold for Us?
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The USPS welcomed 2015 by reducing service standards so it can complete its so-called “Network Rationalization Plan.” The plan calls for the closure of 82 additional Processing and Distribution Center...
News Article | October 14, 2014
It’s Left Up to Us
Logic, common sense and the Postal Service’s irresponsible decisions tell us that management will not manage the USPS out of its manufactured financial crisis. The four postal unions – the APWU, the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union and the National Rur...
News Article | October 14, 2014
Maintenance Defeats Improper Excessing
Maintenance craft officers recently settled an important dispute, stipulating that the Postal Service cannot declare an installation “non-maintenance capable” and then use the designation to justify excessing Maintenance Craft employees who work on Building Equipment. The work at issue was primarily...
News Article | July 1, 2014
Arbitrator Rules: Excessed Employees Must Meet Minimum Qualifications Before Reassignment
The APWU won an important arbitration award on June 24, when Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled that the Postal Service must determine – prior to excessing employees across craft lines – that the employees meet the minimum qualifications for the new position.
News Article | June 30, 2014
APWU to Launch Vigorous Campaign Against Plant Closures, Consolidations
The APWU today denounced plans by the Postal Service to resume the closure and consolidation of up to 82 mail processing plants beginning in January 2015. “This is a direct assault on service to the people of the country, on postal workers and on the Postal Service’s own network,” said union Preside...