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News Article | May 1, 2016
Contract Arbitration Gets Underway
Mark Barrett, Heather Stewart and Georgena Walker. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Interest arbitration hearings for our new contract got underway in February and continued in March and April.
News Article | May 1, 2016
A Criminal Gets Off Easy
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) You may have heard recently of the conviction of a criminal named Don Blankenship. He was sentenced to one year in prison. I am one who believes our country’s prisons are far too full of people who have...
News Article | May 1, 2016
Contract Arbitration Gets Underway
Mark Barrett, Heather Stewart and Georgena Walker. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Interest arbitration hearings for our new contract got underway in February and continued in March and April.
News Article | May 1, 2016
EAP Offers New Web-Based Therapy
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT) is the newest addition to the bank of confidential Employees Assistance Program (EAP) services that are available to postal employees and their families t...
News Article | May 1, 2016
MVS Workers Drive the Message Home
MVS panel participants (top row): Michael McDonald, Steven Dietz, William Drew (bottom row) Robert Stierle, Virgil Fleming, Kevin Knapp and Robert Strickland. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The American Postal Workers Union has entere...
News Article | May 1, 2016
EAP Offers New Web-Based Therapy
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT) is the newest addition to the bank of confidential Employees Assistance Program (EAP) services that are available to postal employees and their families t...
News Article | May 1, 2016
MVS Workers Drive the Message Home
MVS panel participants (top row): Michael McDonald, Steven Dietz, William Drew (bottom row) Robert Stierle, Virgil Fleming, Kevin Knapp and Robert Strickland. (This article first appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The American Postal Workers Union has entere...
News Article | May 1, 2016
APWU Website ‘De-Links’ Local Websites During Union Election Period
The APWU national election period has begun, and in approximately five months, on Oct. 5, the counting of ballots will begin. Effective May 1, the national APWU website "de-linked" all local and state websites for the duration of the union election period. The links will be restored at the conclusio...
News Article | May 1, 2016
APWU Website ‘De-Links’ Local Websites During Union Election Period
The APWU national election period has begun, and in approximately five months, on Oct. 5, the counting of ballots will begin. Effective May 1, the national APWU website "de-linked" all local and state websites for the duration of the union election period. The links will be restored at the conclusio...
News Article | April 30, 2016
The U.S. Post Office: The Workers’ Savings Bank
The first depositors at the New York Postal Savings Bank. Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, working people were able to safely deposit and withdraw their hard-earned dollars, with no excessive fees or fuss. Everyone had access to safe savings accounts, regardless of how much money they ma...
News Article | April 30, 2016
The U.S. Post Office: The Workers’ Savings Bank
The first depositors at the New York Postal Savings Bank. Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, working people were able to safely deposit and withdraw their hard-earned dollars, with no excessive fees or fuss. Everyone had access to safe savings accounts, regardless of how much money they ma...
News Article | April 29, 2016
APWU West Virginia State Convention Feels the Bern!
Attendees of the APWU West Virginia State Convention were Feeling the Bern on April 28, as the National Nurses United (NNU) Bernie Bus made a stop in Charleston, WV.
News Article | April 29, 2016
APWU West Virginia State Convention Feels the Bern!
Attendees of the APWU West Virginia State Convention were Feeling the Bern on April 28, as the National Nurses United (NNU) Bernie Bus made a stop in Charleston, WV.
News Article | April 28, 2016
OIG: USPS Cost-Cutting Strategies ‘Not Sustainable’
The Postal Service has cut labor costs by more than $10 billion since the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) was passed in 2006, but its cost-cutting strategies are “not sustainable,” according to a recent report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
News Article | April 28, 2016
OIG: USPS Cost-Cutting Strategies ‘Not Sustainable’
The Postal Service has cut labor costs by more than $10 billion since the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) was passed in 2006, but its cost-cutting strategies are “not sustainable,” according to a recent report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG).