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News Article | July 28, 2017
Information Technology/Accounting Services Reaches Tentative Agreement with USPS
The American Postal Workers Union and United States Postal Service reached a tentative agreement for bargaining unit employees in the Information Technology and Accounting Services Centers (IT/AS). This agreement is subject to ratification by the membership (under the Support Services Division).
News Article | May 22, 2017
Support Services Rock Union Gear Thursdays
IT/AS Support Services members are wearing union gear on Thursdays to show solidarity during their current contract negotiations. Pictured are members of the Wilkes-Barre Solution Center.
News Article | May 16, 2017
IT/AS Contract Negotiations Update
By Steve BrooksDirector, Support Services Division I would like to start off by thanking members for their patience and dedication over the past months. I know everyone is anxious to get a new collective bargaining agreement. The process has had its ups and downs but we continue to make progre...
News Article | May 1, 2017
‘Unprecedented’ Contracts
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks Negotiations with Pacific Architects and Engineering, Inc. (PAE) for our Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) were successfully completed with the mem...
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 | January 17, 2017
Contract Negotiation Updates
Updates on the current collective bargaining agreement negotiations for the IT/Account Services Group, PAE's Mail Transport Equipment Service Center and Salmon Companies.
News Article | November 1, 2016
Convention Adds National Business Agent
(This article first appeared in the November-December issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Delegates made some tough decisions at the union’s 2016 national convention, including a few that have a direct effect on Support Services Division employees and officers. Thank you to Orlando Anders...
News Article | November 1, 2016
Convention Adds National Business Agent
(This article first appeared in the November-December issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Delegates made some tough decisions at the union’s 2016 national convention, including a few that have a direct effect on Support Services Division employees and officers. Thank you to Orlando Anders...
News Article | August 31, 2016
Support Services Division Battles Outsourcing
The Postal Service has taken subcontracting of Support Services to new heights and APWU members are fighting back, Director Steve Brooks reported to APWU members at the craft conference held prior to the National Convention.
News Article | August 31, 2016
Support Services Division Battles Outsourcing
The Postal Service has taken subcontracting of Support Services to new heights and APWU members are fighting back, Director Steve Brooks reported to APWU members at the craft conference held prior to the National Convention.
News Article | May 12, 2016
IT/AS Employees Ratify Extension of 2011 Agreement
While 200,000 APWU members across the country await an arbitrator’s ruling on a new contract, 1,100 union members covered by the IT/AS contract voted to ratify a one-year extension of their 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Support Services Director Steve Brooks has announced. The vote was 464 i...
News Article | May 12, 2016
IT/AS Employees Ratify Extension of 2011 Agreement
While 200,000 APWU members across the country await an arbitrator’s ruling on a new contract, 1,100 union members covered by the IT/AS contract voted to ratify a one-year extension of their 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Support Services Director Steve Brooks has announced. The vote was 464 i...
News Article | December 23, 2014
APWU Payroll Experts Issue a Warning
When management declared an Information Technology (IT) emergency due to a breach of USPS data systems recently, more than 150 systems that USPS programmers develop and administer were taken offline so they could be patched and reconfigured. The programmers – who are APWU members – were on call all...
News Article | August 12, 2014
IT-AS Members Ratify New Contract
APWU members in the IT-Accounting Services Centers (AS) ratified a new Collective Bargaining Agreement by a vote of 592 to 38 in voting that ended Aug. 7, Support Services Director Steve Brooks has announced. The new agreement, which covers approximately 1,100 employees, was signed on Aug. 8 and too...
News Article | July 14, 2014
APWU, USPS Tentative Agreement for IT/AS Employees Now Available
The APWU and USPS tentative agreement for contract employees in the IT and Accounting (AS) units is now available.