Filter
Filter By
Search Results for:
8823 Results
News Article | September 1, 2017
USPS ‘Shirks Responsibility’ to PSEs
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Health Plan Director John Marcotte The APWU Health Plan receives complaints from members who were converted from Postal Support Employee (PSE) to career status and claim the USPS cancelled their healt...
News Article | September 1, 2017
The Status of Unions in 2016
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Research & Education Director Joyce Robinson The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that union membership has declined across the United States since the early 1980s. In 1983, more than a fifth o...
News Article | September 1, 2017
TSP – It’s Your Money!
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor The USPS reports that each year postal employees throw away almost $200 million in retirement benefit matching funds by failing to save in their Thrift Savings Plan (TS...
News Article | September 1, 2017
Building Your Bulletin Board
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Colorful and creative bulletin board in Hilo, HI, Big Island Area Local By Organization Director Anna Smith How can you stay informed and be involved? It’s not as hard as you think. Bulletin boards are a...
News Article | September 1, 2017
IT/AS Tentative Agreement Reached
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks We reached a tentative agreement for the Information Technology/Accounting Services Bargaining Unit.
News Article | September 1, 2017
Bill to Improve Thrift Savings Plan Introduced
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Legislative & Political Director Judy Beard The 2017 Congress introduced legislation to improve the Thrift Savings Program (TSP). It addresses shortcomings in the withdrawal rules which have not been c...
News Article | September 1, 2017
Fake News
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) During and after the 2016 Election, the term “fake news” became widely used in American political conversations. Politifact.com, a fact-checking website, defines fake news as, “made-up stuff, masterfull...
News Article | September 1, 2017
Moving Forward
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Maintenance Craft Directors The Maintenance Division had a productive first half of 2017.
News Article | September 1, 2017
USPS Concedes that Schedule Examiner Work is Bargaining Unit Work
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Motor Vehicle Service Craft Directors As we mentioned in a previous article, the union put its case for preserving the Schedule Examiner Vehicle Runs position before Arbitrator Shyam Das on Feb. 27 as...
News Article | September 1, 2017
‘Ongoing, Willful, Contractual Violations’
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Clerk Craft Directors The APWU won another important victory in a national arbitration case regarding violations of POStPlan agreements.
News Article | September 1, 2017
Labor News Briefs
Workers march in Los Angeles during a 2015 Fight for $15 protest. SEIU Local 99/Flickr Creative Commons (This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Minimum Wage Raised Voters in several states and cities approved ballot initiatives to raise the...
News Article | September 1, 2017
Thinking Outside the Box: Bargaining for the Common Good
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) US Mail is NOT for Sale! All over the country, public sector unions and their community allies are beginning to think outside the box when it comes to collective bargaining. The new strategy, called Barg...
News Article | September 1, 2017
Payday Lenders Trapping Senior Citizens
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Although the payday lending industry slowed in California in 2016, it increased dramatically among senior citizens. For the first time, seniors took out more short term loans than any other age group, acc...
News Article | September 1, 2017
Members in Action
From L-R: President Joe Cogan, Vice-President Bill Martin, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Legislative & Political Director Daniel Cortez and Director of Associate Offices Verna Mathews. (This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Protesting Health Care...
News Article | September 1, 2017
Assault on Jobs
(This article first appeared in the Sept-Oct 2017 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) By Eastern Regional Coordinator Mike Gallagher Baltimore Francis “Stu” Filbey Area Local Clerk Director Gloria Drake at the local’s protest against USPS job cuts on June 10. As you may know, the USPS emb...